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Add LoopingTube to your home screen for an app-like practice session.
Comparison · Last reviewed 2026-09-16
LoopTube.io is a deliberately minimal looper — paste a link (or swap youtube.com for looptube.io), set an A/B loop, nudge the speed, jot notes. LoopingTube is built for practice you come back to — several saved clips per video, recording yourself over the loop, a gradual tempo ramp, pause and countdown between repeats, and optional sync across devices. Repeating one passage once? Either works. Learning a song over a week? LoopingTube.
| Feature | LoopingTube | LoopTube.io |
|---|---|---|
| A/B loop on any YouTube video | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple saved clips per video (setlists) | ✅ | ⚠️ One saved loop |
| Mark loop start/end at the playhead | ✅ (I / O keys) | ✅ (Ctrl+L) |
| Playback speed control | ✅ 0.25×–2× slider | ✅ Up/down buttons |
| Gradual tempo ramp | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Pause between loops | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Countdown before each repeat | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Loop count limit | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Record yourself over the loop | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Built-in note pad | ❌ | ✅ |
| Share a link to your loops | ✅ (all clips in one URL) | ❌ Not listed |
| Open a video by editing its URL | ✅ (loopingtube.com/ + link) | ✅ (youtube.com → looptube.io) |
| Works without an account | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cloud sync across devices | ✅ (optional free account) | ❌ (browser storage) |
| Installable app on phone / desktop | ✅ | ❌ Not listed |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✅ Space, E, I, O, N, P, S | ✅ Ctrl+B, L, P, U, J |
| Price | Free | Free |
"Not listed" means LoopTube.io's site doesn't describe the feature. Checked against each site on 2026-09-16.
Learning a song in sections. A guitarist working through a solo over a week wants the intro lick, the chorus voicing and the bend that keeps going sharp as three separate loops. LoopingTube saves all three under the same video, and N and P jump between them. LoopTube.io's site describes saving one loop setting per video, so switching passages means re-marking the loop.
Getting a passage up to tempo. Start at 60% speed and let LoopingTube's tempo ramp raise the speed every few completed loops until it reaches the target — you keep playing instead of reaching for the mouse. LoopTube.io has speed up and speed down buttons (Ctrl+U and Ctrl+J), which work but leave the stepping to you.
Hearing your own playing. LoopingTube records a take over the loop and shows its waveform, so you can play yourself back against the original — the quickest way to hear whether you're rushing or late. LoopTube.io doesn't list recording; you'd need a phone voice memo on the side.
Drilling with rests. A pause between repeats, a countdown before each one and a cap on the number of loops turn endless repetition into sets: breathe, reset, play. LoopTube.io loops continuously.
Teachers and multiple devices. A teacher can mark five clips from one lesson video and send a single link that opens all five. And with a free account your library follows you from laptop to phone, where LoopingTube also installs as an app. LoopTube.io keeps loops in the browser you made them in.
Fewer controls. If all you want is one section of a video on repeat, LoopTube.io shows less: an A/B loop, speed buttons and a note pad. There's no setlist, recorder or tempo settings to ignore.
Notes next to the video. LoopTube.io's note pad lets you write while its Ctrl-key shortcuts keep controlling playback — useful for transcribing lyrics, writing out dialogue in a language you're learning, or jotting chord names. LoopingTube has no note-taking area; you'd keep notes in another tab.
A URL trick that's easy to remember. Replacing youtube.com with looptube.io in the address bar is quick to type. LoopingTube's equivalent — putting loopingtube.com/ in front of the whole YouTube link — works just as well but is a few more keystrokes.
"I'm learning songs on an instrument." LoopingTube. Clip setlists, tempo ramp, recording and rests between repeats are the tools that make practice sessions add up over weeks.
"I want one part of a video on repeat, right now." Either. LoopTube.io has the smaller screen; LoopingTube is just as quick if you paste the link and hit E to loop.
"I take written notes while I loop." LoopTube.io, for the built-in note pad.
"I practice on more than one device, or share loops with students." LoopingTube, for optional sync and multi-clip share links.
Both are free in the browser and neither advertises a paid tier as of 2026-09-16. Neither requires sign-up. LoopingTube's optional account — email or Google — is also free and exists only to sync your library between devices.
LoopTube.io does one job cleanly: put a section of a YouTube video on repeat, with notes beside it. If that's the whole job, it's a good choice, and its URL trick is hard to beat for speed.
LoopingTube is for when looping is part of practice — several passages from the same song, played slower and then faster, recorded, and picked up again tomorrow on another device. That's the workflow it was built around, and where it pulls ahead.
The quickest way to decide is to open the same video in both and loop the passage you're working on.
LoopingTube publishes this comparison. LoopTube.io details come from its public website as of the date stamped on this page; where its site doesn't mention a feature we say so rather than guess. Spot something out of date? Tell us on the page.
LoopingTube has been actively developed since June 2025 — see the . Last reviewed: 2026-09-16.