Comparison

Life Field Recorder vs Loop/Cycle

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

Head to head
About

Life Field Recorder

Easily capture everyday sounds and transform them into unique beats for your music. Import audio or video from your camera roll to add personal moments to your creations. Focus on capturing and composing with automated tools.

Highlights
  • Capture everyday sounds
  • Create instant beats
  • Import from camera roll
  • Automated audio slicing
  • Syncs with plugin
Features
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In a world where ready made presets and loops have made music making a lot easier, it has also made music less personal. Life by XLN Audio enables you to easily capture your life moments and instantly create beats – adding life to your music. With the Life Field Recorder companion app, you can capture a moment from your favourite spot in the woods, or the ignition from a car. You can explore rhythmic sounds from a pedestrian crossing or different kitchen appliances. Try something different and explore underwater sounds. Capture walking on gravel. Anything can become a beat. The recordings made by the Life Field Recorder are automatically synced and instantly available in the Life by XLN Audio plugin (sold separately) where you can create beats. Recording, importing, slicing and sorting audio slices into beats is fully automated – so you can focus on capturing moments and creating beats. You can also import audio or video directly into the Life Field Recorder from your camera roll to create beats from the moments you already cherish. Capture moments. Create beats. Add life to your music. Life by XLN Audio.

About

Loop/Cycle

Create complex rhythmic patterns and polyrhythms with a modular builder. Explore odd meters and achieve flow-state practice with meditative, minimalist loops. Features three sampled instruments and adjustable BPM.

Highlights
  • Modular loop and rhythmic cycle builder
  • Build sequences with numbered blocks
  • Three sampled instruments (piano, marimba, bass)
  • Adjustable BPM (40-220)
  • Independent volume controls
  • Real-time block highlighting
  • Dark interface for focus
Features
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Loop/Cycle is a modular loop and rhythmic cycle builder for drummers or any musician ready for advanced rhythmic practice. Turn any combination of time signatures into a meditative, minimalist loop for deep flow-state practice and true mastery of complex rhythms. Two Modes of Creation In Loop mode, stack blocks numbered 1 through 7 to build a repeating sequence. Piano, marimba, and bass weave together automatically, generating fresh melodic patterns with every combination. In Cycle mode, assign blocks independently to each instrument. A 4-block piano against a 5-block bass creates a 20-beat polyrhythmic cycle — the kind of interlocking pattern found in West African drumming and minimalist composition. Features Build loops and polyrhythmic cycles from simple numbered blocks Three sampled instruments: piano, marimba, and bass Adjustable BPM from 40 to 220 Independent volume controls for each instrument and metronome click Real-time block highlighting synced to playback Dark interface designed for focused music-making No account required. No ads. No additional purchases. No internet needed after download. Whether you are exploring odd meters, practicing polyrhythms, or just curious about tapping into the flow state, start tapping blocks and listen.

Screenshots

Life Field Recorder4 screens
Loop/Cycle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Life Field Recorder at Free against Loop/Cycle's $9.99. Life Field Recorder also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1). Loop/Cycle's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Life Field Recorder is free to download; Loop/Cycle costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop/Cycle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Field Recorder has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Life Field Recorder versus Loop/Cycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife Field RecorderLoop/Cycle
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXLN Audio ABAdam Sturtevant

Customer experience

Life Field Recorder

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Loop/Cycle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Life Field Recorder

No in-app purchases

None

Loop/Cycle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Life Field Recorder free?
Life Field Recorder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop/Cycle free?
Loop/Cycle costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Life Field Recorder or Loop/Cycle?
Loop/Cycle is rated higher. Life Field Recorder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Loop/Cycle averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Life Field Recorder or Loop/Cycle have ads?
Neither Life Field Recorder nor Loop/Cycle shows ads.

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