Looper Scratch Practice App vs SHINOBI DJ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Looper Scratch Practice App
This app lets you upload and practice with looping audio files from your Dropbox. You can adjust the pitch and speed of loops to refine your skills. Share your creations or explore loops from other users.
- Upload loops from Dropbox
- Pitch adjustment for loops
- Speed adjustment for loops
- Share loops with friends
- Explore user-created loops
- Portable practice tool
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The looper practice app allows you to upload looping wav files from your Dropbox account. Additionally the player allows pitching up and down of the loop for precise practicing. Share your loops with friends, or check out hundreds of loops from other users. Practice anywhere with your portable turntable, or just keep your favorite loops nice and tidy in one place. Push your practice further by speeding up the loop while maintaining the pitch. Looper is the most useful tool for practicing scratching and refining those fresh patterns.
SHINOBI DJ
This app provides professional-level DJ scratching with intuitive features for a customized experience. It offers extensive cue point management, pitch control, audio effects, and recording capabilities. Enhance your performance with additional in-app purchases for skins, video scratching, and looping functions.
- Up to 10 cue points
- Pitch control and Edit mode
- Audio effects (Reverb, delay)
- Recording sampler
- Library access for local media
- Skin & Video Scratch Function (IAP)
- SHINOBI LOOPER Function (IAP)
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SHINOBI DJ App offers all essential scratch functions and requirements for professional-level performance. Its intuitive features are readily accessible, allowing for a seamless and customised DJ scratching experience. 1. Up to 5 - 10 cue points 2. Pitch control, Pitch Synth and Edit mode 3. Volume control 4. Waveform display 5. Audio effect (Reverb, delay) 6. Recording sampler 7. Output setting 8. Sound output (Reverse mode/hamster switch, A/B deck activation) 9. Flip mode 10. Transformer button 11. Library access (Local media files) 12. Virtual fader simulation for screen recording 13. Fader calibration and re-calibration 14. Fader Start mode 15. Cut lag adjustment (SHINOBI FADER M only) 16. Skin & Video Scratch Function (In-app purchase) 17. SHINOBI LOOPER Function (In-app purchase) 18. Training mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Looper Scratch Practice App at 100% against SHINOBI DJ's 44%. Looper Scratch Practice App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). SHINOBI DJ's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. SHINOBI DJ sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Looper Scratch Practice App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Looper Scratch Practice App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Looper Scratch Practice App's written reviews are positive against 44% of SHINOBI DJ's.
Looper Scratch Practice App ships an update every 3 weeks, SHINOBI DJ every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Looper Scratch Practice App | SHINOBI DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Something Awesome Group | Whitney Ching |
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Looper Scratch Practice App
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In-app purchases
Looper Scratch Practice App
No in-app purchases
SHINOBI DJ
- SHINOBI DJ Loop Pack Vol.1$4.99
- SHINOBI DJ Loop Pack Vol.2$4.99
- SHINOBI DJ Loop Pack Vol.4$4.99
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- SHINOBI DJ Loop Pack Vol.5$4.99
- SHINOBI DJ Loop Pack Vol.3$4.99
- Invader Video Breaks$5.99
- SHINOBI LOOPER Function$5.99
- Skin Function$7.99
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