# Pikoto: FM Synth Groovebox — Drum Machine & Step Sequencer

> Drum Machine & Step Sequencer (iPhone/iPad app by Nicholas Counts.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pikoto-fm-synth-groovebox/id6819447230 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nicholas Counts](https://appshunter.io/developer/1847442817)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-25

## What is Pikoto?

A four-operator FM synth and a four-track step sequencer, drawn like a handheld game cartridge. Sixty-two sounds to start from, and a song already playing when you open it.

ONE SCREEN, EIGHT KNOBS
Pick a page and the eight coloured encoders edit it. The screen always shows what you're turning: a scope of the track and a diagram of the page.

FM YOU CAN STEER
• Four operators per voice, eight algorithms, six waveforms
• Stepped ratios from 0.25 to 32, with FREE, HARM, ODD and OCT modes that keep it musical
• A pitch drop and a click for FM drums, and ten chord types from a single note
• Poly, mono, legato with glide, and unison
• A multimode filter with its own envelope
• Two LFOs and SLOPE on every track, routable to pitch or any of 64 sound parameters

A SEQUENCER THAT GOES DEEP
• Four tracks of up to 64 steps, each with its own length and speed
• Hold a step and turn any knob to lock a value to it, or lock a whole different sound to it
• Trig conditions, ratchets, micro-timing, swing and fills
• Record live from the pads, and chain sixteen patterns into a song
• Undo and redo, or shake to undo

PLAY IT
• Turn the sixteen pads into a keyboard, or into the notes of any of fifteen scales in any key
• An arpeggiator on every track, fed by your fingers or by the sequencer
• Sixteen punch-in effects: repeat, roll, reverse, half and double speed, filters, brake and more. Hold a pad to bend the mix, let go to snap back

EFFECTS
Tempo-synced ping-pong delay, reverb with shimmer, a granular cloud, and a master section with drive, compression and width.

CONNECT
• MIDI in, out and clock over USB and Bluetooth
• Export patterns and songs as 24-bit WAV, mixed or one file per track (with the unlock)
• Keeps playing in the background
• Audio Unit instrument for AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand and other hosts (with the unlock)
• Your projects and sounds in your own iCloud Drive (with the unlock)

LEARN IT IN A MINUTE
A short guided tour on first launch, a manual one tap away, and a line at the bottom of the screen that tells you what you're touching. Four palettes to pick from.

FREE TO PLAY, PAY ONCE TO KEEP
The free app is the whole instrument: every page, parameter and factory sound, the sequencer, the arp, the FX pads and MIDI. It keeps one project that autosaves.

One purchase, yours for good, adds as many projects as you like, saving your own sounds, exporting audio, the Audio Unit and iCloud sync. No subscription, no ads, no timer. Family Sharing is on. Nothing you make is ever deleted or hidden.

PIKOTO collects no data. It works fully offline.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PIKOTO Unlock | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Pikoto safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Pikoto.

## Is Pikoto legit?

Pikoto: FM Synth Groovebox appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pikoto is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-28

No release notes.

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