Sounding Tides vs Laleuca Looper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sounding Tides
This app transforms 50 years of tidal data into an interactive musical experience. Users can manipulate sound layers, wave visuals, and data timelines to create unique sonic representations of tidal heights.
- Interactive musical composition
- Translates tidal data into sound
- Mix sound layers (sine wave, noise, piano)
- Adjust wave visuals
- Scroll through 50 years of data
- Create unique sonifications
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Sounding Tides Erik Griswold and Rebecca Cunningham Sounding Tides is an interactive musical composition that translates 50 years of scientific data into sound. In Sounding Tides, the record of tide heights from Brisbane river is represented as sound waves, white noise, and piano samples. By live mixing sound layers, wave visuals, and scrolling through the decades, you can create your own colourful sonifications of the tides. How to use the App Use the vertical faders to mix volume of sine wave, noise, and piano layers, and change the colour and texture of the visuals. Use horizontal faders to change the speed and scroll through 50 years of tidal data. Credits Created by composer Erik Griswold and climate social scientist Rebecca Cunningham. App coding and design by Steve Berrick. Sounding Tides was created for Curiocity Brisbane 2022.
Laleuca Looper
This music app offers a three-channel experimental looper with features like auto-record, random parameter adjustments, and rhythmic playback. It includes advanced modulation and LFO capabilities for creative sound design.
- Three-channel experimental looper
- Auto Record for multiple sources
- Randomize parameters (RND)
- Rhythmic loop playback (Rhythm Mode)
- Crossfade between parameter settings (Mod)
- Four LFOs per looper
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Laleuca is a three-channel experimental looper for iPhone (standalone and AUv3). Some nice features: Auto Record – automatically capture new loops from multiple sources. RND – randomise octave, direction, length, repeats, or almost any parameter. Rhythm Mode – play back your recorded loops rhythmically. Mod – crossfade between different parameter settings. LFO – four LFOs per looper, routable to any destination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Laleuca Looper at 100% against Sounding Tides's 0%. Sounding Tides's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, 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
Sounding Tides is free to download; Laleuca Looper costs $4.99 up front. Laleuca Looper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sounding Tides asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sounding Tides ships an update every 2 days, Laleuca Looper daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sounding Tides | Laleuca Looper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Berrick | Jonathon Stewart |
Customer experience
Sounding Tides
Laleuca Looper
In-app purchases
Sounding Tides
No in-app purchases
Laleuca Looper
- Unlock Looper C$0.49
