Loopseque Lite vs Launchpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loopseque Lite
Create music easily with this intuitive app that makes beat-making feel like a game. It offers modes for beginners and professionals to improvise, arrange compositions, and learn different musical styles.
- Easy pattern creation
- Fast pattern switching
- Team play modes
- Learn music styles
- 32-step circle sequencer
- 4 channels with 9 patterns
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Loopseque is an incredibly simple app for creating music. With Loopseque making music is like playing a game. Create beats, switch fast between patterns and arrange compositions. You can access your music instantly and everywhere. CONCEPT: * Designed for fun and improvisation * Attractive for both beginners and professionals * Suitable for all ages FEATURES: * "Big Wheel" mode for easy pattern creation * "Wheel Matrix" mode for fast switch between patterns * "Tap" and "Sync" for team play * “Master-Class”. Learn to make music in different styles. LOOPING PLACES: * At Home: on your own, together with a friend or even with the whole family. * At a Party: it’s fun in any setting. Amuse your friends, make music together. * On a Trip: on board of a plane, in a car, or on a train. TECHNICAL INFO: * 32-step circle sequencer * 4 channels with 9 patterns per channel ABOUT: Loopseque is created by Casual Underground international community which comprises of musicians, developers, designers, artists, journalists and producers. Casual Underground lab specializes on research & development in interactive performance area, combining entertaining conceptions with high requirements to usability, advanced technical solutions and wide social integration.
Launchpad
Create and remix electronic music with a professional sound library and intuitive grid interface. Layer beats, melodies, and vocals, then apply DJ-style effects to craft unique tracks. Record and share your musical creations with the world.
- Multi-color grid for playing sounds
- Mix and remix soundpacks
- DJ-style performance effects
- Weekly soundpack releases
- Record and share music
- Import custom sounds (iPad)
- Ableton Link integration
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The original Launchpad — Make & Remix Music. Enter an inspiring world of music creation and remixing on your iPhone & iPad. 8 free soundpacks included. Hundreds more available, updated weekly. Launchpad is the original number-one app for making and remixing electronic music. Instantly combine beats, basslines, melodies, vocals and FX loops into new creations. Layer DJ-style effects to chop and change your sound. Record your performance and share it with others. There’s never been a better time to make music. // MAKE & REMIX MUSIC Instantly create and remix music. Use the world-famous Launchpad grid to trigger loops and sounds from a huge professional library. Launchpad is always locked to the beat, so you’ll never go out of time. // EASY TO USE DJ-STYLE FX Free, easy-to-use DJ-style FX turn every remix into a creative performance. Advanced options on iPad further enhance your remixes. The pro DJ-style effects include filter, gater, stutter, stopper, flanger and delay. // INSPIRING SOUNDPACKS, UPDATED WEEKLY Launchpad comes with 8 remix soundpacks to get you started. Hundreds more are available in the store, with new ones added every week. // PRO FEATURES COLLECTION For the advanced or adventurous, the Pro Features Collection for iPad add-on lets you import your own sounds, use the extended FX features and sync easily to other apps and external hardware. Connect the world famous Launchpad hardware to your iPad for the ultimate sonic experience. At any time, capture your performance and share it easily. Features • Make music instantly — Play a multi-colour grid of amazing sounds • Be a DJ — Mix soundpacks together endlessly • 8 free soundpacks — Nearly 400 sounds included. Discover hundreds more in the store. • Weekly releases — Professional remix soundpacks released every week • DJ-style performance FX — Make your mixes unique with powerful DJ effects • Share your music — Soundcloud, YouTube, Facebook, Dropbox, Audiocopy and more • Create your own remixes — Craft your own remix by combining sounds from your library • Reuse soundpacks — Launchpad soundpacks appear automatically in Blocs Wave • Play in key — Set the key of your session and browse all clips in that key Advanced Features • Real-time tempo — Change tempo at any time, with real-time audio stretching • Blocs Wave export — Easily send your Blocs Wave projects to Launchpad • Audio Import* — Supports Dropbox, AudioShare, AudioCopy and Airdrop • Advanced performance FX* — Enhanced Stutter, Autofilter, Gater, Delay, Stopper & Flanger • Launchpad hardware — Integrates with Novation’s Launch hardware (iPad only) • Ableton Link — Jam in sync with your other apps, devices or Ableton Live • MIDI sync output* — Connect Launchpad to external hardware synths and drum machines* (iPad only) • Audiobus Support — Use any Audiobus-compatible apps to extend your music-making setup • Bluetooth — Supports Bluetooth speakers and headphones *In-App Purchase Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loopseque Lite at none against Launchpad's 10. Loopseque Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 17.0). Launchpad's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (35K vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Launchpad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Loopseque Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loopseque Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launchpad has 35K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Loopseque Lite's written reviews are positive against 85% of Launchpad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Loopseque Lite ships an update every 26 months, Launchpad fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loopseque Lite | Launchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (35K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 35K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casual Underground | Focusrite Audio Engineering |
Customer experience
Loopseque Lite
Launchpad
Bugs and requests
Loopseque Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Launchpad
Reported bugs
9 issues- Audio import not working
- Inability to delete unnecessary recordings
- Inability to see name of soundpack a loop belongs to
- Pad selections disappearing when hitting stop
- Inability to import audio after updating
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- Inability to access audio import after signing out of account
- App crashing when trying to import audio
- App constantly closing when importing stuff
- Inability to restore audio import after getting a new device
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to edit after a track is recorded, adjusting levels/adding effects
- Pause button
- Ability to duplicate a current song
- Sequencer to use drum hits
- Ability to change key of project
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- Display key when pressing tempo button
- Ability to sync projects across devices
- Ability to record and save instruments, drums, piano etc.
- Ability to export separate stems
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Loopseque Lite
No in-app purchases
Launchpad
- Launchpad Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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