# Seaboard 5D — user reviews > 190 indexed App Store user reviews of Seaboard 5D by ROLI Ltd., rated 3.40/5 from 124 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seaboard-5d/id1173937855/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seaboard-5d/id1173937855.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 48 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of Seaboard 5D? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎵 Excellent sound quality and instruments - 🎹 Expressive 3D Touch keyboard controls - 💰 Free app with quality features - 📱 Works well with Seaboard hardware via Bluetooth - 🎨 Beautiful and intuitive interface design - 🔊 Rich, professional-grade synthesizer sounds - 👍 Fun and engaging to play with **Cons** - ⏸️ No updates in 7-9 years (abandoned app) - 🔌 No Audiobus or Inter-App Audio support - 📱 Poor responsive design on newer devices (iPhone 15/16 Pro Max) - 🐛 Bluetooth connection crashes frequently - 💾 Cannot record or export audio - 🎚️ No effect customization or bypass options - 🔗 Not compatible with GarageBand or DAWs - 📦 Limited sound library compared to desktop version - 🎛️ No user preset saving capability - ⚙️ MIDI settings forgotten after app closes - 🔐 Login/password field incompatible with iOS password manager - 🎵 Reverb and effects cannot be disabled on presets **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when connecting to Bluetooth - Black screen on launch - UI elements too small on newer iPhones - Buttons and text misaligned since iOS 15 - Font rendering issues in preset banks - In-app purchases fail to download - Cannot restore purchases after device reset - Polyphony not working as expected - Pitch sliding controls not responding correctly - MIDI input settings not persisting - App crashes on iPad M1 when pressing Bluetooth Connect - Purchased sound packs disappear after failed downloads - Responsive layout broken for iPhone 16 Pro Max - Intermittent latency issues with Bluetooth headphones **Most requested features** - Audiobus and Inter-App Audio (IAA) support - Audio Unit (AUv3) plugin compatibility - Recording and audio export functionality - GarageBand and DAW integration - Background audio playback support - Effect customization and control - User preset saving and management - More sound packs and instruments - MIDI learn functionality for parameters - Transpose by semitones for live performance - Ableton Link support - Import Equator patches - Shared sound library with Noise app - Screen-off playback capability - Responsive UI for modern device sizes - Looping and layering features - Custom effects editing ## Newest reviews (13 of 190) ### 4/5 — Great but…. *2026-07-24* Sounds are as good as the Roli Player desktop app, but a small update with auv3 is needed ### 3/5 — No auv3 support *2026-06-16, version 1.8.5* Please add! ### 2/5 — We really need the option to use this with GarageBand *2025-06-17, version 1.8.5* This is alright but could be so much better if you could actually connect it to your music apps ### 3/5 — Not as good as earlier version *2025-04-04, version 1.8.5* New interface has smaller buttons and settings which make it inconvenient to use on an iphone compared to the earlier version. ### 2/5 — iPhone 15 Pro *2025-04-02, version 1.8.5* The app is not usable, interface is squeezed and elements are small ### 3/5 — Crash bei BT Connect *2025-03-15, version 1.8.5* Stürzt bei mir (iPad M1) zuverlässig ab, sobald der Bluetooth „Connect” Button angetippt wird. Bekommt 3 Sterne, weil es wenigstens mit dem iPad Touchscreen gut spielbar ist. ### 3/5 — Ehh *2025-03-04, version 1.8.5* It would be great if there were all of the instruments that the real seaboard has but it’s discontinued ### 4/5 — No updates from years? *2024-10-25, version 1.8.5* Why is this app not updated for years? It’s incredible man. Please update. ### 4/5 — Seaboard 5D with Block M *2024-07-03* Full disclosure I have Seaboard 2 and use it with Equator 2 . I just received the Block M. Since I won’t be using it with my laptop I found it connects nicely with the iPad with Seaboard 5D as my synth. Love the sounds and the keyboard. I’m really hopeful that Roli will release more sound banks soon. ### 2/5 — Cannot record or be used in other DAWs. *2023-12-10, version 1.8.5* This app is the only reasonable and viable way Roli has given me to play my Seaboard Rise 2 (as intended) on the move. Yet this app cannot record or be used with other apps or DAWs (which includes Audiobus linked one) that can record performances. Also, this app has not been updated in SEVEN YEARS!!! Your hardware is not Cheap Roli! We’re talking over a thousand pounds! So why the cheap support of your flagship product Roli? Do you like making sales? Because this is NOT how one does that! ### 3/5 — No au3 *2023-06-05, version 1.8.5* This would be so dope to open I. Logic pro ### 3/5 — This could be great for their brand *2023-03-02* What a shame I can’t use this in Audiobus to drive other synths. Has so much potential. I have to wonder why this was never updated, but as a company the folks who made the seabord seem brilliant yet missing all common sense. ### 3/5 — UI Broken Since iOS 15 *2023-01-29* This app worked wonderfully up until iOS 15. After, now the Preset Bank’s font is incredibly minimized and the display list displays like it’s being viewed at a distance on a computer monitor. Also, buttons are misaligned on the main keyboard interface. Since there is no way to directly contact Roli support for this, more than likely this will not be fixed in the app. Which is a shame, because prior to this it was a great simulation of a real Seaboard with a non broken UI. That being said, most of the functionality still works, so it’s not a total loss. