# Ruismaker — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of Ruismaker by Bram Bos, rated 4.80/5 from 57 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruismaker/id1122156899/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruismaker/id1122156899.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 46 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (14 of 54) ### 3/5 — Promising but not perfect in any way *2020-11-23* I love this and mr. Bos’ other software. Major issue for me is that when using Ruismaker in standalone mode, portions of the interface are cut off. Why are the delay and revers controls missing in plugin mode?? Also, it would be easier if plug-in mode was able to use the built in sequencer rather than having to export then import into daw. ### 4/5 — Nice beefy low end *2018-11-23* Good, warm, natural analog drum sounds, but not super tweakable. I prefer ruismaker fm, but this one is nice for classic roland 808 sounds. Add in a nice compressor and it really bangs ### 4/5 — Great drum sounds *2018-10-08* It’s so easy to reach for BB audio units because they’re so immediate and elegantly designed. These are all 5 star apps, but as an audio unit it’s not possible to switch active pad for live tweaking without triggering the pad. It’s also not easy to tell which pad is which sound while in audio unit mode because the labels don’t come up until you trigger the pad/sound. If the (kind of pointless) numbers beneath the pads were replaced with abbreviations instead of numbers, and if there were a way to switch active pad without triggering it I’d use it twice as much and I’d immediately come back and give this 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Fast and powerful *2018-09-05* Usual smooth and professional Bram Bos UI design, not too many parameters to play with but such good results. Probably the best snare of any ‘analog’ drum machine on iOS. ### 5/5 — Brilliant!!! *2018-08-13* Super Sound einfach Tip Top wie alles von Euch Jungs!! ### 5/5 — Very Good ... *2018-06-02* like most of their apps. Anyway they put lots of fresh breeze into music app store. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2018-03-03* Makes excellent sounds. ### 5/5 — Großartig … *2017-11-15* … wie alles von Bram Bos. ### 5/5 — Active and Responsive Developer, Great Sounds, AUv3 what more could you want! *2017-10-13* I own every product from this developer. I am in support of developers embracing the AUv3 standard, especially when it sounds this good. Lots of consistency and simple, but powerful control options. Lots of constant updates with new features. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — AU and Midi out, brilliant. *2017-10-05* All Brambos apps are well crafted, properly maintained and a whole lot of fun. This one is no exception. With AU and Midi out functionality, it’s a great addition to anyone’s rhythm making collection. Nic ### 5/5 — get it *2017-10-03* It's good a many people enjoy it .thanks brambos ### 4/5 — Ruismaker 2 *2017-08-28* A good, basic source of solid elec'n drum sounds. By adding the sequencer, the expectation of a complete drum machine arises. So please let us manually edit the hits! Right on the grid. Also: Would love it if Randomize could be applied to a single sound - or to a selection from within the grid. Thanks for the solid, useful app! ### 5/5 — Nice drumbox *2017-08-28* Cool sounding drum machine and most important, it is AUv3 Thanks ### 5/5 — The best. The best! THE BEST! *2017-08-26* [update 25-Aug-2017] wow, Bram Bos has done it again! This was already one of my favorite and most used apps. No there is a brilliant sequence generator that is inspiring and fun to use. Thank you!!! If you're into 808, 909, and other retro drum machine type sounds, and you have an Audio Unit Extensions supporting host like AUM, ModStep, Cubasis, or even GarageBand, just get this! I've not used any of my large collection of retro drum machine emulation apps since getting RuisMaker. It's just so easy to dial in the sounds I'm looking for. It's amazingly CPU friendly. It's fun, inspiring, and effective. Since it's an Audio Unit Extension, you can run as many instances as you want at a time. So, you can have more than just the 8 pads, or you can have multiple kits loaded and switch between them mid-song. As for performance, I tested 8 simultaneous instances in ModStep, each playing a different kit, and each running a heavy pattern at the same time without my iPad Air2 breaking a sweat. It's just killer. You won't regret getting RuisMaker for an instant. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work - crashes when ever i press a drum button *2023-05-26* Was supposed to be compatible with my iPad but i get no sound and it crashes as soon as i press a drum pad. What is wrong with this? I also have Rozeta which is not revealing its various sequencers. Other apps from this developer seem fine. Waste of money. Not happy. ### 1/5 — Plainly doesn't work *2021-03-05* Displays an empty screen on iPhone 11 Pro with only play and export buttons, and nothing works. ### 1/5 — 音がショボい *2020-07-08* audio unit使えるのは良いんですが、いかんせん音がショボすぎる。これなら内蔵音源使った方がぜんぜん良い。買わない方が良いです。 ### 1/5 — würde ich nie empfehlen *2019-12-19* ok der Sequenzer ist anders, aber in dem Fall heißt es dass die Editierung nur begrenzt möglich ist. Nur für spezielle Fälle sinnvoll. Gibt sicher bessere Apps im Vergleich. Auch bzgl. Soundeditierung. ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE *2017-06-10* Do not buy if you have an iPhone. **Developer response:** Ruismaker is fully compatible with all iPhones, 5S and later. ### 1/5 — Not stable *2016-06-21* Crashes on load as an AU in GarageBand in iOS9 on an iPad 4. Not only that but GB then crashes on startup until Ruismaker uninstalled. Not ready for prime time. ### 1/5 — Doesn't open *2016-06-20* Quite nice. Fm drums. Not bad at all. ### 2/5 — No midi control of the random button??? *2020-11-13* The title says it all. Why can’t we access this button with external midi gear? :/ ### 2/5 — Misleading *2018-01-16* First off. It’s not a drumsynth. It’s a virtual analog drum machine with preset sounds that gives you a few basic parameter controls. Definitely not “all the important functions” you’d expect. Sounds are nice I’ll give it that. But I bought this thinking drum synth. Not a preset drum machine. YES there is a difference. And if like me you purchase this only to find out it’s not what you thought (going off of the vague description) and you should want your money back minutes after purchasing Lol welllllll. Don’t expect one. There’s no receipt and no other way to go about trying other than developers. Which are already givin me problems. Lol it’s 5$ guys. Geez refund my purchase and I might still purchase the fm drumsynth y’all have. Which actually seems like a REAL drumsynth **Developer response:** Sorry to hear this drumsynth is not what you expected. Yes, it is a drumsynth: all drum sounds are fully synthesized in realtime without using a single sample. Regarding the refund: I have explained to you that all refunds have to go through Apple. I have even emailed you a link which explains how to do that. That's all I can do from my end, you have to request the refund yourself - that's Apple's procedure. ### 2/5 — Ne fonctionne pas *2016-11-21* Ne fonctionne pas pourtant jais aum garage bang jais essayé plains foi mais sa ne marche pas donc alors je vais me faire rembourser.SUR IPAD3 9.3 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mega! *2024-08-26* Eine richtig gut 808-like klingende Drum Machine mit vielen Einstellungsmöglichkeiten. Standalone und als AUV3 verwendbar. Ich nutze sie natürlich besonders gern mit unserem Drum Sequenzer OCTACHRON. Der hat auch gleich ausführliche MIDI Mapping Presets inklusive der CC Werte für Ruismaker und Ruismaker FM mit an Bord ✌️🎶😊 ### 5/5 — Amazing. But it is missing one thing. *2023-04-09* I hope the developer sees this! The „randomize“ button is not available for external control via MIDI! Instead, there is a parameter called „dynamics“, which does not seem to do anything. I need the randomize function for my project! Please patch this :) It sounds fantastic. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great drum source! *2022-09-12* Just beat it! ### 5/5 — PERFECT drums!! *2019-11-29* I owned Ruismaker FM previously, but thought I’d give the OG a shot because I actually prefer analog drums over FM. Best drum-related decision I’ve made yet. This drum synth is solid, surprisingly flexible for what it is (a large collection of preset engines for each percussion instrument that can be individually rearranged into drum kits and individually tweaked) and stable. I mean, it’s Bram Bos. Buy it. ### 5/5 — Flexible analog modeling, great plugin! *2019-08-21* I’ve bought all the Bram Bos plugins minus the Ruismaker FM and boy howdy they all sound great, this is no exception. The Euclidean sequencer is stellar, I’d use it all the time if you could only adjust note resolution to other divisions! Maybe a ratchet option too? Much love to the Bram Bos team. ### 5/5 — Bram Boss *2019-08-10* Like all of this developers iOS apps it’s the absolute mutts nuts. ### 5/5 — Einfach grossartig,wie alles von ihm... *2019-08-07* ...und mit den Rozeta Tools blüht das Teil als AU erst richtig auf 👍 ### 5/5 — WOW 👍 *2019-04-21* Einfach nur genial. Super Sound und tolle Bedienung. Es macht einfach nur Spaß . ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Best dev best apps *2018-12-11* Just wanted to say thanks, and that on a 3rd gen IPad Pro, you are one of, or possibly the only developer that is good enough that all of your apps are FULLY functional, I’ve wasted like 200 bucks on apps that half/don’t work at all on new devices/ios12. You give me hope that I didn’t waste 1400 bucks on an IPad that I mainly got for mobile audio production. Moog pooped the bed, sugarbytes pooped the bed, and so did most others, there are few apps that are fully functional and don’t have audiobus zombie background use and 70% cpu usage. I seriously have to hard reset brand new IPad after attempting to use 30 dollar apps. Thanks again keep it up, cuz you totally win at this point in the app game. You made higher paid devs look completely incompetent. ### 5/5 — Great hits *2018-10-29* Yep this one makes lovely drum sounds and is just so easy to use. Use an instance per drum sound needed and use two sounds on some hits by doubling up on your sequencer. --- *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 2026-09-02.*