# SynthMaster Player — user reviews > 260 indexed App Store user reviews of SynthMaster Player by KV331 Audio, rated 4.40/5 from 55 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/synthmaster-player/id944155926/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/synthmaster-player/id944155926.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of SynthMaster Player? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Great sounds - 👍 Fantastic presets - 🚀 Excellent sound quality - 👍 Inspiring sounds - 👍 Rich and full synth sounds - 👍 Superb synth sounds - 👍 Awesome sound design **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🐛 Buggy performance - 🐛 Presets not loading - 🐛 Unstable on newer devices - 🐛 Compatibility issues - 🐛 Glitchy sound - 🔋 High CPU usage - 👎 Confusing and frustrating UI - 👎 Outdated and poor UI design **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on startup - Purchased presets not loading - Stuck notes - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions - Audiobus and IAA issues **Most requested features** - Ability to edit and create own sounds - Improved preset management - Better integration with DAWs and Audiobus - Background playback support - Larger on-screen keyboard - More customization options ## Newest reviews (11 of 260) ### 3/5 — keinplan geht nicht mehr *2026-05-08* ? ? ? funktioniert nicht mehr hab Musik damit gemacht. Jetzt mit einmal funktioniert die App nicht mehr restore funktioniert auch nicht soll mich anmelden aber kein Plan wie warum werden Dinge kompliziert, die vorher nie kompliziert waren? ### 3/5 — Program Change doesn’t work *2025-01-02, version 1.1.27* I have been trying to change the sounds via program change, but I haven’t been able to. I could only change them using the “midi learn” feature, but I need to go directly to the program instead of going through other programs. ### 3/5 — Help *2024-11-01* Le synthétiseur ne fonctionne pas très bien sur iPad 12,9 m1. Certains presets Sont muets Faites quelque chose ### 2/5 — Achats perdus *2024-04-05* Les presets achetés ne peuvent plus être récupérer dans l’intégralité apres réinstallation sur un nouvel iPad version iOS 16 il en manque plus de la moitié donc vous pouvez oublier toutes vos compositions faites avec ces sons. Dommage car les sons sont très propes. ### 3/5 — Great sound but some presets stop working *2023-11-28, version 1.1.25* Love the sound on the presets that work, but some presets stop working. After the initial use of them, upon closing the app and reopening it, about 50% or more of the presets don’t produce any sound. ### 3/5 — Zu viele Probleme mit den Bänken *2023-11-14* Hi könnt ihr nicht mal nen Update machen das alle Bänke mal ordentlich funktionieren habe mir gestern dummerweise wieder zwei gekauft und es fehlen da allerhand an Sounds bzw presets ### 4/5 — iPhone upgrade *2023-05-27, version 1.1.25* I recently upgraded to an iPhone 14 pro max and some of the SM Player presets don’t work even after restoring, restarting. ### 2/5 — Program change *2023-05-10, version 1.1.25* Hello, I like the sound of this player, but one thing that makes this product useless for me - the program change protocol doesn’t work through the midi…I can’t change the program from my midi keyboard, so I can’t use it on my live performance and rehearsal .. ### 3/5 — Great sounds! Really like the simplicity, but.. *2022-11-15, version 1.1.24* The presets are good and the app is very simple to use. Too simple at times.. you don’t have option to change many parameters, only the macros (even that’s not mapped on some presets), cannot change FX parameters just turn them on and off. Even though I got the pro upgrade, I’m unable to save user presets. ### 3/5 — Problema al restaurar prestes *2022-09-01, version 1.1.23* Hola, he comprado el banco Japans Vintage y no veo los presets por ningún lado. He probado a desinstalar y volver a cargar la App y sigue igual. Además muchos de los Bundles iap ya comprados ahora tienen muchos presets que no funcionan incluso restaurando el pack. ### 5/5 — Ich hag die Sounds sehr *2022-04-03* Nicht gerade günstig…. Aber gut ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Was my go to synth *2026-04-17, version 1.1.27* Completely useless now. I have been using this for many years