FlowBeats vs RiffAlly Loop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlowBeats
Enhance your musical practice with advanced rhythm presets, chord progression playback, and organized rehearsal sections. Features include a high-precision tuner, ear training challenges, and detailed progress tracking to help musicians improve their skills.
- Flexible metronome with rhythm presets
- Chord progression playback
- High-precision instrument tuner
- Level-based ear training challenges
- Practice session tracking and analysis
- Organized practice sections for rehearsal
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FlowBeats is your all-in-one music practice companion — metronome, tuner, improv jam, stage mode, ear training, and growth tracking in a single app. From daily rhythm drills to full rehearsal runs, FlowBeats has you covered. Rhythm Practice - Use FlowBeats as a flexible metronome for daily practice - Control multiple rhythm tracks and subdivisions - Save your favorite rhythm presets - Import and share presets easily Improv Jam - Play chord progressions with the built-in Harmony engine - Practice with chords in different keys and modes - Sync harmony with rhythm playback for a more musical practice experience - Choose from acoustic guitar and other timbres with comping patterns - Use built-in chord progressions or create your own Tuner - Built-in high-precision guitar tuner - Supports standard and alternate tunings - Quick tuning for guitar, bass, and other string instruments Training - Level-based rhythm and melody challenges that sharpen your ear through play - Three difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced - Real-time feedback and rating — watch yourself improve Growth - Every practice session is quietly captured — every bit of progress deserves to be seen - Practice time, streaks, and category breakdowns at a glance - Achievement wall and trend analysis to witness your transformation Practice & Stage Mode - Organize practice into multiple sections - Set BPM and duration for each section - Loop a single section or play sections in sequence - Use Stage Mode to run through your practice or song structure more smoothly - Designed for focused practice, rehearsal, and live use Designed for Real Practice - Built for musicians who want an all-in-one practice tool - Great for rhythm training, improvisation, chord practice, rehearsal, and performance preparation FlowBeats Pro Upgrade to unlock full Harmony features, custom chord progressions, all ear training courses, and more practices and sections. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy:https://clewflow.com/en/flowbeats/privacy-policy
RiffAlly Loop
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Your playing. On repeat. Turn your own playing into a backing loop you can play along with. RiffAlly Loop brings a pedal-inspired recording workflow to your iPhone—no foot pedal required. PLAY FIRST. KEEP THE BARS YOU WANT. Choose Record & Select, set or tap your tempo, and pick a time signature. Listen to one bar of count-in, then start playing. Finish your phrase and tap Stop & select during the following bar. Loop initially selects bar 1 through the last complete bar, leaving out the unfinished final bar. If the selection is right, tap Use & Play once to start looping. Want a different section? Adjust the start and end on the pedal's waveform, preview if you like, then Use & Play. Change selection lets you revisit the original take. Made a mistake? New loop leaves an unaccepted take in one tap. When editing an accepted loop, Back to loop keeps your previous selection. OR LET LOOP STOP FOR YOU. In Fixed bars, choose 1–64 bars before you start. Loop counts you in, records the chosen length, and starts playback automatically. Quick choices include 4, 8 and 12 bars for familiar practice lengths. MAKE THE PEDAL YOURS. • Set 40–240 BPM or tap your tempo. • Choose 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8, separately from loop length. • Follow audible clicks and a prominent beat-and-bar counter. • Pick from ten recording-click sounds, with a distinct count-in cue. • Pause, then restart from the beginning of your loop. • Adjust loop volume and personalize the pedal finish and display. • Find practical instructions and troubleshooting in Help. RECORD ON IPHONE. PLAY ALONG. Count-in and recording use the built-in iPhone microphone and speaker. Recording clicks may become part of your loop. Completed loops can play through the iPhone or a selected compatible Bluetooth media speaker. Bluetooth is not used for live guidance or microphone input. Isolated headphone clicks, wired-headphone playback and AirPlay are not supported. Loop uses your chosen tempo and time signature to place bar boundaries; it does not analyze notes or correct your timing. Silence and sustained notes within the selected bars are preserved. Tap the main beats: quarter notes in /4 meters, dotted-quarter notes in compound /8 meters. Keep Loop in the foreground while practicing. Record & Select has no preset bar cap, but storage and interruptions limit recording. It retains the current finalized original and selection on your iPhone, including an undismissed draft—not a multi-loop library. Fixed bars loops are session-only. Clearing or replacing a take removes its retained copy. There is no export, overdubbing or background recording. RiffAlly does not upload your recordings. No RiffAlly account is required. Optional one-time tips support development and unlock no features.
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Verdict
FlowBeats and RiffAlly Loop are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FlowBeats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and RiffAlly Loop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FlowBeats ships an update every 11 days, RiffAlly Loop every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | FlowBeats | RiffAlly Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 高洋 张 | Fernando Lanner Cardoso |
In-app purchases
FlowBeats
- FlowBeats Pro Annual7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- FlowBeats Core$6.99
RiffAlly Loop
- Small tip$1.99
- Supporter tip$4.99
- Generous tip$9.99
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