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t use with Garage Band as External Instrument *2026-05-12, version 1.8.5* Garage band doesn’t see Seeboard 5D as an external source this means, and also it can’t be used alongside Noise ### 1/5 — Nulla *2025-12-26, version 1.8.5* Seaboard 5D, oggi è di fatto un’app morta. Nove anni senza aggiornamenti non sono una pausa, sono un epitaffio tecnico. ### 1/5 — One star *2025-12-03* It is almost as they do not care for the application version of this device. It defeats the purpose of it being so small and mobile, it almost makes you want to return the device you purchased. So far I would not recommend this product to anyone if you have to relay on the application to provide support, 8 Year old reviews with the same issues makes it difficult to enjoy the possibilities of support. Save yourself the headache and do not get a product by them for mobility and just for the desktop. So Far I cannot recommend this to anyone. ### 1/5 — App is crushing once I go to Bluetooth *2025-08-02, version 1.8.5* I have seaboard rise. I would love to use this application as it used to be, but every time I click on connect to Bluetooth, the apps goes off. It crashes and stop working now. I cannot connect my keyboard rise on this app. ### 1/5 — Continue crashing *2025-03-29, version 1.8.5* I’m unable to connect it with my iPad when I press on Bluetooth it’s crashing continuously… Waste of money and physical product… Can you give me my money back/refund for my seaboard? ### 1/5 — appli abandonnée *2025-01-13* Attention, évitez les achats in-app l’appli n’est compatible avec aucun protocole audio ios ### 1/5 — iPhone 16 Pro Max UX *2024-11-07, version 1.8.5* The screen size on the iPhone 16 Pro Max is poorly done. Please review the responsive layout for it. ### 1/5 — Lost Opportunity *2023-06-21* This sample based app takes up a lot of real estate, but the sounds are gorgeous, and matches up perfectly with the company’s MPE keyboard. So how do you explain their aversion to program communication capability with any platform, especially as recent events have gone a long way to establish a solid standard within this accelerating trend of the burgeoning IOS market as a competitive recording and performance option, with unmatched portability? ### 1/5 — Stay away *2021-04-18, version 1.8.5* Developer tends to quickly abandon their app even if they have multiple in app purchases in it. ### 1/5 — Fix Noise app *2021-03-26, version 1.8.5* Wake up! It’s a simple fix. Black screen. Lazy. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Incroyable *2026-07-02* L’application est juste une dinguerie, j’aurais juste aimé que les touches s’allume une dès qu’on appuie dessus au lieu de juste voir des rondes qui s’accumule dès qu’on appuie dessus ou trois petites choses, j’aurais bien aimé que vous fassiez un nouvel appareil en cinq dimensions qui gère le midi, polyphonie, expression et qui fasse la lumière. Merci beaucoup Aurélie je vous dis ça et pour votre application géniale et pour les appareils incroyables je rêve d’avoir. ### 5/5 — Use this w/exquis mpe everyday *2025-08-11, version 1.8.5* I have dozens of iPad synths but for mpe controller use on iPad this is the best. I often use it on Mac in place of Equator 2. The sounds are first rate! ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-04-19, version 1.8.5* Super fun app ### 5/5 — Superb! *2024-12-19, version 1.8.5* A special thanks for an amazing 3D touch function implementation. Works fine on iPhone XS Max. Only interface text is too shallow to read. ### 5/5 — ROLI Seaboard 5d *2024-10-01* A première vue, cette petite application ne paye pas de mine… mais jumelée en Bluetooth à un clavier Seaboard elle envoie du lourd ! J’utilise cette application sur téléphone et j’ai acheté 1 ou 2 banques son, ainsi je peux jouer n’importe où et c’est vraiment génial !!! Les instruments sont de qualité, c’est un régal. L’interface est simple. On ne retrouve pas tous ceux de l’interface sur pc mais il fait le job et en plus c’est gratuit. Merci qui ??? Merci ROLI ! ### 5/5 — Excellent clavier *2024-08-28* Je n’utilise aucune fonctionnalité payante en achat in-app, et ça marche très bien. ### 5/5 — Легко! *2023-12-26, version 1.8.5* Я си помню в нулевых по десятку разных ухищрений С Кучей Всего Необходимого , Ну Совершенно записывали часами какой -нибудь штрих : скрипки , саксофона , да любой меди или деревяшки с конским из волосом . Одним пальцем Здесь всё гораздо похоже на правду . Это только про оркестр , а уж акромя его … Ого -го! ### 5/5 — Новые звуки функции будут ещё ? *2023-01-29, version 1.8.5* , можно добавить auv3 ? ### 5/5 — About App *2022-12-26, version 1.8.5* Very amazing app and best sound. ### 5/5 — PLEASE MAKE AUDIOBUS *2022-03-19, version 1.8.5* Best keyboard in the app store but please make audiobus work🙏 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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