# Samplist — user reviews

> 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Samplist by Cristina Buga, rated 3.70/5 from 49 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samplist/id1347142920/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samplist/id1347142920.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8

## Newest reviews (14 of 48)

### 4/5 — Almost perfect

*2023-05-20*

This is a wonderful app that does what no other sampler does on iOS ( timestretch per slice). The only thing missing is Auv3 support… 5 stars incoming? 

Thanks to the dev 👍

### 3/5 — Great chops. But

*2021-07-12*

Changing a duplicated pads chromatic sound is unknown. Recording appears to be unavailable. How do I record a melody of slices, with a record button that has no function. I imagine if the record button would record, it would record through the iPads microphone instead of an option to record the internal apps audio that was playing (for clarity). And that would not be original or ideal. Overall, great attempt so far.

**Developer response:** The record button is for sampling. But I made an update today. Should be out soon. It has this particular feature. You can record your performance.

### 3/5 — Can’t sample songs I own

*2020-11-01*

Thought this app was for sampling your music not cheesy samples

**Developer response:** The purpose of the app is to load and slice samples not sample your music. There are other apps that do this. I don’t see why the 1 star? Those “cheesy” samples are for demo purposes and royalty free. 

It is a good idea to import songs from your music library and I would’ve appreciated it if you used the feedback button to send it.

### 2/5 — Crash iOS 14??

*2020-10-03*

Ne fonctionne plus sur iOS 14.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. The crash is fixed now.

### 2/5 — I couldn’t connect with cubasis2

*2020-05-05, version 1.3.992*

This app is very simple and useful, I think.
But I can’t find the manual. Where can I find it?

### 4/5 — Crash

*2020-04-11, version 1.3.992*

Crash crash crash. Deleted.
Oh well, better when reinstalled.
So 4 stars now.

### 4/5 — control

*2019-11-07*

Slice lenght control is not good, not responsive.
Latency is poor. Otherwise, pretty cool. 😎

### 4/5 — Fun but useful

*2019-07-21*

So easy to use without being cheesy. Feels like a real piece of equipment to come up with legitimate ideas and when I get home feed them into my daw on the pc. Because I use a daw on the pc. This iPad needs to be QUICK, EASY and EFFECTIVE . This app makes it so.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much

### 3/5 — Need to fix bugs

*2019-07-09*

When you open the app it works perfectly, but when you open another app and return to SAMPLIST it freezes and closes by itself.

### 3/5 — Good start. Keep going!

*2019-06-19, version 1.3.992*

Finally tried this after buying ages ago.
Here’s some observations:
• It doesn’t seem to have a built-in looper/hold button.
• Each pad can only have a subsample of a single larger sample.
• The ADSR controls don’t seem to be able to stop clicks from occurring.
I hope you can work out how to make this an AUv3 version someday.

### 3/5 — Nice but not quite there yet

*2019-01-24, version 1.3.992*

This app was actually exactly what I was looking unfortunately it has some important problems:
- It crashes a lot when trying to use Inter-App Audio to record with GarageBand. (And every time I lose my slices and settings)
- there is no loop function.
- I can’t move the entry point of the slice only
- no folder for the samples
- no import of (not-protected) m4a files

I really hope those problems will be fixed soon because the app has great potentials.

### 3/5 — Cool but not functioning

*2018-12-06*

After tapping “all slices” it says “no slices” also when trying to do what I bought the app for (export slices) it does absolutely nothing. Depending on the app I try to export to it MIGHT save the entire sample, pretty much exporting an exact copy of the entire sample I had JUST imported into Samplist?

**Developer response:** Hey there. This shouldn't happen. The NO SLICE is a UI bug which I've fixed for the next version. 

As for the export please use the send feedback button from the app and tell me more about your device / iOS version. It might be an IOS 10 bug. Thanks for the review.

The main goal of the app is not to export sloces. That was a nice afterthought feature that seems to be very popular among users. So I'm gonna pay more attention to that. Thanks.

### 4/5 — J'aime bien.

*2018-11-06*

Vraiment, le principe est excellent, tout est bien pensé... y'a juste tous ces bugs dans le partage, l'enregistrement, en interapp ou via audiobus. Je pense que ça va s'arranger à force de mises à jour. Là ce sera formidable (avec quelques filtres en plus ce serait incontournable) . Pour l'instant il n'y a qu'avec BM3 que j'arrive à faire tourner samplist sans crash. (Et c'est bien appréciable d'ailleurs.

**Developer response:** Merci beaucoup

### 3/5 — Mic record crash

*2018-10-12, version 1.3.97*

On my iPhone iOS 10.3 iPhone 5 mic record crashes app every time

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with AUM.

*2021-10-08, version 1.4.1*

Non-starter for me.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2021-07-12, version 1.4*

Can’t use with my Bluetooth headphones. Crashes as soon as I open the Bluetooth menu.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2021-06-03*

Try to use a wired midi controller and it won’t work. The only menu options are for Bluetooth settings, which just crashes. And the midi mapping option has nothing about finding the keyboard.

