# Backpack Studio Soundboard — Podcast & Audio Recorder

> Mobile podcast and radio creation with automated mixing and mastering. (iPhone/iPad app by Ed Filowat.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backpack-studio-soundboard/id1438882186 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ed Filowat](https://appshunter.io/developer/657780411)
- Category: Photo & Video, Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $9.99)
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 300 App Store ratings · 139 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: +4
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 133 MB
- Languages: European Spanish, American English
- Released: 2018-12-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backpack-studio-soundboard/id1438882186/reviews.md

## What is Backpack Studio Soundboard?

Backpack Studio turns your iPhone or iPad into a live soundboard and a complete mobile podcast studio.

It’s easy to get started, but there’s plenty here for professionals too. Under the hood is an unrivaled studio-quality sound engine built for real shows, recordings, and live productions.

Need a soundboard? Load your music, sound effects, cues, intros, voice clips, or anything else you want to play. Arrange everything across multiple pages, then trigger sounds instantly during a podcast, performance, event, class, or stream. We think it’s the most powerful soundboard you can put on an iPhone or iPad.

Making a podcast? Record in high quality, mix microphones and sound pads live, invite remote guests, edit the recording, stream your show, and export the finished episode—all from one app.

When the recording is finished, Backpack’s optional AI tools can create a transcript, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips. You can even generate original sound effects and music for your show or soundboard.

People use Backpack Studio for:

Podcasts and radio shows
Live events and streams
Theatre productions
Church services
Workshops and classes
Voice presentations
Weddings and dance recitals
Stage management
Magic and puppet shows

With Backpack Studio you can:

Import multiple sounds from iCloud Drive, your device, Google Drive, Dropbox, our free sound library, or your AI generations
Arrange pads quickly across multiple soundboard pages
Play music, effects, intros, outros, cues, and clips while recording
Keep separate soundboards for different shows, clients, and events
Record high-quality audio anywhere
Mix microphones and sound pads live
Bring remote guests into interviews and podcasts
Edit and export MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, or Apple Lossless
Live stream your show
Create transcripts, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips with AI
Generate original sound effects and music
Back up and sync recordings and soundboards

Backpack Pro unlocks Batch Import, Pad Arranger, transcripts, show notes, chapters, highlight clips, cloud backup and syncing, guest rooms, live streaming, uncompressed recording, lossless exports, and sound generation.

Backpack Studio is designed to work well with VoiceOver and has won awards from the AppleVis community.

Visit backpackstudioapp.com for more info
Send feedback to backpackstudioapp@gmail.com

Privacy Policy: https://backpackstudioapp.com/privacy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Live sound triggering with automatic volume adjustment
- Unlimited soundboard pages with customizable pads
- Import sounds from various cloud services and apps
- Optional subscription for remote guest recording and live streaming
- Create video versions of podcasts with animations
- Automatic studio-quality audio mastering and EQ
- Customizable shortcuts for recording and sound triggering

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Backpack Live 10 Hours | $9.99 | per month |
| Backpack Live 25 Hours | $19.99 | per month |
| Backpack Live 60 Hours | $29.99 | per month |
| Monthly Pro Subscription | $11.99 | per month |
| backpack pro annual | $99.00 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Live Streaming | $9.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Backpack Studio Soundboard?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Helpful for video editing
- 👍 Compatible with screen readers
- 👍 Easy to create videos with text and audio
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 👍 Flawless performance and stability
- 👍 Powerful recording and streaming capabilities
- 👍 Excellent for podcasting and live radio
- 👍 Versatile soundboard and audio mixing features
- 👍 Affordable one-time purchase

**Cons**

- 🐛 Text displayed in videos differs from original
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to load pads from Dropbox or Google Drive
- 🐛 Buttons not responsive, causing issues during live playback
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to add album art to saved audio files
- 🔒 Lacks support for Google Drive and 2FA security
- 🔋 High battery consumption reported

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Text displayed in videos differs from original
- Crashes when trying to load pads from Dropbox or Google Drive
- Buttons not responsive, causing issues during live playback
- Crashes when trying to add album art to saved audio files

**Most requested features**

- Add more audio effects (reverb, echo, etc.)
- Implement Apple Watch integration for controls
- Add video recording and editing capabilities
- Improve multi-track output for further audio editing
- Provide option to disable the dark pad after playing
- Add support for more audio interfaces and inputs

## Recent user reviews (10 of 139)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backpack-studio-soundboard/id1438882186/reviews.md

### 5/5 — I’m just thinking of a few things you could do one thing I would say is make it where you could

*2026-06-02, version 3.0.4*

Hi. I love this app. I’ve been using it since I heard about it a long long time ago. One thing I would love to see happen is a prompt when you’re recording. You can make it sound like you’re in a car in a building or something like that I know crazy right? By the way, totally love this app is definitely worth what I paid for it. What I will say, though is, can you please make it where you can turn the transcriber off that is so frustrating. We don’t ever use it most of us who use this app don’t use that. Hope you have a great day. Thank you.

### 5/5 — Impressed

*2026-05-25, version 3.0.4*

I’m impressed with the new improvements to Backpack Studio. However, I would really love to see support for uploading multiple tracks into a crate at once. Having to load one track at a time can become frustrating and time-consuming.

### 4/5 — Thank you

*2026-05-18, version 3.0.2*

I use  VoiceOver  for the visually impaired, and I used to be able to create videos in this app very easily.
But now, unfortunately, I can no longer create a video. When I press the “Video” option, an issue appears, whereas before it would give me the option to add an image or write text.

