Best STEPS alternatives: apps like STEPS - MIDI Sequencer

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7 free apps
Updated November 2026

STEPS is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 9+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to STEPS

jAmp Doubler#1

jAmp Doubler by Jan Maes

Mono to stereo plugin
Editor's Choice
🎵 Music
5.0(4 ratings)
Free
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This audio plugin creates a stereo effect by introducing a subtle delay to one audio channel. It offers precise control over the delay time and can be managed via MIDI. Ideal for enhancing mono audio sources with a wider soundstage.

VS – Visual Synthesizer#3

VS – Visual Synthesizer by Imaginando Lda

Audio / MIDI reactive visuals
Worth Considering
🎵 Music
4.6😐(125 ratings)
$24.99In-App Purchases
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Generate dynamic, audio-reactive visuals for your music projects. This app offers extensive customization with layers, shaders, images, and video, allowing you to perform visuals live or record them for your tracks. Integrate seamlessly with DAWs and external displays.

What We Love

  • ✨ Awesome audiovisual workflow
  • 💡 Powerful yet easy to use
  • 🎨 Great for getting vibes out
  • 🌟 Expands musical aspirations visually
  • 🎛️ Easy to work with (Imaginando apps)
  • 🎛️ Modulation matrix is a breeze (with FRMS)
  • 🚀 Super performance shaders (potential)
  • 💰 Worth every penny
  • 👍 Excellent developer support
  • ✨ Spectacular updates
  • 👂 Developers listen to users
  • 🎶 Perfect for combining beats with graphics
  • 💡 Innovative app
  • 🧑‍🎨 Great for visual artists and performers
  • ✨ Interesting and cool visuals
  • 🎶 Reacts to audio and MIDI input
  • 🎛️ LFOs and envelopes for movement
  • 🎨 Customizable GLSL shaders
  • 🖼️ Video as texture maps
  • 🎵 Supports AIFF files
  • 🌟 Great for live performance visuals
  • 💡 Unique audio-visual station
  • 🎛️ Well-designed instrument
  • 📂 Native file system integration
  • ✨ Impressive features and abilities
  • 🤩 Makes music sound better
  • 🚀 Smooth performance on older devices
  • 💡 Visual ROMpler concept
  • 👍 Good start and long-sought feature
  • 💯 Amazing app
  • 🌟 Unique tool in iOS music ecosystem
  • 👍 First-rate quality tutorials
  • 🚀 Daring and fresh to iOS music
  • 🎨 Great for designing layers
  • 💡 Great for real-time audio/MIDI visuals

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 No elegant way for live synchronized video out
  • 🔌 Popout to external displays only in standalone app
  • 🚫 Standalone app can't run in background
  • 🎛️ Doesn't work well plugged into looper or DAW
  • ❌ Not fun at all
  • 🔊 No live sounds
  • 🖼️ No quality visuals (user opinion)
  • 🖱️ No easy interface (user opinion)
  • ❓ Bought but can't download
  • 🐛 Video record export issue (long duration)
  • 🐛 NDI stream not working
  • 📉 Crashes frequently
  • 🗄️ Can't cope with large MP3 files
  • ⏯️ No way to seek in audio files
  • ❌ Doesn't support .aiff files (only .aif)
  • 🚫 Missing Bluetooth MIDI
  • 🐌 Not smooth, freezes
  • ❌ No MP3 support
  • 🐌 Jaggy and slow performance with video background
  • 🐌 Unresponsive interface with HD video
  • ❓ Not the easiest app to understand
  • ❓ No step-by-step tutorial
  • 🔌 Can't link audio and use IA
  • 🔌 Not seen as plugin or IA option
  • 🚫 Doesn't work in other DAWs
  • ❓ Can't import own audio (user opinion)
  • 🤔 More of a play thing than a visualizer
  • 📱 Can't access half GUI in AUv3 on iPhone
  • ❌ Online documentation for desktop version
  • 🚫 In-app help doesn't work
  • 🖼️ AUv3 mode covers whole display, destroying aesthetics
  • 🤔 Preset materials can become boring
  • 🐛 Apt help doesn't work

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