# NanoStudio — user reviews > 252 indexed App Store user reviews of NanoStudio by Blip Interactive Ltd, rated 3.80/5 from 183 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nanostudio/id382263651/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nanostudio/id382263651.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 106 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 36 ## What do users think of NanoStudio? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful music creation tool - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 🎨 Excellent sound quality and synth capabilities - 💡 Versatile sampling and beat-making features - 🔌 Seamless integration with external hardware **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and stability issues - ⏱️ Outdated and lacks updates - 💰 Paid upgrades required for full functionality - 📱 Not optimized for larger screens like iPad **Commonly reported bugs** - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions - Sampler issues with pasting audio - Metronome button not working consistently **Most requested features** - Bluetooth connectivity - More sound banks and sample packs - Audio recording and editing capabilities - MIDI input and output support - Improved project management and organization ## Newest reviews (11 of 252) ### 4/5 — If you have a 32-bit iPad, this is a must-download. *2025-05-21, version 1.44* It’s fun to play around with, and it’s surprisingly capable for such an old app. ### 4/5 — Need to update *2025-01-05, version 1.44* Why can’t we get new updates? Has the app developers forgotten about the advancement of the app? Such a great DAW ### 4/5 — Please update 😭 *2020-04-21, version 1.44* ... ### 5/5 — Please update for iPhone 8 Plus *2019-11-12, version 1.44* Please ### 5/5 — Loved this app. Please Update! *2019-10-02* This was one of my all time favorite apps that I have ever used. I love electronic music and having this app with all the synths sounds and modulations made making music easy. Please update the app. I know there’s still people out there that want an update. I would love to have this app on my phone again ### 3/5 — No upgrade path for old users? *2019-09-22, version 1.44* I paid a pile for this app. It looked great, but I never had the time to play with it before my iPad1 was sunset by Apple. I finally got a new iPad and find this won’t run on it and I have to pay another $25 for the app and God’s know how much more to get all the inapp crap. ☹️ ### 5/5 — Update or Settings need Updating for this to work again. *2019-09-15, version 1.44* Someone needs to Update this App or Apple Settings need to Change as Money has been Paid for this App 😠 👉🏼 🍏 ### 5/5 — Update for iPhone IOS 11 or newer? *2019-07-30, version 1.44* This was indeed one of my fave apps to produce tracks on but since upgrading to a newer iPhone, I can’t get it on my XR... then I see Nanostudio 2 is available bit only for iPad - but I don’t have an iPad... please update this so I can use it again!!! ### 2/5 — Plz up date to iOS 11 *2019-07-01, version 1.44* Plz up date to iOS 11 or this amazing app is dead and this is one of the worst news I can get ... PLZ !! ### 4/5 — Killed off in iOS update *2019-06-18, version 1.44* This and thousands of other 32 bit apps, have been killed off from iOS 11 onwards. Shame really as this was a fantastic music creation app. I don't blame the developer as this must have been one of the more complex apps to develop out there and to have to do it all over again for 64 bit compatibility, is something not many developers can do. I blame Apple cause at the very least Apple could have integrated an option within setting to switch on/off 32bit emulation, thus giving the user the choice wether to allow years worth of purchased 32bit apps to work again. ### 5/5 — Simply *2019-06-12, version 1.44* Update: So... hey any chance of getting my favorite app going again??? PLEASE??? Miss you. The best! Great job guys, this is an amazingly powerful music creation platform. Easy to use, slick but minimal Ui, perfect balance. Love to see something like this that takes advantage of that extra iPhone4 power and still works great on my daughters second gen iPod. Blows "music studio" out of the water for sound quality-- plus, why pay for additional instruments when you can create your own superior ones here.. Sampler+synth+ fx.. Thanks for your commitment to make this such a remarkable, device-transforming app! The first $15 any beat producer / keyboardist / synth tweaker should spend in the app store. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — abandoned *2025-03-30, version 1.44* ns1 & ns2 now both abandoned by dev, maybe i need, funds permitting, to hunt down some vintage hardware from the 80s or 90s or later to remake a studio, (never really got on with pc type set ups) does that sound perverse or funny, i dont know but both apps are now “vintage” (& to be made unavailable in due course) so what difference does it make 🤷🏽 🥴 “the future is here” was maybe what we thought with the advent of touch based music apps, too bad that future was so fragile & brittle .. