Comparison

Loopideo vs Grainium

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

Head to head
About

Loopideo

Easily loop videos from your device or cloud storage for continuous playback. Ideal for events, presentations, and parties, it supports multiple videos and formats without time limits. Loop videos endlessly for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Infinite video looping
  • Loop from camera library, Dropbox, OneDrive
  • No sign up required
  • No time restrictions
  • Supports .mov and .mp4 formats
  • Loop single or multiple videos
Features
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Loop videos with a single tap! Loop videos easily to be displayed on your device or casted to an external device. Perfect for trade-shows, presentations, events, parties and more. Features: • Play videos in an infinite loop from your camera library, Dropbox, or OneDrive accounts. • Download and start looping immediately – no sign up required. • No time restrictions on video loop. • Loop Video in these formats: .mov and .mp4 • Perfect for Trade Shows, Presentations, Career Fairs, Parties and other Events. • Loop a single video or multiple videos at once. • Loopideo allows video looping for iPhones, iPods, & iPads using iOS 13 or greater. To remove ads, upgrade to Loopideo Pro. *** PLEASE NOTE: This app is not meant to convert & save a "looped version" of a video to your iPhone library (which could take up an infinite amount of storage space). All looping is done from within the Loopideo application. ***

About

Grainium

Features
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Grainium is the analog ecosystem — six precision tools, a community of working film photographers, an AI built for film, and a worldwide directory of labs and camera shops, all in one app. CAPTURE & MEASURE - Light Meter — incident and reflective metering with film-specific reciprocity correction - Colour Temp — Kelvin readings calibrated for daylight and tungsten stocks - Zone Reference — Train your eye to estimate subject distance for sharper zone focusing DEVELOP & PROCESS - Dev Timer — push/pull-aware multi-bath timers with haptic step alerts - Safe Light — true-red darkroom mode, coin-test calibrated - Negative View — instant in-camera positive preview for inversion DISCOVER & SHARE - A worldwide directory of film labs, repair shops, and analogue camera stores — find what's near you, find what's worth a flight - A community gallery to publish your work, follow photographers who inspire you, and find your next favourite film - Photo walks, meet-ups, gallery openings, expos — find local events or host your own - A blog of field notes, gear reviews, and darkroom guides from the community GRAINIUM ASSIST — AI BUILT FOR FILM Ask anything: identify a roll from a half-remembered design, plan an exposure for an unfamiliar stock, get a starting recipe for a push to 3200. Grainium Assist is trained on the language of film photographers, not generic photo metadata. WHY FILM PHOTOGRAPHERS LOVE GRAINIUM Six precision tools that fit in your pocket. A community that actually shoots film. AI that knows film and development. And a directory of every lab worth knowing. GRAINIUM PRO Unlock the full toolkit, AI Assist, event creation, and an ad-free experience. - Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Manage or cancel any time from Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. PRIVACY & TERMS We don't sell your data. We don't track you across other apps. Our privacy policy and terms are at https://grainium.tech/privacy and https://grainium.tech/terms. SUPPORT https://www.grainium.tech/support Built for photographers, by photographers.

Screenshots

Loopideo4 screens
Grainium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loopideo at none against Grainium's 2. Grainium's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Grainium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Loopideo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loopideo ships an update every 3 weeks, Grainium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Loopideo versus Grainium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopideoGrainium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperXorbix Technologies Inc.Gareth Lee Joseph

Bugs and requests

Loopideo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos fail to load or play properly
  • Looping functionality not working as expected
  • Recent update caused major issues for some users

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add playlist/organization features
  • Allow browsing/importing from Downloads folder
  • Provide option to save/export looped videos
  • Improve thumbnail handling and video identification

Grainium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Loopideo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Grainium

Subscriptions2
  • Grainium Pro · Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Grainium Pro · Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Loopideo free?
Loopideo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grainium free?
Grainium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loopideo or Grainium have ads?
Neither Loopideo nor Grainium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loopideo or Grainium?
Loopideo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Grainium every 2 days. Most recently, Loopideo was updated on September 26, 2026 and Grainium on September 9, 2026.

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