Roland Zenbeats Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience44.3% of reviews
Neutral18.9% of reviews
Negative experience36.7% of reviews

~ Based on 264 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Roland Zenbeats

Is Roland Zenbeats Safe?

Roland Zenbeats appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Roland Zenbeats is 73/100.

This assessment is based on 268 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.7/5.

Safety Analysis

62.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
13.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
24.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 268 App Store ratings for Roland Zenbeats.

Is Roland Zenbeats Legit?

Roland Zenbeats appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Roland Zenbeats is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Presque parfait

Zenbeats corrige un certain nombre des limitations que l'on rencontre avec GarageBand: support des AUv3 MIDI, et est globalement beaucoup plus ouvert.
Il y a par contre un gros point noir concernant les pistes audio : aucun son ne rentre dans les effets audio affectés à ces pistes.
L'app est donc inutilisable en tant que DAW complet, mais excellente pour tout ce qui concerne les instruments virtuels.
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動作がかなり軽い。ただ導線が良くない。

まず改善して欲しいことから。

AUv3プラグインは、一度スキャンかけないとzen beats内で認識されない仕様みたいです。起動時にスキャンするか、その都度尋ねるかした方が良いと思います。
説明読まない人は、付属音源しか使えないと思い込み、起動時に音源パック購入画面を見ているのもあって課金圧を感じて、他のアプリに行ってしまう可能性がありますね。

動作は非常に軽い。Logic for iPad/Cubasisよりも確実に軽い。
個人的には、Audio/MIDIをメインアプリに持っていく前段階での調整が目的なので大満足です。
PC/MACや他のアプリへ、エクスポートしやすい。
これ1つで全てやろうとすると不満点出るかもしれません。
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Response from developer

心のこもったレビューをいただき、ありがとうございます。皆様からのフィードバックは、アプリの改善に役立てております。 https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

Une honte comme éditeur du Verselab MV-1

Des bugs, pas de synchronisation en enregistrement, un changement d’instrument qui arrête la lecture et j’en passe… Faire de la pub pour un produit pas fini, c’est trompeur pour le client. Dommage, l’idée était bonne. Un raté rangé dans les archives de Roland.

音は悪くない

無線ヘッドホンだととにかく重い。遅延があるものなのでバッファが足りなくなるんだと思う。Air Podsでも気軽に打ち込みできるようにしてほしいな。

あと、タイムラインの打ち込みメインだと少し面倒。いいやり方があるのかな?

アンドゥがうまく機能しないことがあったり、楽曲のロード時にプラグインの設定がおかしくなるバグがたまに起こるね。なんでだろ。

Response from developer

遅延が高すぎるため、Zenbeats (またはプロオーディオアプリ)でワイヤレスイヤホンを使用することは推奨しない。 最高の音質と低遅延体験のために有線接続を使用すること。

Sp-404 Mkll Companion

If you own a Roland Sp 404 Mkll, this app with your sp is a beast. The resampling feature of the sp from zenbeats and back into the daw is a powerhouse. And the sp can use this feature with any daw, this allows you to build a custom library of kits and loops for both. Don’t sleepRoland users,the two together is such a powerful workflow that many users overlook.
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Hiddem Gem And Potential Future DAW In Iphone

Keep Update More Stuff . Make It Free . Fight With Bandlab . Update UI For Better WorkFlow . Keep Update More Stuff From Roland RV 1080 ❤️

Appreciation

Hello to Roland,
This is a review from a survivor from
a large ocean of Music.
I want to tell you that with this creative craft Zenbeats you are doing a wonderful job for the users who are using all the platforms with their appropriate situations.
I am the one from them.
I just want to request you that please never stop updating this in future.
You have created a very valuable product for the users who want portability in their lives by choice or by working. In future I would expect more features with more and more power with this product
Thank you for this awesome daw Software 🙏🙏
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Response from developer

Thank you so much for the kind words!

iPad mini5ですと

iPad mini5ですと画面の右側が見切れます。スクロールもできないので設定ができない部分があります。旧機種は非対応でしょうか。

Response from developer

この度はご不便をおかけしており、誠に申し訳ございません。また、レビューをお寄せいただきありがとうございます。よろしければ、弊社のカスタマーサポート窓口よりお気軽にお問い合わせください。喜んでサポートさせていただきます。 https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

It should be the best DAW, but sometimes it crashes at the worst time.

I’m pretty sure the dev team is small and those guys probably read these comments. Matthew does great work and I realize they had/have their hands full with zenology gx.

I think you should seriously take a look at releasing zc1 and zr1 as individual apps and making Zenbeats a closed ecosystem. In my opinion, get rid of auv3. (This is where most crashes come from in my experience). I would also start porting all the vsts in Roland cloud to Zenbeats devices. I would make sure all aira devices have compatibility and integration.

For example if I connect my p6 to my phone and I’m in Zenbeats, the p6 should automatically show up as a new instrument. The transport controls should just work and the pads shouldn’t be affected by the key lock.

This should happen with all Roland devices. Like a tr-1000 connected to an iPad Pro. It should show up as an instrument with all the sub tracks like a zr1.

