Full iOS music controller app list
Even if you've only played air guitar, ThumbJam lets you sound like a pro. Pick an instrument and jam - with all the scales to choose from you'll never hit a wrong note.
| Price | $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Sonosaurus LLC |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Sampler |
| Instrument sounds | All-in-one |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link |
| Rating | total: (156), current: (156) |
| Released | 12/15/2009 |
| Updated | 10/21/2021 |
Chordy 2 is a chord player app for music creators.
| Price | $3.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Studio Phiz |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Sampler |
| Instrument sounds | All-in-one |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (1), current: (1) |
| Released | 06/05/2017 |
| Updated | 10/19/2021 |
Musk MIDI Keyboard is an expandable MIDI keyboard.
| Price | $1.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Dr. Garbers Softwareentwicklung |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU) |
| Rating | total: (1), current: (1) |
| Released | 12/23/2013 |
| Updated | 10/06/2021 |
Knob Lab is a powerful MIDI controller for iOS devices.
| Price | Free |
|---|---|
| Author | Uri Nachmias |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA) |
| Rating | total: (8), current: (8) |
| Released | 04/19/2014 |
| Updated | 09/25/2021 |
ChordPolyPad is a chords player for Midi instruments, sequencers or virtual instruments installed on the same iPad.
| Price | $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Laurent Colson |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (36), current: (36) |
| Released | 09/08/2013 |
| Updated | 09/24/2021 |
It's an innovative step-sequencer and MIDI controller that lets you make unique loops and melodies.
| Price | $5.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Aphelian Labs |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Sampler |
| Instrument sounds | Drums, Percussion |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (27), current: (27) |
| Released | 05/31/2014 |
| Updated | 01/18/2017 |
APHELIAN features a new kind of sequencer, based on a geometrical metaphor. The interface is composed of 4 independent instruments, distributed in the corners.
| Price | $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Aphelian Labs |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Synth |
| Instrument sounds | Keyboards |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link |
| Rating | total: (37), current: (37) |
| Released | 01/04/2019 |
| Updated | 10/03/2020 |
GeoShred is an expressive musical instrument with a multi-touch performance surface, coupled with an advanced physical model of a guitar.
| Price | $24.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Wizdom Music LLC |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Synth |
| Instrument sounds | Guitar |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU) |
| Rating | total: (749), current: (749) |
| Released | 12/15/2015 |
| Updated | 07/15/2021 |
GeoShred Control is a stand alone MIDI/MPE controller based on GeoShred.
| Price | $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Wizdom Music LLC |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Audio Unit (AU) |
| Rating | total: (19), current: (19) |
| Released | 01/25/2018 |
| Updated | 07/15/2021 |
Velocity Keyboard is a powerful velocity-sensitive MPE compatible MIDI controller.
| Price | $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Mani Consulting Limited Company |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Audio Unit (AU) |
| Rating | total: (53), current: (53) |
| Released | 05/08/2019 |
| Updated | 06/04/2021 |
TouchOSC is a modular OSC and MIDI control surface for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad by hexler.
| Price | $4.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Hexler LLC |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA) |
| Rating | total: (80), current: (80) |
| Released | 02/12/2019 |
| Updated | 06/04/2021 |
PolyHarp is a virtual musical instrument and a thought experiment. It's a testbed for harmonic theory as well as a great multi touch simulator of the good old "idiot zither" you have in the attic.
| Price | $4.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Henry Lowengard |
| Type | Instrument, Controller, Tool |
| Instrument sounds | Other |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (9), current: (9) |
| Released | 11/29/2018 |
| Updated | 05/26/2021 |
Control your MIDI devices using your lips. Just say "wah wah" and send corresponding MIDI events wirelessly.
| Price | Free |
|---|---|
| Author | Nilson Ltd. |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Audio Unit (AU) |
| Rating | total: (2), current: (2) |
| Released | 01/07/2019 |
| Updated | 03/10/2021 |
Sonic Logic is a modular MIDI controller that allows you to edit and control MIDI setups from your iPad.
| Price | $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Uri Nachmias |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (13), current: (13) |
| Released | 12/12/2012 |
| Updated | 01/31/2021 |
This MIDI sender app for Audiobus 3 lets you control effect parameters of other apps – in a way that no touch screen can replace – by moving the device.
| Price | $1.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Johannes Doerr |
| Type | Controller |
| Supports | Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (2), current: (2) |
| Released | 04/03/2017 |
| Updated | 12/01/2020 |
dot Melody is a multidimensional graphic arpeggiator, sequencer, and drum machine.
| Price | $3.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Olympia Noise Co. |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link |
| Rating | total: (32), current: (32) |
| Released | 04/22/2014 |
| Updated | 01/29/2018 |
Ribbons is an extraordinarily fun and expressive musical instrument for iPad.
| Price | $3.99 |
|---|---|
| Author | Olympia Noise Co. |
| Type | Instrument, Controller |
| Instrument type | Synth |
| Instrument sounds | Keyboards, Other |
| Supports | Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus |
| Rating | total: (49), current: (49) |
| Released | 09/04/2014 |
| Updated | 01/19/2019 |
