Comparison

TXT sampler vs PadLoop

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

Head to head
About

TXT sampler

Features
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TXT sampler is a sampler app for iPhone and iPad that lets you play recorded sounds and imported samples on pads, allowing you to create beats using sequences and effects. Features include microphone recording, file import, waveform trimming, ADSR, pitch adjustment, effects, and swing settings. By upgrading to the one-time purchase Premium Plan, you will unlock 64 pads across 4 banks, multiple projects, up to 8-bar sequences, long sample support, pad color customization, and WAV file export.

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PadLoop

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Sixteen pads, a track looper and a sampler: PadLoop turns your phone into a real instrument for making beats with your fingers - no musical training needed. Try everything free for 7 days. After that PadLoop stays free with 2 banks, 2 looper tracks and one project, or you unlock everything with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. NEW • Ready beats: 24 complete grooves (Trap soul, Afrobeats, Deep house, UK drill, Funk, Lo-fi...), each with its own bank, tempo and swing, drums and music already recorded. One tap and you play over them • Optional plugins: 6 sound kits (Reggaeton, Afro & Amapiano, Jungle & DnB, Phonk, Drum Machines, Percussion) and 4 instruments with real recorded notes (grand piano, marimba & vibraphone, strings, winds) • Split a song: the Stem split plugin separates a track into vocals, drums, bass and the rest, right on your phone, no internet needed. Then put the parts on your pads (needs 3 GB of RAM or more) • Pedals: MIDI pedals run the looper hands-free • More precise mic recording: the delay is stored separately for speaker, headphones and Bluetooth • On first launch, if you like, an example to listen to or a step-by-step guide PLAY • 8 sound banks (128 pads): drums, basses, synths, vocals - all replaceable • Touch dynamics: hard at the bottom, soft at the top, like real pads • Keyboard: play any sound in a scale with no wrong notes, chords included • Note repeat with Latch, an arpeggiator, 16 Levels (the same sound at sixteen velocities), hold-down effects (filter, echo, reverb, lo-fi...) • Shape every pad: pitch, reverse, envelope, filter, echo, lo-fi RECORD LOOPS • Hit REC and play: the loop records itself and keeps going, layer after layer • Up to 16 synced tracks: name them and drag them into your own order, without stopping the loop • Time-stretch: a loop follows the project BPM without changing pitch • Quantization with a selectable grid (8ths, 16ths, triplets, 1/32) or off - and you can change it afterwards • Step sequencer with per-cell hit strength: accents and ghost notes • Mute in time, per-layer undo, loop doubling, swing SAMPLE ANYTHING • Record from the mic, import audio files, take the sound from a video, or resample the app itself • Trim with handles, split on hits automatically or chop by hand; clean up steady background noise • Sound library with 558 ready-made sounds and 29 pre-built banks SING AND SHARE • Record your voice straight onto a track, in time with the beat • Save your own banks and share them with friends as a file • Record your live performance, effects and mistakes included • Export to MP3/WAV or as separate tracks, at the same full level you hear in the app BUILT FOR REAL PLAYING • A "?" on the main screens explains every button, with the full guide one tap away • Two calibrations, for taps and for the mic, so what you record lands where you played it • MIDI controllers and keyboards, USB and Bluetooth, with MIDI learn • Autosave and one-file project backup HONEST • No ads. Ever. For anyone. • No subscriptions: a 7-day trial with everything unlocked, plugins included, then playing stays free forever (2 banks full of sounds, 2 looper tracks with the microphone too, one project) • A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: the full sampler, all 8 banks, 16 tracks, 558 sounds, 29 ready-made banks, 24 Ready beats, all plugins, export, performance recording, unlimited projects • Everything you create stays yours and keeps playing, no matter what Make your first beat in thirty seconds. The rest follows.

Screenshots

TXT sampler3 screens
PadLoop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PadLoop at 15.0 against TXT sampler's 17.6. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TXT sampler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PadLoop sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TXT sampler ships an update every 9 days, PadLoop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
TXT sampler versus PadLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTXT samplerPadLoop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei KashinoPOSITIVE VIBRATION, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TXT sampler

One-time1
  • プレミアムプラン(買い切り)$3.99
2 purchases

PadLoop

One-time2
  • 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Full Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is TXT sampler free?
TXT sampler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PadLoop free?
PadLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TXT sampler or PadLoop have ads?
Neither TXT sampler nor PadLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TXT sampler or PadLoop?
TXT sampler ships an update every 9 days, and PadLoop weekly. Most recently, TXT sampler was updated on October 28, 2026 and PadLoop on November 10, 2026.

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