Download Festival vs LoopBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Download Festival
Plan your festival experience with this official app. Build your personal schedule, receive set time reminders, and navigate the event with an interactive map. Discover food vendors, bars, and access exclusive offers.
- Build personal schedule
- Set time reminders
- Interactive festival map
- Food and bar locator
- Exclusive offers and surprises
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The official Download Festival app: - Build your schedule and get set time reminders - Access our map including stages and campsites - Find your favourite food and your nearest bar - Get exclusive offers, surprises and more all year round (make sure you turn on notifications)
LoopBook
This music practice tool allows musicians to isolate and loop difficult sections of songs, solos, or lessons. It offers features like slowing down audio without altering pitch, shifting pitch, and organizing practice materials with notes and attachments. Users can also share complete practice tracks with others.
- A/B repeat and precise practice loops
- Slow down music without changing pitch
- Pitch shifting
- Multiple named loops per track
- Attach charts, sheet music, and PDFs
- Share complete practice tracks
- Organize practice library
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Slow down a tricky passage, loop it, and get it right. LoopBook is a music practice tool for musicians who want to work on difficult sections of songs, solos, lessons, and recordings. Import your own audio or video and create precise A/B practice loops. Set the start and end points, slow down the music without changing pitch, shift the pitch when you need to, and repeat a section for as long as it takes to nail it. Each track can contain multiple named loops, so you can keep all the sections you're working on together — a tricky bridge, solo, chord change, bass line, or anything else you want to practise. Jump straight back to any saved section whenever you practise. KEEP YOUR PRACTICE ORGANISED LoopBook is more than an audio looper. Build a library of the music you're working on, with your loops, notes and practice materials all kept together. Add notes to remind yourself what to focus on and attach a chart, sheet music, lyric sheet or other reference material. SHARE WITH TEACHERS AND BANDMATES Share a complete LoopBook track — including the audio, practice loops, notes and attachments — as one file. It's ideal for music teachers sending exercises or tricky passages to students, or musicians sharing practice material with bandmates. FEATURES • A/B repeat and precise practice loops • Slow down music without changing pitch • Pitch shifting • Multiple named loops per track • Audio and video • Practice notes • Attach charts, sheet music and PDFs • Share complete practice tracks • Organise your practice library Free for up to 4 tracks, with unlimited loops on each one. LoopBook Pro removes that limit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Download Festival at none against LoopBook's 1. LoopBook's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. LoopBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Download Festival asks for nothing beyond the download.
Download Festival ships an update fortnightly, LoopBook every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Download Festival | LoopBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd | Joe Gass |
Customer experience
Download Festival
LoopBook
Bugs and requests
Download Festival
Reported bugs
39 issues- App crashes
- Login issues
- App doubled on update
- Lost saved info
- Schedule unusable due to truncation
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- Unreadable font contrast
- No disability options
- App tracks location and kills battery
- Poor information hierarchy
- No schedule overview, no end times
- Links open in browser
- App is redundant
- Map broken
- Map only shows stages
- Merch function not showing
- Schedule shows all bands, no times or locations
- Can't compare timings
- Showing last year's bands/info
- Deleted app reappears
- Cannot re-download app
- No stage times listed
- Bands not listed in order
- Maps section shows 'Coming Soon'
- Facebook integration doesn't work
- App doesn't retain information
- Data doesn't load
- Dog tags crashing
- App eats battery
- 'My Schedule' section bugs out
- Cannot have own pins on map
- No info on bands when clicking photo
- Tricky scrolling for map and listing
- No transport info available
- Cannot add bands at signing tent
- GPS not working within the app
- Map overlay doesn't appear
- Placing pins sticks to last pin location
- App won't open
- Reviews being censored
Requested features
14 requests- Add pins to map
- Schedule specific to favourite acts
- My schedule feature
- Ability to add bands at signing tent
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Improved scrolling for map and listings
- Info on transport
- Ability to add pins for tent location
- Fix GPS in app
- Fix map overlay issues
- Fix pin placement bug
- Fix app not opening
- Fix censorship issues
LoopBook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Download Festival
No in-app purchases
LoopBook
- LoopBook Pro$7.99
Questions
Is Download Festival free?
Is LoopBook free?
Do Download Festival or LoopBook have ads?
Which is updated more often, Download Festival or LoopBook?
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