Comparison

Voice Loop vs Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

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

Head to head
About

Voice Loop

This app allows users to record and loop unlimited audio tracks, syncing them with a metronome or recording at any length. It offers playback control, track management, and the ability to merge recordings into a single file. Users can also share their creations via email.

Highlights
  • Unlimited audio track recording
  • A-B repeat looping
  • Synchronized looping with metronome
  • Custom tempo and measures
  • Merge tracks into one file
  • Email track sharing
  • Bluetooth support
Features
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***Rated #6 App in the Music Category in April '13*** Voice Loop is an A-B repeat type voice recorder that allows you to record unlimited audio tracks and loop them together. Record tracks with a given tempo and number of measures to sync the loops perfectly, or just record tracks with any length. A visual and auditory metronome helps sync tracks. Play multiple tracks at a time, all at once, or one at a time by simply tapping on the recorded file or clicking play to play all tracks. Voice Loop gives you controls to easily navigate through the recorded files, delete any tracks, or record new tracks while playing previously recorded tracks. Click 'Merge Tracks' to compile the recorded tracks into one file. All tracks and compilations will save to your phone until you delete them, and you can email tracks from the app. Voice Loop features: - record tracks with a fixed limit or unlimited length - specify length or number of measures for the track - visual and audio metronome help sync tracks perfectly - custom tempo for the measures and metronome - visual VU meter to see microphone power input - option to begin playback at the start of recording - loop each track infinitely or choose a number of loops - choose between playing audio through the speaker or the earpiece of the iPhone - tracks and compilations save to your phone permanently until you delete them - record new tracks while listening to playback - beautiful retina graphics - easily navigate through tracks and control playback of multiple tracks at once - move files around to organize tracks - share tracks via email from within the app - rename files to better organize compilation - bluetooth support

About

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

This app allows musicians to slow down music, change pitch, and isolate instruments for easier transcription and practice. It features AI-powered stem separation, interactive waveforms, and customizable looping for focused learning.

Highlights
  • Tempo and pitch adjustment
  • AI instrument isolation
  • Interactive waveform scrubbing
  • Customizable looping
  • Stem export and remixing
  • Video loading support
Features
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Transcribe+ combines high quality tempo and pitch-shifting with on-device AI that splits a song into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other instruments, so you can isolate and hear EXACTLY what you are transcribing by ear. Now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac! Adjust speed and pitch effortlessly with simple swipe gestures. Tap the waveform to pause the track, then drag to listen at your chosen pace, even one note at a time! Attach chord charts that follow the form of the song, mark song structures or add personal notes using customizable flags on the waveform, and practice specific sections repeatedly by defining looped areas. Key Features: • Speed adjustable from 0.25x to 2x without affecting pitch. • Split tracks into 2, 4, or 6 stems (vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, other). • Easy pitch modification by +/-12 semitones. • Fine-tune pitch adjustment slider with 1 cent increments. • Interactive waveform interface for real-time scrubbing and listening note by note. • Chord charts from MusicXML, ABC, iReal Pro, or pasted text. • Beats, bars, tempo, and key detected automatically. • Consolidate and practice loops in a single location with Loop View. • Smart Loops can automatically increase speed or shift pitch with each loop. • Load videos for enhanced visual understanding. • Intuitive 10-band EQ toolbar for refined frequency adjustment and additional isolation possibilities. • Mark and annotate waveforms for efficient review. • Easily export loops or entire tracks in eight formats. • Multiple windows and split-screen multitasking for efficient iPad use. • 11 attractive themes with elegant icons. • Keyboard shortcuts compatible with foot pedals for easier control during practice. • Integration with popular cloud storage services. AI Vocal Removal & Stems Separation: Remove or isolate vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, or other instruments on ANY track (without DRM). Use this feature to focus on the instruments you're interested in, or create a play-along track. Stems are split entirely on your device, with no uploading and no limits. If an instrument isn't in the song, its stem is hidden instead of filled with leftover noise. Export any combinations of stems and remix them as you like! Chord Charts: Import common chord chart formats you find online. The chord changes run under the waveform, following the actual form of the song. Transcribe+ listens to the whole song on your device and suggests the exact beat where the form starts. If a bar is stretched or squeezed, or the song is heard at double or half tempo, it offers a one-tap fix. Loop View with "Smart Loops": View all your loops in the loop view. Simply tap the loop icon to start or stop a loop. You can set parameters for a metronome count-in before each loop or auto-increase speed or shift pitch with each repetition. Link loops as you learn, starting with small chunks and joining them together with a tap. EQ ToolBar, Channel Mixer, and Fine Tuning Slider: Further isolate or enhance the part you're listening to with the EQ toolbar or the Stereo Channel mixer. You can also finely adjust the overall pitch of the track in increments of 1 cent. Transcribe+ for Mac: Transcribe+ now runs on the Mac, with a full menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, and all of the same features. Apple Music Support: Transcribe+ integrates with Apple Music, letting you adjust the tempo and add flags and loops to any song in your Apple Music library. Please note, due to DRM music streaming limitations, some features are unavailable on Apple Music tracks. iCloud Sync: All of your flags, loops, chord charts, and settings for each track you load are automatically saved to iCloud. These settings also sync automatically across all your devices. Six stems require a device with 8 GB of memory or more; other devices split 4 stems. Beat detection and chord charts require iOS 27 or macOS 27. Terms of Use: https://dynamicappdesign.com/tos.html

