Pads K/01 vs MS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pads K/01
Transform your iPhone into a professional beat-making studio. This app offers customizable pads, advanced effects, and real-time audio playback for creating music on the go. Load your own samples and loops for unlimited creative possibilities.
- 12 customizable pads
- Loop & Shuffle modes
- Advanced effects (Fade In/Out, Pitch, Speed, Delay)
- Real-time audio engine
- Load custom samples and loops
- Pad volume, pan, and effects customization
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Transform your iPhone into a professional beat-making studio with Pads K/01 - the ultimate music creation app for producers, DJs, and musicians. * Professional Features: 12 customizable pads with full control over your sounds Loop & Shuffle modes for endless creative possibilities Advanced effects: Fade In/Out, Pitch, Speed, Delay Real-time audio engine for instant playback Multiple banks to organize your sound library Visual feedback with color-coded indicators * Complete Control: Load your own samples and loops Customize each pad's volume, pan, and effects Create complex layered beats with shuffle mode Perfect loops that never stop until you're ready Professional-grade audio quality * Why Choose Pads K/01: Zero learning curve - start creating immediately No subscriptions - one-time purchase, lifetime access Professional results - studio-quality output Portable creativity - make beats anywhere Unlimited possibilities - your sounds, your style Perfect for: Music producers and beat makers DJs and live performers Songwriters and composers Music students and educators Anyone who loves creating music Download Pads K/01 today and unleash your musical creativity. Your iPhone is now your studio!
MS
Create gritty, 12-bit inspired music with this powerful sampler and sequencer. Record audio, edit samples with vintage effects, and arrange them into full tracks. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase.
- 16-pad sampler
- Step sequencer
- 12-bit sound engine
- Record from microphone or line-in
- Adjustable sample rate and bit depth
- 13 built-in effects
- WAV export
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MS-12 is a 16-pad sampler and step sequencer built around the sound of classic 12-bit hardware. Sample anything through the microphone, trim it, and play it straight from the pads. The sample rate and bit depth engine gives you the gritty, saturated character early digital samplers were loved for — not a filter placed on top, but the sound of the conversion itself. SAMPLING • Record from the built-in mic, a USB or Lightning interface, or line input • Resample the app's own output to bounce layers down • Threshold recording starts the moment sound arrives • Stereo or mono (L/R) capture SOUND • Adjustable sample rate (8–44.1 kHz) and bit depth (4–32 bit) • Presets for classic 12-bit voicings • Ring modulator, compressor, punch and saturation per pad EDITING • Trim, fade in and out, normalize, reverse, gain, silence • Time stretch • Auto slice by transient detection, or set slice points live with the pads • Split a stereo sample into separate mono left and right samples SEQUENCER • Step sequencer with velocity and tune per step • Real-time recording with selectable quantize • Up to 4 bars per pattern • Note Repeat • Song Mode chains patterns into a full track PLAYBACK AND MIXING • Volume and pan per pad, mute and solo • Mute groups so pads cut each other off, like a real drum machine • Pad Link to trigger several pads at once • Multi Level and Multi Pitch to spread one sample across the grid • 13 effects: tape echo, delay, reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo/pan, distortion, overdrive, fuzz, wah, isolator and a 4-band EQ EXPORT • Bounce a pattern to a WAV file • Save projects on the device and reopen them later FREE VERSION MS-12 is free to try, and the sound engine is not held back — nothing about the audio is degraded in the free version. You get Bank A (16 pads), one 1-bar pattern, two effects, and microphone sampling up to 10 seconds per pad. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: all four banks (64 pads), unlimited patterns up to 4 bars, Song Mode, all 13 effects, unlimited sampling time, loading your own audio files, project save and load, and WAV export. Anything you made before buying carries straight over. No subscription. No ads. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pads K/01 at none against MS's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. MS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pads K/01 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pads K/01 against 5.0 for MS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Pads K/01 ships an update every 2 days, MS every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pads K/01 | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serge Kornew | yuji yoshie |
Customer experience
Pads K/01
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In-app purchases
Pads K/01
No in-app purchases
MS
- Full Version$2.99









