Comparison

Spreadsheets Synth vs Loop Breaker

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

Head to head
About

Spreadsheets Synth

Create acid basslines and lead sounds with a resonant filter and built-in step sequencer. This app functions as an AUv3 plugin or standalone, offering MIDI support and background audio. It's designed for live performance and integration with other music production tools.

Highlights
  • Acid bass synthesizer
  • Resonant filter with cutoff, resonance, decay, accent
  • Built-in step sequencer
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Standalone app with background audio
  • MIDI in and out (including Bluetooth MIDI)
  • Phaser and delay effects
Features
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The 303 lives between the sheets. Spreadsheets Synth is an acid bass synthesizer with a built-in step sequencer — a cultural product of the band Spreadsheets, tuned to 313K and pointed straight at the dance floor. THE SQUELCH Sawtooth or square through a resonant filter with cutoff, resonance, decay, and accent — from rubbery basslines to screaming acid leads. Add distortion for grit, then send it into orbit with the phaser and delay. THE SEQUENCER Program patterns step by step, set the line looping, and ride the cutoff live. It's an instrument for performing, not just programming. PLAYS WITH YOUR WHOLE RIG • AUv3 plugin — load it as an instrument in GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, Loopy Pro, and any AUv3 host • Standalone app with background audio • MIDI in and out, including Bluetooth MIDI NO STRINGS No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collected. Just voltage.

About

Loop Breaker

This app transforms your audio loops into evolving compositions by introducing random modifiers and effects. It encourages creative exploration by letting you decide how to alter your sound or letting the app make choices for you.

Highlights
  • Gamified audio processing
  • Modifier system for effects
  • Probability system for modifier appearance
  • MIDI CC control for probability
  • Preset system for saving/recalling stacks
  • Record and resample audio output
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
Features
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Loop Breaker is a gamified audio processing environment that periodically forces you to make choices about how your audio loops should change and how your compositions should unfold. This is primarily achieved through a modifier system; every few bars, a new modifier appears in a queue. You must decide which of your loops should be affected by the modifier. If you make no choice, Loop Breaker will decide for you. Change is the only constant. Modifiers include standard audio effects like reverb, delay, chorus, filters, granular delay, auto-pan, and tremolo. Each of these effects has multiple parameters that are set on the fly and include various onset times. Other modifiers effect loop playback: you can change the playback speed, reverse playback direction, time-stretch, re-pitch, move loop brackets via the parts system, and slice loops and then shuffle, arpeggiate, or repeat them. Modifiers stack. Within minutes, your loops will wander down their own paths and recombine to create something previously unimaginable. Loop Breaker also contains a robust probability system for controlling how likely it is that modifier types will appear in the queue and how likely it is that an individual loop will be targeted for modification, should you cede decision-making responsibilities to Loop Breaker. The probability system responds to MIDI CC messages, so you can dynamically change probability settings with MIDI controllers, automation lanes in your DAW, or via modulation sources. Loop Breaker also contains a preset system for saving and recalling modifier stacks. Take your explorations as far as you want, save a new preset, and then recall it later on, even between sessions. Like the pads and probability system, presets also can be controlled via MIDI. Still not enough exploratory madness for you? Record and resample the audio output and then re-apply it to a pad or process it further in your DAW. Loop Breaker works both as a standalone app and as a AUv3 plug-in. Loop Breaker knows that you have a hard drive full of 4-bar loops that you never turned into finished compositions. Loop Breaker wants to help. Loop Breaker wants to make sure you don't get stuck in a loop.

Screenshots

Spreadsheets Synth2 screens
Loop Breaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spreadsheets Synth at Free against Loop Breaker's $4.99. Loop Breaker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Spreadsheets Synth is free to download; Loop Breaker costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Breaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Spreadsheets Synth versus Loop Breaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpreadsheets SynthLoop Breaker
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings12 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HurlbutGlowMachine LLC

In-app purchases

None

Spreadsheets Synth

No in-app purchases

None

Loop Breaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spreadsheets Synth free?
Spreadsheets Synth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Breaker free?
Loop Breaker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spreadsheets Synth or Loop Breaker?
Loop Breaker is rated higher. Spreadsheets Synth averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Loop Breaker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Spreadsheets Synth or Loop Breaker have ads?
Neither Spreadsheets Synth nor Loop Breaker shows ads.

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