as the sounds are top notch but now it’s useless. Standalone app won’t load my purchases and wont even respond in my DAW software, all of them. I’ve messaged about the problem and had” we will look into this”. After weeks nothing. I even spend a grand on the latest iPad Pro M5 thinking it would sort the problem but no. I have hundreds of songs that rely on this app and now they are unusable without months of rework. Two years ago I would have given 5 stars but now not even worth one as it doesn’t work. Sorry for the negativity but I’m one very upset customer. ### 1/5 — Assurdo *2025-10-18, version 1.1.27* Mi sono registrato, ho pagato 5.99 euro per registrare un brano e non registra … chiede ancora 5.99… ### 1/5 — Privacy *2024-12-17* Für was Kontaktdaten ziehen? Als ich die App gekauft habe war das nicht. ### 1/5 — Most Patches No Sound *2024-01-06, version 1.1.25* Dev reported 11 months ago bug fixes to patches not playing sound. Problem not only still happening but gets worse every time I remove and reload software. Need to fix this. ### 1/5 — Poor Sounds *2023-03-10, version 1.1.25* The iPad App is free for the base version which doesn’t let you save settings - how dated is that trick - and has a reported 200 presets. You can pay for the so-called pro version which allows you to save settings and have a lot more presets but having tried the first 200 I wouldn’t bother. As this app is all about the presets you’d hope they were good if not great but they’re not, they’re below average and I’m being kind. There are plenty of apps that have far superior Sounds to this and many are free or have a free base version. Why call something a french horn or a piano or a flute when they sound nothing like one? Call them something else because that is what they are - just synthetic sounds. Having said that even the synth sounds are uninspired. Glad I only did this free option as this tells me enough to not pay for the developer’s other apps for iPad. ### 1/5 — Paid for the pro version *2022-08-22, version 1.1.23* And it didn’t worked!! Wtf?! ### 1/5 — これも音は良い *2022-08-20* あくまでもデスクトップ版SM2の音が出せイージーパラメーターなど設定したもののみ弄れると割り切ったものである。 1.1.23にアップデートするとユーザープリセットが消える。マイナス☆5 もはや評価不可能 音色によってはMac版やSM2 iPadと音が全然違う。マイナス☆1 動作を軽くするために機能を絞ったのは賢明ではある。しかしもう少しできることがないと厳しいかな。マイナス☆1 ### 1/5 — the pro purchase broken *2022-04-06, version 1.1.21* I’d change the stars if the pro version would work at all. I purchased it via App Store however the app still asks me to purchase it again. None of the pro functionalities work. I deleted it and reinstalled restored purchases…nothing works. ### 1/5 — Robo *2022-03-01, version 1.1.21* A mi también me pasó lo mismo regresen la compra no sean ratas ### 1/5 — Lost My Presets *2022-02-25, version 1.1.21* Lost my presets suddenly after a couple weeks. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Top *2026-02-13, version 1.1.27* Very cool sounds! The best! ### 5/5 — Auv3 *2026-02-01, version 1.1.27* Plz! Adaptive Cubasis !!! ### 5/5 — Please presets Yamaha cs80 ✨ *2026-01-09, version 1.1.27* Please add import and export user presets , iCloud user presets link ,!!!! Очень хочется новых наборов новых функций новых обновлений и по звукам тоже Хочется киношных Например Dune Blade Runner .... ;) ### 5/5 — Consumers are dumb *2025-11-11, version 1.1.27* Just here to balance the rating because I hate unfair 1-star reviews ### 5/5 — Update *2023-11-15, version 1.1.25* iOS 17 not working. Top. Please update. ### 5/5 — One of the best free out there! *2023-04-27, version 1.1.25* Thisis one of thr best sounding free synth apps I’ve ever used. ### 5/5 — SynthMaster *2023-01-25, version 1.1.24* Using this app last 2 years . I have not completed any music project but I play keyboard sometimes . ### 5/5 — Crashing when trying to use in audiobus *2022-08-28, version 1.1.23* Wonderful, but doesn't run, when trying to use as input in audiobus ios 15.6.1 ipad pro M1. ### 5/5 — One of the best... *2022-05-22, version 1.1.22* So many great sounds available! What more can be said? ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2022-05-08, version 1.1.22* Thanks for fixing the user favourites bug. This is a superb synth packed with beautiful and inspiring preset sounds. A real “go to” for me. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*