pyka_loop vs lfoch
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.
lfoch
This app generates complex LFO waveforms with multiple outputs for creating "chase" effects. It offers two LFO generators with phase modulation, adjustable suboscillators, and waveform morphing. It can output MIDI control change values and sync to tempo.
- Dual LFO generators with phase/ring modulation
- Suboscillator modulation with waveform morphing
- Adjustable waveform rate, type, and range
- Output 1-16 MIDI control change values
- Tempo synchronization and AUv3 MIDI Effect support
- Two modes: 'perform' and 'edit'
- Randomize parameter values
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lfoch is an experimental LFO generator that can create "chase"-like effect with multiple outputs from a single complex waveform It features: - 2 LFO generators with phase modulation / ring modulation: - Each LFO generators contains 2 suboscillators; one suboscillator modulates phase of another - For each suboscillator you can set waveform rate, waveform type (with smooth morph between sine, triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms), nonlinear curve (for overdrive-like effect) and minimum/maximum range - The result waveform is a multiplication of two generated LFO waveforms - You can use 1..16 points from this waveform to output as MIDI control change values - You can toggle the "playback" (phase change) of each generator with I/II buttons - You can randomise parameter values with "dice" buttons - App has two modes for live usage - 'perform' mode has larger waveform view and some selected sliders (if any) - 'edit' mode contains all controls on one screen - Each generator can be synchronized to tempo. In this mode the "speed" value runs from 4 quarter forward to 4 quarter backwards speed, the fastest value in this mode is 1/32 - When running inside AUv3 host the app uses host's transport. - "free mode" setting allows you not to follow the host transport lfoch is a standalone app and an AUv3 MIDI Effect. AUv3 effect supports parameter automation and preset saving inside host. Standalone version currently does not output MIDI in background mode.Note for AUM users:This application starts with 16 control change outputs from CC 0 to 15 on MIDI channel 1. AUM has default mapping of the CC #7 (volume) for each channel. Please keep this in mind when setting it up together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: pyka_loop at Free against lfoch's $3.99. pyka_loop also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 20 months). lfoch's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
pyka_loop is free to download; lfoch costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
lfoch holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: lfoch has 9 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 50% of lfoch'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, lfoch every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | pyka_loop | lfoch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | pyka | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
pyka_loop
lfoch
In-app purchases
pyka_loop
No in-app purchases
lfoch
No in-app purchases









