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Create your own Rock and Metal tracks in minutes with this special dedicated Rock edition of SessionBand – chord-based audio loop app.

Price $8.99
Author UK Music Apps Ltd
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Bass
Supports Audiobus
Rating total: 3.87179 (39), current: 3.87179 (39)
Released 11/20/2013
Updated 03/15/2023

Create Ukulele tracks to your own chords in minutes with SessionBand - the chord-based audio loop apps.

Price $8.99
Author UK Music Apps Ltd
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Strings
Supports Audiobus
Rating total: 4.34999 (20), current: 4.34999 (20)
Released 02/11/2016
Updated 03/15/2023

Shape is a polyphonic synthesiser allowing the user to draw the shape of the oscillator waveform.

Price $4.99
Author Erik Sigth
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link
Rating total: 4.90909 (22), current: 4.90909 (22)
Released 05/02/2011
Updated 03/16/2025

ShockWave is a monophonic Synthesizer designed to bring modular style workflow to the world of iOS & AUv3 plugins.

Price $19.99
Author Kai Aras
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)
Rating total: 4.57297 (185), current: 4.57297 (185)
Released 12/04/2019
Updated 02/28/2025

Shoom is an expressive XY pad synthesizer. Or, more precisely, three identical synthesizers in one app.

Price $6.99
Author Yuri Turov
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.85714 (63), current: 4.85714 (63)
Released 04/16/2016
Updated 12/18/2020

SidTracker64 is the ultimate chiptune production package tool for the iPad. It emulates the SID sound chip from the dominating home computer of the 80s - The Commodore 64.

Price $10.99
Author Daniel Larsson
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.77778 (18), current: 4.77778 (18)
Released 06/18/2015
Updated 10/31/2019

Sir Sampleton is a sampling musical keyboard inspired by Casio and Yamaha samplers from the 80s.

Price $0.99
Author Paul Slocum
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 3.31915 (47), current: 3.31915 (47)
Released 11/24/2010
Updated 03/05/2020

SK-51 is an all-in-one keyboard inspired by the Casio SK-1 (and his brother the SK-5), a 8-bit lo-fi keyboard from the 80’s, with sampling features and onboard drum machine.
Called the poor man's sampler at the time, this keyboard was a real instrument and has been used by many major artists such as Fatboy Slim, Portishead, Autechre and Nine Inch Nails.

Price Free
Author Fingerlab
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds All-in-one
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.07 (100), current: 4.07 (100)
Released 03/09/2019
Updated 05/05/2026

SKIIID is a new drum-synthesizer with 4 expressive pads and the possibility to morph between them.

Price $3.99
Author Stephan Bolch
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link
Rating total: 4.3871 (31), current: 4.3871 (31)
Released 07/03/2020
Updated 04/10/2026

With Skwitch Music it’s easy to compose your own riffs, melodies and chord progressions.

Price Free
Author Playable Tech ltd.
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Guitar
Supports Audiobus
Rating total: 2 (6), current: 2 (6)
Released 09/26/2018
Updated 02/15/2021

Sliver is a tool for soundscape and sonic texture creation.

Price $5.99
Author Alex Matheu
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audiobus
Rating total: 4.7 (10), current: 4.7 (10)
Released 03/12/2014
Updated 06/01/2019

Soft Pads was created for musicians to eliminate any dead space behind your band by providing an ambient background loop that continuously runs in the background.

Price $4.99
Author Forward Sounds, LLC
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audiobus
Rating total: 4.5122 (41), current: 4.5122 (41)
Released 03/25/2018
Updated 01/15/2025

SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending principles.

Price $9.99
Author Igor Vasiliev
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler, Synth
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.90244 (41), current: 4.90244 (41)
Released 02/15/2015
Updated 11/11/2021

Spectrum is a collection of Audio Unit ports of popular eurorack synthesizer modules.

Price Free
Author Thomas Burns
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)
Rating total: 4.81343 (134), current: 4.81343 (134)
Released 07/06/2019
Updated 08/02/2021

SpectrumGen is a spectral synthesizer with a simple and effective user interface.

Price $0.99
Author Alexander Zolotov
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.4 (10), current: 4.4 (10)
Released 08/16/2011
Updated 10/03/2025

SpringSound is a physical-modeling audio synthesizer that produces sounds by simulating interactions and vibrations of a set of activators and masses connected to springs.

Price $2.99
Author Christophe Duquesne
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 4.15789 (19), current: 4.15789 (19)
Released 09/28/2014
Updated 03/11/2026

SquareSynth is a hybrid analog/8bit style synthesizer. It takes features from the NES console, and the Commodore 64 personal computer.

Price $9.99
Author James Navarro
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)
Rating total: 4.10811 (37), current: 4.10811 (37)
Released 10/23/2018
Updated 10/24/2025

Combining a large collection of unique guitars, all-new realtime effects and amps processing, Steel Guitar is easily the most realistic sounding guitar on iOS.

Price $0.99
Author Yonac Inc.
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Guitar
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus
Rating total: 3.67797 (59), current: 3.67797 (59)
Released 07/30/2009
Updated 11/16/2015

"StepPolyArp Unit" is a real-time polyphonic and polyrhythmic MIDI step arpeggiator and step sequencer. It can be used as a standalone application or an Audio Unit MIDI effect plug-in.

Price $19.99
Author Laurent Colson
Type Instrument, Tool
Supports Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link
Rating total: 4.78723 (47), current: 4.78723 (47)
Released 07/25/2018
Updated 01/30/2026

Steps by Reactable is a small yet powerful MIDI sequencer that allows you to create complex rhythmic patterns in a surprising new way.

Price $0.99
Author Reactable Systems SL
Type Instrument, Tool
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds All-in-one
Supports Audiobus, Ableton Link
Rating total: 3.92308 (13), current: 3.92308 (13)
Released 04/25/2017
Updated 12/15/2017