Comparison

iFretless Guitar vs Loop Slower

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

Head to head
About

iFretless Guitar

This app offers a unique, touch-optimized guitar fretboard for iOS devices. It allows for expressive, one-touch note playing with real-time pitch control, enabling fast melodies, scales, and arpeggios. It's a powerful new instrument for making music, not just a simulation.

Highlights
  • One-touch-per-note design
  • Real-time pitch control
  • Audio unit support
  • Fretless note bending
  • Velocity sensitive instruments
  • MIDI input and output
  • Built-in reverb and EQ
Features
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iFretless is a guitar fretboard re-designed for maximum playability on iOS devices. It replaces two handed playing and strumming with a one-touch-per-note design that enables fast, precise playing of melodies, scales, and arpeggios and real-time control over the pitch of each individual note. iFretless is not an imitation guitar for your iPhone; it's a powerful new way to make music. FEATURES 1) Audio unit support allows you to connect to a software effects chain or record directly in DAW apps 2) Fretless note bending 3) Velocity sensitive multi-sampled instruments 4) 10 different velocity sensitive guitar sounds 5) MIDI input and output 6) built-in reverb and Eq Sounds: 1) Nylon String Folk 2) Picked Steel String 3) Grunge Telecaster 4) Snarling Synth 5) Bridge-Mid Pickup Bright Strat 6) Blues Neck Pickup Strat 7) Hollow Body Electric 8) Classical 9) Clean bridge pickup 10) Clean neck pickup

About

Loop Slower

Features
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A simple tool that allows you to loop a section of a song and adjust the playback speed. Perfect for anyone who’s practicing an instrument and want to jam along at desired speed, or when transcribing a song. The app offers: - Changing playback speed - Looping particular section of a song - Saving loops and speed per song automatically - Searching and playing songs from your library (on device) - Searching and playing songs on Apple Music* - Recently played songs for quick access * playing full songs on Apple Music requires an active Apple Music subscription.

Screenshots

iFretless Guitar4 screens
Loop Slower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loop Slower at $0.99 against iFretless Guitar's $9.99. iFretless Guitar's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

iFretless Guitar costs $9.99 and Loop Slower $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFretless Guitar ships an update every 2 months, Loop Slower every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iFretless Guitar versus Loop Slower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFretless GuitarLoop Slower
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.2 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBlue Mangoo Consulting Company LimitedAlgirdas Gridziuska

In-app purchases

None

iFretless Guitar

No in-app purchases

None

Loop Slower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iFretless Guitar free?
iFretless Guitar costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Slower free?
Loop Slower costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iFretless Guitar or Loop Slower have ads?
Neither iFretless Guitar nor Loop Slower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFretless Guitar or Loop Slower?
iFretless Guitar ships an update every 2 months, and Loop Slower every 12 months. Most recently, iFretless Guitar was updated on September 22, 2026 and Loop Slower on September 3, 2026.

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