Comparison

FiveLoop vs Solo

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

Head to head
About

FiveLoop

Enhance your music learning with a tool that allows you to slow down, loop, and repeat sections of online video tutorials. It also offers AI-powered audio analysis to split songs into stems, detect chords and BPM, and generate transcriptions.

Highlights
  • Loop any video section
  • Adjust playback tempo
  • Handsfree MIDI/Bluetooth control
  • AI song stem separation
  • Chord and BPM detection
  • Note-for-note transcriptions
Features
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Practice Music Smarter with FiveLoop Turn online music lessons and songs into focused practice sessions. Slow down difficult passages, repeat precise A B loops and control playback without taking your hands off your instrument. Learn from the platforms you already use FiveLoop works with most online video platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, TrueFire and many more. Practice at your own pace • Set exact loop points and repeat any passage • Adjust playback speed in 5% steps • Play, pause, rewind and fast forward • Control playback hands free with MIDI or a compatible Bluetooth foot controller Discover FiveLoop Studio Import a song and use powerful AI audio analysis tools to understand and practice every detail. • Separate music into drums, bass, vocals and other instruments • Isolate or mute stems to focus on the part you want to learn • Detect chords, key and BPM automatically • Practice with a metronome matched to the song • View note transcriptions for bass, vocals and other stems Made for every musician FiveLoop helps beginners, advanced players, guitarists, bassists, drummers, singers, pianists, teachers and students learn more effectively from video and audio. Tested and recommended platforms • YouTube • TrueFire • learnpracticeplay.com • gitarrenlehreronline.de • fingerfux.de Is your favorite platform not supported? Contact us at mail@duechtel.com Terms: https://www.fiveloop.io/terms.html Privacy: https://www.fiveloop.io/pricacypolicy.html

About

Solo

Master your guitar fretboard with this interactive trainer. Learn note names, intervals, chord changes, and scales through guided exercises. Designed by professional guitarists, it offers customizable workouts for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Fretboard visualization
  • Note name trainer
  • Interval shape memorization
  • Chord change outlining
  • Scale practice
  • Interactive fretboards
  • Customizable workouts
Features
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Solo is the ultimate practice App for mastering fretboard visualization, designed by world renowned guitarists Tom Quayle and David Beebee. Four powerful fretboard trainers allow you to work intuitively on each aspect of the visualization process; learning note names, memorising interval shapes, outlining chord changes, and practicing scales. Solo asks you to find intervallic functions against one root note, chord symbol or scale at a time, listens to the notes you play, and doesn’t move on until you’ve correctly found each note by its intervallic function in the specified order. Practice with Solo and finally learn your note names, master interval shapes, confidently play through chord changes and break out of scale boxes with intervallic functions. Start transforming your playing and confidence on the fretboard today! NOTE TRAINER The Note Trainer is perfect for beginner and intermediate players getting to grips with note names on the neck - the foundation of solid fretboard knowledge. ‣ Solo shows you random root notes to find and listens, waiting for you to get it correct. ‣ Slide on the interactive fretboards for helpful diagrams and to study alternative options. Choose from 6 string guitar (standard and 4ths tuning), 7 string guitar, 4 string bass & 5 string bass. ‣ Optional practice suggestions offer challenging ways to limit and test yourself. ‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session. INTERVAL TRAINER The Interval Trainer will help players at all levels work on interval shapes with intervallic functions - the key to unlocking true freedom on the fretboard. ‣ Choose any combination of intervallic functions to practice. ‣ Create custom interval groups or choose the intervals for ANY chord type or scale. ‣ The Interval Trainer will randomise your chosen intervals and ask you to find them against either a fixed or random root note. ‣ Slide on the interactive fretboards for helpful diagrams, showing you where all of the interval shapes are across the neck, and to study alternative options. Choose from 6 string guitar (standard and 4ths tuning), 7 string guitar, 4 string bass & 5 string bass. ‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session. CHANGES TRAINER In the Changes Trainer you find intervallic functions, using single notes to outline different chord types or sets of chord changes, a key skill for learning to improvise through chord changes. ‣ Practice outlining intervallic functions through over 100 common chord progressions and single chord exercises. ‣ 50 intervallic function levels. Go from simple chord tones to complex melodic structures and scales. ‣ Solo intelligently maps out the correct intervals over each chord and listens for you to play each intervallic function in the specified order. ‣ Powerful workout options provide almost limitless ways to challenge yourself. ‣ Transpose the key of any progression or exercise. ‣ Choose to randomly transpose the progression (or single chord exercise) each time it repeats. ‣ Work on voice leading chord tones through single note lines. SCALE TRAINER The Scale Trainer contains a vast array of scales and powerful workout options, allowing you to finally break out of the box and develop a much deeper understanding of how scales are constructed on the fretboard. ‣ Practice finding scales on the fretboard using intervallic functions. ‣ Over 50+ Scales and modes. ‣ Powerful workout options provide almost limitless ways to challenge yourself. ‣ Melodic sequence options let you focus on starting from any chord tone within the scale. ‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session.

Screenshots

FiveLoop4 screens
Solo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FiveLoop at Free against Solo's $17.99. Solo's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (644 vs 19). On review sentiment, 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

FiveLoop is free to download; Solo costs $17.99 up front. FiveLoop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Solo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solo has 644 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 84% and 84% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FiveLoop ships an update every 6 weeks, Solo monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
FiveLoop versus Solo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiveLoopSolo
PriceFree — better$17.99
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)4.8 (644 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better83.5% of reviews
Number of ratings19644 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#84 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size730 MB231 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStephan DuechtelTrio Software Ltd

Customer experience

FiveLoop

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral14.0%
Negative2.3%

Solo

All ratings644 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.7%

Bugs and requests

FiveLoop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Solo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when launching the app
  • Inconsistent note detection
  • Inability to save progress or settings

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add ability to create custom chord progressions
  • Integrate metronome functionality
  • Provide visual representation of intervals on staff
  • Add option to practice natural notes only
  • Implement option to hear chord tones in the background
Show 3 more
  • Allow randomization of scale order
  • Add support for non-standard tunings
  • Implement sound feedback when finding the correct note

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FiveLoop

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fullversion$3.99
2 purchases

Solo

One-time2
  • Custom Tunings$1.99
  • Custom Chord Progressions$5.99

Questions

Is FiveLoop free?
FiveLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solo free?
Solo costs $17.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FiveLoop or Solo?
Solo is rated higher. FiveLoop averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Solo averages 4.8 from 644 ratings.
Do FiveLoop or Solo have ads?
Neither FiveLoop nor Solo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FiveLoop or Solo?
FiveLoop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Solo monthly. Most recently, FiveLoop was updated on September 8, 2026 and Solo on September 22, 2026.

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