# Launchpad - Music & Beat Maker — user reviews

> 824 indexed App Store user reviews of Launchpad by Focusrite Audio Engineering, rated 4.80/5 from 34,772 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/launchpad-music-and-beat-maker/id584362474/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/launchpad-music-and-beat-maker/id584362474.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 30,425 · 4★ 2,815 · 3★ 859 · 2★ 241 · 1★ 432

## What do users think of Launchpad?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fun
- 🚀 Lots of beats you can use
- 🚀 Good for mental capacity
- 🚀 So good at making beats
- 🚀 Really good
- 🚀 Amazing not like all the other rip off ones
- 🚀 Super fun app
- 🚀 Very inspiring and fun
- 🚀 AWESOME
- 🚀 Amazing app!
- 🚀 Amazing. Just SO Amazing.
- 🚀 Cool
- 🚀 Amazing app!
- 🚀 Amazing
- 🚀 Such great fun.
- 🚀 Favorite Dj App
- 🚀 This is fun and has better options than garage band!
- 🚀 I love this app so much
- 🚀 Omg 😱
- 🚀 Very good
- 🚀 Awesome app
- 🚀 Genius
- 🚀 Wonderfull
- 🚀 BOOM!!!💥
- 🚀 Absolutely amazing
- 🚀 Freaking amazing
- 🚀 BEST APP EVA!

**Cons**

- 🐛 Makes it look free but not
- 🐛 Not much you can do without paying
- 🐛 Crashes while working
- 🐛 Glitchy
- 🐛 Needs bluetooth MIDI desperately
- 🐛 Total Rubbish!
- 🐛 Bad update!! Please roll back
- 🐛 Needs reverb effect and ifx per clip

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Audio import not working
- Inability to delete unnecessary recordings
- Inability to see name of soundpack a loop belongs to
- Pad selections disappearing when hitting stop
- Inability to import audio after updating
- Inability to access audio import after signing out of account
- App crashing when trying to import audio
- App constantly closing when importing stuff
- Inability to restore audio import after getting a new device

**Most requested features**

- Ability to edit after a track is recorded, adjusting levels/adding effects
- Pause button
- Ability to duplicate a current song
- Sequencer to use drum hits
- Ability to change key of project
- Display key when pressing tempo button
- Ability to sync projects across devices
- Ability to record and save instruments, drums, piano etc.
- Ability to export separate stems
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard

## Newest reviews (18 of 824)

### 3/5 — Free

*2026-08-13, version 12.9.6*

Not enough free options. Beginners often do not wanna pay and just wanna try the app first.

### 4/5 — A little bugged

*2026-08-05, version 12.9.5*

I would click on the game and then I would be kicked out the game for some reason can you fix it?

~sincerely Korbyn and NICE GAME THO even if I get kicked out

### 3/5 — ‏هندسة وتأثيرات خارقة

*2026-07-27, version 12.9.5*

‏نريد تعديلات هندسية متطورة
‏وتأثيرات إضافية لا محدودة

### 4/5 — Meh

*2026-07-22, version 12.9.4*

This app is meh🫤

### 4/5 — Great app ⭐️

*2026-07-20, version 12.9.4*

It is a very good app and plus it’s also official! My only concern is that they removed tons of packs that I liked in an update. Please bring them back. One of them was Wobble Control

### 3/5 — Useless live

*2026-07-18, version 12.9.4*

Can’t use it while playing out, too unreliable. The top of the app where you switch between tempo, key, and sound pack will randomly stop working. The rest of the pads will still work but it won’t register input at the top. It’s a toy, and if it weren’t for the iPad hardware, it would’ve been priced like a toy too.

### 3/5 — $$$

*2026-07-10, version 12.9.4*

The app itself is very good, but you have to spend money on almost anything you would want to do

### 5/5 — 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬

*2026-07-10, version 12.9.4*

𝓘𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓹𝓹 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓘 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝔂

### 4/5 — HEY!!!!!!!

*2026-07-08, version 12.9.4*

Thanks for this app Man. But I would like too light up the whole pad at the same time. Let me stand with it. It’s beautiful. I have my own playful playlist. 

But if you check out my playlist, you will understand my point of view. Let me in!

But one thing.
Give me the ability to light up the whole launch pad as a setting option. 
Every Tile. 
Let me cook coach.

### 4/5 — It’s great but…

*2026-07-06, version 12.9.4*

I used to make all my music on here, it’s great I love it so much but it’s really going downhill. They don’t add any free sample packs anymore, so you’re forced to buy premium. It’s gets boring fast if you don’t have premium. I’ve moved onto BandLab to make my music and I’ve just come back to mess around and you can’t even add imported files anymore without paying -_- the one thing that you could do to add more different parts to your song is now be hide a pay wall??? Especially it being so expensive. This app is fun to mess around but if you’re trying to actually make decent music, get ready to buy premium because it’s not good without it. They need to add where every so often they add free sample packs and rn this just seems greedy to me. They need major changes and then it’ll be one of the best music apps you can get!!

