# iDensity — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of iDensity by apeSoft, rated 4.90/5 from 48 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idensity/id464660779/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idensity/id464660779.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 47 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (18 of 77) ### 5/5 — Multi-port output!! *2020-03-26* One of my all-time favourite apps, but it just occurred how even more awesome it would be if you could send each stream to different outputs in Ape Matrix or Aum:) ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-02-23* This app is as good as any vst i have for granular fun. ### 5/5 — Crazy sounds *2020-01-28* Giving 4 stars because there’s no way that I can see to sync the au3 transport to host. You have to start and stop it manually or it just keeps going, which is quite annoying. Otherwise, a good take on granular synthesis. Ok, so now the transport sync seems to work, never did in the past. Thanks for fixing! **Developer response:** In the AUv3 plugin or standalone you need to switch on the stream sync, open the parameter view and enable the sync icon on the bottom-right. ### 5/5 — Superb *2019-10-27* Very nice uodate with the new matrix! Thanks apesoft! ### 5/5 — One word *2019-10-23* There is only one word that describes an experience with this excellent app: WOW! ### 5/5 — Jetzt auch als AU Host *2019-10-02* Einer der besten granularen „Verwurster“ auf iOS. Jetzt, nach dem 4.0 Update, mit eigener AU Effekt-Einbindung. Ich kann mir die Möglichkeiten nach dem Update nur vage vorstellen... Jederzeit würde ich dieses kleine Goldstück wieder kaufen. Wunderbar!! ### 5/5 — A Favorite just got WAY Cooler! *2019-10-02* iDensity was one of the first iOS audio apps I bought several years ago. It showed me the incredible possibilities there are with granular sound. Over the years it just keeps getting better! Now, with iDensity 4 we have an AU host similar to this developers apeMatrix host matrix, but built right into iDensity. How insane is that?! Huge fan of this app and this developer. Highly Recommended :) ### 5/5 — Great app, buuut ... *2019-09-03* I can't get the preset management working properly. Every time I load a new preset, it maintains the samples from the last preset. I followed the instructions from the manual to reload the factory presets, but I still have my own samples from the last thing I did loaded. Still a great app, even with the missing preset bit, just not working at the best of its capability. ### 5/5 — Schöner Granularsampler *2019-09-01* Gut für Sounscapes, Dronen, Ambient oder einfach um aus seinen Samples ungeahnte Klangwelten rauszukitzeln. ### 4/5 — 6 samples sous les doigts *2019-06-22* Ce n'est pas le seul bon synthé granulaire de l'Apple Store, pas le plus intuitif ni le plus "exceptionnel " en matière de traitement des échantillons qu'on lui propose. Mais, et le "mais" est d'importance, Idensity peut travailler sur 6 samples en même temps !... c'est un atout majeur pour la réalisation de nappes denses et complexes et autres "drones qui tuent". Les fonctions de banques de traitement (enregistrements, rappels, effacement etc...) sont bien faites, ce qui a son importance pour une utilisation avec d'autres applis (compatible audioshare et garageband) Un outil a placer dans sa boîte pour tous les soundmakers sérieux mais qui devrait ravir aussi les amateurs et autres curieux en matière de bidouilles acoustiques. ### 5/5 — Immense *2019-05-13* The soundscapes that are possible with this deceptively simple but very powerful app, are staggering. From just a few “oohs” and “aahs”, I created a huge glacial marvel. You can really push the harmonics and things to make insane sounds, or you can keep it cleaner and pretty. Granular synthesis is fun AF. Super highly recommend this elegantly designed treat of a synth! ### 5/5 — Super *2019-02-03* Klang. Alle Apps sind einfach nur geil. ❤️ ### 5/5 — Pure genius *2018-10-01* Pure genius...changed my life ### 5/5 — Incredible sonic journey *2018-09-07* Like many of this dev’s apps, this is so creative and deep with excellent sound quality. I have only just scratched the surface with what can be achieved with this sonic masterpiece. It is great value for money, and has all the latest updates required for an iOS app to work well with other music apps. Fully recommended. