Comparison

Drum Loops vs ScratchLab

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

Head to head
About

Drum Loops

This app provides a wide variety of high-quality reggae and other genre backing tracks with an accurate BPM engine. It's designed for musicians of all levels to practice, jam, and even write songs. Easily sort, filter, and create playlists of your favorite beats.

Highlights
  • Realistic reggae backing tracks
  • Accurate BPM engine
  • Adjustable tempo speed
  • Background playback
  • Favorites and playlists
  • Tune sorting and filtering
  • Can be used as a metronome
Features
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High-quality sounds, accurate BPM engine, designed by professionals. - Excellent source of realistic, reggae backing tracks - Highly accurate BPM engine - Designed and tested by professional musicians - Perfect both for advanced and amateurs Drum Loops – Reggae Beats is an excellent source of reggae backing tracks to practice your instruments! Guitar, bass, violin, flute, harmonica - every instrument will benefit from a good backing! Drum Loops – Reggae Beats gives you a big choice of grooves, beats, and tones. Drumbeats divide into categories so that you can easily select your genre and the speed to play your track or jam around. You can sort beats by BPM, genre (reggae, latin jazz, ska etc.), tempo, and others. If you want - choose your favorite tracks and make your own list. - The application has an organized and intuitive interface. You can choose among many samples. A friendly designed, smart drum engine lets you change the speed / BPM of each beat. This makes practicing even more fun and you don't need your metronome or drum machine. You will learn to keep up the tempo, having fun at the same time! - High sound quality makes the app sounds great whether for private practice or when amplified for group performances. The result is an incredibly handy and useful app dedicated to any musician. Drum Loops – Reggae Beats can also help you write your own song: who has ever written a hit without a nice rhythm behind it? Sounds categories in Drum Loops – Reggae Beats: - Reggae - Latin jazz - Ska - Samba - Afro cuban - Rock - March - Pop Features: - Adjustable tempo speed - Play in the background - Marking as favorites - Loop rating - Tunes sorting & filtering - Playlists- create a sequence of many loops - Many beats, tunes, and drum backgrounds - Can be used as a metronome If you have any comments or you need help with Drum Loops – Reggae Beats, please send an e-mail at mobile@netigen.pl Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/reggaebeatsios/privacy/ Terms & Conditions: https://zipoapps.com/reggaebeatsios/terms/

About

ScratchLab

Features
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ScratchLab is a professional capture and session-logging tool designed for DJs and structured recording workflows. It helps keep sessions organized so takes, notes, and supporting media are easier to manage. With ScratchLab, you can: • capture and organize session data • track takes with clear logging • support repeatable recording workflows • keep performance and practice sessions documented • simplify review and file organization after recording ScratchLab is built for workflows where consistency matters, whether you are documenting scratch practice, recording structured sessions, or managing repeated capture setups for training and review. It is designed to reduce confusion, improve session organization, and make post-session handling more efficient. The focus is simple: a clear, reliable workflow for capturing and organizing DJ session material without unnecessary complexity.

Screenshots

Drum Loops4 screens
ScratchLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScratchLab at none against Drum Loops's 11. ScratchLab also leads on ads (none vs shown). Drum Loops's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Drum Loops sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $7.49 per month. ScratchLab asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drum Loops versus ScratchLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum LoopsScratchLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 31 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB216 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperZipoAppsKarl Watson

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Drum Loops

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Subscription 1 Month$7.491 Month
  • PRO+ Subscription 1 Month$8.991 Month
  • PRO+ Subscription 12 Months$35.991 Year
One-time8
  • 7/4 basic rhythms$2.99
  • 5/8 & 7/8 basic rhythms$2.99
  • 7/8 simple rhythms$2.99
Show 5 more
  • misc. x/8 rhythms$2.99
  • 12/8 basic rhythms #1$2.99
  • 12/8 basic rhythms #2$2.99
  • Giga Pack 001 - start discount$4.99
  • Giga Pack 002 - start discount$4.99
None

ScratchLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Loops free?
Drum Loops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScratchLab free?
ScratchLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drum Loops or ScratchLab have ads?
Drum Loops shows ads; ScratchLab does not.

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