Version updates

FX Composer is a multi-effect.

New version 1.2
Old version 1.1.2
Release Notes Added a better display of controls for any kind of iPad. Added a "missing headphones" alert. Added some patches.
Author Herve Noury
Type Effect
Effect type All-in-one
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA)

Fed up with standardized presets and instruments? Feel lost in overcomplex filters and effects? Don’t wanna sound like everyone else? BLEASS is just the right instrument for you: it unleashes your inner musical creativity by bringing music production and performance to its very core: play, perform, compose beats and melodies in a new yet intuitive way thanks to its multitrack sequencer, synthesizer and drum machine.

New version 1.3.0
Old version 1.2.0
Release Notes We've added a brand new instrument: CHORDS! CHORDS is a virtual analog polyphonic synthesizer dedicated to customize, perform and sequence chords on the fly. Also, many new presets are now available for an improved sonic experience.
Author BLEASS
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

djay transforms your iOS device into a full-featured DJ and music production system.

New version 3.0.3
Old version 3.0.2
Release Notes Introducing the all-new djay including 100+ new features, a fresh new look, live sampling and remixing tools, Ableton Link integration, Automix AI, and so much more. Version 3.0.3: • Improved activation state in dashboard • Various fixes and improvements Version 3.0.2: • Added additional Automix settings for shuffle, start, and end points • Added time display in portrait mode on iPad • Added equalizer in 4 deck mode on iPhone in landscape mode • Restored FX Packs and MIDI mappings from previous djay versions • Fixed loading videos not disabling active visualizer • Fixed drag & drop not working from "My Videos" section in media library • Fixed crossfader display when changing channel assignments in 4 deck mode on iPad • Various fixes and improvements NOTE: If you previously purchased djay 2 or djay Pro, you can continue to use them side-by-side with the new djay and download them at any time via the "Purchased" section in the App Store app. Additionally, all of your existing controller mappings, cue points, and purchased FX packs will automatically transfer to the Free and Pro versions of the new djay. Thank you for using djay! If you enjoy the new djay, please support us by rating the app. We are looking forward to your feedback!
Author Algoriddim GmbH
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds DJ
Supports Ableton Link

With EGSY01 you can create sounds, from modern ones to vintage analog ones, working with arpeggiator, step sequencer and FM, addictive and subtractive synthesis.

New version 3.1.2
Old version 3.1.1
Release Notes 3.1.2 - AU3 parameters automation support for BeatMaker3 and NanoStudio2 3.1.1 - Support for MIDI Program Change - Favorites presets can be assigned and controlled via MIDI Program Change 3.0 New features - EGSY01 is now an AU3 with full parameters automation supports - New Sequencer & Automation module - Presets are now exchangeable (export & import single preset or user bank) - Improved knob sensitivity - Sequencer and delay time syncs with host (AU3) - Multiple assignment for modulation wheel - Presets by SoundOfIzrael & Alfonso Fo’ Corace
Author Elliott Garage
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

The challenge was finding how to cater for large control surfaces that work best with fingers on a touchscreen, for a large number of parameters, on something as small as 9.7" in size, without hiding anything, that was also fluid and intuitive to use.

New version 1.1.2
Old version 1.0.16
Release Notes * Keyboard Latch
Author Fraser Stuart
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Bass
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

With EGSY01 you can create sounds, from modern ones to vintage analog ones, working with arpeggiator, step sequencer and FM, addictive and subtractive synthesis .

New version 3.1.2
Old version 3.1.1
Release Notes 3.1.2 - AU3 parameters automation support for BeatMaker3 and NanoStudio2 3.1.1 - Support for MIDI Program Change - Favorites presets can be assigned and controlled via MIDI Program Change 3.0 New features - EGSY01 is now an AU3 with full parameters automation supports - New Sequencer & Automation module - Presets are now exchangeable (export & import single preset or user bank) - Improved knob sensitivity - Sequencer and delay time syncs with host (AU3) - Multiple assignment for modulation wheel - Presets by SoundOfIzrael & Alfonso Fo’ Corace
Author Elliott Garage
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Ferrite is an app you need for creating podcasts, radio journalism, or other professional voice production work — lectures, speeches, voiceovers and more.

New version 2.1.2
Old version 2.1.1
Release Notes v2.1.2: • Performance, user-experience and reliability updates v2.1: New for Ferrite 2 Pro customers: Various improvements relating to import and export, including: • On recent devices (especially iPad Pro), creating MP3 files should be much faster using a new "parallel multicore" encoding system. • Optionally customise sharing/export settings (format, quality, mono/stereo) for each project or template. • When importing movies with multiple audio tracks (e.g. iOS screen recordings with narration), Ferrite now imports each audio track as a separate file. • Support for "markers" in .WAV files New for all users: • Performance, user-experience and reliability updates
Author Wooji Juice Ltd
Type Host
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

A streaming sound palette for experimental musicians, sound designers and artists. Includes over 40 preset randomized Internet audio streams.  