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2018-06-30* Apesoft is up there with Amazing noises and Kymetica to put out the best experimental and great sounding apps! iDensity is but one example of the talent of this developer. And this one is just amazing! ### 5/5 — Great, but missing a needed feature *2018-05-25* Apesoft apps are released incredible, and only grow in power over time. That said, I believe there is lacking function in iDensity which it's performance interface would benefit from for. IDensity is missing independent midi note control over the pitch of each of the 6 streams. As it stands now, control of pitch is controllable by everything under the sun EXCEPT a midi note # (there is a global midi note and channel selection, but nothing for each independent stream's pitch keyboard). I was thinking about leaving 4 stars, but there is nothing wrong with the app as it stands now, but it seems a curious omission not to be able to control something with a keyboard ..which is represented on screen with a keyboard (pitch). Ideally midi note # and channel select would be available as a modifier/controller, or be configurable under settings. Fantastic app, and a big user of Apesoft's Granulr suite. ### 5/5 — Audio Patchbay baby! *2017-09-05* The audio patchbay takes this to a new level! Glad to see the devs are still pushing the limits of an already great app. ### 5/5 — Perfect granulator *2017-01-29, version 2.7* So that's two lengthy, well-considered reviews of this tool that were eaten by iTunes. No time for details now, so if you are into granulation and appreciate a full featured granulator with an intuitive but by no means simple interface, fork over the 8 bucks now. Extra tip: Use Studiomux to route the six tracks in iDensity into six tracks of your favorite DAW--in my case, ableton. Beautiful. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Kein Support! Eingeschränkte Benutzung eigener Samples! *2018-06-02* Ich fand die App ganz ansprechend und hatte mich darauf gefreut, 6 Audiodateien gleichzeitig zu spielen. Leider geht das nur bei den Presets und wenn man Mikrofon-Aufnahmen macht, nicht aber für schon existierende Audiodateien. Als ich daraufhin den Support befragte, gab es keine Antwort! **Developer response:** When you attempt to load a sample, you need to scroll up/down the menù (especially on iPhone) in order to show all items in the list. I ca confirn that iDensity can load faudio files for each of the six Granula Streams. ### 1/5 — Craquements *2016-11-18* Craquements, grésillements incessants sur ipad air ios 8.1.2 ### 1/5 — Nope. *2015-04-21, version 2.0.1* No more money for this guy until he 1) puts documentation online 2) fixes broken tutorial link 3) allows user guide to be downloaded. I've never seen such contempt for the end user, it's like he just doesn't care. ### 1/5 — On your own *2011-12-06, version 1.1.2* This might be a really awesome app. Or, it might be a complete waste of money. Hard to say, since there is no manual, no help file, no description of the controls, no website support. Nothing. There is a video on the website, but of an older version. Imported sounds are nearly always cut off, and waveform behavior is not logical. Only "plays" the portion visible in the window. $8-really? Curtis is much more useful. 1 star until it's less buggy and has documentation. ### 1/5 — new release *2011-10-01, version 1.0.1* There are no instructions as to how to use this complex app!! Cannot record from built in mike!! (Or I cannot figure out how!!) ### 1/5 — Crashes *2011-09-30, version 1.0.1* This app worked for a minute or so. Upon recording a test sample with the iPad mic; the app suddenly crashed and hasn't worked since. Will be happy to rerate when this is fixed, but until then….one star. PLEASE FIX THIS ### 2/5 — Not real-time function *2025-08-24* The explanation claims it is a new real-time software with sampled and live granulation. However, in practice, it only works with pre‑recorded or imported samples and does not support live input via microphone. ### 2/5 — Colors ugly like hell!!! *2016-06-08* Ich verstehe manche Entwickler nicht. Zwar ist mit Version 2 Multisampling hinzu gekommen, aber seitdem nutze ich iDensity kaum noch, weil ich ganz im Gegensatz zu vorher, nun nicht mehr nur vom Interface abgeschreckt bin, sonder wegen dieser durch die Bank weg gräßlichen Farb-Schemen die bei mir Augenkrätze verursachen, die App eigentlich nur so schnell wie möglich wieder schließen möchte. Wenn der Entwickler vor hat, seinen anderen beiden Apps auch noch diese Style zu verpassen, dann gute Nacht.🙈 Wie kann man seine einst so gut gemachten Apps an der Oberfläche nur so dermaßen verhunzen. Ich begreif's echt nicht! 😧👎 ### 2/5 — Please update for iOS7 *2013-12-02, version 1.5* I love this app, unfortunately it crashes upon opening using iOS7. Please fix. ### 3/5 — Incredibly powerful granular manipulation! *2012-10-11* This is simply the most powerful app for manipulating sound at a granular level. This is really the best method for creating new and unique sounds for use in samplers, synths and drum machines. There are powerful effects and filters which are combined with the incredible granular control to give some of the biggest and glitchiest sounds around. It also has extra Y axis modulation control which is totally customisable, perfect for real time wave scrubbing, with all the granular controls available on the one screen. I highly recommend this app, as well as the iPulsaret app because they are the most powerful granular apps available, and they are an experience that shouldn't be missed! