Comparison

PulseMaster vs RiffAlly Loop

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

Head to head
About

PulseMaster

This rhythm trainer offers four distinct modes to hone your timing and internal metronome. Practice strumming patterns, subdivisions, and custom beat accents with visual aids and adjustable silent bars. All features are unlocked and available offline.

Highlights
  • Silent bars for internal metronome practice
  • Visual strumming pattern training
  • Rhythm pyramid for subdivision mastery
  • Customizable beat pattern design
  • Offline functionality
  • No sign-up required
Features
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Train your inner metronome. Pulse Master is a free rhythm trainer with four modes that help you practice timing and rhythm specifically. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads—just open it and practice. SILENT BARS Test your internal metronome. The click plays a few bars, then it stops — you continue playing on your own. When it starts again, you’ll immediately hear whether you stayed in time. Choose freely which bars are loud and which are silent. STRUMMING PATTERNS Internalize strumming patterns by visualizing them. Arrows or DUs show you downstrokes and upstrokes, mutes, and rests. Work in eighths or sixteenths, save your favorite patterns as presets. RHYTHM PYRAMID Climb through subdivisions — quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, tuplets up to septuplets. The pyramid automatically changes step by step so you can learn to embed subdivisions cleanly into the beat. BEAT PATTERN Design your own accent patterns. Configurable per beat, with different subdivisions per beat. ALSO • Everything stored locally on your device, no sign-up required • Anonymized usage statistics via Amplitude (EU servers), without tracking COMPLETELY FREE Pulse Master is 100% free — no in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads. All modes are unlocked from the start. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://repetude.com/privacy

About

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.

Screenshots

PulseMaster4 screens
RiffAlly Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PulseMaster at every 4 days against RiffAlly Loop's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. PulseMaster sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and RiffAlly Loop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PulseMaster ships an update every 4 days, RiffAlly Loop every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PulseMaster versus RiffAlly Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseMasterRiffAlly Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SchulzeFernando Lanner Cardoso

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PulseMaster

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Huge tip$9.99
3 purchases

RiffAlly Loop

One-time3
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Supporter tip$4.99
  • Generous tip$9.99

Questions

Is PulseMaster free?
PulseMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RiffAlly Loop free?
RiffAlly Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PulseMaster or RiffAlly Loop have ads?
Neither PulseMaster nor RiffAlly Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PulseMaster or RiffAlly Loop?
PulseMaster ships an update every 4 days, and RiffAlly Loop every 9 days. Most recently, PulseMaster was updated on September 28, 2026 and RiffAlly Loop on October 7, 2026.

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