Comparison

MolliLooper vs BrainBud

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

Head to head
About

MolliLooper

This real-time stereo effect app allows for instant looping and filtering of audio. Designed for live performance, it continuously records input for immediate playback and offers adjustable loop timing synced to a host clock. It also features a resonant filter and stutter/freeze capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time stereo looping
  • Instant recording/looping
  • Host clock sync
  • Adjustable loop timing
  • Lowpass/highpass resonant filter
  • Stutter/freeze effect
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
Currently charting
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Molli Looper is a realtime stereo effect for looping and filtering. Intended mainly as a live performance tool, no preparation is needed to trigger loop recording - input is constantly recorded in the background to be triggered whenever it is needed.   Loop timing is synced to host clock, and can be adjusted from multi-bar loops right down to 16th note drills.   The looped or unlooped audio is then passed though a lowpass -> neutral -> highpass resonant filter, based on a 4 pole ladder design for lush analogue style sound.   You can use Molli Looper either as iOS Standalone app or as AUv3 plugin. FEATURES: - Combination of looper and stutter/freeze - Continuous recording: instant recording/looping - Runs in sync with host clock - Jumps to meaningful places in the recording: "Snap to grid" - Grid: 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 beats - Ability to scroll through the recording - Lowpass/highpass resonant filter - Long Tap XY keeps filter position - Limiter/booster effect - Momentary Mode - Tap on Molli Looper icon for basic information

About

BrainBud

This app acts as a central controller for other music creation applications, allowing you to manage keys and scales simultaneously. It integrates with a variety of Bud apps via MIDI, enabling synchronized changes and broadcasting of musical parameters. Experiment with randomization and automate settings through its AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Centralized key and scale control
  • MIDI out to multiple Bud apps
  • Budcast for parameter broadcasting
  • Randomize musical parameters
  • AUv3 plugin for automation
  • Requires other Bud apps to function
Features
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BrainBud controls the keys and scales of the Bud apps all at once. Connect BrainBud’s MIDI out to MIDI inputs of: - SnakeBud - PolyBud - MelodyBud - ShiftBud - ScaleBud 2 - In Theory - Textquencer - Binarhythmic - Auto Bass - BounceBud - MuseBud - Kebarp - FuncBud - Note to Be You can also broadcast the current key/scale to the newly connected apps with Budcast button. If you’d like to experiment, you can try the randomise button. With the AUv3 plugin, you can change the BrainBud's parameters or even automate them with AU parameters. For using the AUv3 plugin make sure you have an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Cubasis, Nanostudio, apeMatrix. BrainBud is a MIDI based app and requires other Bud apps present in order to work right. If you don't have any other Bud apps mentioned above, you can't make a use of BrainBud.  BrainBud doesn't produce any kind of sound on its own.

Screenshots

MolliLooper2 screens
BrainBud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BrainBud at $2.99 against MolliLooper's $8.99. BrainBud also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). MolliLooper's advantage is chart position (#38 vs unranked) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

MolliLooper costs $8.99 and BrainBud $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MolliLooper against 5.0 for BrainBud. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MolliLooper has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of MolliLooper's written reviews are positive against 100% of BrainBud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
MolliLooper versus BrainBud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMolliLooperBrainBud
Price$8.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#38 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOliver Greschke (DE)Cem Olcay

Customer experience

MolliLooper

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

BrainBud

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MolliLooper

No in-app purchases

None

BrainBud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MolliLooper free?
MolliLooper costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrainBud free?
BrainBud costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MolliLooper or BrainBud?
MolliLooper and BrainBud are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do MolliLooper or BrainBud have ads?
Neither MolliLooper nor BrainBud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MolliLooper or BrainBud?
MolliLooper ships an update every 2 months, and BrainBud every 2 months. Most recently, MolliLooper was updated on September 18, 2026 and BrainBud on September 21, 2026.

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