Jazz Drum Loops vs SGA Phoenix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jazz Drum Loops
An intuitive and efficient beat machine designed for musicians. It features high-definition jazz drum loops recorded by a professional drummer, offering a seamless and enjoyable experience for all skill levels. Easily adjust tempo and gain to play along with your music.
- HD jazz drum loops
- Intuitive interface
- Adjustable tempo and gain
- Professional Mapex kit sounds
- Audiobus and IAA enabled
- Creative Commons licensed sounds
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Jazz Beat Machine focused on intuition and efficiency. Featuring HD jazz drum loops . All types of musicians can play along along, regardless of digital proficiency Boutiqe beats The heart of jazz is the drums and this is the most efficient and intuitive boutique beat machine ever designed. It’s single touch polyphonic percussion soundboard seamlessly looping percussion recorded on a Mapex kit by a professional drummer. I put my heart and soul into making this the most enjoyable drum app that all musicians will enjoy playing. Designed to be effortless, coded to be capable. Jazz Drum Loops contains three main control buttons tempo, gain and stop. A web button to connect to my website for tips, tricks Great tool for drummers to improve timing. Disclaimer: All sounds are licensed under creative commons license and are freely available to use for practice, performing and recording. All available free to download Audiobus enabled, and IAA allows you to make music with thousand of other instruments, record and remix. I don’t have a multi-million dollar marketing campaign or celebrity sponsors, if you enjoy this app please share.
SGA Phoenix
This app provides authentic analog preamp sounds for music production. It simulates various triode and JFET circuits in real-time to add warmth, color, and depth to mixes and masters. EQ can be adjusted before or after the preamp, with auto gain and oversampling for professional results.
- Authentic analog sound simulation
- Triode and JFET preamp models
- Adjustable EQ placement
- Auto Gain control
- Automatic oversampling
- Wet/Dry mixing
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SGA Phoenix brings the authentic sound of five analog preamps to your AUv3 compatible host. Each preamp derives its unique sonic character from a different active element (12AX7, 12AT7, and 12AU7 triodes, and J201 and 2N5457 JFET transistors). To achieve the most authentic analog sound, each preamp circuit is simulated in real time using Shattered Glass Audio’s state-of-the-art circuit simulator. Use Phoenix to add color, warmth, dirt, depth, and vibe to your mixes and masters or as a saturation compressor. Key features: - Authentic analog sound through real-time high-performance circuit simulation. - Three preamps featuring triodes 12AX7, 12AT7, and 12AU7. - Two preamps featuring JFET transistors J201, 2N5457. - Multiple types of EQs. - EQ can be taken out of the signal path or placed either before or after the preamp. - Auto Gain - Automatic 4x oversampling to control aliasing - Wet/Dry mixing. Phoenix is primarily an AUv3 effect. To use Phoenix as a plug-in, you will need an AUv3 compatible host such as Garageband, AUM, etc. Phoenix application is there to provide a user manual and a chance to use Phoenix with the microphone input. You can try Phoenix on a macOS or a Windows based, machine by downloading the demo version of the plug-in (VST3, AUv2, AAX) from our website https://www.shatteredglassaudio.com and running it in a DAW of your choice. Sonically speaking there are no differences between the iOS and macOS/Windows versions of Phoenix.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Jazz Drum Loops at $0.99 against SGA Phoenix's $24.99. Jazz Drum Loops also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.8). SGA Phoenix's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Jazz Drum Loops costs $0.99 and SGA Phoenix $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SGA Phoenix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Jazz Drum Loops ships an update every 5 months, SGA Phoenix every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jazz Drum Loops | SGA Phoenix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $24.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.8 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abu Studio Inc | Shattered Glass Audio |
Customer experience
Jazz Drum Loops
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In-app purchases
Jazz Drum Loops
No in-app purchases
SGA Phoenix
No in-app purchases









