Best apps like DM1 for iPhone

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
1 free apps
Updated October 2026

Whether you want more options like DM1 for iPhone or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 10+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to DM1 for iPhone

Elastic Drums#1

Elastic Drums by Oliver Greschke (DE)

The flexible groovebox
Editor's Choice
🎵 Music
4.6😊(145 ratings)
$9.99In-App Purchases
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This app offers a flexible groovebox experience, utilizing drum synthesis models for deeply tweakable sounds. It provides a powerful instrument for sound design and beat-making with extensive effects and a 16-step sequencer.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Flexible and powerful drum synth
  • 🎨 Versatile sound design capabilities
  • 📝 Excellent automation and sequencing
  • 🔊 High-quality sound
  • 🎛️ Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🤖 Unique and experimental drum sounds
  • 🔗 Good connectivity with other apps

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance issues
  • 🔌 Lack of AUv3 support for better DAW integration
  • 🕰️ Inconsistent timing and sync problems
  • 🔇 Bluetooth audio issues
  • 💰 Paid sample import feature
ButterSynth#2
4.0😐(62 ratings)
$19.99
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This powerful synthesizer app offers a hybrid approach, combining wavetable, FM, and sample-based synthesis. Create unique sounds with a vast sonic range, advanced modulation, and a built-in effects rack. It caters to both experienced sound designers and beginners with extensive presets.

What We Love

  • ✨ Deep sound design capabilities
  • 🎛️ Versatile modulation matrix
  • 🔊 Great sound quality
  • 💡 Innovative wavetable generator
  • 🌟 Serum-like experience
  • 📱 Available on phones/iPads
  • 🎹 Excellent for sound design
  • 🚀 Powerful and capable synth
  • 💯 Top-tier instrument
  • 🎶 Amazing workflow and sound
  • 💻 Desktop-class plugin on iOS
  • 🎨 Beautiful and intuitive UI
  • 🎚️ Wide range of filters
  • 🎛️ Loads of modulation capabilities
  • 💡 Unique random LFO feature
  • 🎚️ Good array of effects
  • 🎛️ Multiple oscillator types
  • 🎚️ FM synthesis included
  • 🎛️ Real 4-op FM synthesis
  • 🎨 Straightforward interface presentation
  • 🎚️ Great filters
  • 🎶 Excellent sound
  • 💡 Top-notch sound banks/patches
  • 🎛️ Highly customizable
  • 🎚️ Great for DnB
  • 🎛️ Can sound pretty or nasty
  • 🎚️ Granular controls
  • 🎛️ Deep and great sounding
  • 💡 Can recreate popular synths
  • 🎚️ Powerful and versatile
  • 🎛️ Good selection of presets
  • 🎚️ Excellent standalone app
  • 🎛️ Amazing wavetable synth
  • 🎚️ Good for soundscapes
  • 🎛️ Highly recommended

Room to Improve

  • 📱 Fiddly on small screens
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Disappears in Cubasis
  • 🐛 Spikes CPU usage
  • 🐛 Crashes on patch change
  • 🐛 No audio on render/freeze
  • 🐛 Keyboard doesn't load on iPhone
  • 🐛 Audio Unit Extension quit error
  • 🐛 Unusable in GarageBand
  • 🐛 Preset changes on play
  • 🐛 Random crashes in Logic Pro
  • 🐛 Patches hang
  • 🐛 Limited wavetable selection
  • 🐛 Sample module buzz
  • 🐛 Simple LFOs
  • 🐛 Square wave LFO not square
  • 🐛 Step sequencer has glide
  • 🐛 Can't save custom presets
  • 🐛 No undo in wavetable editor
  • 🐛 AUv3 loading issues
  • 🐛 Unstable as AUv3
  • 🐛 Patches sound different in AUv3
  • 🐛 Crashes on iPhone with sequencer
  • 🐛 No keyboard in iPhone standalone
  • 🐛 Audio degradation in GarageBand
  • 🐛 Preset browser closes on selection
  • 🐛 Envelope curve is odd
  • 🐛 Release envelope ends abruptly
  • 🐛 Matrix fiddly with min/max knobs
  • 🐛 Missing filter key follow button
  • 🐛 Missing sustain pedal support
  • 🐛 Missing tunings
  • 🐛 Missing master detune
  • 🐛 Missing parameter lock
  • 🐛 Black borders on screen
  • 🐛 Automation not working
  • 🐛 No contact option for developer
EGDR808 Drum Machine HD#3

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD by Elliott Garage

Vintage Drum Machine emulation
Worth Considering
🎵 Music
4.6😐(174 ratings)
$2.99
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This app emulates a classic 80s hardware drum machine with a realistic interface. Create your own rhythms, save patterns, and control drum kit parameters. It offers advanced features like AU3 support, Inter App Instrument, and Core MIDI.

What We Love

  • 🔊 Great 808 sound quality
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🔌 Good AUv3 support
  • 💡 Quick pattern function
  • 💰 Good value for money
  • 🎶 Smooth AUv3 performance
  • 🎛️ Fine control popup

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Stops playing after reopening
  • 🐛 No open hat decay control
  • 🐛 Missing conga/clave/maracas on iPhone
  • 🐛 Doesn't retain edited settings
  • 🐛 Lost all saves after iCloud restore
  • 🐛 Inconsistent timing/sloppy timing
  • 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable
  • 🐛 App crashes on launch
  • 🐛 UI not intuitive
  • 🐛 Tempo fluctuates
  • 🐛 Can't switch same channel instruments
  • 🐛 No manual
  • 🐛 Can't make triplets
  • 🐛 Pattern length not adjustable
  • 🐛 Touch input issues
  • 🐛 Only plays digital samples, not analog circuitry

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