iDensity vs Forte SE Sound Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | iDensity | Forte SE Sound Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | apeSoft | SoundTower Inc. |
Customer experience
iDensity
Forte SE Sound Editor
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
iDensity
No in-app purchases
Forte SE Sound Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iDensity free?
Is Forte SE Sound Editor free?
Do iDensity or Forte SE Sound Editor have ads?
Which is updated more often, iDensity or Forte SE Sound Editor?
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