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2022-11-09, version 1.44* If it’s updated to work with the current iOS then it would be 5 stars. So annoyed. Sort it out developers ### 1/5 — Nano is unsupported *2021-03-09, version 1.44* Sadly I made the mistake of updating my operating system to find I can no longer use this app. Please add support. I’ve paid good money for it and won’t be buying nanostudio 2 as I may find the same fate further down the line. Will happily change my review if things improve for the customers . ### 1/5 — Was, Absolutely the Best!! *2020-09-19, version 1.44* I bought this app! I loved it!! Now I cannot use it AT ALL!! So, even paying customers don’t get a discount on the new version?! I have to outright buy the new one?!?!? What happens if the developer decides 6 months from now that Nanostudio 3 has to come out, will I have to buy that at full price as well?!?! I’m NOT happy! ### 1/5 — Waste!!! *2020-04-23, version 1.44* This was a good app, for which I paid a lot of money and now I can’t use! ### 1/5 — I want a refund for my first version App *2019-12-28, version 1.44* Fair to say that simply stopping support for an App which I purchased because Apple upgraded the OS sounds illegal to me. How can you justify this? Charging customers another £20 to repurchase something they effectively already own is tantamount to extortion and was clearly originally sold under false pretenses. Scandalous. I want a refund for my first version App or at least a discount for those who invested in the first App. I demand a response. ### 1/5 — Come on man whats the hold up? *2019-09-25, version 1.44* How bout my money back? ### 1/5 — I paid money for this junk *2019-07-10, version 1.44* If you could keep in the minds of ppl using this and expect there expects then why try ain’t even compatible through different os. I think a refund should be ready for all that put it down and funded a no response app + minus one star mAybe your stealing our music coming back bet ### 1/5 — Ro *2019-06-09, version 1.44* I paid good money for this app and it is. It working and no information about fixing it, if you are not going to fix it then you should give the money back , why is the consumer always the one to get shafted when we are the one who supported you from the start, come on man deal with it , it wants a rating I give you a 0000000 Ro ### 1/5 — Abandonware *2019-06-08, version 1.44* This was a great app but the devs just decided to drop it. They didn’t add 64 bit compatibility and instead made a new app that you have to re-purchase in order to use it on newer devices. I’m not going to pay twice for the same app so I switched to something else instead. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — One fix left.... *2025-07-02, version 1.44* ….. come back. We miss you. ### 5/5 — Simply *2023-08-09, version 1.44* You guys rock! This now free app plus any old idevice out of a junk drawer make a powerful portable music production studio.. with a real headphone Jack as a bonus. It was amazing then, and it’s amazing now. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Help *2023-04-26* I want to upload my song off of here but it won't let me email it the email file button doesn't come up it lets me mix down the track and export nsp but won't let me email it how am I supposed to get my song off of here????? ### 5/5 — app needs to be updated *2023-03-31, version 1.44* app needs to be updated. ### 5/5 — Not working on 64 bit iPad *2022-12-04, version 1.44* Itd a shame so Apple don’t make up date for sixty for bit iPad ### 5/5 — Great well designed app! Recommended! *2022-05-13, version 1.44* Some say this is better than desktop music programs. I wouldn't know. I don't have and have never had any such programs like that on my pc. As far as sequencing goes i have only ever dabbled with real hardware synths with that facility. For the pc it seems like so much hassle for the very high price of the required programs and the hooking up of lots of different required thingumajigs that are also expensive to boot. Now what with iDevices (I'm on iPad) good sized touch interface that can enable lots of different flexible interaction types to a reasonable extent, what with apps like this that have pretty much everything needed in one great package, the sheer affordability of the app for what you get, and with the potential to program more capabilities in future, i don't think that one needs more for laying down tunes most of the time. Borstel is boss! Shame it cant be used in newer ios versions/devices. While I have ns2 i still miss a lot of the features ns1 has, even the eden synth… ### 5/5 — Bring this version back *2020-12-02, version 1.44* I miss this app! While the NanoStudio 2 is an upset! I paid $$ for the old Studio and had so many projects but now are gone 🥵 ### 5/5 — I’ll pay for the guy that wants his money back *2020-11-04, version 1.44* How would I restore all my projects I made on the first nanostudio, I’d even pay you a hundred dollars if you keep it hush , because my music still needs work, oh yea an if we have the technology for if you want some of the finished projects copy paste ? Because I’m in love with your studio hand held an I’ve been using it for zillions of years literally , your my only hope to bring peace threw out church hill square to fight security forces with music ### 5/5 — Nanostudio( KG1 Production) *2020-04-27, version 1.44* Had this app nanostudio for many many years and it is a superb musical creation software.I use it on my iPhone 5c as it will only work on my iOS 10.3.3 or lower and is not a mobile hog installation. Recommended for anybody who is into building 16 tracks on a budget - electronic music wise - drum & bass, experimental etc etc. I myself have created several tracks which this application so I highly recommend this. Doesn’t work with the newer iOS but now there is a nanostudio 2!Enjoy & get creative- KG1Production-reverbnation.com/cageyo1 ### 5/5 — Please update *2020-02-25, version 1.44* I wish the developer would update this app so I can access my old song files. --- *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 2026-06-28.*