# Syntronik CS — user reviews > 27 indexed App Store user reviews of Syntronik CS by IK Multimedia US, LLC, rated 3.20/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/syntronik-cs/id1354924276/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/syntronik-cs/id1354924276.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (7 of 27) ### 3/5 — Fix please *2023-02-21* One I start to play after a while the keys get stuck so I think it is latched so I go to the arpeggiator and it’s off nothing is latched but when I turn it off and on again it just gets stuck again so can you please fix this ### 3/5 — Audiobus 3 fail *2020-08-18* Sounds great. Classic sounds. Blows on Audiobus. Unsure how much use I’ll get out of it. ### 2/5 — Probably not worth it *2020-02-01* The free version is too limited for most proposes. The keyboard is glitchy and doesn't respond to touch. The full desktop software is good though. It's a shame buying the deluxe doesn't come with the deluxe mobile version. If that changes I'll consider updating this review. ### 2/5 — Many Better Synths on the Market Or Free *2019-11-08, version 1.2.3* Its a bit uninspiring ! Many more free or very cheap bargains on Pluginboutique. With some excellent Synths. Sounds on this Syntronik are outdated and a bit thin. ### 2/5 — Uninspiring *2019-07-23, version 1.2.3* Not enough in the free version to convince me to purchase anything. Will delete and get the space back on my ipad ### 3/5 — A Fair Comment *2019-07-11* The Effects section is what makes it worth purchasing the Standard but The Synths Themselves are not worth the £10 each as add ons. At the concern for those younger producers yet to be bought on an all in program where they will adapt The Price of Synth add ons for the kids. KORG GADGET IS ALL YOU AUGHT BE GIVING YOUR FULL ATTENTION . AKAI SAMPLER and your nearly on tour . ### 3/5 — Very capable, yet limited *2019-03-25, version 1.2.2* I’m very impressed with the synths and outboard effects modeled in Syntronik. The interface is pleasant and mostly very intuitive. I happily purchased the “Bully” (Moog Taurus) synth and use it extensively with my band, triggered from MIDI bass pedals. The one big weakness of the app is the lack of ANY facility to export settings that I have created myself! I hate relying on a single piece of equipment as vulnerable and road-unready as an iPad, and it would be great to have the option to reproduce my configuration on my phone or another device as a backup without having to do it all manually. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Variety Is The Spice Of Life *2023-01-14* A quote from The Hobbit: “Everything tastes like chicken except the chicken, which tastes like fish!” I tried the free version just to get an idea on the accuracy of the four instruments. They all sounded like the same patch except the Blau, which sounded like the chime setting on an old Kimball organ. Not impressed at this point. I only want three of the synths offered, is it possible to get just those on IOS? ### 1/5 — Warning *2022-09-19, version 1.2.4* If your wanting to use this as AUv3 don’t bother just crashes constantly trial it first plus it seems like every synth sounds pretty much the same in therory it’s awesome but for the price of it and what you actually get just a big fat no ### 1/5 — Not functional *2022-06-19* Big fan of IK Amplitube is amazing. But this app is simply unusable. The UI is cool completely unresponsive. Adding a MIDI controller just makes it worse. The non mobile version is really good. This one is not. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2022-04-04, version 1.2.4* Yes you get the “synths” but no real control over them so they never sound quite right. IK can’t you let us at least have the oscillators?? ### 1/5 — Stole my money *2021-11-02, version 1.2.4* I paid $125 for the 22 Synth expansion pack and they did not give me the synths! This is because the app needs to update for the synths to show. They won’t admit this to me, they just keep telling me I need to restore my purchases and sign in and out of iCloud. It doesn’t work, I feel quite violated as a customer. ### 1/5 — Good synth / terrible company *2020-07-28* The hardware products are good and innovative ..but many come with cheap proprietary chords ..that are not easy to replace...why do this to your people?..maybe to make more money I guess?..but not cool.. The customer service is probably the worst I can think of.. no phone ..they will respond with , what seems like a Robot that is no help, very hard and frustrating to get any help...the software is just a trap to hook you into the pricey ecosystem..it’s actually decent yes..but not worth it to deal with this company on any level..shame because it could be different and Ik could be awesome but , I don’t have much faith..rn *Use caution or just don’t use there products ,many other options *I will update if it gets better..I do use the Irig keys i/o , its very cool but has awful cords..and is not easy to assign functions...not many videos , and again ..the support is a cruel joke ### 1/5 — Asks to “register” if you want to view the manual. *2019-03-02* Too many barriers when you just want to see if buying the paid version add ons are right for you. And why on earth are the OSC sections so basic? This reminds me of old crippled romplers. