Loopseque Kids vs Penta CDX

Featured in AppsGoneFree, AppShopper, AppAdvice and other websites. LoopsequeKids is created by Casual Underground lab, with love to all young musicians. This is the first step into magical world of music and adventures. With LoopsequeKids you don't need a beat high-score or reach 10000 level in 5 seconds. You meet only peaceful locations and gentle sounds created for inspiration and fun. The kid gradually learns the basics of the rhythm, and can appreciate the true value and beauty of the symmetry of music patterns on both audio-visual and tactile levels. You will be surprised by your kid’s immersion into the world of wonderful colors, fairytale rhythms, and his own musical patterns. LoopsequeKids is a musical constructor for the smallest composers. Any kid may realize his first musical ideas in a kind world, full of the magic sounds - alone or with other kids. 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. Check loopseque.com for more info about music applications for all ages.

Penta CDX-5 turns your iPhone or iPad into a five-disc CD player — the tactile hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open the deck, browse your albums, and drag a disc into the spinning carousel. Load up to five at once, then play, skip, seek, shuffle, and repeat from a machined transport bar. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel spin, the power-on self-test, and the satisfying clunk of a disc dropping onto the spindle. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Jewel-case browser — tap an album, open the case, drag the disc out to load it • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and on-demand Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Customizable display colour, meter style, and spin speed • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud • Procedurally synthesized sounds — every click, whir, and clunk is generated live PENTA PRO A one-time unlock that adds the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and combined VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines — plus every future Pro upgrade. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits; Pro is just for the collectors. Penta CDX-5 is a labour of love for anyone who misses physical media. Requires an Apple Music subscription for full playback.