Comparison

Minimic vs Loopette

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

Head to head
About

Minimic

Record short audio clips from your microphone, then manipulate their pitch, loop them, and add effects. Arrange these clips in a tracker-style interface to compose songs quickly. Export your creations as audio files.

Highlights
  • Record microphone audio clips
  • Pitch shifting and looping
  • Add audio effects
  • Tracker-style song sequencer
  • Auto-tune detected samples
  • Export as WAV audio
Features
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Make music at the speed of sound! Minimic allows you to directly record short clips from your microphone and play them at different notes, loop them, pitch them and add a ton of effects! You can sequence those little clips in a user-friendly tracker-like interface to shape your song. This is one of the fastest sample based tracker for mobile, you’ll be creating a complete song in no-time! Very useful for beatbox music or song drafts. How to make a song in a few simple steps (later explained in the in-app tutorial): 1) Open the instrument editor and press the big red button to record a new sample. 2) Polish your sample by adding loop points and removing any silent part it can have. 3) Use the main tracker-like interface to place notes. Minimic auto detects the pitch of your sample so any musical sound you have recorded will be automatically in tune! 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 as much as you like! 5) By opening the pattern list menu you can add more and more patterns sections to increase and set the order of your song blocks! 6) Save your song into .mic (project) or export .wav audio files! 7) Enjoy! Plot twist! Think inside the box: You can have only a max of 6 sounds playing back at the same time and your clips could be of a max of 1 second (but you can make them loop in ping-pong (start to end and back)). Show us what you can do with Minimic! Feedback is appreciated at: staff@minimic.app

About

Loopette

Features
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Loopette is a cassette looper for iPhone. Press the tape to freeze. Drag to scrub. Flick to spin. The motor wobbles. The tape saturates. Loops that breathe. A pocket-sized tape machine, alive in your hands. Built for songwriters, producers, and sound designers who want analog character without menu-diving. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE • Touch-to-hold — press the cassette to freeze playback at the spot • Drag to scrub — DJ-style scratching with velocity-sensitive pitch • Flick to spin — momentum-based motion with a natural slowdown • Waveform timeline — see exactly where you are while you move WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE • Wow & flutter — slow drift and fast wobble, dialed by ear • Tape saturation — soft compression with frequency-dependent grain • Bias — frequency tilt the way old machines do • Ladder filter — warm, resonant low-pass that sweeps like a vintage synth • Hiss & age — noise floor and degradation you can taste HIDDEN DEPTH • Granular engine descended from a legendary open-source Eurorack module • Position, grain size, density, pitch — real texture synthesis • Found by feel, not by hunting through menus LOOPING THAT FLOWS • Overdub — layer takes without ever leaving the screen • Resampling — bounce loops back into the engine to keep building • Variable speed & reverse — pitch and direction as performance tools • Auto-save — never lose a take PROJECTS, NOT PRESETS • Name your projects on the tape label • Recall them instantly — your last take is one tap away • Import WAV, AIFF, or M4A; record from the mic • Export dry or fully wet, with the tape character baked in • Bluetooth-aware — auto-detects wireless audio gear NO SUBSCRIPTION One-time purchase. No ads. No login. No data harvesting. Free updates as new effects land — reverb, delay, and granular are next on the bench. Designed for iPhone. Made for musicians.

Screenshots

Minimic4 screens
Loopette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Loopette at every 2 months against Minimic's every 7 months. Minimic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On 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

Minimic costs $2.99 and Loopette $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimic ships an update every 7 months, Loopette every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Minimic versus Loopette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimicLoopette
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonardo DemartinoNicholas Counts

In-app purchases

None

Minimic

No in-app purchases

None

Loopette

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimic free?
Minimic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loopette free?
Loopette costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minimic or Loopette have ads?
Neither Minimic nor Loopette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimic or Loopette?
Minimic ships an update every 7 months, and Loopette every 2 months. Most recently, Minimic was updated on October 24, 2026 and Loopette on October 15, 2026.

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