Hoot by Loop vs Rhythms Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoot by Loop
An intuitive audio messenger for real-time, private conversations. Record and send voice messages instantly, with optional live transcriptions and video backgrounds. Add friends by bumping phones and send anonymous uplifting messages.
- Hold to record, release to send audio
- Live, invisible ink transcriptions
- Add video to audio message backgrounds
- Dynamic emoji respond to voice
- Soundclips from classic movies
- Bump phones to add friends
- Anonymous daily uplifting push notifications
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Hoot is your new, more intuitive audio messenger. Designed for real-time communication, privacy and fluidity. Hold to record, release to send and they only get to hear it once. It's that easy. No send button, no take backs. Just you, your friends and some good conversation. Subtitles: Built-in from the get-go, we transcribe all your messages, and replay them live in invisible ink, so you can read along, privately. Magic Words: Dynamic emoji respond to your voice, and add a little sparkle to your messages...if you know the right incantations. Portal Video: Simply slide your thumb over the camera while recording to add video to the background of your audio, and portal your friends into your world. Sound Effect Emoji Confetti: We have no easier way to explain this to you than you downloading the app. Soundclips: Think of it like an audio gif... Try out a wide range of soundclips from classic movies, and many more to come. Bump: Forget QR codes. Just bump phones to add friends on Hoot. Boosts: Send one anonymous uplifting push notification to a friend each day, so they know someones got them on their mind! Not to mention we've obviously got 2x speed, speaker control, and all that good stuff. So hurry up, your friends are waiting - get on the Hoot.
Rhythms Social
Connect with dancers, promoters, and venues in the music and entertainment industry. Discover and share dance events, studios, and music performances globally. Express yourself, gain exposure, and improve your artistic abilities.
- Social networking for dance and music industry
- Promote dance and music events
- Connect with global dancers
- Discover dance studios and venues
- Share content and gain exposure
- Improve artistic dancing abilities
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Rhythms™ is a downloadable mobile app for social networking in the dance, music, and entertainment industry, providing a broad selection of services to dancers, promoters, venue owners, DJs, music enthusiasts, and music groups. Rhythms™ app promotes dance social events, dance studios, and music events, connecting social dancers from different countries, and providing them with access to resources to gain exposure, express themselves, share content, and improve their artistic dancing abilities. By downloading the Rhythms™ app, users will have the ability to interact, post, and share content with other dancers from around the world who share a common interest in dancing. Rhythms™ app will provide contact information for other dancers, locations of dance studios, and social event venues, all in one resourceful mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hoot by Loop at weekly against Rhythms Social's every 2 weeks. Rhythms Social's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hoot by Loop against 5.0 for Rhythms Social. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Hoot by Loop ships an update weekly, Rhythms Social every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoot by Loop | Rhythms Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loop Social Inc. | SAMUEL GONZALEZ |
Customer experience
Hoot by Loop
Rhythms Social
In-app purchases
Hoot by Loop
No in-app purchases
Rhythms Social
No in-app purchases





