LoopStar vs ChannelStrip LE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LoopStar
Record audio loops and create beats with various effects. This app allows you to capture short audio clips and master tracks, then record video to share your musical creations. It offers a new way to start making music directly from your iPhone.
- Record audio loops
- Create beats with effects
- Record master audio tracks
- Record master video tracks
- Share music creations
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LoopStar 1.31 is a powerful new iPhone & iPad Audio Loop and Video Recorder App: Record loops and create beats with audio effects, and record master audio and video tracks to share with the world. LoopStar is a new amazing way to start your music creation. With LoopStar you can create tight little audio clips and tracks right from your iPhone.
ChannelStrip LE
This app offers a modeled tube preamp with a 3-band EQ and an oscilloscope. It's designed for music production to add smooth tube saturation and gentle tone-shaping, allowing users to monitor waveform compression.
- Modeled tube saturation
- 3-band equalizer
- Oscilloscope waveform monitoring
- Adjustable oversampling
- AUV3 and standalone app support
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ChannnelStrip is a modeled tube preamp with 3 band EQ and a simple oscilloscope available as AUV3 and standalone app. Controlling dynamics with saturation is an often overlooked technique in music production. ChannelStrip is intended as an end-of-chain effect giving you smooth modeled tube saturation combined with an oscilloscope to monitor how the waveform is compressed. The integrated 3-band equalizer will furthermore help you apply gentle, unobtrusive tone-shaping. Even as a simple distortion effect or equalizer, ChannelStrip will make a great addition to your FX collection. Features: - Modeled tube saturation with character control - Gentle 3-band equalizer - Oscilloscope - Adjustable oversampling factor (WARNING: uses a lot of resources on higher settings and may cause audio dropouts)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChannelStrip LE at 100% against LoopStar's 33%. ChannelStrip LE also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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. LoopStar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. ChannelStrip LE asks for nothing beyond the download.
ChannelStrip LE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of LoopStar's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChannelStrip LE's.
LoopStar ships an update every 10 days, ChannelStrip LE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LoopStar | ChannelStrip LE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 7HillsStudios | Christopher Herb |
Customer experience
LoopStar
ChannelStrip LE
In-app purchases
LoopStar
- LoopStar Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
- LoopStar Yearly Subscription$4.991 Year
ChannelStrip LE
No in-app purchases
