Comparison

DoomLoop vs AmenBeats

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

Head to head
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DoomLoop

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DOOM LOOP is a stem-based loop machine built from the Doom Cougar catalog. Seven channels β€” kick, bass, snare, hats, acid, perc, and FX β€” each loaded with eight loops pulled from real Doom Cougar tracks. Tap a pad to bring that loop in. Tap another to swap it out on the next bar. Everything stays at 138 BPM. Everything stays in time. There is no beat-matching, no syncing, no waveforms to wrestle with. The tempo is fixed. The bars are fixed. The loops swap clean. WHAT'S IN IT - 56 loops from the Doom Cougar catalog β€” Crease, Creature, Hematoma, Mothers Milk, Parlor Floor, Savage Wit, Shag Chain, Yule, and more - 7 channels β€” one loop at a time per channel, plus a one-shot FX channel for stabs and vocal hits - 138 BPM master tempo with every stem pitched to match - 3-band EQ on every channel β€” low, mid, high - Independent volume on every channel - Per-channel lock β€” protect a loop you like before randomizing - Random β€” roll the dice on every unlocked channel, queued to the next bar - Bar / beat indicator with 4-LED beat readout HOW IT WORKS Tap a pad to load that loop. If a channel is already playing, the new pick is queued β€” it swaps in clean on the next downbeat. No bumps. No dropouts. No drift. Lock the channels you want to keep. Randomize the rest. Walk a track from a stripped-down kick-and-acid groove into a full mix and back without touching the play button. This is Doom Cougar's catalog, taken apart and handed back to you. Build new tracks. Wreck old ones. Nothing here gets out of time. 138 BPM. 7 channels. 56 stems. One bar at a time.

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AmenBeats

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AmenBeats is a real drum machine built for kids β€” with a full studio hiding behind a grown-up gate. KID MODE: ONE SCREEN, BIG BUTTONS A focused instrument with big controls and a row of picture buttons for choosing beats. Open it and the row spins like a slot machine and lands on a groove, ready to play. Kids can: β€’ Pick from playful beats β€” Boom Bap, Rock, Disco, Marchin', Shuffle, Techno, Reggae, Waltz β€” and eight legendary breaks β€’ Tap the grid to add and remove drum hits, on a 4, 8, 12, or 16-step canvas β€’ Bash the four drums live β€” Open Hat, Closed Hat, Snare, Kick β€” right from the grid β€’ Flip power switches: SWING for groove, WILD to loosen it up, FILL! for a snare roll, DROP! to cut the beat out and slam it back β€’ Speed up and slow down with big plus and minus buttons β€’ Spin the wheel any time for a surprise beat SAVE A BEAT. SAVE THE WHOLE SHOW. Everything a kid plays is quietly recorded β€” the beat, the tempo changes, every live tap. One button saves the entire performance, however long it ran, and one tap plays it back exactly as it happened. Their beats and shows sit in their own list, ready to hear again. GROWN-UPS SET THE RULES Kid Setup tailors the app to each child: β€’ Choose exactly which beats and famous breaks they can reach β€’ Set the tempo range they can dial between β€’ Cap the volume β€’ Turn on mute and solo for older kids learning how a kit fits together β€’ Set up more than one child, each with their own beats, limits, and saved work Kid Mode stays put. A six-digit parent PIN protects access to the studio. Set up your PIN before the first Kid session and save your private recovery code. Tap the lock to unlock; hold it for help. Your PIN and recovery code stay on that device. THE GROWN-UP STUDIO Behind the gate is a proper 16-step, 4-voice sequencer: β€’ Eight study templates of the most sampled breaks ever recorded: the Amen break, the Funky Drummer, Apache, Think, Impeach, When the Levee Breaks, Cold Sweat, and the Big Beat β€’ Tap any step through on, stomp (accent), and ghost β€” stomps add punch, ghost notes add the feel that makes a break breathe β€’ Tempo from 40 to 220 BPM, swing, and per-voice mute and solo β€’ Humanize and per-voice lay-back for a relaxed, human pocket β€’ Save your grooves and chain them into a looping song, each pattern held for as many bars as you like MIDI AND ABLETON, SET UP BY A GROWN-UP The studio talks to real gear, and every bit of it is configured on the parent side β€” never in the child's reach: β€’ Send MIDI on GM channel 10 so your pattern drives a drum rack in Ableton Live or any DAW β€’ Export any pattern as a Standard MIDI clip and drag it straight into a session β€’ Import a .mid clip back onto the grid β€’ Sync tempo with Live and other Link-enabled apps over Ableton Link SAFE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No ads. No in-app purchases. No analytics, no tracking, and no servers β€” AmenBeats collects nothing, and everything a child makes stays on the device. Every drum sound is synthesized as the app runs, so nothing is ever downloaded and the app stays tiny. It plays through the speaker even with the ring switch set to silent. Free.

Screenshots

DoomLoop4 screens
AmenBeats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AmenBeats at daily against DoomLoop's every 6 days. DoomLoop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoomLoop ships an update every 6 days, AmenBeats daily. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
DoomLoop versus AmenBeats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoomLoopAmenBeats
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRyan Ebner1041Soft LLC

In-app purchases

None

DoomLoop

No in-app purchases

None

AmenBeats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoomLoop free?
DoomLoop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AmenBeats free?
AmenBeats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DoomLoop or AmenBeats have ads?
Neither DoomLoop nor AmenBeats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoomLoop or AmenBeats?
DoomLoop ships an update every 6 days, and AmenBeats daily. Most recently, DoomLoop was updated on October 3, 2026 and AmenBeats on October 6, 2026.

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