Screenshots

Voice Loop4 screens
Slow Down Music | Transcribe+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ at Free against Voice Loop's $0.99. Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (64% vs 25%). Voice Loop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ is free to download; Voice Loop costs $0.99 up front. Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Voice Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ has 5.4K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Voice Loop's written reviews are positive against 64% of Slow Down Music | Transcribe+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Loop ships an update every 13 months, Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Voice Loop versus Slow Down Music | Transcribe+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice LoopSlow Down Music | Transcribe+
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (23 ratings)4.5 (5.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.8% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings235.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB355 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael BergenDynamic App Design LLC

Customer experience

Voice Loop

All ratings23 ratings
Positive30.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative56.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive24.8%
Neutral21.9%
Negative53.3%

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

All ratings5,344 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews508 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.0%

User reviews

Voice Loop

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent for affirmations
  • 👍 Great clarity & loop feature
  • 👍 Easy to use for beginners
  • 👍 Good for memorization
  • 👍 Perfect for looping sounds

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Accidental deletes are too easy
  • 🐛 No trash folder for deleted recordings
  • 🐛 Bluetooth playback issues
  • 🐛 Cannot save recordings
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Outstanding audio quality
  • 🚀 Excellent slow-down and pitch-change capabilities
  • 🚀 Useful loop and flag features
  • 👍 Great for learning difficult parts
  • 👍 Helpful for transcribing and practicing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance with DRM-protected tracks
  • 🔒 Premium features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Distorted audio when slowed down or sped up
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs after recent updates

Bugs and requests

Voice Loop

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Lost recordings due to accidental swipe
  • App crashes upon merging tracks
  • App won't open after updates or merging
  • Microphone access not requested, app unusable
  • Recordings disappear after closing and reopening app
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  • Cannot play recordings via Bluetooth
  • App crashes frequently, especially after merging
  • App doesn't work with iOS updates
  • App closes and won't reopen after merging
  • App shuts down when phone goes into sleep mode
  • Cannot save recordings
  • Recordings deleted automatically
  • App crashes on startup or after initial use
  • Cannot export audio
  • App doesn't work on older devices/iOS versions
  • iAds present in paid version

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add editing functions (join, shorten, lengthen tracks)
  • Implement a trash folder or two-step delete verification
  • Ability to make playlists
  • Add a count-in before recording
  • Improve Bluetooth compatibility
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  • Allow background playback when screen is locked
  • Option to save recordings
  • Ability to export audio
  • Add individual track level control
  • Option to name tracks
  • Ability to use voice content recorded outside the program
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add advanced analytics dashboard
  • Improve sharing options (text, iTunes)
  • Add individual track level and EQ
  • Add video functionality
  • Allow merging of specific tracks, not all
  • Add option to play each recording separately infinitely
  • Add ability to save settings when app closes
  • Add ability to edit sound clip length
  • Record while selected tracks are playing
  • Fix compatibility with older devices/iOS versions
  • Add option to save loops as one track
  • Ability to save down a recording and name it
  • Fix iAds in paid version

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Playback issues with DRM-protected tracks
  • Crashes when trying to export loops
  • Inconsistent behavior when scrolling and scrubbing
  • Inability to delete individual songs from recent list

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and manage custom loops and flags
  • Metronome or beat detection feature
  • Deeper integration with streaming services like Spotify
  • More precise control over pitch and speed adjustments
  • Improved audio isolation and separation of instruments

In-app purchases

None

Voice Loop

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Slow Down Music | Transcribe+

Subscriptions2
  • Transcribe+ Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Transcribe+ Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Everything$79.99
  • Unlock Everything$99.99

Questions

Is Voice Loop free?
Voice Loop costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ free?
Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Voice Loop or Slow Down Music | Transcribe+?
Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ is rated higher. Voice Loop averages 2.6 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ averages 4.5 from 5.4K ratings.
Do Voice Loop or Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ have ads?
Neither Voice Loop nor Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice Loop or Slow Down Music | Transcribe+?
Voice Loop ships an update every 13 months, and Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ every 2 weeks. Most recently, Voice Loop was updated on October 26, 2026 and Slow Down Music | Transcribe+ on October 26, 2026.

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