Comparison

Loop Breaker vs NullPerator

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

Head to head
About

Loop Breaker

This app transforms your audio loops into evolving compositions by introducing random modifiers and effects. It encourages creative exploration by letting you decide how to alter your sound or letting the app make choices for you.

Highlights
  • Gamified audio processing
  • Modifier system for effects
  • Probability system for modifier appearance
  • MIDI CC control for probability
  • Preset system for saving/recalling stacks
  • Record and resample audio output
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

NullPerator

Create music with a focused tracker workflow on your iPhone and iPad. Compose patterns, arrange songs, and record samples using touch controls or a game controller. Projects are stored locally via the Files app.

Highlights
  • Tracker composition and playback
  • Touch controls
  • Game controller input
  • MIDI routing
  • Sample recording
  • Local project storage
Features
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NullPerator brings the focused tracker workflow to iPhone and iPad. Compose patterns, arrange songs, record samples, and play them back through a compact interface designed around the NullPerator hardware. Use the on-screen controls or connect a compatible game controller. Route MIDI, keep projects in the Files app, and continue working without an account. Features: • Tracker composition and playback • Touch controls optimized for portrait and landscape layouts • Compatible game controller input • MIDI routing, including supported Bluetooth MIDI devices • Sample recording through the current iOS audio input • Local project and sample storage through the Files app • iPhone and iPad support Your projects and settings stay on your device. NullPerator does not include advertising, analytics, or account tracking.

Screenshots

Loop Breaker4 screens
NullPerator1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NullPerator at Free against Loop Breaker's $4.99. Loop Breaker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

NullPerator is free to download; Loop Breaker costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Breaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loop Breaker versus NullPerator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoop BreakerNullPerator
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlowMachine LLC203 Systems

In-app purchases

None

Loop Breaker

No in-app purchases

None

NullPerator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loop Breaker free?
Loop Breaker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NullPerator free?
NullPerator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loop Breaker or NullPerator?
Loop Breaker is rated higher. Loop Breaker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while NullPerator averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Loop Breaker or NullPerator have ads?
Neither Loop Breaker nor NullPerator shows ads.

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