Microsoft Loop vs Rest Assured
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microsoft Loop
This app facilitates collaborative thinking, planning, and creation across devices. It brings together teams, content, and tasks, allowing users to capture ideas, manage projects, and communicate in real-time. Seamlessly integrate with existing tools for a unified workflow.
- Co-creation experience
- Content and task management
- Idea capture and task lists
- Project workspace
- Real-time commenting and reactions
- Customizable notifications
- Cross-Microsoft 365 component editing
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Think, plan and create together with Loop on the go. Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content and tasks across your tools and devices. Designed for the way you work, Loop can help you think, plan, and create together. • Capture ideas, create task lists, and insert photos to your Loop pages to express your thoughts. • Bring all your project content into a Loop workspace to help your team focus on what matters. • Comment and react in the app to quickly collaborate on the go. • Get only the notifications you care about and jump right back into what needs the most attention. • Edit and share Loop components across Microsoft 365 to help your team be on the same page in one place. To get started, download Loop, and sign in with your Microsoft Account or the account assigned to you by your work or school. This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities. Please refer to the End User License Terms for Microsoft Loop. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions. Privacy terms: https://aka.ms/privacy Please refer to the Microsoft Software License Terms, see “License Agreement” under Information. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions.
Rest Assured
This app helps musicians build consistent, focused, and rewarding practice routines. It allows users to plan sessions, track time, set goals for multiple instruments, and review progress through a calendar and history. Advanced features include a metronome, recording capabilities, and a tuner.
- Practice goal setting for multiple instruments
- Session tracking with timer
- Notes and reflections
- Calendar view of practice history
- Advanced metronome with tempo trainer
- Practice recording and playback
- Chromatic tuner and drone
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Rest Assured — Music Practice Log Build a more consistent, focused, and rewarding music practice routine. Rest Assured helps musicians plan their practice, stay on time, and see their progress. Set goals for multiple instruments, organize practice routines, time each session, add notes and reflections, and review your activity through a calendar and detailed practice history. Whether you’re learning your first instrument or refining an advanced repertoire, Rest Assured gives you the tools to practice with purpose. Included at no cost: • Set practice goals for multiple instruments • Track sessions with a countdown timer or stopwatch • Record practice dates, durations, categories, notes, goals, and reflections • Explore your practice history and search previous sessions • View your consistency and minutes practiced on a visual calendar • Follow weekly statistics, personal bests, and practice trends • Customize the app’s color theme and accessibility settings Rest Assured Pro Unlock additional tools designed to make every practice session more productive. Advanced metronome • Choose a preset tempo, adjust it with a slider, or use tap tempo • Practice with quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, or triplets • Select straight or swung rhythms • Accent the first beat of each measure • Use Tempo Trainer to gradually increase the tempo after a chosen number of measures Practice recordings • Record your practice and listen back for self-evaluation • Automatically associate recordings with the session’s date, time, and instrument • Compare recordings to hear how your playing develops Chromatic tuner and drone • Identify the nearest pitch and see how many cents sharp or flat you are • Customize the Concert A reference pitch • Transpose by up to 12 semitones • Play a sustained reference note with the built-in drone Deliberate practice • Define a passage or skill you want to improve • Set a target number of clean repetitions • Track your progress toward completing the goal Hands-free controls • Start a practice session using Siri • Start and complete sessions from Apple Watch Routines • Add structure to your practices • Sections include: scales, warm up, repertoire, songs, and more PRIVACY POLICY: https://zaquirk.github.io/Rest-Assured/Privacy-Policy/ SUPPORT: https://zaquirk.github.io/Rest-Assured/Support/ TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rest Assured at 5.0 against Microsoft Loop's 4.6. Microsoft Loop's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Microsoft Loop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Rest Assured sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rest Assured holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Loop has 5.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Microsoft Loop | Rest Assured |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.1K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Chris Quirk |
Bugs and requests
Microsoft Loop
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on certain workspaces
- Inability to save new content
- Formatting issues with code blocks
- Keyboard issues and cursor jumping
- Inconsistent theme and UI behavior
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to duplicate pages
- Improved handwriting and whiteboard support
- Export/copy to Word or PDF
- Offline functionality
- Better access management and guest collaboration
Rest Assured
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microsoft Loop
- Microsoft 365 Personal$9.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Family$12.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Personal$99.991 Year
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- Microsoft 365 Family$129.991 Year
Rest Assured
- Rest Assured Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Rest Assured Pro - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Rest Assured Pro - One-time$19.99
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