KORG iMS User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience74.4% of reviews
Neutral9.0% of reviews
Negative experience16.6% of reviews

~ Based on 199 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is KORG iMS Safe?

KORG iMS-20 appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for KORG iMS is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 205 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

89.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 205 App Store ratings for KORG iMS.

Is KORG iMS Legit?

KORG iMS-20 appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for KORG iMS is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Please add AUv3 support

Only giving 4 stars due to the lack of AUv3 support. I love this app but you can only use it as either standalone or as a gadget in Korg Gadget. I would love to be able to use this and other korg apps inside of Cubasis or any other DAW for iOS
PLEASE UPDATE SOON

Needs AuV3 support!

sounds fantastic, the ms20 is a classic, but i am really disappointed by the lack of auv3. I wouldnt of got it if i realized it didnt come with an auv3.

Electrifying Funk Machine

Dope!!!

AUv3 Support Please

Nice emulation of a classic synth! Needs AUv3 support.

No AUv3 Support

Waste of $30. This app doesn’t really serve much of a purpose for serious music making.

Always The Best

This is a one of a kind treasure. I bought this 5-6 yrs ago and I'm still finding ways to build new awesome synth presets. I may never be able to afford an original tactile analog synth, but this is great compensation. I haven't seen anything like it in the App Store since. There are other VSTs out there, but this one gives the biggest bang for the buck. It has: MIDI drum sequencer (5 drum voices) a mixer 16 song pads to mix in song mode it has dual oscillators it has patches envelop filters 2 Assignable KORG KAOOS touch pads
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Great sound but practically useless

I have had this app for years and in 2024 it still (unlike the iM1 app) can't be used in Cubasis.

I was afraid of this!

Stop reading and buy this synth now! Simply amazing. 90 seconds into playing around with the synth blew me away, the sound, the layout, the functionality of everything is right at your fingertips. It draws you in and makes you want to explore. The synth is an indispensable tool in the hands of any real synthesist.
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Auv3 please 🙏 with sugar on top

Thanks

Not worth it at all

The tempo knob, is not accurate at all, and there’s no way to manually put the tempo in. Massive short coming when you can have a keyboard raise up on your iPad. It does not import into GarageBand, you left to try and make music in their app… is wish I could return this app.

No midi sync

Fantastic app but no midi sync to hook it up to your favourite DAW.
Thats disappointing though you can do lots without a midi sync connection. How good would it be WITH ONE!

Classic Analog Synthesizer Sound

This is my go to Synth for great sounds like Desert Winds or you can create dual layered leads ,..or deep growling basses. All kinds of risers and explosions are possible,…whatever Crazy sound effects you can imagine ,….you can figure out how to tweak it out of the MS-20.

Two stars all day until Audio Units made. Logic Pro, game-change.

Lovely instruments, but now Logic Pro has dropped on iPad M1 and similar iPad Pro tablets it’s a watershed moment. It’s time Korg, if you won’t jump into Audio Unit creation commitment now with the advent of iPadOS Logic Pro ported over, I suppose you never will. I’m not going to do the whole ‘Gadget’ proprietary route now, this has firmed up due to Apple’s monumental democratisation of pro music this year.
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Headed to irrelevancy due to stubbornness

Without AUv3 the Korg apps are going to remain awesome stand alone instruments but will never really be fully integrated with the many excellent DAWs in iOS. It’s a shame. I get they want to force users into Gadget but it’s costing them

The best👍

Korg the Number 1

Wot no midi sync

Great app but no ableton link facility.

UPDATE

Y’all need to update this!! It sounds great and just needs the UI to be redone. It’s pretty hard to use with how it’s designed right now. Also maybe make a mode where you can just use the synth and not have all the groovebox stuff in the way which can get annoying, I just want the synth most of the time, groovebox is nice but when I just want the synth it gets in the way of me just creating sounds.
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Out of date and has bugs

This app last had an update 2 years ago. The user manual does not work and the preset selection does not indicate what you have touched. This app needs updates for IOS15.

Korg always leaves me hanging…

Just got this and, I don’t know why I am surprised, but here I am, and this is another great example of a half baked product that the company obviously doesn’t care about maintaining. The interface is not clear and/or easy to figure out, the whole thing is rendering with obvious unintended overlap on the screen of my 2021 iPad Pro 11”, and the user manual does not even appear, when I select it in the menu. This really should be made illegal; if they don’t intend to keep supporting software in the future, a developer should be prevented from being able to sell it, unless there is a given and acknowledged disclaimer that the software will not be touched for maintenance updates. I’m giving it 2 stars because it sounds like it should, but missing 3 stars because the standalone version of the app no longer is functional as a compositional tool, because of obvious neglect by the devs at Korg. I feel VERY disappointed that I threw away $30 on this app. Thanks for nothing, Korg. 👎🏼👎🏼
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Fantastic, especially in Gadget

I adore this app, both stand alone and in Gadget, highly recommend. I just wish the song mode in standalone allowed more than one synth part, and also AUv3 support so I can use it in Cubasis and other apps.