New version 1.1
Old version 1.0
Release Notes + Added feature that will indicate the language being heard on each pad*. + Pause button renamed to "bypass" to more accurately reflect its function. *Based on the geographic origin of each pad's broadcast, so the accuracy may not be 100% !
Author Casey I.T. LLC
Type Tool
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audio Unit (AU)

Metronome, Drum Machine, Practice Log.

New version 2.4.0
Old version 2.3.8
Release Notes This is the biggest update ever, with lots of great new features to get excited about! - The new "Edit Pattern" page lets you quickly enter any rhythm and assign sounds, accents, ties, flams, diddles and rolls! - You can "Edit" a note group to turn some notes into rests. PolyNome will display the proper beamed grouping. - There are now 8 sound buttons that you can use to enter drum grooves. - The new 6-octave keyboard provides a quick way to enter melodies. - A dedicated Konnakol entry page allows you to add voice syllables. There are MANY other improvements and changes under the hood. For the full list visit polynome.net/whats-new If you have 2 minutes to leave (or update) a review I'd like to thank you in advance. Thanks for using PolyNome! Joe
Author PolyNome Ltd
Type Instrument, Tool
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audiobus

SENODE is a new music composition app for iPad. It extends the concept of linear step sequencers to a graph with unlimited directions and instruments.

New version 1.1.0
Old version 1.0.4
Release Notes - added Ableton Link support - improved MIDI timing - improved MIDI device handling - improved user interface - added canvas zoom - added patch rename and deletion menu
Author Sebastian Arnold
Type Host, Tool
Supports Ableton Link

SynthMaster Player for iPad is the MOBILE PLAYER VERSION of the award winning SynthMaster software synthesizer.

New version 1.1.9
Old version 1.1.8
Release Notes added support for AUv3 GUI updated for iPhoneX
Author KV331 Audio
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Patterning 2 is the next generation of the award-winning circular drum machine. Create beats like never before in a beautiful, intuitive interface that is both easy to use and deep with features for the experienced producer.

New version 2.0.10
Old version 2.0.9
Release Notes Thanks for your help making Patterning 2 a success! Please report bugs or issues to support@olympianoiseco.com so they can be fixed. 2.0.10 • Potential fix for a hard to replicate issue where the UI can get “disconnected” from the audio. • Ableton Live Set exports now correctly generate MIDI ratcheting and MIDI gate length. • Fix color of menu items after using Open In… with Ableton Live Set exports. • Fix issue importing multiple audio files using AirDrop
Author Olympia Noise Co.
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Ableton Link

Metronome, Drum Machine, Practice Log.

New version 2.4.0
Old version 2.3.8
Release Notes This is the biggest update ever, with lots of great new features to get excited about! - The new "Edit Pattern" page lets you quickly enter any rhythm and assign sounds, accents, ties, flams, diddles and rolls! - You can "Edit" a note group to turn some notes into rests. PolyNome will display the proper beamed grouping. - There are now 8 sound buttons that you can use to enter drum grooves. - A new 6-octave keyboard provides a quick way to enter melodies. - A dedicated Konnakol entry page allows you to add voice syllables. There are MANY other improvements and changes under the hood. For the full list visit polynome.net/whats-new If you have 2 minutes to leave (or update) a review I'd like to thank you in advance. Thanks for using PolyNome! Joe
Author PolyNome Ltd
Supports Audiobus

A pocket sampler, drum-machine & field recorder designed for 'on-the-go' creativity.

New version 2.2.5
Old version 2.2.4
Release Notes . Fixes rename pad crashes. . Fixes pad saving issues. . Fixed Classic 707 kit issue where it would sound very low due to filtering.
Author Sergio Barbosa
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Audiobus

AudioKit Synth One is a completely free & open-source professional iOS Synthesizer. 