This feature was very important to me, and now it doesn’t work at all.
I hope the app’s management fixes this issue as soon as possible, because we rely on it a lot  🙏

### 4/5 — Thank you

*2026-05-14*

hello  I use  VoiceOver  for the blind, and unfortunately in the latest update the  Clips issue still hasn’t been fixed.
Whenever I open the  Clips tab, the app completely stops working.

We hope you can resolve this issue as soon as possible and pay more attention to accessibility for blind users, as we rely on the app completely.

**Developer response:** Please  send me an email asap  at backpackstudioapp@gmail.com and we'll get it sorted out!

### 1/5 — Thanks For Nothing

*2026-05-10, version 3.0*

All I want to do is restore a backup from my old iPad, but it seems I need a subscription to do that.

### 5/5 — Backpack

*2026-04-24, version 2.0.5*

Awesome.

### 5/5 — I’m just thinking of a few things you could do

*2026-03-30, version 2.0.5*

Hi. I love this app. I’ve been using it since I heard about it a long long time ago. One thing I would love to see happen is a prompt when you’re recording. You can make it sound like you’re in a car in a building or something like that I know crazy right? By the way, totally love this app it’s worth every putting I paid for it. I hope that you’re doing well and I hope to see some things happen soon.

### 5/5 — This is a great place to create music and playlist

*2026-03-30, version 2.0.5*

Just learning how to use this studio and have a great time pretty simple once you figure it out

### 1/5 — L’application ne fonctionne plus

*2025-09-23, version 2.0.5*

Depuis quelques temps on ne peut plus changer des sons à partir des banques freesounds …
Il faut absolument corriger ce bug qui est là depuis plusieurs mois 
Inadmissible pour une application payante

### 4/5 — Thank you

*2025-09-19, version 2.0.5*

Hello,  

I’m a VoiceOver user (screen reader for the blind), and I’d like to share my experience with the *Backpack* app.  
This app is *very helpful for video editing*, especially for blind users, because it’s *one of the very few apps compatible with screen readers*.

It has made it much easier for me to create videos with text and audio.

However, I have an important *note*:  
When I create a video and add *text on the video*, then share the video and try to read it using *image or video reading apps*, the *text that appears is different* from the one I originally wrote in Backpack.

I really hope the developers can *fix this issue*, because I rely on this app and don’t use any other for editing.  
Please consider supporting blind users more, and thank you for creating such a useful app.

مرحبًا،  
أنا أستخدم *التعليق الصوتي للمكفوفين* (VoiceOver)، وأحب أن أشارك تجربتي مع تطبيق *Backpack*.  
هذا التطبيق *مفيد جدًا في المونتاج*، خصوصًا لنا كمكفوفين، لأنه من *القليل جدًا من التطبيقات المتوافقة مع التعليق الصوتي*.  
وقد ساعدني كثيرًا في إنشاء مقاطع فيديو بطريقة سلسة وسهلة.

ولكن لدي *ملاحظة مهمة*:  
عند إنشاء فيديو وإضافة *نص مكتوب عليه*، ثم أشارك المقطع، وأقوم بقراءة الفيديو باستخدام *تطبيقات قراءة الفيديو والصور*، يظهر *نص مختلف* عن النص الذي كتبته داخل التطبيق.

أتمنى من فريق Backpack *حل هذه المشكلة*، لأنني بصراحة لا أستخدم أي تطبيق آخر غيره، وأتمنى منكم *الاهتمام بفئة المكفوفين* أكثر، والتعاون معنا لتحسين تجربة الاستخدام.

وشكرًا لكم على هذا التطبيق الرائع.

## Frequently asked questions about Backpack Studio Soundboard

### What does Backpack Studio do?

Backpack Studio allows you to record, mix, and master professional-sounding podcasts and radio shows directly from your iPhone or iPad. It automates post-production tasks like mixing and mastering, enabling you to focus on creative live performance with sound effects and music.

### What are the key features of Backpack Studio?

Key features include live sound triggering with automatic volume adjustment, a powerful and customizable soundboard with unlimited pages, the ability to import sounds from various sources, and automatic studio-quality audio processing like EQ and compression. It also supports creating video versions of your podcasts and offers customizable shortcuts.

### How much does Backpack Studio cost?

The app offers a free version with core recording and mixing functionalities. An optional subscription package, 'Backpack Live,' provides additional cloud services for remote guest recording, live streaming, and expanded soundboard storage.

### What devices is Backpack Studio compatible with?

Backpack Studio is designed for iPhone and iPad. It offers full VoiceOver compatibility for visually impaired users and supports a wide range of external hardware, including USB microphones and 4-channel USB mixers.

### What are common use cases for Backpack Studio?

Common use cases include recording interviews on the go, creating live radio shows, producing podcasts with integrated sound effects and music, and quickly generating video content for social media promotion. It's suitable for both beginners and professional content creators.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.1.5 — 2026-08-14

Backpack Studio is now available in Spanish, with localized menus, VoiceOver labels, and announcements. This update also includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

### 3.1.4 — 2026-08-10

Performance optimizations and bug fixes.

### 3.1.3 — 2026-08-08

Performance optimizations and bug fixes.

### 3.1.2 — 2026-07-31

Backpack Studio 3.1 includes:

• Batch importing to load multiple files onto soundpads at once.
• A new pad arranger for faster soundboard organization.
• Expanded Dark Mode support.
• Improved VoiceOver note reading with the new Read Note mode.

### 3.1.1 — 2026-07-30

Backpack Studio 3.1.1 fixes subscription access handling for Batch Import and Pad Arranger.

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All apps by Ed Filowat: https://appshunter.io/developer/657780411

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