Comparison

iDensity vs Forte SE Sound Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iDensity

This app offers real-time asynchronous sound file granulation, enabling users to create a wide array of audio effects. It provides tools for time/pitch manipulation, texture generation, buffer recording, and complex sound exploration. Designed for musicians and sound designers, it offers flexibility for live performance, studio composition, and on-the-go sound design.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound granulation
  • Time/pitch shifting and jittering
  • Texture generation
  • Buffer recording and manipulation
  • Scrub pad exploration
  • Dynamic envelope shaping
  • Audio Unit (AUv3) support
Features
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iDensity is rated as a Killer App by Apps4iDevices. iDensity is a new real-time software designed for asynchronous sound file granulation, a genuine granular playground able to generate a wide range of usual and not so usual effects: time/pitch shifting, time/pitch jittering, intricate textures, grain fountain/pulverizer, recording and manipulation of buffers, complex scrub pad exploration, dynamic envelope shape and many more. iDensity for iPad will give you all the basic and advanced tools you need to manipulate sound in subtle and surprising ways. All these features are packed in an optimized, user-friendly, visually sharp interface that is easy to access when fast-improvising live, composing in a studio, or sound designing at home and on the go! You will have the power, freedom, and flexibility to create like never before – on your iPad! Control and shape grains, anytime, anywhere with Density for iPad. + Six Granular Streams + Six Remote Audio Units Host support + Full Instr and FX AudioUnit (AUv3) support + High Density Granulation + Sampled and Live granulation + In-Stream Echo and RM post Fx + Multichannels Audiobus Inter-App Audio support + MIDI, Virtual Midi and Network + Sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox AudioCopy etc... + Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad + Post Fx chain: Parametric and High Shelf Filters, Classic Reverb and Dynamics Processor + Scrub Recording and playback + etc.

About

Forte SE Sound Editor

This application allows for the editing of various sound parameters for the Kurzweil Forte SE synthesizer on iPad. It includes features for program channel mixing, layer manipulation, MIDI control, and real-time editing of multi-mode parameters. The app facilitates the import and transmission of sound data between devices.

Highlights
  • Program Channel Mixer
  • Program Common parameter editing
  • Program Layer manipulation
  • MIDI Continuous Controller tools
  • Real-time Multi Mode parameter editing
  • Import Multi Zones
  • Transmit/receive sound data
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This is Kurzweil Forte SE Sound Editor for iPad. Some of Forte SE Sound Editor's features now include: •Program Channel Mixer. •Editing of Program Common parameters including Insert and Aux FX selectors. •Basic Program Layer manipulation. Copy and paste of Layers from other Forte SE Programs. •MIDI Continuous Controller tools and Virtual Parameter Table display. •Real time editing of all Forte SE Multi Mode parameters. •Import of Multi Zones from other Forte SE Multi. •Transmitting and receiving of Programs, Multi, FX Chains and other objects data. •On-screen keyboard. •Direct USB/MIDI connection with Apple iPad Camera Adapter. •Wireless connection possible using MIDI network. This Forte SE Sound Editor is an app for iPad only. Kurzweil and Forte SE are trademarks of Young Chang Co., Ltd. Soundtower is a trademark of Soundtower Inc.

Screenshots

iDensity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iDensity at 86% against Forte SE Sound Editor's 0%. iDensity also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). Forte SE Sound Editor's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Forte SE Sound Editor is free to download; iDensity costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDensity ships an update monthly, Forte SE Sound Editor every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iDensity versus Forte SE Sound Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDensityForte SE Sound Editor
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperapeSoftSoundTower Inc.

Customer experience

iDensity

All ratings48 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative11.4%

Forte SE Sound Editor

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

iDensity

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Occasional crashes (historically)
  • AudioBus issues (historically)
  • Preset management not working correctly (historically)
  • Transport sync not working (historically)
  • GUI bugs (e.g., maximizing a strand)
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  • Craquements, grésillements (cracking, crackling)
  • X/Y snapshot morphing not working on iPad 1
  • Sample import issues (cut off)
  • Unable to record from microphone (historically)
  • App crashes upon recording (historically)

Requested features

10 requests
  • Independent MIDI note control over pitch for each stream
  • Alphabetical preset sorting
  • Load existing project name into 'Save As'
  • Multi-port output for AUM/Ape Matrix
  • Built-in wave-editor for sample cutting
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  • Ability to determine loop length
  • Motion sequencer or assignable LFOs
  • Sync AU3 transport to host (historically)
  • Add MIDI note and channel select as modifier/controller
  • Dark mode option

Forte SE Sound Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iDensity

No in-app purchases

None

Forte SE Sound Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDensity free?
iDensity costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forte SE Sound Editor free?
Forte SE Sound Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iDensity or Forte SE Sound Editor have ads?
Neither iDensity nor Forte SE Sound Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDensity or Forte SE Sound Editor?
iDensity ships an update monthly, and Forte SE Sound Editor every 10 months. Most recently, iDensity was updated on November 1, 2026 and Forte SE Sound Editor on November 2, 2026.

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