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2018-05-22* I downloaded this thinking to at least have a few presets from each synth to browse, but was sorely disappointed. All you get is 7 presets from 4 different synths total. They could’ve at the very least let you choose what synths you wanted presets from. Even the paid $10 version isn’t the full version. No, they’re asking for a $40 or $100 purchase depending on how much content you want... ### 1/5 — Huh? *2018-05-16* i dont get it ...2 or 3 presets and 4 synths and then 100$ for the full app!!? Yikes Why bother ?the description clearly says 44 synths where are they? ### 2/5 — Unusable in any form of live environment *2022-01-13, version 1.2.4* It’s a very expensive nice to have bare clone of the windows version. Unfortunately though, the amount of held notes it errors on constantly if you touch the screen whilst playing make it unusable, and there’s no panic button to hit to try and quickly reset. To be honest, the moog and korg emulations are so much more revealing than this. This app isn’t cheap, and it’s completely outshined by the former and the impressive AudioKit synths that pay homage to a genre. Wasted opportunity, and also seemingly forgotten about by IK at this point. Could’ve been so much better. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It’s worth it... *2020-03-08* If you know what you are doing with the app and how to do professional grade music production, you can get solid sounds. Otherwise, there are plenty of great synth apps that don’t cost as much. This is app for deep hobbyists and pro producers. ### 5/5 — Awesome !!! *2018-12-20* These synths are great ! 😲😲All of them work fine on ipad pro, no complains here. 👍 ### 5/5 — Let’s be fair here *2018-06-27* I haven’t tried the $10 version, but this free synth exists to give you a taste of their various offerings. And even so, the included synths allow you to change many settings and get quite a few sounds for free. If you scroll down the purchases page you will see any number of synths you can buy individually for $10 each. That’s no different than what many others are offering for the same price. And the sound is really good. Thanks for the demo! ### 4/5 — Keystage *2022-11-16* Love it but it’s hard to use when it doesn’t work, Haha. Stand alone fine. It does not seem to play nice with Keystage. Maybe it’s me… ### 4/5 — I LIKE IT BUT.... *2022-04-16* App version needs a deep editing feature for changing waveforms with sub-oscillators. Overall, it’s awesome! ### 4/5 — Great collection of synths but crashes *2021-10-07* Beautifully sampled collection of classic synths. Only problems I’m having is excessive crashes in iPadOS 15 using beatmaker, AUM and stand alone versions. ### 4/5 — Cubasis 3 *2021-02-18, version 1.2.4* Like the app so thinking of upgrading. Records into cubasis 3 no problem but cannot adjust the volume using cubasis3 mixer. Any thoughts? ### 4/5 — Generous demo *2019-06-28* This package has a few problems but let’s be fair. PROS: It is a great product demo. All the knobs are live. You can save patches. You get several FREE synths. You get 4 layers, each with a huge range of options. You get a stunning FX rack for each synth. It’s an all-in-one unit, compares favorably with Analog Lab and much more versatile. They HAD to withhold something so they only gave us a few basic patches. OK, I get it. You have to play with the knobs. A reasonable compromise to give full use of the synths and still have something to upsell. I LOVE this app, I can’t stop playing with it. Really, it’s a marvel of engineering. CONS: The onscreen keyboard has some issues, it has a narrow sweet spot, as do the other controls. I find it hard to grab a control and go. I have to touch it right in the middle. Seems like there is enough room on the panels to allow some overshoot IE a wider finger area. At first I thought the app was really buggy but it’s just a “narrow” GUI which makes it a bit frustrating. But otherwise it’s great. I do think there are some bugs, perhaps due to the extremely deep functions available in this app. Once in a while it does something weird. That said, I have found it EXTREMELY intuitive and easy to program and design patches. A joy. And the modular FX rack is so AMAZING I only wish it came with an audio input for studio use. Really, it’s like every vintage piece of gear you could ever want. Stellar modeling. The studio and synth world is in transition. Many manufacturers are trying to come up with the best combo of sounds and analog modeling to give their customers a bit of everything. Considering this is a FREE demo, I think IK has been startlingly generous and wants to grab our attention with a working model of all their products rolled into one. It runs nicely on my iPad Air 2 and I’m experimenting with the VST version too. I’m just another broke musician but I have a lot of production experience and in the right hands this is a very real workhorse of an app. Thanks for being kind. It’s not a toy and it sounds wonderful. Geza X ### 3/5 — Midi panic would save our ears a bit- *2024-04-18* -as this app definitely needs one... The sounds are good, and playability is decent, but why would you pay to play sounds and as you put it-rent-an app while others out there are of much higher quality and don't nickel and dime us monthly, but do it the ios way ONE PRICE, Forever! I do not rent apps nor will many of us ever do so, because frankly in this case, it would hardly deserve anything over ten to BUY it and everything in it, but to rent it monthly is absurd. ### 3/5 — Screen resolution issue *2024-03-18* Bottom of screen is cut off on iPad Air Gen 5, which has a resolution of 2360 x 1640. This is a ration of .695. The app displays correctly on an iPad Air 2, which has a resolution of 2048 x 1536 and a ration of .75. The app is pretty nice though. You can have 4 layers / synths running at once. There are a ton of nice effects to add for each layer independently. I also think it sounds great. I hope they can fix this issue in a future version. --- *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 2026-06-10.*