Comparison

KORG Module Pro vs VB3

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

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About

KORG Module Pro

This app provides a high-quality mobile sound module for iOS devices, offering professional piano and keyboard sounds. It's ideal for live performance and music production, allowing users to create studio-quality music anywhere with just an iOS device and a MIDI keyboard. Expandable sound libraries and integration with other music apps enhance its capabilities.

Highlights
  • High-quality piano and keyboard sound engines
  • Six dedicated sound engines
  • Ultra-low latency
  • AUv3 support
  • Set list function with score viewer
  • Expansion sound libraries
  • Performance recording and sharing
Features
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The best sounds, available to everyone. Announcing a new high-quality mobile sound module app for iOS! • Achieved the #1 position*on the App Store* in the Top Paid Music App category *USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and much more! Ideal for performance and music production, KORG Module is a high-quality sound module app for iOS that contains a professional sound library. With just your iPad/iPhone and a MIDI keyboard such as the new microKEY, you can play studio-quality keyboard and grand piano sounds anywhere. You can also use the sounds of KORG Module for the KORG Gadget music production app. Maintaining its position at the forefront of mobile music apps, KORG now offers you a new style of performance and production with KORG Module for iOS. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS ● Stunningly high-quality piano and a full range of keyboard sound engines ● Six dedicated sound engines : Acoustic Piano/Electric Piano/Clav/Organ/Multi/Hybrid ● Ultra-low latency sound engine ● AUv3 support ● With just an iPad/iPhone and the new microKEY, you can enjoy great sound anywhere ● Mobile music production in tandem with KORG Gadget ● Convenient set list function with a PDF/image score viewer and music player ● Power-up even more with expansion sound libraries: TRITON Best Selection / Ivory Mobile Grand and more! ● Easily record your performances, and share song sketches on SoundCloud ● Integrating iOS technology that's indispensable for the mobile environment *** Stunningly high-quality piano and a full range of keyboard sound engines *** KORG Module has five dedicated sound engines, providing a number of high-quality sounds that can be played back on your iOS using the "NATIVE ENGINE”. These engines feature technology that was developed for KORG's historic line of workstations and synthesizers including: Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clav, Organ, Multi, and Hybrid. Each display has carefully selected parameters, making it convenient and easy to adjust the sounds. We’ve also carefully ensured ideal playability and designed the system for ultra-low latency. Once you experience the quality of the sounds being produced from the slim body of your iPad, you'll agree that Module is radically different than anything else currently on the market. *** With just an iPad/iPhone and the new microKEY, you can enjoy great sound anywhere *** KORG Module and the microKEY are the best possible combination for a mobile performance environment. With the new microKEY which supports a damper, or the microKEY Air which provides a wireless connection via Bluetooth MIDI, your iPad can transform into a high-quality sound module. In your room, in a practice studio, or performing on stage,, it's easy to set up and immerse yourself in a superb playing experience wherever you are. Of course you can also use any MIDI keyboard that can connect to your iPad via Apple Lightning - USB camera adapter. The velocity curve function conforms the sound to your playing dynamics, so you'll be able to perform comfortably using any MIDI keyboard. Even if you don't have a MIDI keyboard, you can use the apps on-screen keyboard, phrase function, or MIDI player to play the sounds. The MIDI player can load and play standard MIDI files for your listening enjoyment. *** Mobile music production in tandem with KORG Gadget *** You can also use the high-quality KORG Module sounds inside KORG Gadget, the mobile music production app. If you have Module and Gadget, the five tools Salzburg, Montreal, Alexandria, Firenze, and Glasgow are added inside, allowing access the same way as Gadget. These five powerful gadgets will add even more variety to your music productions, raising your music to the next level. Whether for performance or for production, both of these apps deliver ultimate sound. More info at korg.com

About

VB3

This app emulates a classic tonewheel organ, offering advanced sound modeling and effects. It includes a session recorder, audio player for backing tracks, and extensive MIDI control for live performance and production.

