Comparison

FiveLoop vs TaikoTrainer

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

TaikoTrainer

Features
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Taiko Trainer brings precise rhythm practice, kuchi-shōga composition, conditioning, and meditation into one focused app. START FROM MITSUDOMOE HOME Open Practice, Creator or Viewer, and Prepare from three clear destinations. Browse the Store without leaving your current screen or interrupting practice. Prefer Quickview and the familiar tabs? Choose that layout in Settings. PRACTICE WITH PRECISION Choose a jiuchi, load a song, and train against one exact clock. Set the tempo up to 250 BPM, select a loop directly on the beat track, and navigate long arrangements with an interactive song map. Playback continues in the background with Now Playing and lock-screen controls. An optional Custom Metronome Live Activity adds tempo controls. CREATE KUCHI-SHŌGA With an active Creator subscription, compose songs with their own words and sentences. Use named phrases, repeats, grouped rhythms, dynamics, tempo changes, tags, and compact display names. Save unfinished compositions, define missing parts, and preview an entire arrangement or selected beats once every part is ready. Viewer keeps purchased and previously created songs readable when Creator is inactive. CONTROL PRACTICE FROM APPLE WATCH Start or stop jiuchi and song playback independently, adjust tempo with the Digital Crown, and follow a beat indicator derived from iPhone playback. Body and Mind timers show your session on the Watch, with a shared Stop action. Body adds countdown haptic cues before exercise transitions and completion. Audio and sessions remain on the paired iPhone. TRAIN THE WHOLE PRACTICE Run a guided two-minute circuit with precise 40-second Abs, Arms, and Legs intervals, spoken transitions, and countdowns. Choose an Apple Music playlist and Taiko Trainer automatically lowers the music for announcements. RECOVER WITH INTENTION Set a meditation duration, choose an optional playlist, and begin and finish with a soft ding. Music fades gradually before the closing silence. EXPAND YOUR LIBRARY The Store offers prepared practice songs, sold separately, and monthly or annual auto-renewing Creator subscriptions for composing and editing. No account is required. Your custom kuchi-shōga library stays on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FiveLoop4 screens
TaikoTrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TaikoTrainer at every 3 weeks against FiveLoop's every 6 weeks. FiveLoop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FiveLoop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and TaikoTrainer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FiveLoop ships an update every 6 weeks, TaikoTrainer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FiveLoop versus TaikoTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiveLoopTaikoTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size730 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStephan DuechtelInfomancers Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FiveLoop

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

TaikoTrainer

Subscriptions2
  • Creator Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Creator Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Nagado Flow$0.99
  • Miyake Foundation$5.99

Questions

Is FiveLoop free?
FiveLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TaikoTrainer free?
TaikoTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FiveLoop or TaikoTrainer have ads?
Neither FiveLoop nor TaikoTrainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FiveLoop or TaikoTrainer?
FiveLoop ships an update every 6 weeks, and TaikoTrainer every 3 weeks. Most recently, FiveLoop was updated on October 13, 2026 and TaikoTrainer on October 12, 2026.

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