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Well *2026-02-12* Micro sound is. This idensity is truly spectrally the future music visiting you oh wait us it just behind you or to the left ir right …whatever is ahead is here already ! ### 5/5 — DIE konkurrenz für aktuelle hardware *2026-01-11* nach jahren wiederentdeckt als ich gerade überlegte, mir ein evil pet zuzulegen. im app folder gekramt, n paar controller verknüpft und - kraaassse maschine! unfassbar. dass ich das tool so wenig beachtet hatte, ist schon seltsam. ein monster! ### 5/5 — Absolutely love this *2025-12-21* I have used this app for many years and always love the sound of what it does. Six channels is often overkill for the subtlety I am looking for, so I usually only use 1-3 channels. The sound and MIDI controllability makes this app an essential part of any sound design or studio arsenal ### 5/5 — Unmatched even in 2025 *2025-06-26* Superior granular satisfaction. Touch Control 6 channels Hosts AU's My biggest regret in iOS music production, has been sleeping on Apesoft, Amazing Noises incredible offerings. They have always been next level. I personally believe that spectral/spatial audio is the future of entertainment, like when stereo was first introduced. Had I understood sooner, I could have been mastered these apps, here I am discovering decade old software that still outperforms the most expensive granular scrubbers. It's stupidly incredible ### 5/5 — I keep coming back after looking around. *2024-05-15* This still, for my money, one of the best granular synth apps on iOS. It’s very stable playing in the background. You can make some REALLY unearthly sound tapestries with iDensity! (After all, they made the iVCS app!) ### 5/5 — This is one of the All-Time Greats! *2023-06-05* Just looked it up in my purchase history: I bought this app in September 2011, and I've been using it (on and off, admittedly) ever since. Even though I'm not actually a musician, what with producing tracks & stuff, I do have this thing with granular synthesis, and I keep circling around all the usual suspects :) This is one that keeps on giving, thank you ever so much! ### 5/5 — Amazed *2022-12-14* Definitely one of the most intriguing music / sound creation apps for ios. the learning curve is there but once u get it WOW running six samples simultaneously with the ability to do just about anything to them lends to infinite creation. i love being able to to touch to scrub the waveform. a real joy ✨✨✨✨✨ ### 5/5 — Surper Grains *2021-11-11* A superb app for graular textures. Hardware synths are an absolute joy to use, however when it comes to granular synthesis, the options are very bare. Apesoft has given us the answer, all praises due! As another reviewer stated, I too desired a midi note on/off option, and then i found the app iPulsaret -bingo! If your seeking to take a plunge into granular synthesis i highly recommend both of these apps. ### 5/5 — Welcome to the unusual! *2020-06-13* Thanks for the latest fix! Still my number one tool for ambient soundscapes and unusual stuff! 10 out of 10 for top notch customer-support! ### 5/5 — Excellent synth for ambient scapes! 🧚🏼‍♀️ *2020-04-02* When in standalone mode (or IAA), you get 6 windows to load your audio files. When you load up like 2 or more audio files that’s when the magic begins to happen and you can create really unique ambient scapes. I think it might be possible to “play” it somehow as an instrument, but I find it works best with longer audio files creating continuous motion. It’s pretty much perfect in what it does and how it does it. Beautiful UI and very pleasant controls. When you load it in your dDAW as AUv3, you just get a single window. Well you can run multiple instances in AUv3, so you can basically have more of them, and save them all, along with your project. Still, I prefer to use IAA mode because you just have all the audio files in front of you to tweak, and adjust individually to get the “unified” sound. NOTE: when you tap in the top right corner, you’ll see an icon labeled “Samplers in presets”. Make sure this is enabled if you want to load your saved project as it were when you saved it. Otherwise it’ll load preset of the tweaks, but leave whatever audio samples you got currently loaded. Both options have their place, but can be confusing if you don’t know about this. This is definitely a solid 5-star app. Only one request, please make presets alphabetical. There’s a way to rearrange them, but there’s really no point in doing this extra management when we can just group them “naturally” in alphabetical order. Also please load the existing project name into the Save As. It helps *a lot* when saving successively. Oh, and the same request for ApeMatrix please!! Love your unique apps, thanks for making them! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*