GaMBi: Chiptune Player appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for GaMBi is 73 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

GaMBi User Reviews

Name: GaMBi: Chiptune Player
Rating: 4.5 (43 reviews)

GaMBi: Chiptune Player

David Ventura

🎮 Games

🎵 Music

🎈 Casual

Customer Experience

Positive experience70.0% of reviews

Neutral10.0% of reviews

Negative experience20.0% of reviews

~ Based on 40 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is GaMBi Safe?

GaMBi: Chiptune Player appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for GaMBi is 84/100.

This assessment is based on 43 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

88.4% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns

9.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 43 App Store ratings for GaMBi.

Is GaMBi Legit?

GaMBi: Chiptune Player appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for GaMBi is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Has potential but…

Crashes before app can load… After adding more files to the library, it crashes… Either fix this or I want my money back…

CPLANAS1985

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, Thank you for choosing GaMBi. I'm sorry to hear you have trouble starting the app. There may be one particular file you've added that isn't being processed properly. Could you please send us a mail to support AT ichigoichie DOT org? Then we can ask you for a copy of the files you're trying to load and work on a solution. Best, David

Great

The app is great, and works as expected. One question, though. Are there any plans to add compatibility with the .vgz format.

Jupiter!Mercury

4 years ago

取説やTwitter内の情報を見落としていた…

おそらく自分の早合点や、
勘違い…なんですけど、
ファミコン版のMotherのBGMが入ってる！と思って勢いで購入したら、データは別なんですね…。
画像ではファミコンって書いてあったから、一部は入っているのかと…
（検索できてないだけかもしれない）

あと、取説も目を通したけど、
自分には使い方がイマイチわからず…購入して後悔しました…。
自分自身にとっては、使えなさそうなので、
☆1にしました。
使いこなせる人なら、良いアプリなのかも…。
お試し版とかあれば、有り難かったです…

mini.nono.

5 years ago

The bestchip tune player on iOS

I use this app several times a week and it does everything you need a chiptune player to do. If you’re a fan of classic game music, this is the player to get. Eats every format you’d ever want to listen to and presents all your music in a clean and straightforward interface.

ACD12

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much for the rating and kind words. These are the things that make it worth maintaining this app. Keep rocking!

贅沢だけど…

PALとNTSCのどちらかに切り替える機能が欲しい。
ティムフォリンの曲は本来PALで再生されるのが正しいので……

ウルゴンとゴルゴ

5 years ago

Please

Please add the feature again to copy the complete folder of video game music from safari on to Gambi. I want to have my songs organized, the only way to save music to the app is download the zip file for a game’s soundtrack and save it to the app Files, but from there only one song can be transferred over to Gambi at a time. Before the new iOS updates we were allowed to transfer the complete folder of a game’s soundtrack over to Gambi. Please I need this feature back, I would rebuy the app if I have to.

TomahawkShamu

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Tomahawk. I'm updating our reply. GaMBi 1.4 and newer now supports the Files app on iOS which should make it much easier to add music to GaMBi. You can also delete pack-in songs if you wish. Give it a try and if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it at our support email! Best, David

foobar2000のほうが良い

コントロールセンターで操作できません。
そのためコントロールセンターで操作できるアプリ（ミュージックやPodcast、ラジオアプリ等）とかぶって同時再生されてしまいます。
同じようでAirPodsで再生しているときAirPodsを外しても再生が止まらず、本体スピーカーで再生が継続されます。作業中にAirPodsをひょいと外したら、いきなり部屋中に大音量で音楽が響いてびっくりしました。

それと、最初から入っている不要な曲が消せません。これはもう非常に気分が悪いです。このご時世、押し付けの曲をうれしがる人なんでいるんでしょうか。はじめから入れるなとは言いませんが、消せるようにするべきです。

ループ再生ができるので☆２にしていますが、使っていて気分の良いアプリではありません。

上記２点を速やかに改善していただきたいです。

また会う日まで

6 years ago

星5じゃ足りない

無性にあのBGMききたい…って時に大活躍するアプリ
サポートに頓珍漢な質問をしてしまったのに、至極丁寧に日本語で返信して頂けました
これからも使いたいです

alloll0

6 years ago

Response from developer

GaMBiの愛用をいつも誠に有難うございます！これからも宜しくお願い致します。

ドラクエメドレーなんてどこにもない

プレイリストの画像に「ドラクエメドレー」という記載があり、有料のアプリなのでドラクエの曲が入っているものと思って買ったところ、入っていませんでした笑
入っている曲もざっと聴きましたが、知っているものは全くなかったです。
レビューで高評価にしている人はどこが良かったんだろう。曲名やアルバム名、アーティスト名も英語表記でわかりにくく、仮にドラクエやマリオの曲が入っていたとしてもつかいにくい仕様になっています。

taxxin

6 years ago

Response from developer

GaMBiの購入をありがとうございました。ドラクエなどの著作物を持っていないので搭載できません。アプリの開発とメンテーは時間かかるから有料です。オマケに知り合いから著作権を借りた楽曲が搭載されています。他の楽曲の導入方法に関しては、説明書に確認して下さい。https://ichigoichie.org/gambi/manual/ja.html アルバムやアーティスト名の表示は元の楽曲データに入っている文字列です。英語や日本語のはデータによります。GaMBi自体のボタンなどは日本語で表示されます。

iPhone11の画面比に対応！

もう開発が止まったのかと思っていたが、どっこい対応してくれた。
チップチューンを聴くなら、今はこのアプリが一番だと思う。

yocky's

6 years ago

Response from developer

優しい言葉を有難うございました。iOS 13の画面比対応が遅れてすみませんでした。引き続き宜しくお願い致します。

5/7/2020 update fixed issues

5/7/2020 took care of the user interface issues. App appears to be working perfectly now. Thanks, devs!

