Comparison

Loopseque Mini vs Touch Notation

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

Head to head
About

Loopseque Mini

Create music with an intuitive circular sequencer, sampler, and FX processor. This app makes music creation accessible to everyone, regardless of experience, and allows for easy sharing of projects online. It's a fun, game-like experience for aspiring musicians and producers.

Highlights
  • Circular sequencer
  • Sampler and sample editor
  • Audio effects processor
  • Live track recording
  • Project sharing via email
  • SoundCloud integration
  • Onboard sample library
Features
Currently charting
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Loopseque it's a new music ecosystem which includes powerful sequencer, sampler, fx processor and record store with many beautiful releases from talented artists. The basement of Loopseque is a circle - a natural solution for visualization of cyclic music structure. Music starts with the first touch and within seconds becomes alive. It’s not just a rhythmic pattern in your hands, but the whole composition. Playing Loopseque doesn't require music education or any professional skills. An intuitive interface combined with inspiring sounds gives an opportunity to plunge into the world of music to everybody. Loopseque serves as a catalyst for collective creativity both online and in real life. Here and now, any band can create its own music, easily and fun. Thanks to the social integration inside the app, all musicians can publish there records to the web and share projects with friends via e-mail. Despite its apparent simplicity, Loopseque is a challenge to the musician. How fast you can change the patterns, which patterns you create, what effects you use – that’s what makes the difference and determines the quality of music material. Loopseque is a game in which “achievements” are measured by the richness of sound created by the musician on the fly, and “high score” is the number of listeners who enjoy the music of the artist. It does not matter how old you are, what education, faith, political views, tastes and preferences you have. Loopseque is simple, it is even easier than it seems. You always see what is happening. You can create, edit, produce your song as if you've always made music. With Loopseque you are a musician, a composer, a producer and a creator. Without delay, at first glance. Doors of Perception are open. MAIN FEATURES: • Easy to use sequencer • Sample editor, uploader & browser • Onboard Samples library • Audio effects • Live track recording & loop bouncing • SoundCloud sharing • Project sharing via e-mail • 22 professionally designed electronic sample sets • 14 original project presets • Loopseque Store with new projects and tracks by talented artists • Dropbox Sync and iTunes File Sharing for your own sounds • Audio copy/paste (General Pasteboard with import and export) • WIST support for syncing with other iOS music apps • Master classes & tutorials TECHNICAL INFO: • Pixel accurate design for the exciting Retina Display • 32 bit internal audio engine • 32 step circle sequencer • 4х4 channels of audio tracks • 9 patterns per channel • Tap tempo & cue sync • Swing enhance • Cross-project sample set transfer • FX set: Filter (LP & HP mode in one amazing control), Beat Repeater with automatic quantize, Reverb • All FXs can be assigned to each of 4 channels (one-button extra fast routing) PERFORMANCE: * iPhone 4S, 4 & 3GS: great performance, smooth animations * iPhone 3G: high quality sound, but with some function and GUI limitations 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. Loopseque is Superpowered

About

Touch Notation

Create musical scores with intuitive touch gestures. Draw notes, add expressions, and play back your compositions with 30 instrument voices. Export your work in various formats.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notation input
  • 30 built-in instrument voices
  • Tempo and dynamics control
  • Page layout functions
  • Transpose feature
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, SMF, MusicXML)
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Touch Notation is a powerful musical score creation app that allows anyone to enjoy writing music using touch gestures. In Japan, Touch Notation was selected as one of the ‘App Store Best of 2014’ apps, and held the No.1 spot in the iPad Paid App index for music apps for over two weeks. Up until now, musical score creation software has relied upon dragging individual notes from a palette onto staves. By contrast, Touch Notation allows musicians to draw directly onto the score using a finger or touch pen, and have their work immediately appear as beautifully written notation, then played back using the app’s 30 built-in instrument voices. - A wide-range of functions accessible from a cleanly designed, intuitive user interface. - Ability to enter musical expressions for adjusting tempo and dynamics. - Layout functions such as page breaks. - Convenient transpose feature for raising/lowering the pitch of the entire score. - Output scores using Air Print, or save to Dropbox in PDF, SMF, MusicXML, and ScoreMaker formats. Touch Notation allows the following musical symbols to be entered by hand: - Note, Rest (including dotted and double-dotted), Long Rest, Beam, Tuplet (Triplet) - Grace Note - Accidental, Tie, Slur - Accent, Staccato, Tenuto, Fermata - Trill, sfz, Arpeggio, Pedal, Senza - Metronome symbol - Crescendo, Decrescendo - Dynamics symbols (ppp~fff) - Octave symbol - Repeat brackets - Repeat marks (D.C./Fine/D.S./Segno/Coda/to Coda) - Clefs (Treble Clef/Bass Clef/C Clef/Percussion Clef) - Key signature - Time signature - Bar lines (repeat marks) - Abbreviation Lyrics and other musical expressions (‘Dolce’, ‘Tranquillo’, etc.) can be added using text input, while comments and memos can also be written freehand directly onto the score. * Drum notation is supported, but other types such as rhythm notation and tab notation are not supported. * Older devices may experience stuttering when playing complicated scores with many simultaneous notes.

