Comparison

DoReMix vs Loop Breaker

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

Head to head
About

DoReMix

Features
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DoReMix is a multi-track audio recorder for iPhone. Capture your voice, instruments, and any other sounds! Built for songwriters and musicians who want to capture an idea the moment it strikes, without signing into an account, syncing to a cloud, or being spammed with ads. RECORD • Multi-track recording aligned to a click track • Overdub: existing tracks play in your ear while you record the next layer • Adjustable count-in and countdown so you're never racing the first beat • Auto-calibrated recording latency — takes land on the beat from day one ARRANGE & MIX • Per-track gain knob with a precision-edit modal • Per-track pan control • Mute and solo on every track • Custom color per track for instant visual identification • Per-track audio offset (±250 ms) to nudge a take into perfect sync • Rename, delete, and clear individual tracks EDIT WITH PRECISION • Pinch-to-zoom waveform with a beat grid overlay • Volume automation curves drawn directly on the waveform • Long-press anywhere on a track to set a custom playback start point • Tap-to-scrub for finding the right moment fast PLAY • Loop playback for hands-free songwriting or practice • Pause and resume mid-song — picks up exactly where you left off • Switch between the earpiece and the loudspeaker on the fly • Headphones detected and used automatically. Wired headphones give the most accurate monitoring latency EXPORT • Mix down all tracks to a single WAV file via the iOS Share Sheet — send to Files, Messages, AirDrop, anywhere ON-DEVICE BY DESIGN No user accounts. No cloud sync. No analytics. No advertising. No subscription. Your recordings stay on your iPhone unless you choose to export and share them. GESTURES TO DISCOVER • Long-press the play button to toggle loop mode • Long-press a track waveform to open the zoom and edit view • Double-tap a track name to change its color • Long-press the metronome icon to adjust click volume

About

Loop Breaker

Features
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Loop Breaker is a gamified audio processing environment that periodically forces you to make choices about how your audio loops should change and how your compositions should unfold. This is primarily achieved through a modifier system; every few bars, a new modifier appears in a queue. You must decide which of your loops should be affected by the modifier. If you make no choice, Loop Breaker will decide for you. Change is the only constant. Modifiers include standard audio effects like reverb, delay, chorus, filters, granular delay, auto-pan, and tremolo. Each of these effects has multiple parameters that are set on the fly and include various onset times. Other modifiers effect loop playback: you can change the playback speed, reverse playback direction, time-stretch, re-pitch, move loop brackets via the parts system, and slice loops and then shuffle, arpeggiate, or repeat them. Modifiers stack. Within minutes, your loops will wander down their own paths and recombine to create something previously unimaginable. Loop Breaker also contains a robust probability system for controlling how likely it is that modifier types will appear in the queue and how likely it is that an individual loop will be targeted for modification, should you cede decision-making responsibilities to Loop Breaker. The probability system responds to MIDI CC messages, so you can dynamically change probability settings with MIDI controllers, automation lanes in your DAW, or via modulation sources. Loop Breaker also contains a preset system for saving and recalling modifier stacks. Take your explorations as far as you want, save a new preset, and then recall it later on, even between sessions. Like the pads and probability system, presets also can be controlled via MIDI. Still not enough exploratory madness for you? Record and resample the audio output and then re-apply it to a pad or process it further in your DAW. Loop Breaker works both as a standalone app and as a AUv3 plug-in. Loop Breaker knows that you have a hard drive full of 4-bar loops that you never turned into finished compositions. Loop Breaker wants to help. Loop Breaker wants to make sure you don't get stuck in a loop.

Screenshots

DoReMix3 screens
Loop Breaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

DoReMix and Loop Breaker are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DoReMix versus Loop Breaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoReMixLoop Breaker
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Forsberg10471514311GlowMachine LLC

In-app purchases

None

DoReMix

No in-app purchases

None

Loop Breaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoReMix free?
DoReMix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Breaker free?
Loop Breaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DoReMix or Loop Breaker have ads?
Neither DoReMix nor Loop Breaker shows ads.

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