Comparison

Loopman! vs Kotoren

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Loopman!

This app helps musicians and language learners by allowing them to slow down, loop, and adjust the pitch of audio files. It supports various import methods and audio formats, making practice and transcription easier.

Highlights
  • Slow down or speed up audio
  • Adjust audio pitch
  • Precision A-B looping
  • Shadowing practice for languages
  • Smart rewind
  • Import from cloud storage
  • Background playback
Features
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Listen closely. Repeat what matters. Practice at your own pace. Loopman helps language learners and musicians work through the audio they want to understand, one short section at a time. FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS Repeat a sentence for listening practice, dictation, or shadowing. Slow down difficult passages, then practice again at a pace that feels comfortable. FOR MUSICIANS Listen closely to melodies, solos, and rhythms. Repeat challenging sections, adjust playback speed, and change pitch to support your practice. Loopman is a listening and practice tool; it does not automatically transcribe speech or create sheet music. FOCUSED PRACTICE • Set A and B points to repeat a chosen section. • Adjust speed and pitch for your practice. • Save useful sections as presets and organize your audio in playlists. • Open supported audio files you already have. FILE COMPATIBILITY DRM-protected audio, including protected Apple Music subscription downloads, cannot be played. Streaming-service subscriptions do not give Loopman access to their protected songs. FREE USE & OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS Loopman is free to use with ads on iPhone and iPad. Optional 3-month and 12-month auto-renewing subscriptions remove ads. These subscriptions support Family Sharing. Check the price, billing period, and any eligible trial shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. App interface languages may differ from the languages available in this store description. Questions or feedback: dolgoraesoft@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://bayliner1978.blogspot.kr/2017/05/loopman-terms-and-use.html Privacy Policy: https://bayliner1978.blogspot.kr/2017/05/privacy-policy.html

About

Kotoren

This audio player is designed for language learning and music practice, allowing users to easily repeat specific sections of audio. It visualizes audio as a graph for precise selection and offers adjustable playback speeds and repeat modes.

Highlights
  • Graph visualization of audio
  • Phrase splitting and interval setting
  • A-B repeat functionality
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Playback mode customization
  • Silence skipping
Features
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Kotoren is an audio/podcast player. It is designed for language learning and music practice, but it can also be used to listen to music. Audio is displayed as a graph, so you can touch or swipe to select and listen to any point. This makes it easy to repeatedly listen to parts of the audio. ■ Main Features - Automatically split audio into phrases and display as a graph - Set an interval after the playback of a phrase. It can be set in seconds or as a ratio to the phrase’s playback time. - Skip silence between phrases (manually or automatically) - Support A-B repeat - Change playback speed from 0.2x to 2.0x - Change playback mode: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Pause (Pause at the end of the current track. This is useful for listening to the last part repeatedly) - Rewind or Fast Forward 1/2/3/4/5 seconds - Text input field for dictation - Learning record: Title, Playback time, Learning days, etc. ■ Notes - This app does not include language teaching materials. - If there is no silence between phrases, silence/phrase skip and related features are not available. - Some files cannot be played (ex. Apple Music, iCloud, DRM protected files).

Screenshots

Loopman!4 screens
Kotoren4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kotoren at 5.0 against Loopman!'s 4.6. Kotoren also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Loopman!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (30 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loopman! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months and Kotoren sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kotoren holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loopman! has 30 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Loopman!'s written reviews are positive against 95% of Kotoren's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loopman! ships an update weekly, Kotoren every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loopman! versus Kotoren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopman!Kotoren
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (30 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews94.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoungjoon KohMasato Murata

Customer experience

Loopman!

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.5%

Kotoren

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loopman!

Subscriptions2
  • No Ad for 3 Months1 Month trial$1.993 Months
  • No Ad for 1 Year1 Month trial$3.991 Year
1 purchases

Kotoren

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Loopman! free?
Loopman! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kotoren free?
Kotoren is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loopman! or Kotoren?
Kotoren is rated higher. Loopman! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Kotoren averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Loopman! or Kotoren have ads?
Both Loopman! and Kotoren show ads.
Which is updated more often, Loopman! or Kotoren?
Loopman! ships an update weekly, and Kotoren every 5 weeks. Most recently, Loopman! was updated on October 14, 2026 and Kotoren on October 1, 2026.

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