Screenshots

Loopseque Mini4 screens
Touch Notation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Loopseque Mini at 4.1 against Touch Notation's 2.9. Loopseque Mini also leads on price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (83% vs 45%). On ratings volume, 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

Loopseque Mini costs $0.99 and Touch Notation $9.99 up front. Loopseque Mini sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Touch Notation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loopseque Mini holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Loopseque Mini's written reviews are positive against 45% of Touch Notation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loopseque Mini ships an update every 5 months, Touch Notation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Loopseque Mini versus Touch Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopseque MiniTouch Notation
Price$0.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.1 (14 ratings) — better2.9 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews — better44.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1421 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCasual UndergroundKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Loopseque Mini

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative7.9%

Touch Notation

All ratings21 ratings
Positive38.1%
Neutral19.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive44.6%
Neutral26.5%
Negative28.9%

Bugs and requests

Loopseque Mini

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App freezes on opening
  • App stops working on iPhone 6+
  • App crashes when restoring add-ons
  • Cannot resume after stopping and recording
  • Website & sharing / purchasing features down
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  • App crashes when buying from store
  • Loopseque store problems
  • Add-on restoration issues
  • App crashes on iOS 6
  • App does not open on iOS 6
  • Sound distortion
  • Exported file does not play
  • Cannot change all 4 loop wheels simultaneously
  • Sound glitches when adding/deleting sounds
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • Band sound does not work, impossible to play

Requested features

50 requests
  • Integrate AuV3 interface
  • Individually shorten step length per track
  • More updates
  • Tab tempo and mute MIDI CC output
  • Japanese language explanation
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  • More drum sound options
  • Option to set patterns to change at the top of the measure
  • Option to 'preload' patterns
  • Restore add-ons after update
  • More FX, tracks, export tracks
  • Ability to mix different sample packs
  • Use own samples
  • Change key
  • Create own patterns
  • More wheel columns (10 or 15)
  • Mix all columns of beats together
  • Vocal recording feature
  • Higher tone range / More instruments
  • Export (wav, mp3, midi)
  • Import own sounds
  • Play with more than 4 notes for bass and lead
  • Assign different instrument styles from templates
  • Hover text over icons
  • Save as mp3 to iTunes library
  • Bluetooth creation to friends
  • Upload own sounds
  • Monthly competitions for best sound
  • Larger wheels with a larger range of notes for iPad
  • More lessons/tutorials
  • Modify note lengths
  • Mix all sample packs
  • Use own samples
  • Change key
  • Create own patterns
  • More wheel columns (10 or 15)
  • Mix all columns of beats together
  • Vocal recording feature
  • Higher tone range / More instruments
  • Export (wav, mp3, midi)
  • Import own sounds
  • Play with more than 4 notes for bass and lead
  • Assign different instrument styles from templates
  • Hover text over icons
  • Save as mp3 to iTunes library
  • Bluetooth creation to friends
  • Upload own sounds
  • Monthly competitions for best sound
  • Larger wheels with a larger range of notes for iPad
  • More lessons/tutorials
  • Modify note lengths

Touch Notation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Loopseque Mini

One-time10
  • Milk Way by Cats do Different Tracks$0.99
  • A little more and everything by Andriesh$0.99
  • Air Desert by Makseq$0.99
Show 7 more
  • B5 by BoosBot$0.99
  • Basic by KHz$0.99
  • Code:Black by BoostBot$0.99
  • Cucumber by Pilintsow$0.99
  • Flame Guitar by Makseq$0.99
  • Plant by Andriesh$0.99
  • Uno de Nuit by BoostBot$0.99
10 purchases

Touch Notation

One-time10
  • Sound Set: Piano$0.49
  • Sound Set: Guitar/Bass 1$0.49
  • Sound Set: Strings$0.49
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  • Sound Set: Brass/Woodwind$0.49
  • Sound Set: Bell/Mallet$0.49
  • Sound Set: Vocal/Others$0.49
  • Core MIDI Output$1.99
  • Handwritten Font$1.99
  • Sound Set: Full$2.99
  • Chord Name & Automatic Accompaniment$3.99

Questions

Is Loopseque Mini free?
Loopseque Mini costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Touch Notation free?
Touch Notation costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loopseque Mini or Touch Notation?
Loopseque Mini is rated higher. Loopseque Mini averages 4.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Touch Notation averages 2.9 from 21 ratings.
Do Loopseque Mini or Touch Notation have ads?
Neither Loopseque Mini nor Touch Notation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loopseque Mini or Touch Notation?
Loopseque Mini ships an update every 5 months, and Touch Notation every 3 months. Most recently, Loopseque Mini was updated on September 27, 2026 and Touch Notation on September 25, 2026.

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