SampleTank User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience29.8% of reviews
Neutral13.4% of reviews
Negative experience56.7% of reviews

~ Based on 305 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is SampleTank Safe?

SampleTank has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SampleTank is 57/100.

This assessment is based on 107 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.7/5.

Safety Analysis

33.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
16.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
49.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 107 App Store ratings for SampleTank.

Is SampleTank Legit?

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

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

Top reviews

😑

L’app plante à la restauration de mes achats, puis plante au lancement…😤

Non Responsive

I basically lost over $100 with this app because it no longer functioned once I purchased the everything bundle and Apple refused to refund my money smfh.

Never again.

WTH

SampleTank used to be pretty good, but now it just crashes. The latest update makes it unusable. I really expected more from this Company.

Unusable with M5 iPad

This app used to work great with my old iPad. Now, however, it does not respond at all to my IK Multimedia iRigKeys I/O keyboard connected to my new M5 iPad. Other keyboard Apps continue to work, including those made by IK Multimedia. It seems that SampleTank is incompatible the new iPads. It is high time for an update to fix this problem.
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まともに動かないので注意!!!

インストール後、拡張音源を購入or復元しようとしても途中で止まります。その後、アプリ自体が起動できなくなりすので注意してください。
くれぐれも課金しないように!!!


iPadOS 26.5.2
iPad Pro 13インチ(M5)

sunk cost - avoid this

I tried to re-install this - I was willing to punt on the lack of auv3 - I get an error when I try to restore purchases - It’s asking for hundreds of dollars to re-purchase the libraries again - I wish I never invested in this - one star is too many

Probleme bei der Installation …

… von In-App-Purchases auf einem iPad Air M4. Hier ist Geduld und Ausdauer angesagt. Anfänglich wirkt es so als wenn das Restoring der In-Apps gar nicht funktioniert und nach einer erneuten Installation von Sampletank (Neustart des iPads nicht vergessen!) wird endlich mit dem Laden der In-Apps gestartet. Hier sieht es nun so aus, als wenn sich nach ca. der Hälfte der Re-Installation der Soundsets (z.B. Sonik Synth) nichts mehr tut. der Schein trügt jedoch. Nach einer absurd langen Wartezeit und einem Neustart nach jedem abgeschlossenen Ladevorgang einer In-App (teilweise dauert es bis zu 45 min und mehr), sind nun letztendlich wieder alle früher mal dazugekauften Soundsets wieder am Start.
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Outdated/Unusable in 2026

I’ve used this app for several years now on an iPad 6 for live music performance. It served its purpose pretty well. However, that iPad is finally starting to give up the ghost, so I majorly upgraded recently to an iPad Air M4. SampleTank is simply unusable on modern Apple silicon. Research this online and you’ll find many complaints about it. SampleTank utilizes InterAppAudio which has been phased out, and they haven’t updated the app to be workable with modern hardware. It was good while it lasted, but I’d advise doing your homework and looking elsewhere if you have any M# chip device or more recent iOS software updates.
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Não funciona mais

O app não abre mais

No longer work’s

This app won’t open in the current IOS. Don’t buy this. You will loose you money.

29€ nicht wert!

Da ist die kostenlose GarageBand App um Welten besser! Bei der iGrand Piano gehts (gleicher Anbieter) hier sind die Piano und epiano grauenvoll. Drückt man die Tasten leicht ist der klang leise, hauet man drauf ist der gleiche Klang/sampl einfach nur lauter, keine Dynamik, keine breite.. wenn ich könnte würde ich die App zurück geben
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Crashing on the IPAD PRO M4 CHIP

The app keeps on crashing after downloading … it not only this one … including igrand piano and ilectric piano… please send an update…

Noncompliant MIDI Support makes it basically unusable

it does not have AUV3 plugin support. This means you can't really use it in GarageBand or any DAW as a plugin. I'm frankly surprised by that. AUV3 plugin is 11 years old now. and essentially the whole audio app ecosystem for iOS/iPadOS revolves around AUV3 plugin support. Its MIDI support is noncompliant. There is no means to view or select virtual ports. It does not support pitch bend range for individual voices in live mode. And it does not support the standard medical command for pitchman range, which is RPN 0. It claims to support Audiobus. The basis of audiobus is inter app audio (IAA) and AUV3. Apple deprecated IAA in 2019 seven years ago. For developers who released apps to the App Store frequently we are required to link to the latest SDK and IAA no longer works in the latest. At the time in 2019 Apple said: IAA is deprecated. It may not work with future releases developers should use audio units AUV3 for this functionality moving forward.
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Update or fade away..

App no longer works with M4 iPad.

Please make everything free!

Can you please make every single sound and every single sound pack in the entire app free to purchase and use? It would be great if we could have permanent complete free access to ALL of the sounds in the entire app without having to pay any money and without having to have a subscription. Can you also add several multiple numerous many more sounds and features? The app doesn’t have enough sounds or features.
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Parou de funcionar

Parou de funcionar o app. Peço reembolso

iOS26 iPad pro m1にて確認

クラッシュしたりせず他のアプリも問題なく動作しています!有線接続もOK!

良かった・・・本当に良かった・・・

2025 Update broke MIDI input

Absolute nightmare… I use this app for live performance: since the latest updates it seems to be completely unresponsive to MIDI note input, iPadOS 18.6, iPad Air 3.

Não está funcionando

Gostaria de reembolso não está funcionando no meu tablet

外部デバイスからのMIDI受信不具合、課金コンテンツのインストール不具合

バージョン2.0.12のリリースノートに「iOS18で外部デバイスからのMIDIデータを認識しない問題を修正」「ダウンロード可能なサウンドコンテンツが正しくインストールされない問題を修正」とありますが、どちらも改善されていません。
iPhone16e+iOS18.5+SampleTankの最新バージョンという環境です。
これまでSampleTankにはけっこうなコンテンツの課金をしてきたのですが、4ヶ月前のリリースノートでこの有様ということは、もう絶望するしかないのでしょうか?