# Retromulator — user reviews

> 6 indexed App Store user reviews of Retromulator by DiscoDSP LLC.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retromulator/id6764767449/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retromulator/id6764767449.md

## Most critical reviews (6 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Sadly Disappointed

*2026-05-14*

I wish I had more completely read the information about the app before purchase. It’s simply unusable on my hardware.

### 1/5 — Buyer Beware

*2026-05-03*

App-waste. Does not work on my A14; constant dropouts and nothing even close to serviceable. I doubt this works any better on an M-class, but feel free to roll the dice

RE: Developers Reply

I can now request a refund as you’ve processed payment; I await your approval given your reply.

Your own description says a modern device like one with an A14 or M1 core is needed to run the DSP based cores, so change your copy.

**Developer response:** Apple does refund App Store purchases, requested at reportaproblem.apple.com. Stating otherwise in a public review is misinformation.

For context: OPL3, OpenWurli, S1000 and DX7 run flawlessly on A14. Performance on heavier cores (56k emulators) is constrained by JITless iOS and we disclaim this clearly before purchase. If you had reached us via web support first, we could have pointed you to cores that work on your device or helped you with the Apple refund.

### 1/5 — ?

*2026-05-01*

Sounds?  It doesnt have the sounds it says it has.  So far about 1-2 sounds

**Developer response:** The OPL3 core ships with around 2000 presets. The other cores emulate classic hardware (DX7, S1000, Wurlitzer, etc.) and are compatible with the original sysex/preset banks widely available online. This is by design, since users typically bring their own libraries.

### 4/5 — Works okay iPad Pro latest

*2026-05-05*

The sounds work alright.Closed snd opened again. Menus are a little finicky and some menu items like key sizes wont work past default ,but it works poly and sounds pretty unique.for 5, cant beat with Auv3 inclusion

### 5/5 — Shows Awesome potentials and possibilities!!!!!

*2026-07-12*

I dunno about the other comments on here but i personally love this app and look forward to iap s for extra other platforms which ca emu,ate actual devices and thus handle those devices' native files and in turn use them to emulate the whole of any hardware within virtual space, not just sound like certain synthesizers,but BEactual virtually scaled software versions which results in taking those hardsynths up a notch and unifying  those with other synth designs collectively having True access to what is otherwise imagination food...

### 5/5 — I TAKE IT BACK THIS APPS AWESOME

*2026-05-02*

Way too complicated to even get a sound out of this 
Also just loads presets 
Nothing tweakable really 
I’ve followed all the install steps and GitHub bs and it took forever to get a sound out of this 
FINALLY GOT IT WORKING

**Developer response:** Thank you! We're glad you're having fun.

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