Little Session vs DrillLoop

Little Session — your Irish traditional music companion. 23,000+ tunes from TheSession.org, sheet music, chords and real-time fingerings for 19 instruments. Everything works offline, in 10 languages. One purchase, no subscription, no account. TUNES & SHEET MUSIC • 23,000+ tunes bundled in the app — reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides, slip jigs, slow airs; Irish, Breton and Scottish repertoires • Search by name, filter by type, switch between the community settings of a tune • Notation rendered from ABC, with zoom, tap-a-note to hear it, and a built-in ABC editor • Identify a tune by ear: play a few clear seconds and the app searches the catalogue PLAYBACK BUILT FOR LEARNING • Speed slider from Learning pace to full Session pace • Loop the tune, a part (A, B…) or a selection, with an optional gradual speed-up • Lilt to swing the beat, metronome, bodhrán groove and drone under the tune 19 INSTRUMENTS, LIVE FINGERINGS • Winds — tin whistle, low whistle, flute, uilleann pipes, Highland bagpipe, bombarde, biniou kozh • Strings — fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, cittern, with capo and custom tunings • Keys & reeds — piano, piano accordion, diatonic accordion (B/C, C#/D), chromatic accordion, Anglo concertina • Notes light up on the instrument as the tune plays; fretted instruments switch to tablature • Letter names or Do Re Mi, your choice CHORDS & ACCOMPANIMENT • Automatic chord suggestions from a modal analysis of the melody, editable on any note • Chord diagrams under every chord name: DADGAD guitar, GDAD/GDAE bouzouki, piano, accordion buttons, uilleann regulators • Tap a shape to edit it, hear it and apply it to one bar, the whole tune, or as your default STUDIO • Arrange a tune or a whole set: melody, accompaniment, bodhrán, drone, piano, accordion, harp • Record your own takes over the arrangement, align them, mix and export to audio or MIDI SETS, REPERTOIRE, COMMUNITY • Build sets like at a real session — reorder, tag, play them end to end, with suggestions of tunes often played together • Tag folders, notes and attachments keep your repertoire in order; import a TheSession.org member's tunebook • Share tunes, sets or your whole repertoire by file or QR code, chords and annotations included • 6,300+ sessions mapped in 59 countries, plus the places published by the community PRACTICE & GAMES • Play-along trainer: with the score, over a backing through headphones, or phrase by phrase — the app listens and scores your timing and notes • Memory game: hear a tune and name it, or read its name and play it — with a monthly world challenge • Daily streak, mastery per tune, milestones and 12 Irish ranks COMPOSE & IMPORT • Write a tune note by note, or play into the mic and let the app write it down — never auto-corrected • Two-staff piano mode, automatic chords; import ABC, MusicXML, MIDI and TablEdit; export PDF, ABC, MusicXML or a share link TUNER, METRONOME, SOUND • Chromatic tuner with cents gauge and adjustable reference A (415 / 440 / 442 Hz) • Bundled soundfont, or free high-quality packs — strings, fiddle, piano, accordion, pipes PRIVACY & PRICING No account, works offline, your repertoire exports to a backup file. Anonymous usage statistics only with your consent, and you can switch them off. Free: the whole catalogue, sheet music, playback, 6 instruments (tin whistle, fiddle, flute, guitar, piano, piano accordion), 5 sets, 2 Trainer and 2 Memory games a day. Premium — one-time purchase, no subscription — unlocks all 19 instruments, unlimited sets and games, tune recognition, chords and accompaniment, the full composer and Studio, and encrypted sync between your devices. Tune data from TheSession.org, shared by musicians worldwide.

DrillLoop - Practice Loop Player Turn any video or audio into a focused practice session. --- 【Practice the hard parts, not the whole thing】 Learning a guitar riff, breaking down a dance combination, studying a technique, or shadowing a language lesson often comes down to practicing the same few seconds again and again. But constantly dragging the timeline, replaying sections, and changing the playback speed gets in the way. DrillLoop is built specifically for focused, repetitive practice. Mark the part you want to work on, save it, loop it, slow it down, and practice without interruptions. Turn the parts you struggle with into dedicated practice sessions. --- 【Practice Clips】 Mark start and end points in any video or audio and save them as practice clips. Name your clips and build your own practice library. Create multiple clips from the same content for different techniques, difficult sections, or stages of practice. Open a clip and start practicing right away. 【Variable Speed】 Adjust playback speed from 0.5x to 4x. Slow things down to hear every note, understand every movement, or break down a technique. Then gradually speed up until you can keep up with the original pace. Save a different playback speed for each clip. 【A/B Loop】 Don't want to create a clip? Simply set A and B points and loop any section instantly. Perfect for quickly drilling a specific movement, rhythm, phrase, or detail. 【Practice Tracking】 Your practice time is recorded automatically. Review your practice by day, week, or month to see how much time you're actually putting into each piece of content. Less guessing. More knowing. 【iCloud Sync】 Turn on iCloud Sync to keep your clips, settings, and practice history in sync across your devices. Create a practice clip on your iPhone and continue on your iPad. Your practice goes wherever you do. --- 【Made for anything worth repeating】 * Instruments: guitar, piano, guqin, drums, and more * Dance: movement breakdowns and combinations * Martial arts: forms and techniques * Sports: skills and technique drills * Language: shadowing, pronunciation, and listening * Singing: songs, vocal exercises, and technique * Fitness: movement learning and training If you need to watch or listen to something again and again, DrillLoop helps you practice with less friction and more focus. --- Import your content. Find the hard part. Loop it. Master it. DrillLoop - Make every repetition count. DrillLoop Pro Some features — including unlimited media imports, unlimited practice clips, full practice history, and iCloud Sync — require a DrillLoop Pro subscription or one-time purchase, available through in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/