Comparison

DigiTech Stomp Shop vs BlueLooper

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

Head to head
About

DigiTech Stomp Shop

This app allows guitar and bass players to transform a compatible stompbox into a wide variety of digital effects. Users can browse, demo, and load over 40 different e-pedals, customizing their sound and even their LED light color. It provides a convenient way to explore new sounds without visiting a store.

Highlights
  • Browse and demo over 40 e-pedals
  • Load new sounds onto iStomp
  • Manage downloaded e-pedals
  • Customize LED light color
  • Listen to audio demos
  • Learn pedal history and artist associations
Features
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DigiTech® Stomp Shop™ is your connection to all the e-pedals available for the iStomp™ stompbox. Using your iPod touch®, iPhone®, or iPad® you can turn the iStomp in to a completely different pedal with a completely new sound. In about the same time it takes to download a song you can change your iStomp from a distortion to a chorus, a flanger to an overdrive, a delay to a reverb, and more. There are more than 40 different e-pedals available in the Stomp Shop. ** Stomp Shop ** Stomp Shop allows guitar and bass players to load different e-pedals into the iStomp and try them with their own rig. You can load a new e-pedal whenever you want. Try it for up to 5 minutes before you download it to your library. The Stomp Shop app allows players to demo new sounds and new gear without having to make a trip to the store or borrow one from a friend. From the app you can listen to audio demos and learn more about the history of each e-pedal including which artists made the effects popular. ** My Pedals ** The iStomp includes 10 e-pedals. Stomp Shop remembers all the e-pedals you download. You can reload e-pedals you’ve downloaded to your library at any time. The Stomp Shop protects you from misplaced or forgotten pedals as well as from those friends who seem to permanently borrow your gear. ** Custom LED Color ** From the app you can pick a custom color for the 9-dot LED light to associate with any e-pedal loaded to the iStomp. It is a great way to differentiate your iStomp pedals when they’re on stage or in low light. ** Current Stomp Shop Pedal Selection ** -240 Plate Reverb -3Q Tone EQ -Angelic Choir -CE Chorus -DigiTech Amp Driver -DigiTech Blue Pearl Chorus (included) -DigiTech Compressor (included) -DigiTech Continuum Reverb (included) -DigiTech Death Metal (included) -DigiTech Double Cross (included) -DigiTech Jet Flanger (included) -DigiTech Phaser Beam -DigiTech Redline Overdrive (included) -DigiTech Rock It Distortion -DigiTech Total Recall Delay (1 Sec) (included) -DigiTech Vintage Tape Delay -Dirty Robot -DM Delay -DOD® FX13 Gonkulator Modulator -DOD® FX25B Envelope Filter (included) -DOD® Overdrive 250 -DOD® Grunge -Flanger Affair -Freeze Wah -Fuzzy -Glimmer Drive -Half-Pipe -Lexicon Large Hall Reverb -Magic Fingers Vibrato -Octaver (included) -Opto Tremolo -Red Compressor -Red Coral Dual Detune -Rodent Distortion -Rotator -Screamer Overdrive -Snake Charmer -Sound Off -Spring Tank -Stone Phase -Strato Boost -Swing Shift -Tone Boost -Unplugged -Vanishing Point ** iStomp Stompbox ** iStomp is a single effect stompbox for guitar and bass players. It looks and works like all other stompboxes. Kick the footswitch to turn the effect on and off. Turn the knobs to dial in the perfect sound. What makes the iStomp so incredible is the ability to turn it into any e-pedal from the DigiTech Stomp Shop. You do not have to have your iPod, iPhone, or iPad connected to the iStomp to use it. You only need to connect your device to the iStomp when you want to load a new e-pedal to it. All the effect processing is done inside the iStomp using DigiTech’s proprietary AudioDNA2 processor to ensure zero latency as well as provide studio-quality effect processing and sound quality. It uses the same signal processors found in many of the world’s best selling studio equipment and other effect pedals. Check digitech.com to find an authorized online retailer or retailer closest to you. For more information: www.digitech.com Follow DigiTech online: www.facebook.com/digitech www.twitter.com/digitech www.youtube.com/digitechfx

About

BlueLooper

Transform your mobile device into a professional guitar effects pedalboard and multi-track looper. Explore realistic amp simulations, customize effect chains with AUv3 plugins, and utilize built-in backing tracks and practice logging for an all-in-one guitar practice and songwriting tool.

