Best FretMachine alternatives: apps like FretMachine - Guitar Sequencer

MIDI Motif Maker

Motif Generator & MIDI Tool

$5.99

Generate unique melodies with a single tap using a constraint solver and Markov engine. Shape, remix, and export your musical ideas as MIDI files. This app works offline and offers built-in music theory references.

ARPJAM Studio

AUv3 generative synth, sampler

$12.99

This app offers a generative synthesizer experience focused on sound design without requiring keyboard skills. It allows users to shape waveforms, filters, and effects in real-time as music plays, offering a unique approach to music creation for those who enjoy sound sculpting.

MotifPilot MIDI Generator

Editable 4-track DAW starters

$2.99

This app helps music producers overcome creative blocks by generating editable MIDI sketch starters. Users can select genre, mood, key, and other musical parameters to create four-track musical ideas for their DAW.

What About Phase?

Phasing sampler & AUv3 plugin

Free

Record short audio clips and transform them into evolving, hypnotic soundscapes. This pocket instrument uses phasing and other processes to create unique, unfolding audio patterns from simple sounds.

Qwertet - QWERTY to MIDI

Make MIDI with a keyboard

$4.99

Transform your typing keyboard into a versatile MIDI controller for iPad and iPhone. Explore four distinct layouts, from chromatic scales to one-key chords, and control pitch, modulation, and sustain. Use it standalone or as an AUv3 plugin within music production apps.

Reel2

Tape Delay

Free

This audio effect app adds warm, musical echoes to your music using tape delay emulation. Shape your repeats with controls for saturation, tone, and tape age, and choose from free-time, tap tempo, or host sync modes. Save your favorite echo settings with custom presets.