Best Audiobus Remote alternatives: apps like Audiobus Remote

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.7 avg rating
3 free apps
Updated November 2026

Looking for something like Audiobus Remote? We've analyzed 10+ similar apps to help you find the best alternative. Each app is compared by ratings, features, and real user reviews, so you can make the right choice.

Top Alternatives to Audiobus Remote

apeMatrix#1

apeMatrix by apeSoft

Audio Unit Host
Editor's Choice
đŸŽĩ Music
4.7(84 ratings)
$14.99
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This app acts as a powerful host for audio plugins, allowing users to connect and automate various aspects of music creation. It facilitates the integration of favorite FX, MIDI routing, and control over built-in and external plugin parameters.

Midiflow Monitor (Audiobus)#2
4.4(8 ratings)
Free
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This app helps you visualize MIDI data flowing through your Audiobus setup. It's useful for troubleshooting or learning how MIDI works in your music production workflow. It supports background tracking and split-screen viewing.

Ruismaker#3

Ruismaker by Bram Bos

Analog Drumsynth AUv3
Worth Considering
đŸŽĩ Music
4.8😐(58 ratings)
$4.99
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This app is an analog drumsynth that creates sounds using authentic synthesis algorithms, not samples. It features a creative Euclidean sequencer for pattern programming and integrates seamlessly with AUv3 hosts like Garageband. It offers customizable sound models and MIDI control for flexible music production.

What We Love

  • đŸŽĩ Great analog drum sounds
  • 🔌 AUv3 support
  • đŸ’ģ Standalone and AUv3 use
  • ✨ Flexible sound design
  • 📱 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Efficient performance
  • 💡 Innovative sequencer features
  • 👍 Well-crafted and maintained
  • đŸŽļ Good for 808/909 sounds
  • đŸ•šī¸ Easy to use
  • đŸ› ī¸ Active and responsive developer
  • 🔊 Powerful drum synthesis
  • đŸŽ›ī¸ Simple yet powerful controls
  • 🌟 High-quality sounds
  • âš™ī¸ Good for classic Roland sounds
  • đŸŽšī¸ Flexible analog modeling
  • đŸŽļ Great drum hits
  • 🚀 Immediate and elegant design
  • đŸĨ Best snare sound
  • đŸ’¯ Top-tier developer
  • ✨ Inspiring and fun sequencer
  • 🔊 Thick, punchy kicks
  • đŸŽļ Live snares
  • đŸĨ Musical toms
  • 🚀 Professional, innovative, fun
  • 💡 Euclidean sequencer is stellar
  • đŸŽļ Makes excellent sounds
  • đŸŽĩ Good, warm, natural analog sounds
  • 🚀 Solid drum synth
  • đŸŽļ Great drum source
  • đŸŽĩ Mega sound quality
  • đŸŽļ Good drum machine
  • đŸŽļ Great drum sounds
  • đŸŽļ Great drum module
  • đŸŽļ Awesome, fluid sequencer
  • đŸŽļ Cool sounding drum machine
  • đŸŽļ Genial drum audio unit
  • đŸŽļ Great sound
  • đŸŽļ Creative, fun, and useful
  • đŸŽļ Stunning drum modeller
  • đŸŽļ Genial, groovy sounds
  • đŸŽļ Great drum synth app
  • đŸŽļ Analog and authentic sounds
  • đŸŽļ Great sounding analog drum machine
  • đŸŽļ Incredible sound
  • đŸŽļ Efficient drum machine
  • đŸŽļ Cool part
  • đŸŽļ Excellent drum machine
  • đŸŽļ Great drum synth

Room to Improve

  • ❌ No sound and crashes
  • 🐛 Crashes on drum pad press
  • 🐛 Empty screen on iPhone
  • 🐛 Interface portions cut off
  • 🐛 Delay and reverb missing in plugin mode
  • 🐛 Plugin mode doesn't use built-in sequencer
  • 🔊 Sounds too weak
  • đŸŽ›ī¸ Limited editing possibilities
  • đŸ¤ˇâ€â™‚ī¸ Not super tweakable
  • ❓ No MIDI control for randomize button
  • 🐛 Not possible to switch active pad without triggering
  • đŸˇī¸ Pad labels not visible in AU mode
  • 🤔 Misleading description (not a drum synth)
  • 💸 No refunds
  • 🐛 Frequently causes GarageBand to quit
  • 🐛 Crashes on load as AU
  • 🐛 GB crashes on startup until uninstalled
  • 🐛 Doesn't open
  • 🐛 Keeps crashing GarageBand
  • 🐛 Ne fonctionne pas
  • 🐛 Only loads instructions

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