pyka_loop vs Jamm Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
pyka_loop
Create unique electronic music by recording and manipulating sounds from your environment. This app offers an intuitive and playful approach to sound design, making music creation accessible to everyone regardless of experience.
- Record sounds from your environment
- Manipulate audio with touch gestures
- Create electronic music loops
- Intuitive and playful interface
- Explorative sound design
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pyka_loop is an interactive sound environment that enables you to create remarkable music from the sounds of the world around you. This app is designed to make electronic music-making more immediate, explorative, and playful. With pyka_loop you can record anything from the clanging of the washing up to the crescendo of an orchestra - and then prod, push, pull, tap, twist, pinch, spin, slide, and squish to skronkify your loops to create unique soundworks. After a decade of responsive workshops and interventions, over 20,000 people from a range of backgrounds have helped us hone the design of an environment that provides you with a new way to engage in worlds of sound. pyka_loop celebrates an ‘object-oriented’ approach to interactive sound, and establishes an unguided experience that promotes exploration and rewards curiosity. It doesn’t matter your experience in music making, pyka_loop has been created for you. pyka_loop is developed by pyka with funding from The Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mae pyka_loop yn amgylchfyd sain rhyngweithiol sy’n galluogi chi i greu cerddoriaeth hynod o synau'r byd o'ch cwmpas. Mae'r ap hwn wedi'i gynllunio i wneud creu cerddoriaeth electronig yn fwy uniongyrchol, archwiliadol, a chwareus. Gyda pyka_loop gallwch recordio unrhyw beth o'r clansio'r golchi llestri, i grescendo cerddorfa - ac yna prod, gwthio, tynnu, tapio, troelli, pinsio, llithro a gwasgu i skronkio eich loops i creu gweithiau sain unigryw. Ar ôl degawd o weithdai ac ymyraethau ymatebol, dros 20,000 o bobl o amrywiaeth o gefndiroedd wedi ein helpu i gwellla y dyluniad amgylchedd sy'n rhoi ffordd newydd i chi ymgysylltu â bydoedd sain. pyka_loop yn dathlu dull ‘gwrthrych-gyfeiriadol’ i sain ryngweithiol, a sefydlu profiad di-arweiniad sy'n hyrwyddo archwilio a gwobru chwilfrydedd. Does dim ots eich profiad o greu cerddoriaeth, mae pyka_loop wedi'i greu ar eich cyfer chi. pyka_loop yn cael ei ddatblygu gan pyka gyda chyllid o Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru.
Jamm Pro
This app is a powerful music production and live performance instrument. It allows users to load their own samples, record audio, and manipulate sounds with advanced features like modular synth-like patching and multi-touch control. It also offers multitrack stem recording for further editing in DAWs.
- Load custom samples
- Multitrack stem recording
- Multi-touch FX control
- Modular synth-like patching
- Individual per-channel FX
- Action Sequencer for gesture recording
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Jamm Pro is the anticipated evolution of Ninja Jamm, the original touch controlled beat app. Aphex Twin: "Sick" Easy to use but deep, Jamm Pro includes Ninja Jamm users most requested feature: the ability to load your own samples. As well as immense performance power, it’s packed with pro features and new ideas e.g. its modular synth-like patching capabilities. Jamm is a unique instrument. Loaded with free content and killer presets, you'll be amazing yourself with the music you create from the moment you press Play. KEY FEATURES - Load your own samples via iOS Files app, AirDrop and Cloud storage. - Record in via Mic, Soundcard, Inter App Audio. Audiobus/AUM are supported, giving you access to the extensive range of iOS IAA apps like drum machines and synths to work with Jamm. -Multitrack Stem recording: Transforms Jamm Pro into a production tool: recordings are saved with all channels individually recorded. You can then load these into an editor/DAW such as Ableton, Logic or Pro Tools to work on further. -Multi-touch tip control: Use small finger movements to simultaneously and expressively control multiple FX at once. Individual per channel FX: 5 Distortion/Crush units, 5 Filters, 5 Delays, 5 Reverbs, 5 Sidechains. All with full recallable control. 64 Total Recall Patches: instantly Store and Recall the total state of what you’re doing with 64 Patch memories. -In-app help: Access help overlay screens from wherever you are to explain all the page’s functions… no need to stop to read and dig into the manual! -Coldcutter module: Buffer shuffle and modulation matrix for sophisticated beat manipulation. Users can trigger automatic call and response between channels, algorithmic evolutions of samples and modular synth-like patchable modulation sequencers. -Sub-bass module: Automatically generate super heavy bass kicks and basslines from drum samples — a feature dril fans will adore. -Action Sequencer: Record and playback your touch gestures, build up complex sequences, very powerful. -MIDI input: MIDI Learn allows easy connection of MIDI hardware to trigger and control Jamm Pro. -Slice sequencer: Unique and highly interactive feature allowing users to simply draw on the screen to restructure any sample. -Smart pitch bends: Change the pitch of any or all of the channels in real-time to inspire musically apt progressions. *Please note Jamm Pro is a very powerful app and will perform best on newer devices. The iPad Pro is the ideal device for the best experience with Jamm Pro. THE STORY For Ninja Tune co-founders Coldcut, known for their innovations in DJing, Remixing, Production and Live Performance, Jamm Pro has been 25 years in the making. Coldcut have been honing it in their live show and recently creating music with it. Designed by Coldcut’s Matt Black with the aim of creating their ultimate electronic music instrument. As users experiment and develop ideas, they can save them as their own patches, which can be used to quickly build up stages of a song, structure a live performance, or used as a sketchpad. The app features exceptional and extensive modulation and patching capabilities, the likes of which have never been seen in a sample app before. Equipped with four main channels, each with nine sequencers — six modulation sequencers, a slice sequencer, a pitch/reverse/drill sequencer and a gate sequencer — and up to 64 patches per set, Jamm Pro allows for a possible 2,304 sequencers per Sound Set in the app. As well as production, Jamm Pro has been designed as an instrument for playing live sound, drawing on hiphop DJing and timing. With expressive touch control, the app facilitates direct engagement of hand-eye-ear coordination through ‘tip control’. This innovative feature tracks small finger movements that can be used to sensitively control various effects. And yes Ableton Link is included!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: pyka_loop at none against Jamm Pro's 32. pyka_loop also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.5). Jamm Pro's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Jamm Pro sells 32 one-off in-app purchases. pyka_loop asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jamm Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jamm Pro has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of pyka_loop's written reviews are positive against 65% of Jamm Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
pyka_loop ships an update every 3 months, Jamm Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | pyka_loop | Jamm Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 64.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | pyka | Ninja Tune Ltd |
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pyka_loop
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