Comparison

Gear DB for Splatoon 3 vs Loop

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

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Gear DB for Splatoon 3

Manage your Splatoon 3 gear collection and discover optimal ability combinations. Register your owned gear, save favorite sets with custom notes, and use the "Coordinator" function to find the perfect ability setup for any situation. Back up your data and explore new gear strategies.

Highlights
  • Register and manage owned gear
  • Save favorite gear combinations
  • Search gear by title and memo
  • Ability coordination calculator
  • Sort and search gear by name/ability/brand
  • Backup and restore data
Features
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Splatoon 3 gear management application. You can register gear combinations as favorites. Since you can search from the list of favorites by title and memo at the time of registration, let's make your own database such as what kind of weapon and stage fit it. Moreover, "Coordinator" function which inputs the necessary ability, finds the set suitable for the condition by combining possessed gears! For example, if you own 100 gears for each of headgear, clothing, and shoes, it will coordinate your hope from 100 * 100 * 100 = 1 million combinations. You may be able to discovery new combinations. --- How to use --- [Headgear], [Clothing], [Shoes] You can register each gear as own gear. To register, please tap the + button on the upper navigation bar and tap the gear you have from all gear. If you can not find all gears, download the latest data from the setting screen. Tap to register as own gear. Deleting own gear is swipe to the left from the list screen. Tap on the image of ability you own gear, you can change ability. You can sort by gear name, main ability, brand. And also, you can search by gear name. [Favorite Set] You can register a combination of own gears. Tap the image of the gear and choose from own gear. You can change ability here, change the title, memo and priority. Priority is used when sorting on the fav set list screen. And also, On this screen, you can search using title and memo. [Coordinator] It is a function to calculate a set that satisfies necessary ability by combining possessed gears. Please enter the necessary amount in the input field on the right side of the screen. (The main is converted as 10, the sub as 3) Tap the "Coordination!" Button and wait for a while the result list will be displayed. Tap the set from the list to copy it to your favorite set. When all ability are coordinated with 0, all combinations are output. (This function can not be used if there are few own gears) [Settings] The setting screen can be accessed from the bottom right button of the start screen. You can backup & restore using iCloud. (Backup & restore is still in development beta version) ------ [Splatoon 3] is a registered trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd. This application is an unofficial application that has nothing to do with Nintendo Co., Ltd. In developing this application, the rich content of [Inkipedia!] was so helpful. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to you all. https://splatoonwiki.org/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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Loop

Features
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Ride the wire in this One-Tap Endless Runner game. Loop is a two-lane endless game that puts you on a track that bends, stretches and turns against you. One tap switches lanes. That is the whole control scheme. Staying alive is the hard part. Every loop you complete makes the track faster. Spikes crowd the rails. The loop itself starts to deform, black holes open in the track, warps tear it open, and the whole camera can glitch sideways without warning. The track is against you, but also delivers power-ups when you really need them. • One tap to switch lanes — that's all you need to do. Simple on paper, hard in practice. • Score by surviving. A full loop and spikes you dodge give you points, and consecutive dodges build a combo that climbs endlessly. • Bonuses still cost you. They sit on the danger rail: grabbing one can cost points and break your combo. Greed is a real decision. • Pickups change the run. Shield absorbs one hit. Slow buys you time near the next spike. Curse widens you and slows your lane switch. Reverse flips your direction entirely. • Six ways to play. Original is one hit and you're out. Easy gives you three lives and assists you when you start panicking after a hit. FTL ramps the speed hard and fast. Purist strips modifiers and power-ups out. Steady ramps up the difficulty, but keeps the speed constant. Fuel drains your tank every loop: grab fuel orbs to keep going, or fall off the wire. • Ten-slot high score table per mode, kept on your device. Creator scores are here to motivate you to beat the developer's top scores! No accounts. No ads. No purchases. No internet connection required. Loop runs entirely on your device and collects nothing.

Screenshots

Gear DB for Splatoon 31 screens
Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Loop at none against Gear DB for Splatoon 3's shown. Loop also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Gear DB for Splatoon 3's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gear DB for Splatoon 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, Loop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gear DB for Splatoon 3 versus Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGear DB for Splatoon 3Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developertadahito hiraokaTimothe Ameline

In-app purchases

None

Gear DB for Splatoon 3

No in-app purchases

None

Loop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gear DB for Splatoon 3 free?
Gear DB for Splatoon 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gear DB for Splatoon 3 or Loop have ads?
Gear DB for Splatoon 3 shows ads; Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Gear DB for Splatoon 3 or Loop?
Gear DB for Splatoon 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Loop every 5 days. Most recently, Gear DB for Splatoon 3 was updated on November 7, 2026 and Loop on November 6, 2026.

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