SAND User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience78.8% of reviews
Neutral6.1% of reviews
Negative experience15.2% of reviews

~ Based on 66 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is SAND Safe?

SAND: Audio MIDI Sequencer appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SAND is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 84 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

94.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 74 App Store ratings for SAND.

Is SAND Legit?

SAND: Audio MIDI Sequencer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SAND is 68/100.

Based on 68 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Wird besser und besser…

Tolles UI und tolle Features um Songs unterwegs zu kreieren.
Sogar mit nur einer Hand. Der Road Plan
sieht interessant aus. SAND hat definitiv Potenzial.
Was mich noch nervt ist, dass jedesmal die Record Funktion anspringt sobald man in das Midi Instrument oder sein geladenes FX geht.
Und das SAND keine Einstellung hat: SAND Immer in der Übersicht öffnen.
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Update 3.0. Alles auf Anfang.

Tolles UI und tolle Features um Songs unterwegs zu kreieren.
Sogar mit nur einer Hand. Der Road Plan
sieht interessant aus. SAND hat Potenzial.
Scheint auch stabiler geworden zu sein.
Was mich aber wirklich nervt ist, dass jedesmal die Record Funktion anspringt sobald man in das Midi Instrument oder sein geladenes FX geht.
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Update 3.0. Alles auf Anfang.

Tolles UI und tolle Features um Songs unterwegs zu kreieren.
Sich mit nur einer Hand. Der Road Plan
sieht sehr interessant aus. SAND hat großes Potenzial.

Just got better

Ive always liked this app its well thought out and it just got better

We ain’t doing too hot with sands will change review

The integration with other apps seems off on my end. Has not working. The record does not pick up data on my end and even in a pre-save ideas from 1 app to another. Sands has not crashed, no!!! Just idk what to do to develop my workflow my person is after. We can correspond email and send u data of the problem.


Ps if can long press in the the window of sequence track could help or maybe not.
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Response from developer

Hi! I’m not sure I understand correctly the issues you’re having, can you please send me an email with more details to support@getsand.app ? Thanks!

Auv3 interfaces don’t scale well at all.

How do I cancel the free trial before I’m charged?! It doesn’t show in my subscriptions.

Not clearly explained here

That this is a paid app. Find out after download.

A lot of potential - not yet there

I play with it once in a while just to notice that it is improving but not quite intuitive to use yet, for me to actually make music with. Note editing, snapping/quantization is still somewhat awkward and buggy.
On the other hand it has a well organized main interface. And for mainly using it with a hardware controller where midi editing and tweaking is not the focus, this is a great tool, especially because almost everything is mappable.
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Trying again as on endless simpler seq. hunt …

I wanted to remove ALL *’s, as this isn’t a review. I’m at a loss as to why Sand wont run within AUM any more! ?
I were very curious as to your most recent update from 6 days ago. I’m positive that I have run Sand within AUM before. Now though? Sand isn’t recognized within the latest AUM, within the latest iPad 9 iOS, in any way!
??
I went to ask my MSoft AI assistant if it were able to verify Sand and AUM compatibility and AI said fully compatible!
AI suggested my rebooting my iPad which I did. I have had that solve other past problems.

I’m stumped man.

Another problem, I thought to run Sand as the host for everything. The first APP that I tried were my new fave drum machine - Fingerlabs DM1.
Sand, wouldn’t recognize it, in any way. ???

It has been days worth of finding a new (already bought, as well) drum machine AND sequencer that will work together for composing late 70’s to early 90’s inspired electronic tunes on the iPad only.
Song, format.
Early retired. Lowwwwwww budget.

I’m open to any thoughts sir. Though I’ve had grumpies twice in the past with Sand I really do like the functional idea OF it for a simple to use sequencer! ☺️
🫡✌🏻✌🏾🇨🇦
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Most usable studio on a small screen

I have been playing with music on IOS for a LONG time, released multiple albums produced on iPads, etc..

I primarily produce on hardware now but I just got a new iPhone and wanted to see what can be done on the smaller screen.

This is perfect. I can utilize all the old plugins I’ve collected through the years in new fast, creative ways and it works and looks GREAT on my little iPhone screen.

Really good app.
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Honestly very good

Rapid yet thoughtful.
Simple yet feature-filled.

Absolutely fantastic

This developer really understands workflow. I can’t recommend this app enough. Worth every penny.

Rendering

Why it doesn’t rendering?

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback! Sorry to hear you're having trouble with rendering. Could you send me an email with some more details at support@getsand.app ?

Dropped again, from 3 to 2* on V2.1

Wow. It has been a year apparently since I last dragged you diwn from 4 to 3*.

THIS time, editing notes in the standard pitch grid? Where the sequencer is centred, someasily after a note entry ATTEMPT, flies up to the C8 area. ???
(i-Pad 9 standard. Latest i-OS.)
Entering note values with the pre-selected time length … good luck! I were having troubles entering hihat notes for a 1/16th, with, the visual of the note showing up as 1/4 … ?
Changing the length diwn to 1/8th, the automatically assumed ‘fill’ filled in a line if 1/32nd notes.

???

Thanks anyways chief! 2 years waiting for the bugs to be worked out and even more brought in?

Back to my search for an Ableton Live 10 sessions type of sequencer, that doesn’t cost way past a hobbiest’s budget.

Goodbye Sand.
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Great!

This app is great. Quickly had a beat going in no time, no instructions needed. I love it!

Outstanding hardware midi sequencer

I do not want to use a DAW as I just like having hardware. I am also not very talented so I just want something simple to string together section. There is a great support site and over time this could become one of the best. I tried the main other ones and they were terrible. Love it, thanks Steve

This is a Blast to use with your AUV3s!!!

Ok, so I'm dumb! I'm a very slow learner and still figuring it out, BUT, this thing is a blast!!! Just kick back, experiment and plug in ANY AUV3 effect into any app and see what happens!! Brings back the fun in these technical products. Hint: (Try playing an organ clip (Loop) and plug Looperator (Sugarbytes) in as an effect. Hang onto your butts! "Shazamm! What was that????"
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Love this app

The best thing about Sand is its simple yet deep interface. There’s so much you can do with it. Excited for new updates. Would love to see some of the Polyend Play style random/chance abilities in the clips… that would be a total game changer! Thanks for making this app.

Wow!

Just wow! This is refreshingly simple and complexity is easily accessible with long click. A lot of complexity is built into auv3 apps these days. This app is opening up iOS to my drum and bass productions of any sort! I’m in love with my excessive synth and fx collection (bordering on gluttonous actually)… I’ve been looking for an easy sequencer and this seems to be it! I hope the author keeps developing and fixing this gem! This is totally worth your time!
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Really fun. Great on phone.

Sand is a fast way to get an idea going, right on your phone. It’s compact design lets you put together a really nice groove. It’s deep enough to allow you to get something really polished going though too.