Comparison

pyka_loop vs DynaBit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

DynaBit

Create a wide range of bitcrushed audio textures, from subtle enhancements to extreme digital distortion. Animate tracks with dynamic chopping and expressive modulations using advanced controls and a powerful modulation matrix. Designed as an AUv3 plugin for iOS and iPadOS music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Bitcrushed audio texture creation
  • Dynamic audio-chopping and modulation
  • Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass filtering
  • Sample rate and resolution control
  • Envelope shaping and repetition effects
  • Modulation matrix with LFOs, Sequencers, Envelope Followers
  • AUv3 plugin for iOS/iPadOS hosts
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•Create rich, energetic and detailed bitcrushed textures. •Explore a wide range of tones, from refined, graceful characters to glitchy mutilated mayhem. •Animate your tracks with dynamic audio-chopping and expressive modulations. •Enjoy the straightforward, elegant design in your new and powerful bitcrush effect. Control whether the whole signal or a specific frequency range is affected using a Low-Pass, Band-Pass or High-Pass filter. Refine it further with 'Cutoff' and 'Resonance' control. Slash the rate of samples taken from the incoming audio down to 10hz, reduce unwanted sampling errors using the Nyquist filter and refine the sampling shape with the smoothen control. Crush the resolution of the audio down to a single bit, use the range booster to exploit all available bits and structure the chaos using the envelope to shape the original dynamics of the incoming signal. Mangle your tracks into digital disorder; use the Threshold to time the trigger, Time & Num Repeats to shape your repetitions then have them fade away using the Decay. Strike excitement into your productions with Dynabit´s powerful modulation matrix, including 2 LFO´s, 2 Sequencers, 2 Envelope Followers and MIDI control. Dynabit works brilliantly for a variety of styles and genres. From gentle sonic enrichment to digital oblivion, Dynabit comes jam-packed with 50 presets in Basic, Drums, Glitch & Tonal Folders. DynaBit is designed as an AUv3 plugin, meaning it works within iOS and iPadOS hosts such as Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis 3, AUM and Beatmaker 3.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: pyka_loop at Free against DynaBit's $12.99. DynaBit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

pyka_loop is free to download; DynaBit costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DynaBit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
pyka_loop versus DynaBit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterpyka_loopDynaBit
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperpykaCaelum Audio Ltd

Customer experience

pyka_loop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%

DynaBit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

pyka_loop

No in-app purchases

None

DynaBit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pyka_loop free?
pyka_loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DynaBit free?
DynaBit costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, pyka_loop or DynaBit?
DynaBit is rated higher. pyka_loop averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DynaBit averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do pyka_loop or DynaBit have ads?
Neither pyka_loop nor DynaBit shows ads.

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