TimeLoop vs FAC Fizzica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeLoop
Create and layer audio loops directly on your smartwatch. This standalone application allows musicians to sketch ideas, build musical arrangements, and practice their skills without needing a phone.
- Standalone audio looper
- Create and layer audio
- Sketch musical ideas
- Practice musical skills
- Works on Apple Watch
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Stand alone audio looper app for the Apple Watch. Sketch out ideas, build up layers, practise and hone your musical skills - All on your watch!
FAC Fizzica
This app infuses audio with dynamic digital textures and movement through audio-rate modulation. It features an integrated envelope follower for expressive sound shaping and supports various modulation sources for unique sonic transformations. Optimize your workflow with an intuitive XY control pad and visual spectrum display.
- Digital texture infusion
- Integrated envelope follower
- Audio-rate modulation
- Sidechain support
- XY control pad
- Spectrum display
- MIDI control
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• Infuse your sound with digital artifact textures • Integrated envelope follower for dynamic sound expression • Supports noises, oscillators, and internal/external audio modulation models • Side mix control to balance between fully processed signal and sidebands • Sidechain support: external envelope follower and audio model • Optimized workflow with an easy-to-use XY control pad • Spectrum display of the output signal • MIDI control: Envelope via CC, main frequency and filter cutoff via notes • Extended version of FAC Punchlab's Fizz module • Advanced Responsive Design, portrait and landscape views • Universal Purchase: AUv3 for iOS (iPad/iPhone), macOS and Vision Pro Infuse your sound with dynamic digital textures and movement using audio-rate modulation. FAC Fizzica extends FAC Punchlab's Fizz module, maintaining its intuitive design while introducing advanced features for extensive sound shaping. FAC Fizzica is your go-to solution for achieving a vintage lo-fi aesthetic and enhancing audio by adding digital noise artifacts that dynamically respond to your audio input. Ideal for refining basslines, pads, drum loops, and any elements requiring organic and expressive transformations. The plugin offers dynamic expression thanks to its envelope follower, an essential processor in sound design that effectively transforms static sounds into dynamic motion. The envelope follower can monitor the audio input, the sidechain input, a dedicated automatable parameter, or a MIDI CC message. You can adjust the modulation depth for each controlled parameter, precisely controlling how the envelope affects them. To provide a wide variety of textures and timbres, the plugin offers several models. The noise models introduce noisy artifacts, while the sine and triangle models enhance harmonic and tonal richness reminiscent of FM synthesis or RM modulation. The final models allow the use of either the internal or external audio signal (sidechain) as a modulator to affect your carrier signal, offering an interesting method to subtly blend the characteristics of one sound with another. Another standout feature of FAC Fizzica is the sideband control, which adjusts the balance between the processed signal and the isolated sidebands generated by the audio rate modulation. At maximum, only the sidebands are audible! Additionally, a built-in low-pass filter refines the tonal color of the digital textures. The workflow is optimized for simplicity and intuitiveness, featuring a central XY control pad for precise control, accompanied by a detailed visual representation of the envelope signal and all the modulations. Additionally, a spectrum viewer displays the audio output, providing clear visual feedback as you craft your audio to perfection. The plugin comes with two extensions, both audio effects, but the second one also supports MIDI input to control the main frequency and the filter cutoff with MIDI notes, as well as the envelope follower with MIDI CC messages. This is an AUv3 Effect and requires a compatible host to work The documentation is available at fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Fizzica.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TimeLoop at $1.99 against FAC Fizzica's $9.99. TimeLoop also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). FAC Fizzica's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 15 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
TimeLoop costs $1.99 and FAC Fizzica $9.99 up front. FAC Fizzica sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TimeLoop asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TimeLoop against 5.0 for FAC Fizzica. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TimeLoop ships an update every 15 months, FAC Fizzica every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TimeLoop | FAC Fizzica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Marshall | Frederic Corvest |
Customer experience
TimeLoop
FAC Fizzica
In-app purchases
TimeLoop
No in-app purchases
FAC Fizzica
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$14.99