New version 0.9.3
Old version 0.9.2.1
Release Notes Thank you! You're AMAZING. Our humble volunteer team of musicians are working for you! + Added Playback "Buffer" Setting Feature to Synth One You'll find the new buffer choices in the "Settings" button to the upper left of the keyboard. For older devices, you can set the Buffer higher (512) to reduce crackling. + Start timing on Sequencer improved. Makes it easy to sync your Synth One Arp/Seq to other sequencers and musicians + NEW Microtonal Features: ++ Over 50 new scales in Synth One, just in time for the holidays! ++ Tunings are now sorted into banks ++ Bonus tuning bank "Hexanies With Proportional Triads" by Wilsonic Creator, Marcus Hobbs ++ You can now import Scala files: On your iPad select a link to a Scala file ending in ".scl" and you will see "Copy to Synth One" as an option. New scales are copied to the "User" bank. + AudioKit Synth One will ALWAYS be Free and open-source. Thanks to your support, we are able to keep Synth One going for years to come! Thanks everyone. We couldn't do it without you. + Coming first quarter 2019: We're working on making Synth One an AUv3 plugin. Oh... and a free iPhone version! ++ All of these upgrades will always be free. Thank you! Please note that we all are volunteers. AudioKit does not have any sponsors or investors. We are all musician/developers who love making apps. Any help spreading the word about this app would be appreciated. The more people that know about the apps, the more musicians can enjoy them! Thank you! For friendly conversation and bug reports, please email hello@audiokitpro.com + Plus, we have released a fund-raising app called AudioKit Digital D1. 100% of the proceeds go to the AudioKit Project, and to support free apps like AudioKit Synth One for years to come. :) MORE ABOUT THE NEW MICROTONALITY FEATURES: Each of these new hexany scales has "Just" intervals with several triads with one or more of the 3 pythagorean means: Harmonic (2ab/(a+b)), Geometric (sqrt(a*b)), and Arithmetic ((a+b)/2). It's easy to make music with these pure chords. Based on the Erv Wilson 1997 paper "Proportional Triads in MOS" which constructed Recurrence Relations and "Moments of Symmetry" with the harmonic and arithmetic triads: I picked up where Erv left off by implementing his paper in code, adding the geometric mean, and searching through large odd and prime number fields for hexanies with these triads. A Hexany is a polyhedra constructed based on the row of Pascal's Triangle which corresponds to a set of 4 numbers. The Hexany is "4 choose 2" (6 tones), the Tetrany (Major) is "4 choose 1" (4 tones), and the Tetrany (Minor) is "4 choose 3" (4 tones).
Author AudioKit Pro
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link

iFretless Bass is a professional virtual instrument that provides bass and guitar players with an expressive fretless playing surface.

New version 4.4.11
Old version 4.4.10
Release Notes Fixed app standalone plays wrong pitch.
Author Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Bass
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Castamatic is the app to listen to podcasts on any iOS device.

New version 4.5.7
Old version 4.5.6
Release Notes Version 4.5.7 - Expandable podcast descriptions - Minor bug fixes Version 4.5.6 - Improved episode descriptions - Minor bug fixes Version 4.5.5 - Fix for downloads playlist persisting after downloads are finished - Improved Siri shortcuts - Improved watch complications Version 4.5.4 - Improved complications for new watches - Improved transport UI - Improved iCloud sync speed Version 4.5.3 - Fix for Siri shortcuts bug Version 4.5.2 - Fixed: Castamatic did download artwork disregarding podcast settings - Current chapter's duration and remaining time in chapter list - Minor bug fixes Version 4.5.1 - Improved UI for new watch models - Added pause voice shortcut for Siri Version 4.5 - Support for Siri shortcuts - New watchOS player UI with volume control - Renewed player UI Version 4.0 - New Auto-leveler effect, with machine learning assisted voice/music detector and dynamic range optimizer. - Improved sync: both contents and sort order of the OnTheGo playlist are synced between devices and restored when app is reinstalled. - Improved UI better integrated with iOS 11 look and feel - Multiple item drag’n drop - Improved speed and stability - Improved dark theme - Improved podcast chapter support
Author Gunp Media Productions
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

Reason Compact puts a powerful synthesizer right at your fingertips.

New version 1.4
Old version 1.3
Release Notes What's new in 1.4: • Create your own sound pack, save your presets • New sound pack: Celestial Atmospheres by Red Sky Lullaby
Author Reason Studios AB
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

Jamzone transforms your Apple device into a live rehearsal studio! Choose your favorite song to jam along to from hundreds of the most popular.

New version 1.3.1
Old version 1.3.0
Release Notes In Jamzone 1.3.1: - Click pan is now working for all songs Happy jamming this holiday season!
Author Recisio
Type Instrument, Tool
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA)

Ribbons is an extraordinarily fun and expressive musical instrument for iPad.

New version 1.3
Old version 1.2
Release Notes • Update layout for iPad Pro. • Fix issue when quickly switching between menus. • Fix crash when long pressing on wavetable MOD TYPE. Long pressing now correctly inverts the modulation polarity. • Fix a crash that could occur when opening the user manual. • New Icon
Author Olympia Noise Co.
Type Instrument, Controller
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards, Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus