Comparison

PulsePilot Live vs RitLoop

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

Head to head
About

PulsePilot Live

Features
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The most advanced metronome built for musicians who perform live. PulsePilot Live goes beyond basic click tracks. Build multi-section tracks for your songs β€” verse, chorus, bridge, solo, etc. β€” and let the app guide you through every transition with automatic or custom voice cues, announcing what's coming next. No more counting bars in your head. No more losing your place mid-song. No more sheet music on stage. NEW: Backing Tracks with Split Channel Output Import a backing track and sync it perfectly to your click track β€” one recording, running under your whole song from the very first beat. Send the click and the backing track out on separate left/right channels, so your click stays isolated in your in-ears while the track goes to the house β€” essential for playing live with a band. KEY FEATURES ● Smart Section Tracking Break any song into sections with different tempos, time signatures, or click patterns. PulsePilot Live automatically calls out the next section before it arrives. ● Voice Announcements Hear what's coming β€” "Chorus" or "Solo next" β€” in an automatic voice, or record your own custom cue or type it down. ● Backing Tracks, Perfectly Synced Attach a full backing track to any song and split it left/right against your click β€” the clean, professional way to run tracks live. Programmed in seconds! ● In-App Notes Attach reminders to each section: what to play, what to sing, what to remember. ● Stage Mode Lock your phone into distraction-free performance mode. One screen, one focus: your rhythm and what's next. ● Full Metronome β€” Free Forever Polyrhythms, subdivisions, custom accent sounds, Practice Ramp β€” the complete toolkit, free, permanently. No paywall on the basics. Free to use with the free plan. No sheet music required. Just your songs, structured your way. Download PulsePilot Live and never lose the thread of a song again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.pulsepilotlive.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pulsepilotlive.com/privacy

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RitLoop

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Study, practice, and transcribe music by ear. Without fighting your player. RitLoop slows down any song you own without the pitch going up or down, changes the pitch without touching the speed, and repeats the hard part as many times as it takes. It's built for the way you already practice: listening and playing along at different tempos, over and over, until you've got it. HOW YOU PRACTICE WITH RITLOOP 1. Import your own music from Files. No account, no connection needed. 2. Hit play and set A and B on the fly, while it plays. The loop starts repeating on its own. 3. Slow it down, repeat, and creep back up to the original tempo. A-B LOOPS SET BY EAR β€’ Set A and B on the fly, as many times as you like, and undo if you overshoot. β€’ Or drag on the waveform, if you'd rather see it before you set it. β€’ Save a loop with a name ("chorus," "bridge," "solo") and come back to it whenever you want. β€’ Every loop remembers the speed and pitch you left it at. β€’ Group a song's loops into sections and reorder them. β€’ Fine-tune A and B to the millisecond, with a mini waveform and onset detection. β€’ Halve a loop, double its length, or shift the whole thing. TEMPO AND PITCH, SEPARATELY β€’ Speed from 25% to 175%, the full range, uncapped. β€’ Pitch from βˆ’12 to +12 semitones without touching the speed. β€’ Zoom into the waveform to find the exact spot, up to 300Γ—. THE METRONOME Standalone, from 40 to 300 BPM, with tap tempo, time signature, subdivisions, and accents. THE TUNER Chromatic, with reference A from 400 to 480 Hz and transposition for B-flat, E-flat, and F instruments. THE RHYTHM GRID (PRO) β€’ Detects the song's tempo and time signature, with Β½ and Γ—2 correction. β€’ Mark where the "1" falls and the beat grid is drawn over the waveform. β€’ With the tempo detected, snap A and B to the grid with one tap: to the bar, or to the quarter, eighth, or sixteenth note. β€’ The metronome plays over the song and stays locked in when you change the tempo. β€’ Count-in click, pickups included. YOUR LIBRARY β€’ Nested folders, like in Files. Import a whole tree at once. β€’ Rename, move, batch-select, search, and sort four ways. β€’ Plays in the background, and you control it from the Lock Screen or your headphones. β€’ Import a video and RitLoop keeps its audio. EXPORT WHAT YOU PRACTICE (PRO) β€’ Export the loop as M4A, WAV, or FLAC, 1 to 50 repeats, with the tempo, pitch, and click already rendered in. β€’ Or export the whole song at a different tempo and pitch. YOUR LOOPS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES (PRO) Your loops and folders sync through your own iCloud. Set a loop on your iPhone and it's on your Mac by the time you sit down to play. PRIVACY No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no data collection. Your audio stays on your device, and the rest travels through your own iCloud, never through a server of ours. FREE FOR 7 DAYS, THEN IT'S YOUR CALL RitLoop is free, and for the first 7 days everything is unlocked except iCloud sync, which is part of RitLoop Pro. When the trial ends, you switch to the free plan, and your music, loops, and folders are still there: nothing is deleted and everything still plays. The free plan includes 3 songs, 1 saved loop per song, unlimited on-the-fly A-B loops, the full 25% to 175% speed range, the whole standalone metronome, the tuner, unlimited folders and full library management, and zoom up to 10Γ—. RitLoop Pro adds pitch shifting, the rhythm grid and the click over the song, export, A and B fine-tuning, loop operations (halve, double, shift), zoom up to 300Γ—, video import, unlimited songs and loops, and iCloud sync. It unlocks forever with a one-time purchase, no subscription: Pro for iPhone and iPad, Pro for Mac, or the complete pack. I'm a professional drummer and a developer. I've spent years practicing with apps like this, and every one of them was missing something. So I built my own, native for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Screenshots

PulsePilot Live4 screens
RitLoop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PulsePilot Live at 16.4 against RitLoop's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PulsePilot Live sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and RitLoop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PulsePilot Live ships an update every 4 days, RitLoop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
PulsePilot Live versus RitLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulsePilot LiveRitLoop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size56 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca SaccintoIGNACIO AMPURDANES RUZ

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PulsePilot Live

Subscriptions3
  • PulsePilot Subscription$2.991 Month
  • PulsePilot Live - Premium Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • PulsePilot Live - Ultimate Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
3 purchases

RitLoop

One-time3
  • RitLoop Pro (iPhone & iPad)$8.99
  • RitLoop Pro (Mac)$14.99
  • RitLoop Pro (Complete Pack)$19.99

Questions

Is PulsePilot Live free?
PulsePilot Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RitLoop free?
RitLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PulsePilot Live or RitLoop have ads?
Neither PulsePilot Live nor RitLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PulsePilot Live or RitLoop?
PulsePilot Live ships an update every 4 days, and RitLoop every 5 days. Most recently, PulsePilot Live was updated on November 6, 2026 and RitLoop on October 31, 2026.

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