Comparison

BeatCraft vs StepLoom

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

Head to head
About

BeatCraft

Features
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16ステップドラムシーケンサーアプリ。6種の音色(キック・スネア・ハイハット・タム・クラップ・シンバル)をグリッドに配置してビートを作成。Rock・Jazz・Funk・Latin・Electronic・Hip-Hopの6ジャンル30パターンのプリセットを収録。テンポ調整(60-200BPM)やスウィング機能で、初心者から経験者まで楽しめるリズムマシンです。

About

StepLoom

Create electronic music with a touch-friendly groovebox. Quickly sketch beats, basslines, and melodies using a step sequencer, piano-roll editing, and arrangement views. Supports AUv3 plugins for expanded sound design.

Highlights
  • Touch-friendly beat and melody workflow
  • Step sequencer and piano-roll editing
  • Timeline, Session, and Flow arrangement views
  • AUv3 instrument and effect plugin support
  • Mixer controls for sound shaping
  • MIDI input and external clock sync
  • Export audio, stems, or MIDI
Features
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StepLoom is a fast, touch-first electronic music sketchpad for making beats, loops, basslines, and melody ideas on iPhone and iPad. It gives you the focus of a compact groovebox without the weight of a full DAW, so you can start a rhythm, shape a synth line, try an AUv3 instrument, arrange patterns, and keep moving while the idea is fresh. Create drum patterns with a step sequencer, write melodic parts with piano-roll style editing, stack chords, add legato, adjust BPM, mix tracks, and switch sounds. Add Sample tracks by importing audio or recording directly in the Tracks view, then use the waveform editor to trim, reverse, normalize, tune, and shape One-shot or Loop playback. The project Media Library keeps custom audio available for reuse and arrangement. Turn loops into songs with three complementary arrangement views: shape Patterns and audio clips on the Timeline, launch quantized Patterns and Scenes in Session, or build visual paths and probability rules in Flow. Draw or record automation for mixer controls and supported AUv3 parameters. When you want to go beyond the built-in sounds, add AUv3 instrument or effect plugins, choose exposed plugin presets, open compatible plugin interfaces, and activate Plugin Sound directly from the sound picker. Optional iCloud sync keeps compatible projects and project media available across your Apple devices. StepLoom continues to work locally when sync is disabled. StepLoom is built for quick electronic music drafts: open the app, tap a grid, hear the result, and turn a loop into a structured idea. Main features: - Touch-friendly beat and melody workflow - Drum, melody, and custom Sample tracks - Step sequencer with playback highlight and loop control - Piano-roll style melody editing with chords and legato - Audio import and microphone sample recording - Waveform sample editor with trim, reverse, normalize, gain, tuning, One-shot, and Loop controls - Project Media Library for reusable custom audio - Timeline editing with drag, resize, layers, sections, loop ranges, and multi-selection - Quantized Pattern and Scene launching with Session performance recording - Blueprint-style Flow rules with Next, Jump, Random, Stop, and probability - AUv3 instrument and effect plugin slots - Plugin preset reading for AUv3s that expose factory presets - Plugin Sound option for playing tracks through AUv3 instruments - Mixer and AUv3 parameter automation - Mixer controls for volume, pan, EQ, filter, drive, meters, master gain, and limiter - MIDI input and external clock sync options - Optional iCloud project and media synchronization - Export full songs or the current pattern as audio, stems, or MIDI - Adaptive iPhone and iPad layouts StepLoom is for producers, beatmakers, songwriters, and electronic music learners who want a focused place to capture musical ideas before moving into a larger DAW.

Screenshots

BeatCraft4 screens
StepLoom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BeatCraft at Free against StepLoom's $3.99. StepLoom's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

BeatCraft is free to download; StepLoom costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeatCraft ships an update every 11 days, StepLoom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeatCraft versus StepLoom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatCraftStepLoom
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSANWA Inc.宁 徐

In-app purchases

None

BeatCraft

No in-app purchases

None

StepLoom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeatCraft free?
BeatCraft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepLoom free?
StepLoom costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeatCraft or StepLoom have ads?
Neither BeatCraft nor StepLoom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeatCraft or StepLoom?
BeatCraft ships an update every 11 days, and StepLoom every 2 days. Most recently, BeatCraft was updated on October 16, 2026 and StepLoom on October 17, 2026.

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