How does the sp404 have deep integration with koala but not Zenbeats?

If you guys would ever hire someone that only knows JavaScript I’d love to work with the team. I’ve asked before on FB lbvs. Even as an intern.
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Response from developer

Thank you for the thoughtful review. We really do appreciate feedback like this. We would love to hear more from you on the issues you are experiencing if you reach out through the link below.  https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

Best daw

I tried all the daw on ios and I use Mpc normally. But since I put Zenbeats and took a course on it I can say that it is the closest thing to a bridge between idea and finished product. All simple, customized, complete, expandable, fast, functional. Try it. A little expensive but very valid

User Interface is Horrible

Out of all the apps that can make music on the iPhone, this user interface is the most cramped and unusable I’ve ever seen. There are constant pop-ups trying to sell a bunch of add-ons and the option to “Never Show Again” is unclickable. All of the buttons are too small. I want to use this app so badly but Roland appears incapable of hiring a UI/UX team that designs for modern devices. This feels like a low-res junk app for the iPhone 4.
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バックグラウンドでバッテリーを消費し続ける

バックグラウンド・オーディオをオフに設定していても、バックグラウンドでバッテリーをかなり消費し続ける。他の DAW アプリでは、このようなことはない。学校等で使う iPad に入れる場合、家で充電し、いざ授業で使おうと思ったら、バッテリー切れということが起こるので、悩ましい。
今のところの対処法は、zenbeats のオーディオ設定で、オーディオデバイスが選択されていませんを、毎回オンオフするか、アプリの終了しかない。(大抵し忘れるが)

もう一点、3拍子に設定した時の,ピアノロールの小節の区切り線の位置が4拍子のままなため、とても判別しにくい。

改善の検討をお願いします。

2025/12/10 時点
バージョン 3.1.12
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Response from developer

ご不便をおかけして申し訳ございません。レビューをご投稿いただきありがとうございます。カスタマーサポートポータルからお気軽にお問い合わせください。喜んでサポートさせていただきます。 https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

Great app needs added features though

There is a learning curve and although there are other apps on iOS android that are easier to use, Zenbeats still has a lot of potential. Has good sounds out of the box and has expansions you can buy. You can also load your own samples into the drum machine if you have a library of sounds to work with. You can use AUv3 plugins as well so adding your virtual instruments and effects is possible. I think Roland should incorporate the SP 404 Mk ll with Zenbeats (so far only users of the Koala app and Serato Studio have access to that workflow, which is a pity since Roland owns Zenbeats and the SP).
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IOS18 small issue

I really like this but since I’ve installed IOS 18 I have to change the default audio device every time I start a new track.

A button to scroll through drum kits right next to button to play first sound is so %#*^ing dumb.

I have hundreds of drum kits. I’m not gonna scroll through them one by one to get to where I want. And it’s in a terrible spot. I like to actually play the pads. Except whenever I do the drum kit changes and ruins my work. Undo doesn’t undo it. And makes me only have one angry thing to say about it when people ask me about it. Rather than all the good stuff about it I actually like.

Please fix. Please.
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もう少しで神アプリなんですが

ZR1のgraph automationにfine tuneが欲しいです。
TR1000みたいにサンプルだけでなくシンセも入れて欲しい。そして一音一音いっぱいいじりたい。

Response from developer

アプリを気に入っていただいて嬉しいです! 思慮深いレビューを残していただきありがとうございます。あなたのフィードバックは大変ありがたく、あなたに伝えさせていただきます。

Good but MIDI CCs are not wornking on plug-ins

MIDI CCs don’t get to external synth plugins (I.e. Waldorf blofeld or butter synth) when hosted by Zenbeats, I have double checked all possible settings of the app… please revise it and I’ll give you 5⭐️s

Drum sampler

I’ve been using Zenbeats for two years now and I love it. It has so much more potential too, but I really don’t understand why you can’t tone or pitch the different samples on the drum sampler like in koala I can make an option to tone the different samples if I want to, but I can’t do that on Z beats and that would make it force to be reckoned with if you could do more with the drum sampler such as being able to tone each and every sample instead of having to go through and manually pitch them. Like with midi controller!
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Response from developer

Hey Kenny! You can manipulate pitch and tone in each sound bank in Drum Sampler. I can’t explain it all here, but please reach out to customer support, and they’ll be happy to show you how! https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

Really Great Value

Zenbeats is a sometimes overlooked option that has a ton of capabilities for music creation. Being able to write in clips and later transition to timeline recording is nice. For a reasonable price yearly, a full unlock is so worth it. The cross OS platform capability is great. I can use different plugins on my phone and iPad vs on computer is cool.

There are a few small workflow quirks that keep it from 5 stars, but they keep adding stuff to it and I enjoy using it regularly.

I do have a Verselab and wish they would improve the integration with that device. Being able to use the app for deeper controls of FX and settings on hardware would be great.
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Response from developer

Thank you for the review. Your feedback is very much appreciated and I'll make a note of it for you and pass it along!

How do i use this in logic pro

It wont show up in the plugin area were i get stuff like bsi I don’t know what im doing wrong