Loop vs Sonedia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop
Create melodies easily with a minimalist digital audio workstation. Explore various synthesis options and effects to shape your sound. Save and export your musical ideas as high-quality WAV files for sharing or further use.
- Minimalist DAW interface
- Multiple synthesis types (AM, FM, wavetable)
- Adjustable tempo and octave
- Sound sculpting with envelopes
- Reverb and other effects
- Save and export loops as WAV
- Fully offline functionality
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Turn taps into melodies and beats. Loop is your handheld music studio for sketching ideas, building drum patterns, and creating original loops on a simple grid. Start with five free sample loops or make something of your own. CREATE WITH A TAP • Tap the grid to add notes and hear your melody take shape. • Add kick, snare, and hi-hat patterns. • Build longer phrases across multiple pages. • Follow your music with a moving playback highlight. • Give each loop its own name and color. EXPLORE FIVE FREE SAMPLES From mellow grooves to bright arpeggios, each sample combines a distinct melody, rhythm, and sound. Play them for inspiration, view their sound settings, and restore deleted samples from Settings. Samples do not count toward your free saved-loop limit. SHAPE YOUR SOUND WITH PREMIUM • Explore FM, AM, wavetable, subtractive, and membrane synthesis. • Choose sine, triangle, square, and sawtooth waveforms. • Adjust tempo, octave, and musical scale. • Shape notes with attack, decay, sustain, and release controls. • Add reverb, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and distortion. • Edit sample loops to make them your own. SAVE AND SHARE Create and save one personal loop for free, alongside the five sample loops. Premium unlocks unlimited saved loops and WAV export for sharing, other music apps, or creating a custom ringtone. MAKE MUSIC OFFLINE No account. No ads. No tracking. Your loops stay on your device, so you can make music whenever inspiration strikes. Premium is available through an optional monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sonedia
Record, edit, and mix audio with a multitrack studio. Features include overdubbing, studio editing, smart naming, and searchable transcripts. Collaborate on projects and export in multiple formats.
- Multitrack recording and overdubbing
- Studio editing and effects
- Searchable transcripts
- Role-based collaboration
- Multi-format export
- Optional iCloud sync
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Sonedia is a pocket recording studio. Record, edit, overdub, mix, organize, collaborate, and export without a subscription. Free for everyone: - Base recording and playback with every quality preset, including lossless ALAC and uncompressed WAV - Multi-track overdub with up to 6 synchronized layers, per-channel mixer, and stereo mixdown - Studio editing, 4-band EQ, effects monitoring, metronome, projects, versions, tags, and automatic icons - Free smart naming using Apple/on-device intelligence when available — no paid AI minutes - Shared Albums with role-based collaboration - Searchable transcripts — tap a recognized cue to play near its recognition time - Tamper-evident proof receipts using on-device SHA-256 and a timestamp - Multi-format export — WAV, M4A (AAC), and ALAC lossless - Optional iCloud library sync using your Apple account - Apple Watch capture with automatic transfer to iPhone - 7 distinctive studio themes Sonedia Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription for Cloud AI Insights: - Whole-recording analysis for substantially richer titles and more context-aware automatic icons than the free local path - Structured summaries, key points, and action items - Rich typed full-audio transcripts and music insights such as key, tempo, and sections when relevant Basic Pro Monthly includes 60 minutes of optional Cloud AI audio processing per month. Premium Pro Monthly and Premium Pro Yearly include 220 Cloud AI audio minutes per month; the Premium plans differ only by billing period. Eligible new users receive 10 total trial AI audio minutes. Allowances are verified and enforced by Sonedia using StoreKit entitlement proof and App Attest, and unused minutes do not roll over. Apple displays the localized price and any eligible introductory offer before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel in App Store subscription settings. Privacy: - Recording, playback, transcript search, and SHA-256 proof hashing run on-device; completing and verifying a proof requires connectivity so iCloud can store the receipt with an Apple server timestamp, and an offline proof remains pending - Transcription uses Apple Speech Recognition, which prefers on-device processing when available; Apple may use its servers and a network connection for some devices or languages - iCloud sync is optional and uses your own Apple account - If you attach precise location to a recording, that coordinate can sync with the recording and can be visible to participants when you share it in a Shared Album - Free smart naming and automatic icons stay on Apple/on-device paths and never call Sonedia's AI service. Only when a paid user enables AI Insights with explicit consent is the selected audio securely uploaded for temporary cloud processing; entitlement and usage limits are verified by Sonedia, provider files are deleted after processing, and the app contains no provider API key - Sonedia maintains no separate hosted recording library and runs no advertising analytics or tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sonedia at 100% against Loop's 50%. Sonedia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and device support (4 vs 1). Loop's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sonedia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sonedia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sonedia's.
Loop ships an update every 11 days, Sonedia monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loop | Sonedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANCREATIVE INC. | IA COMPA LLC |
Customer experience
Loop
Sonedia
In-app purchases
Loop
- Unlock Premium (Lifetime)$4.99
Sonedia
- Basic Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year