**Developer response:** This has been fixed in the latest update. Thanks for your feedback! It was an iOS 14 issue.

### 1/5 — Issue with files

*2021-04-29*

For some reason, I can’t import my own downloads. I downloaded a sample from my computer, sent it to my phone, and now I can’t import it into the app. It’s the same thing for every audio file except splice samples

**Developer response:** Hi. There's a feedback form in the app. It's easier to get in touch with me than giving a one star review for something that's probably because of the type of file you're importing. Please use that contact form and provide me the samples that are not working so I can investigate. Thanks.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2020-09-20, version 1.3.992*

I have an iPhone SE 2020 running iOS 14… This app does not work, don’t buy it.

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2019-03-31, version 1.3.992*

Very limited sample player.   Does not have the ability to:

 ~cut
 ~reposition slices
 ~glue
 ~no graphical representation of amp envelope or filters over sample
 ~no reverse sample

This is a $0.50 toy, at best.  Absolutely rubbish, don't waste your money.

### 1/5 — Still (1.3.7) crashing on startup

*2018-03-31, version 1.3.7*

iPad Pro 10.5

### 1/5 — Needs work

*2018-02-25*

Concept is good, sound is terrible, SampleWiz or slicer. would be a much better choice for the price.  ADSR needs work, chromatic playback probably sound better if able to turn off speed pitch correction, only monophonic. Wants like this app but needs work,

**Developer response:** Hey thanks for the review. But the main goal of the app is to slice drums. Pitch is there for pitching up drums. Chromatic mode is there as a “bonus”

I’m currently working on a real polyphonic mode which should be up in the next version. Apparently people want to play melodic stuff with it.

I’m going to display pads by default so it’s obvious it’s an MPC style sam

### 2/5 — Crash

*2021-05-15*

Bluetooth option in settings shuts down the app on iPhone 12 Pro Max.

**Developer response:** This has been fixed in the latest update. Thanks for your feedback! It was an iOS 14 issue.

### 2/5 — An excellent start

*2020-11-29*

Samplist has a clean and (mostly) intuitive interface that’s straightforward about sampling. It may be one of the best standalone sampling apps you’re going to find.

All that said, there are just a few things that would make it a five-star app:

1. Most noticeable: setting slice boundaries is clumsy. Based on my experience with other apps, I expected to move the slice start time, not the length of the whole slice.
2. You can only play one sample on the keyboard at a time. If you want multisampled instruments, you’ll have to go with something like Beatmaker 3.
3. There’s no “save as” option — or if there’s a way to do it, I’m not finding it.
4. No filter ADSR or looping, so … you get what you get.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Inter audio with GarageBand

*2022-02-24*

This app is the bomb sampler but in GarageBand it doesn’t work. Name shows up as Sender with the icon. Please fix this because I love the layout.  Love how we can change location of the sample section to accommodate button sequences, sweet. Quality sounds better in your app imo so can you fix the GB issue.

**Developer response:** Hey, first of all thanks for buying my app and taking the time to write a review! I really appreciate it.

As for InterAppAudio... unfortunately it's been deprecated and it already started acting wonky for a lot of apps. The next thing to do is create an Audio Unit (AUv3). I'm already working on that but I don't have a timeline since it's much more complex than I thought :(

### 5/5 — iOS 14 broke it—- fixed

*2020-10-15*

Doesn’t work since updating just crashes when trying to open...it works now...awesome sampler! Only complaint is no auv3 but still a dope sampler!

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. The crash is fixed now.

### 5/5 — Update

*2020-10-15*

Thanks for the update on IOS 14 this is one of the best Sampling apps. 

Slice, chop, BMP time stretch, zoom in on the sample.

Its own folder plus inter app. 

You be poping samples in an out like a old school pizza man in a bizzy pizzeria.

If I could I’d give it 10 stars hands Down Nice.........

**Developer response:** Thank you very much!!!

### 5/5 — Compatible avec AUM pour la 5ème étoile

*2020-10-04*

Samplist ne fontionne plus avec le nouvel IOS Au secours~!

**Developer response:** merci beaucoup pour votre avis. ça m'a fait sourire

### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for

*2020-05-06*

Standalone devices that do exactly this are rare and expensive. For the couple bucks this app costs, it’s unbelievable how powerful it is. I’ve been looking for a good solution to recording samples and quickly being able to turn them into playable melodies via onscreen keyboard interface. This can do exactly that and more. Now I don’t have to spend $600 on a used Korg Microsampler. THANK YOU!

### 5/5 — I Like

*2020-02-25*

Should’ve gotten this app a long time ago. My favorite part is exporting slices that you chop up into a zip file. This is gonna be a musically creative game changer for me! A simple sampler made for 2020! 🤍🙌

**Developer response:** Thanks. I really appreciate it.

### 5/5 — Nice app!!!

*2019-08-16, version 1.3.992*

Please add per channel midi input!!!!!

### 5/5 — Super good!

*2019-07-20*

Flawless! Only gets better.

### 5/5 — Best sampler app I’ve crossed 🔥

*2018-10-02*

All pros Good app i love it only downside it should be an AuV3 app as well

### 5/5 — Great app to create chops on the go!

*2018-08-03, version 1.3.95*

Great app to quickly create chop packages to export to drum machine!

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