Comparison

Enso Looper vs UltraTap Delay

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

Head to head
About

Enso Looper

This real-time audio looper plugin offers a unique and characterful toolkit for producers and live performers. It combines intuitive design with deep features for creating layered grooves, complex textures, and evolving soundscapes. Advanced controls allow for independent speed and direction manipulation, tape-style effects, and MIDI integration.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio looping
  • Overdub modes (conventional and dual tape)
  • Up to four definable Sectors
  • Independent speed and direction control
  • Onboard tape-style saturation, filtering, and chorus
  • Comprehensive MIDI assignment system
  • Animated waveform display
Features
Read full description

Enso is a looper. Not a phrase sampler, not a beat slicer: a real looper, built in the image of the pedal loopers and reel-to-reel tape systems that defined the form, then extended well past what hardware can do. Press one button and it records; press it again and you are looping. Up to five minutes of stereo audio, host-synced or free-running. The play and record heads are completely decoupled, each with its own through-zero speed control from -4x to +4x. Play backwards at half speed while overdubbing forwards at double, and things get strange in the best way. Four sectors give you separate loop regions to crossfade between and overdub within, and a built-in effects section (tape-style saturation and hiss, filters, and chorus) can sit in the feedback path so your loop ages like tape with every pass. Enso runs as an AUv3 plugin in your favorite host, and includes a standalone mode for sketching. FEATURES - Full automatic looping engine: simple to learn, exceedingly powerful, with one-button looping control, both host-synced and free time. - Independent play and record heads: through-zero speed from -4x to +4x on each, with selectable increment and decrement values. - Dub In Place: work like a traditional digital looper, or like a tape looper with the effects and speed changes in the feedback path. - Sector crossfading: define four start and end points, crossfade between them, and overdub or re-record within them. - Effects section: tape-style saturation and hiss, high- and low-pass filters, and a stereo chorus. - MIDI Slice mode: play your loop from a MIDI controller, automatically sliced into 4 to 16 equal pieces. - Full MIDI CC implementation: an assignable MIDI CC page covers most of the looping engine, tuned for foot control. - Auto RTZ: automatically return to zero at a chosen interval to keep loose material in sync. - Cross-platform preset format: XML presets that can store the buffer, compatible with the desktop version of Enso. No subscriptions and no nonsense. Buy it once and it is yours, with free updates. Enso is also available for Mac, Windows, and Linux at audiodamage.com.

About

UltraTap Delay

Create rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, and evolving soundscapes with up to 64 taps. This app offers unique controls for shaping sound, including LFOs, envelopes, and a "Slurm" control for smearing and modulation. Explore over 150 inspiring presets and innovative performance features.

Highlights
  • Up to 64 taps for complex delays
  • Spread knob for rhythmic spacing
  • LFOs and envelopes for stutter effects
  • Slurm control for unique modulation
  • Stereo image control
  • Over 150 presets
  • Ribbon and Hotswitch controls
Read full description

UltraTap is a unique multi-tap effect capable of rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells and extraordinary modulation. It’s the perfect tool for creating drum fills, vocal choruses, swelling guitar chords and other evolving effects — everything from reversed reverbs to a massed church choir singing a Gregorian chant in Notre-Dame Cathedral. Features: - Use up to 64 taps to create simple repeats or morph delays into choruses and reverbs. - Speed up or slow down the rhythmic spacing between taps using the Spread knob. - Use the onboard LFOs and envelopes to chop the sound source into stuttered rhythms. - Use the innovative "Slurm" control to smear taps together or modulate them to create truly unique reverbs. - Control the stereo image of taps to alternate between hard-panned and mono. - Over 150 presets designed to inspire; including artist presets by Chris Carter, Colin Newman, Sasha and many more. - Innovative Ribbon and Hotswitch allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously. - Use Mix Lock to scroll through presets while keeping the wet-dry mix constant. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.

Screenshots

Enso Looper2 screens
UltraTap Delay3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: UltraTap Delay at 88% against Enso Looper's 49%. UltraTap Delay also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Enso Looper's advantage is price ($7.99 vs $14.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Enso Looper costs $7.99 and UltraTap Delay $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UltraTap Delay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Enso Looper's written reviews are positive against 88% of UltraTap Delay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Enso Looper ships an update every 3 months, UltraTap Delay every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Enso Looper versus UltraTap Delay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnso LooperUltraTap Delay
Price$7.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.5 (22 ratings)4.8 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Eventide

Customer experience

Enso Looper

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral13.6%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral8.9%
Negative42.6%

UltraTap Delay

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Enso Looper

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Hit record and it won't record
  • Audio popping/clicking when switching sectors or playback modes
  • Timing is off after playing a while when reopening sessions
  • Crashes before saving, losing all work
  • Crashes when trying to control via MIDI
Show 10 more
  • Stopped loading/functioning
  • Does not connect to GarageBand
  • Does not go past initial message screen
  • Does not register as an audio unit extension in GarageBand
  • Does not show up in GarageBand's 'External' app list
  • Does not show up in DAWs (AUM, Beatmaker, Auria)
  • Buttons do not work (cannot activate recording/playback)
  • Loop still plays even when channel fader is down
  • Instance crashes when routing audio to AudioShare
  • Loses all ENSO instances in a project when one crashes

Requested features

13 requests
  • Fix recording issues
  • Fix audio popping/clicking
  • Implement Undo/Redo functionality
  • Improve stability and fix crashes
  • Respond to tech support queries
Show 8 more
  • Make a standalone version
  • Add threshold auto-start
  • Render loops as uncompressed audio files
  • Allow loading pre-existing loops
  • Save INIT setups for automatic loading
  • Add MIDI version
  • Add an Undo button as a failsafe
  • Improve color coding or button size

UltraTap Delay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Enso Looper

No in-app purchases

None

UltraTap Delay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Enso Looper free?
Enso Looper costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UltraTap Delay free?
UltraTap Delay costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Enso Looper or UltraTap Delay?
UltraTap Delay is rated higher. Enso Looper averages 4.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while UltraTap Delay averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do Enso Looper or UltraTap Delay have ads?
Neither Enso Looper nor UltraTap Delay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Enso Looper or UltraTap Delay?
Enso Looper ships an update every 3 months, and UltraTap Delay every 2 months. Most recently, Enso Looper was updated on October 26, 2026 and UltraTap Delay on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons