Comparison

DoomLoop vs AcidGroovebox

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

Head to head
About

DoomLoop

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DOOM LOOP is a stem-based loop machine built from the Doom Cougar catalog. Seven channels — kick, bass, snare, hats, acid, perc, and FX — 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 — Crease, Creature, Hematoma, Mothers Milk, Parlor Floor, Savage Wit, Shag Chain, Yule, and more - 7 channels — 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 — low, mid, high - Independent volume on every channel - Per-channel lock — protect a loop you like before randomizing - Random — 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 — 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.

About

AcidGroovebox

Features
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A pocket acid machine. 303-style bass, drum machine, lead and sample pads: a techno or house track in seconds, with no ads and no connection. Tap the dice and the drums, bass and lead land in key, ready to be mangled. Never touched a synth before? Turn the knobs. You'll get it in 30 seconds. ACID BASS • Cutoff, resonance, env mod, decay, accent and glide • Waveforms: saw, square, triangle (pro), PWM (pro) • Step sequencer with slides, accents and note length DRUM MACHINE • 7 tracks: kick, snare, clap, hats, crash, ride • 3 velocity levels per step and swing • Live snare/clap rolls for fills • Double notes, your own samples and custom kits (pro) ACID LEAD • 3-oscillator paraphonic synth with a snappy filter • Notes per step, chords, harmonic colours and glide • Macros: bite, decay, drive, spread, air, volume LIVE FX • Hands-on filter on an X/Y matrix • Two assignable LFOs per instrument (pro) • Assignable reverb and delay (pro) • 12 or 32-step patterns, A/B switching (pro) SAMPLE PADS • 1 pad you can record with the phone mic (3 in pro) • 3 pads for loading your own sounds (6 in pro) • Dedicated reverb, delay and beat repeat for the pads (pro) YOUR TRACKS STAY YOURS • Save, load, export and import your sets • Bounce your loops to audio to share them • 100% offline: no account, no cloud WHY ACID GROOVEBOX • Zero ads. Actually zero. • No subscription: unlock Pro once, keep it forever • Everything runs on your phone, on a plane or at a festival Home-studio producer, 303 obsessive, techno head or just curious about beatmaking: Acid Groovebox turns an idea into a groove in seconds. Acid Groovebox is built by one independent developer, with no ads and no investors. If you want to support it: unlock Pro and tell your friends.

Screenshots

DoomLoop4 screens
AcidGroovebox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DoomLoop at none against AcidGroovebox's 1. DoomLoop also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. AcidGroovebox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DoomLoop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoomLoop ships an update every 6 days, AcidGroovebox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
DoomLoop versus AcidGroovebox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoomLoopAcidGroovebox
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRyan EbnerMaxime Bernard

In-app purchases

None

DoomLoop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AcidGroovebox

One-time1
  • Unlock all Pro features !$7.99

Questions

Is DoomLoop free?
DoomLoop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AcidGroovebox free?
AcidGroovebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DoomLoop or AcidGroovebox have ads?
Neither DoomLoop nor AcidGroovebox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoomLoop or AcidGroovebox?
DoomLoop ships an update every 6 days, and AcidGroovebox fortnightly. Most recently, DoomLoop was updated on September 16, 2026 and AcidGroovebox on October 2, 2026.

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