Best apps like MusiKraken

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Updated September 2026

MusiKraken is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to MusiKraken

EG Nodes#1

EG Nodes by Elliott Garage

Clip based Host/MIDI Sequencer
Editor's Choice
🎡 Music
4.8😊(93 ratings)
$19.99In-App Purchases
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This app is a clip-based audio unit host and MIDI sequencer for creating musical projects. It offers a variety of built-in MIDI and audio nodes for generating sequences, recording, and sampling. Users can load external Audio Units and automate parameters for unique compositions.

What We Love

  • πŸ‘ Intuitive and easy to use
  • πŸ’‘ Innovative concept and workflow
  • πŸš€ Fast idea generation
  • ✨ Inspiring and creative
  • πŸ”§ Powerful and flexible
  • βœ… Great for concept creation and sound design
  • 🌟 One of the best apps
  • 🧩 Fills a missing piece in music production
  • πŸŽ›οΈ Excellent for building compositions without a DAW
  • πŸ“ˆ Constantly improving with updates
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Responsive and engaged developer
  • 🎚️ Easy to record automation
  • 🎢 Great for live performance and jamming
  • βš™οΈ Superior ergonomics and smooth workflow
  • 🎡 Makes music creation fun
  • πŸ’‘ Well-designed MIDI sequencer
  • πŸš€ Fast and fluid to use
  • πŸŽ›οΈ Good for Berlin School jamming
  • 🎧 High sound quality
  • 🎚️ Easy to get started with AUV3 plugins
  • πŸ’‘ Generative features and probability are excellent
  • πŸš€ Quick to bust out ideas
  • βœ… Great on its own and as a MIDI controller
  • πŸ‘ Easy to grasp quickly
  • 🌟 Modern alternative to AUM
  • 🎚️ Fun and genuinely useful
  • πŸš€ Ideas just flow
  • 🎢 Perfect for coming up with song structures
  • 🌟 Superb ergonomics
  • πŸ’‘ Unique host app
  • ✨ Feature-packed and fun
  • πŸš€ Turns iPhone into a powerful music tool
  • βœ… Good alternative to AUM
  • ✨ Wonderful and fun
  • πŸš€ Dev working hard to improve
  • πŸ’‘ Great tool, intuitive
  • πŸš€ Releases come often
  • πŸ’‘ Amazingly intuitive Ableton style groovebox
  • πŸš€ Easy to get started
  • πŸ’‘ Excellent for solo musicians
  • πŸš€ Developer extremely responsive
  • πŸ’‘ Incredible intuitiveness and ease of use
  • πŸš€ Allows excellent creativity and depth
  • πŸ’‘ Wonderful job
  • πŸš€ No brainer purchase
  • 🌟 New go to for music noodling
  • πŸš€ Excellent!
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Developer on it with bug fixes and improvements
  • πŸš€ Implements things at lightning speed
  • πŸš€ Jamming in no time
  • πŸš€ Easy to use and powerful
  • βœ… Clear and easy to understand
  • πŸš€ Can be grasped quickly
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Dev worked quickly since release
  • πŸš€ Totally recommended
  • 🌟 Modern Alternative to AUM
  • πŸš€ Off to a great start
  • πŸš€ Best app I never knew I needed!
  • πŸš€ Fluid and fun to use
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Developer super engaged
  • πŸš€ One of the most used iOS apps
  • 🌟 Great job
  • πŸš€ Perfect for Live Performance and Jamming!
  • πŸ‘ Big toggle buttons
  • πŸ‘ User interface doesn’t require a microscope
  • πŸš€ Great sequencers and an arpeggiator
  • 🌟 Superior ergonomics and smooth workflow
  • πŸš€ Easy to write music
  • πŸš€ Anticipates common actions
  • 🎢 Very good sound quality
  • πŸ’‘ Ability to load AUV3s and lay down MIDI easily
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Developer very responsive
  • 🌟 First Thoughts...Super! Fantastic! Even Super Fantastic!
  • πŸ‘ Reasonable price point
  • βœ… "Gets" me, and likewise, I "get" it
  • πŸš€ Ability to work fast
  • πŸ’‘ Many excellent types of nodes
  • πŸš€ Ability to add X/Y pad(s) and/or slider(s)
  • 🌟 Amazing!
  • 🌟 Wonderful!
  • πŸš€ Cool! Neues Groove Box Konzept.
  • πŸ’‘ Many small details make it fun
  • βœ… Well designed midi sequencer
  • πŸš€ Great for getting ideas going quickly
  • πŸš€ Smashing!
  • πŸ’‘ New approach and I like it
  • πŸš€ Purchase, and start making beats
  • 🌟 Does EG stand for Excellent, Great because this app is definitely that.
  • πŸš€ Takes iOS music to the next level
  • πŸš€ So much fun
  • πŸš€ Go buy.

Room to Improve

  • πŸ› Sampler won't play correctly
  • πŸ› Sampler features inconsistent
  • πŸ› Random arming and recording into disabled scenes
  • πŸ› Crashes with some apps
  • πŸ› Too much crashing results in losing work
  • πŸ› Accidental refresh instead of saving
  • πŸ› Can't sequence all AU parameters
  • πŸ› Chord module seems weird
  • πŸ› Rhythm module labeling is hard to understand
  • πŸ› Pads option for iPhone could be better
  • πŸ› Sustain pedal input issue (resolved)
  • πŸ› Pan bug (resolved)
  • πŸ› Teething problems being sorted
  • πŸ› Some bugs reported (quickly fixed)
Stellarvox#2

Stellarvox by Igor Vasiliev

Ambient reverb space designer
Strong Contender
🎡 Music
5.0(11 ratings)
$11.99
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Design immersive ambient soundscapes with a hybrid reverb and artificial space designer. Create lush textures, deep spaces, and whispering backgrounds for electronic, experimental, and sound design projects. Offers intuitive controls and inspiring presets for quick, high-quality results.

Salome - MPE Audio Sampler#3

Salome - MPE Audio Sampler by Bram Bos

Record, Import, Play
Worth Considering
🎡 Music
4.7(30 ratings)
$7.99
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This app lets you record or import sounds, transform them into seamless loops, and play them polyphonically using MPE or MIDI controllers. It offers a fast workflow with onscreen keypads and MPE/MIDI input/output for creative sound manipulation.

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