Highlights
  • Multi-track looper
  • NAM amp simulator
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Backing tracks (drums & chords)
  • Automatic practice logging
  • Built-in tuner, metronome, recorder
  • AUv3 plugin versions for other DAWs
Features
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BlueLooper turns your iPhone or iPad into a guitar effects pedalboard and multi-track looper. Amps, effects, looping, backing and your practice log all live in one app, from daily practice to songwriting and the stage. Connect an audio interface such as the iRig HD X and your device becomes a full loop station. BlueLooper includes a high-quality amp simulator with support for NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) A2 models. Load realistic models captured from real hardware, combine them with the looper, and you have a complete guitar rig in your pocket. TONE3000 models can be browsed and downloaded right inside the app, and kept as favorites for quick recall. You can also drop your own AUv3 plug-ins into the effect chain. Pick one from the list organized by manufacturer; even the knobs you move in the plug-in's own window are stored with your preset. GROOVE gives you a two-lane backing section: drums and chords. Generate drum patterns from 10 genres — Rock, Pop, Jazz, Latin, Funk, Hip-Hop, Country, Ballad, Electro and Ambient — and set the accent of every step. The chord lane carries the standard progressions for each genre (I–V–vi–IV, ii–V–I and more): pick a key, a progression and a sound (Piano, Rhodes, Wurly, Organ, Pad) and you have an accompaniment to practice over on your own. LOOPER, GROOVE and GRAIN share one tempo, and switching SONG recalls the whole set for that tune. Your practice time is logged automatically — there is no "start practice" button to press. It counts the time you actually played separately from the time it was simply open, and keeps the breakdown: what you played along to — LOOPER, GROOVE or the metronome — and which preset you used. Look back by day, week or month, with totals from all your devices combined over iCloud. The effect chain you were using is saved too, so you can call it back and play with the same tone. A tuner, a metronome and a recorder sit in one panel you can open straight from the playing screen. The recorder captures the app's own output rather than the microphone, and can save it as a video with the camera picture. BlueLooper also ships AUv3 plug-in versions of its NAM amp and IR loader, so you can use amp models and IRs directly inside compatible music production apps — verified with GarageBand and Cubasis. Loading NAM models and IRs is a Premium feature. New users can try loading NAM models or IRs up to 10 times each for free before upgrading. Premium Upgrade (one-time unlock) A single purchase gives you: • Unlimited NAM model loading • Unlimited IR loading • Unlimited effect chain preset saving • Unlimited Effect, Looper and Sampler bank saving • Unlimited loading of the effect chains saved in your practice log • Endless Sustain with no time limit From practice and songwriting to improvisation, recording and live performance, BlueLooper delivers an intuitive workflow and high-quality sound built for guitarists. Key features • NAM A2 compatible amp simulator • IR loader • Browse and download TONE3000 models in-app • Built-in distortion, chorus, delay, reverb and more • AUv3 host: add your own plug-ins to the effect chain • Multi-track looper / sustainer • GROOVE: drum patterns in 10 genres, plus chord backing on standard progressions • Automatic practice logging (what you played along to, day/week/month review, iCloud totals) • Tuner / metronome / audio and video recording • SONG: switch every module's settings together, per tune • NAM/IR AUv3 plug-ins (verified with GarageBand and Cubasis) • .nam model loading (Premium, 10 free trials) • IR loading (Premium, 10 free trials) • Multiple bank saving (Premium) • Endless Sustain (Premium) • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Works with audio interfaces such as the iRig HD X BlueLooper combines portability, a simple interface, realistic amp modeling and expressive sound design into a new guitar experience. You don't need a big loop pedal or a pedalboard to carry a serious rig — and your daily practice adds up as you go.

Screenshots

DigiTech Stomp Shop1 screens
BlueLooper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlueLooper at 100% against DigiTech Stomp Shop's 45%. BlueLooper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). DigiTech Stomp Shop's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. DigiTech Stomp Shop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and BlueLooper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlueLooper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DigiTech Stomp Shop has 71 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of DigiTech Stomp Shop's written reviews are positive against 100% of BlueLooper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DigiTech Stomp Shop ships an update every 5 weeks, BlueLooper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DigiTech Stomp Shop versus BlueLooper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigiTech Stomp ShopBlueLooper
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (71 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB15 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperHarman Professional, Inc.osamu sambuichi

Customer experience

DigiTech Stomp Shop

All ratings70 ratings
Positive45.7%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.4%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral13.6%
Negative40.9%

BlueLooper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

DigiTech Stomp Shop

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when loading pedals
  • iStomp not recognized/connection errors
  • Pedals disappearing from library after updates
  • No audio playback on iPad 2 and iPad Air
  • iOS 6+ compatibility issues
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  • Lightning adapter connection failures
  • App crashes when trying to demo pedals
  • Graphical glitches and UI freezing
  • Plate reverb causes app crashes
  • Latency between playing note and hearing sound
  • App update notifications stuck in loop
  • Pedal library sync issues between devices

Requested features

11 requests
  • Restore all 47 pedals to the library
  • New pedal releases and regular updates
  • Amp models in addition to effects
  • Wireless connectivity (Bluetooth)
  • Computer/desktop app for pedal management
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  • Ability to chain multiple effects together
  • Bass-specific pedals
  • Custom pedal ordering in library
  • Audiobus and Inter-App Audio compatibility
  • GitHub code sharing for third-party development
  • More vintage pedal options

BlueLooper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

DigiTech Stomp Shop

One-time10
  • DigiTech Vintage Tape DelayFree
  • Screamer OverdriveFree
  • Lexicon® Large Hall ReverbFree
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  • UnpluggedFree
  • Freeze WahFree
  • Angelic ChoirFree
  • Vashing Point DelayFree
  • Swing ShiftFree
  • Red Coral Dual DetuneFree
  • Dirty RobotFree
1 purchases

BlueLooper

One-time1
  • BlueLooper Premium$5.99

Questions

Is DigiTech Stomp Shop free?
DigiTech Stomp Shop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlueLooper free?
BlueLooper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DigiTech Stomp Shop or BlueLooper?
BlueLooper is rated higher. DigiTech Stomp Shop averages 3.2 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while BlueLooper averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do DigiTech Stomp Shop or BlueLooper have ads?
Neither DigiTech Stomp Shop nor BlueLooper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DigiTech Stomp Shop or BlueLooper?
DigiTech Stomp Shop ships an update every 5 weeks, and BlueLooper every 4 days. Most recently, DigiTech Stomp Shop was updated on November 1, 2026 and BlueLooper on November 13, 2026.

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