### 5/5 — Patrice Roberts

*2026-07-05, version 12.9.4*

Brilliant app

### 5/5 — Make more free stuff

*2026-06-27, version 12.9.3*

Such a good app

### 5/5 — Cool

*2026-06-25, version 12.9.3*

This app is a fun time and u can do it for free as well

### 5/5 — Need some blues

*2026-06-24, version 12.9.3*

Would be amazing to get some blues

### 5/5 — The Best!!!

*2026-06-21, version 12.9.3*

This program is great for beginners and experts alike

### 5/5 — I love launch pad because

*2026-06-18, version 12.9.3*

I think that launch pad is a great game for kids that have interest in music I love using it and I think you will to hope you in joy try now

### 5/5 — Best music

*2026-06-12, version 12.9.3*

Good music
For concerts or party’s

### 2/5 — Basic. Cant export sets to Ableton

*2026-06-09, version 12.9.3*

As you can in Blocs wav which is far superior for creative work.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Major problem Aug 2026

*2026-08-16, version 12.9.6*

I love this program and have used it for years as part of my live performance. 
I’m leaving a * review in the hope of getting support. 
I came across a new issue today - this has previously worked fine.
When I load new prepared loops via Dropbox, I get to the screen where I enter tempo and key, on pressing Import, the app crashes. 
This has worked previously. 
I also tried loading from iOS files and this also crashes. 
So I am stuck, unable to load new sounds, although my existing projects still work. 
Please help. 
Thanks. 
Once resolved, I will update to 5*

### 1/5 — The

*2026-06-18, version 12.9.3*

♣️

### 1/5 — Loop player, very limiting. Ampify Studio discontinued shame, so wont subscribe anymore.

*2026-03-05, version 12.8.2*

Hope blocs wav gets a fresh new look too.
Needs export to ableton live set.

### 1/5 — What happened?

*2026-02-15, version 12.8.0*

Did something change in the app recently? All of my projects are now gone? Where did they go??

### 1/5 — SCAM

*2026-01-02, version 12.7.3*

Just “purchased” a free pack and even when it comes up to double click to confirm it doesn’t say a price and immediately was charged $16 WTF

### 1/5 — Deceiving thieves!

*2025-12-28, version 12.7.3*

Just clicked a song that said download free then all the sudden I’m being charged $15 without confirmation. This app was good before now looks like they have hidden charges in the app. Can’t trust the app and will not use again.

### 1/5 — Crash

*2025-10-08, version 12.6.2*

It would crash every time I would try to open it

### 1/5 — took my money

*2025-07-06, version 12.3.1*

was trying it out and when clicking on a genre i wanted to try making a beat it said buy “free” so when clicking that i was expecting it to be FREE like it showed and then it charged me $9.99 absolutely ridiculous.

### 1/5 — Cost

*2025-07-03, version 12.3.1*

I don’t want to pay for a music making app. I tried doing this free, and it was horrible. It only gives you a few to tweak around with

### 1/5 — GIVE ME A REFUND NOW OR I AM SUING

*2025-06-26, version 12.3.0*

WORST APP I’VE EVER USED GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — 🌠

*2026-08-25, version 12.9.7*

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

### 5/5 — Thanks!

*2026-08-04, version 12.9.5*

No adds at all!

### 5/5 — THE DANCE FLOOR!

*2026-08-03, version 12.9.5*

I can’t stop playing it.
I’m intrigued. I could be doing this program wrong but I see something. Idk exactly. Just a certain rhythm.  


The system could be so much more if you take my review seriously.

The play field. I would like an option to laminate all of them. 

And delete full columns option too plz. Thank you’

I understand the need to silence the rhythm. 
But I have a unique story I see before me. 

You might have heard of DJ PlayerPro
I can’t get the app on the new iPhones. Maybe you could buy them out and rent the app. I would love to use it.

### 5/5 — Love you guys! Thanks!

*2026-08-01, version 12.9.5*

Keep it up LAUNCHPAD I truly love this app. I use it almost every day and it has calmed many of my storms. I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn edm mixing at your own speed. It is intuitive and easy to use. I am getting pretty good and may end up using my mixes for open mic nights here locally. I love the electro mind bending sounds and overall the whole experience. This app is very intuitive and easy to use. I love it personally and have been using it and watching it evolve over the last 7 years. I cant wait for more sound packs to upload on the server because new sounds make me smile! Thank you LaunchPad and the makers of this application, it has truly sparked my dream to pursue music and a career in that department. Much love! I am excited to see what else you produce, maybe some collaboration with mainstream dubstep and bass artists. More premium sound packs per month I love love love this app!

More sound flangers pleaaase!!!

### 5/5 — Classic

*2026-07-31, version 12.9.5*

This has been an app of mine for a very long time that has only continued to improve.

### 5/5 — Beautiful tool

*2026-07-28, version 12.9.5*

Great instruments quality sound and wonderful technology

### 5/5 — FUN

*2026-07-27, version 12.9.4*

This game is such a vibe that’s all I can say

### 5/5 — Need some blues

*2026-07-25, version 12.9.4*

Would be amazing to get some blues or at least more variety I mean this was my favorite go to until my 3 rd year subscription it seems like lately the difference is no real interesting variety it like always house or something that sounds like something you already released in the app I would love to see more work put in to it from yal 
Also would be dope to hear ya work with more artists

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-07-10, version 12.9.4*

Yay!

### 5/5 — Jamming

*2026-07-10, version 12.9.4*

In just what seems like a
Likkle wild!!!
TUNE!!!..

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