Hyperkabob_X

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, this has been fixed in our 1.3 release. Please update and try it out. Thank you for your support.

Can not open music since update

I use to be able to open files by simply exporting the to open in GaMBi. This option is no longer available

Buddythecat0488

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, thank you for the feedback. Is seems that changes in how files are used in iOS 13 has made it much more difficult to get material in GaMBi. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. We're starting work on a service update to make this easier. Thank you for your patience and in the meantime, iTunes File Sharing is still the quickest and easiest way to get content into GaMBi.

Read before buying

I was happy when I found this app but as soon as I opened the app I was immediately disappointed. The app display not only doesn’t fill the screen on my XS Max, which would have been ok, but the screen is chopped off at the bottom so I can’t even read the buttons on the bottom and can just barely see the blue glow so I can navigate the app barely but this is inexcusable. If the app was abandoned or something I could maybe understand it but if the developer is having a sale on the app, they’re obviously still trying to make money from the app, so they should be fixing the app. I’ll gladly give this app 5 stars if it’s fixed but future customers should be alerted to the current state of the app.

pholly

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, this has been fixed in our 1.3 release. Please update and try it out. Thank you for your support.

重宝してますが

ここで聞いて良いのかわからないけど
これ元々入ってるBGMは消せないんですか？

ニャーゴッド(犬派)

7 years ago

Misleading promo video

Too good to be true. The app’s promo video makes it seem like it comes loaded with a ridiculous number of classic chiptune tracks from yesteryear. Not the case at all. I’m assuming there was a previous copyright violation issue and the unlicensed tracks had to be removed. There are no tracks from Sonic, Duck Tales, or Kirby. However, if you’re a fan of RoboCop you’re in luck. I can’t say for sure what the circumstances for the missing content because I don’t see any indication in the version history as to why the songs featured in the video aren’t in the actually app. The promo video should be updated to reflect accessible content.

1 star for inter-app audio (IAA) functionality. Just wish I could remix classic SEGA tunes in AUM without jumping through hoops to get the files into the darn thing.

UPDATE: After looking through the online support materials I see there are ways to add files. Again, I bought the app expecting to have immediate access. There is no indication in the description on the App Store page, nor is there any indication in the promo video that this is the case. Updated from 1 star to 2 because with more effort it will be more useful and enjoyable.

cousin/aaron

7 years ago

Please Update for iPhone X Max

Awesome app, loyal user. Please update for big phone screen sizes

Also when a phone call comes in or another app that turns off the audio of Gambi opens, when resuming Gambi the audio is distorted. Playing either too fast or too slow, forcing me to force quit the app and reopen it

Thank You for this app and I hope it continues to improve,🙏

Penedens

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hey SuperBlaq, Thanks for always supporting GaMBi. I'm sorry to hear about the distortion problem after receiving calls. We'll look into that for our next service release. Best, GaMBi Support

令和ナンバーワン

今世紀最高のアプリ。毎朝通勤しながら聴いてます

ぽたぽたやき

7 years ago

これを修正して欲しい

DPCMの割り込みが正常に鳴りません。

あとhttp://rophon.music.coocan.jp/mckloda/img/mckup132.nsf このファイルを再生するとランダムな音がずっとなるので修正して欲しいです。

やおるむる

7 years ago

Almost there

Update: Retested a new file for FDS NSF and the wavechannel worked. Leaving this here to give future clarifications concerning the developer response. Clarified interface review. Overall, GaMBi isn’t a bad app and is extremely useful for the channel split and Audiobus support.

So I’ll preface this review with the following: I’m a huge chiptune/emulation music fan. So this review is meant for the hardcore emulation music fans.

Pros
* channel separation: sometimes I just want to study a portion of a game soundtrack or listen to how a composer used which channel for what. Extremely cool feature and the main reason I bought the app
* export feature: super cool to export music into their respective channels for post stuff
* Audiobus support

Cons
* Interface feels a bit clunky. At times, It felt like I was fighting with the interface. I’m not quite sure how I feel about the whole synthwave interface. Not a deal breaker, but it does feel a bit strange. It did help I could keep it in the background and use the native iOS controls
* VGM support: it sort of works, but fails on certain chips (arcade board, pc chips, etc). It seems to recognize the chip, but can’t play the audio.
* No post audio tweaks: really wish I could change the interpolation for certain file types (SPC for example). I do appreciate the treble, bass, and reverb setting, but just wish there was a bit more.

Bottom line: there are other chip player apps that have better compatibility, but lack the channel split function. If that is a function you really need, I’d say grab it. If you want something that will play pretty much whatever you throw at it, there are other players that will serve the function.

vincent404

8 years ago

Response from developer

Hello. Let me clarify a few things: * the interface is retina and runs at native resolution on iPhone SE. I assume you mean it's not a native iPhone X device due to the the letterboxing at the top and bottom of the screen? * the FDS wave channel is supported, and we can see it functioning properly on a Japanese FDS NSF. Please check that the NSF you're using really is the FDS version. If you're still having problems, contact our support via the address at https://ichigoichie.org/gambi/manual/#troubleshooting * VGM support is indeed currently limited to Mega Drive / Genesis. I'll clarify this in our documentation Thank you for supporting GaMBi!