Comparison

Loopfield vs Lines

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

Head to head
About

Loopfield

Capture ambient sounds with your device and transform them into unique, evolving loops using real-time granular effects. Import your own beats to preview how your creations will sound in a full track. Export your processed loops for use in larger digital audio workstation projects.

Highlights
  • Continuous ambient sound recording
  • Automatic loop generation
  • Real-time granular effects
  • Import custom beats for preview
  • Touchable amplitude envelope
  • Export loops in WAV format
Features
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Plug your headphones into your iPhone and wander in the streets to catch noises, voices, and horns. The app is continuously recording sounds around you and automatically generates loops. Those loops are processed in real time by granular effects that transform them on the fly. To get a sense of what the recording will sound like when immersed in a track, you can import and play your own premade beat. Once you’re happy with it, you can export the loop to incorporate it into a larger DAW-based project. Feature list - Designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad - Slick native UI - Continuous recording of the surrounding sounds - Loops generated from the recordings, automatically updated each four bars - Four different effect sets to sculpt the generated loops in real time - Effects based on granular synthesis - Importation of drum loops from iCloud, Dropbox, AudioCopy, AudioShare, Mail, Airdrop and more to get an sense of the generated loops in a full audio track context - Touchable amplitude envelope to easily shape the sound - Sound export in .wav format

About

Lines

This audio effect plugin transforms any signal into a wide spectrum of sounds, from lo-fi to distortion and feedback. It can also function as an experimental synthesizer, creating rhythms and soundscapes even without input.

Highlights
  • Creative signal mangling
  • Experimental synthesizer
  • Feedback-based sound design
  • Wide range of audio effects
  • Rhythm and soundscape generation
Features
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Lines is an effect plugin that crosses borders: it can be used as a creative mangler of all kinds of signals, ranging from lo-fi telephone sounds, lush phasing, warm distortions, crushing feedback, ring modulation and unique frequency shifting. But even without any input, it can be an experimental synthesizer based on feedback, allowing for a wide range of inspiring rhythms, pulses, and organic soundscapes. If you combine input and internal engines an unheard spectrum of sounds appears.

Screenshots

Loopfield4 screens
Lines1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loopfield at $4.99 against Lines's $19.99. Loopfield also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). Lines's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Loopfield costs $4.99 and Lines $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Loopfield's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lines's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loopfield ships an update every 2 months, Lines every 13 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loopfield versus Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopfieldLines
Price$4.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.5 (19 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuentin HoubenAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

Loopfield

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Lines

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Loopfield

No in-app purchases

None

Lines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loopfield free?
Loopfield costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lines free?
Lines costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loopfield or Lines?
Lines is rated higher. Loopfield averages 4.5 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Lines averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Loopfield or Lines have ads?
Neither Loopfield nor Lines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loopfield or Lines?
Loopfield ships an update every 2 months, and Lines every 13 months. Most recently, Loopfield was updated on October 15, 2026 and Lines on October 15, 2026.

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