Highlights
  • Tonewheel engine and rotary simulator
  • Ring Modulator and Delay effects
  • Session Recorder (MIDI & WAV)
  • Built-in Audio Player
  • Extensive MIDI control and mapping
  • Touch-friendly interface with drawbar views
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Released in 2023, this is the second version of GSi's most famous product: VB3-II Tonewheel Organ emulator. This marks 20 years of research and development of this instrument. New VB3-II 2023 edition features: - Added both the tonewheel engine and the rotary simulator from VB3 v.1.4 - The V1 rotary simulator features 3 variations, for a total of 4 different amplifiers - Added 1 new tonewheel generator - Added Ring Modulator and Delay effects (pre) - Added FET Limiter (post) - Sub-Presets for Rotary effect and Digital reverb sections - Session Recorder: silently records everything is played and imports/exports standard Midi Files and renders to WAV files - Built-in Audio Player plays the most common audio formats to add a backing track to your music - Octave transposers for upper and lower separately - New Program browser shows full list with move, swap, delete functions along with import/export of banks and single Programs - Built-in function to import/export from/to VB3-II 2018 (and Crumar Mojo Desktop) Program and Bank formats - New Midi Map with reverse, latch and lock functions for each parameter - Quick Midi Learn for main screen/performance controls, normal Midi Learn for all other parameters - New advanced Midi Javascript processor for custom event transformations (supports SysEx and RPN/NRPN) - Multiple outputs (Main + Organ Only) - Separate plugin for remote Audio and Midi input - includes the exclusive VoMidiCoder - New bigger touch-friendly interface - Four different drawbar view styles - On-screen keyboards with two different viewing styles - Random program generator - Added rotary effect speed control from Channel Aftertouch - Supports Midi Output, can send whole "snapshots" when loading and when changing Programs - Supports different curves for the Swell Pedal - Built-in Midi Monitor for monitoring incoming Midi messages - Free Cloud service for sharing Programs, Midi Maps and Midi Processor Scripts with other users Features already present in the 2018 edition: - Full polyphony (61 upper + 61 lower + 25 pedals = 147 notes) - 91 modeled tonewheels with accurate phase synchronization - Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels - A total of 22 different tonewheel generators to choose from - Generator shaping for a total of 154 generator combinations - Adjustable global tuning from 430 to 450 Hz - Foldback on 16" deactivatable - Complex wheels - Resistor wiring with multiple options - Realistic "run" motor wow and flutter - Busbars and 9 key contact simulation - Two separate sets of drawbars per manual - Full "inverted octave" presets - String Bass with adjustable release time - Loudness "robbing" effect - Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge - Adjustable Percussion Level and Decay - Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner - Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth and mix - Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching - Dynamic tube overdrive simulation - Spring Reverb (pre) and Digital stereo reverb (post) - Rotary speaker simulation with virtual microphone positioning, tube overdrive, tube feedback - Rotors "Front Stop" brake position with adjustable preferred position - Very low CPU consumption - Advanced MIDI Learn function with import/export of custom mappings - Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point - Supports pedal sustain - Custom programmer with import/export of Programs and Banks Available for iPad as standalone App with IAA support or AUv3 plugin, compatible with all plugin hosts.

Screenshots

KORG Module Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VB3 at Free against KORG Module Pro's $39.99. VB3 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). KORG Module Pro's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 16). On in-app purchases 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

VB3 is free to download; KORG Module Pro costs $39.99 up front. KORG Module Pro sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and VB3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KORG Module Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KORG Module Pro has 1.2K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of KORG Module Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of VB3's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
KORG Module Pro versus VB3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKORG Module ProVB3
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better3.5 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better16
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKORG INC.Genuine Soundware

Customer experience

KORG Module Pro

All ratings1,228 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral13.8%
Negative22.3%

VB3

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

KORG Module Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased content not appearing or disappearing
  • Sustain pedal not functioning properly
  • Polyphony issues causing notes to drop out
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add split and layer functionality
  • Implement MIDI learn capabilities
  • Improve set list management with reordering and copying
  • Add support for background audio and AUv3
  • Provide better integration with other Korg apps

VB3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

KORG Module Pro

One-time20
  • Hybrid Synth Essential 2$3.99
  • Future Synths$4.99
  • London Symphonic Orchestra$6.99
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  • Dream Pop$6.99
  • Petrichor$6.99
  • Shoulder Pads$6.99
  • Space Western$6.99
  • Wurley Electric Piano$9.99
  • Mellow Tape Keyboard$9.99
  • Soundiron Voice of Rapture Soprano$9.99
  • Wild Kits$9.99
  • Dreamy Synths$9.99
  • Organ & Clav Collection$19.99
  • TRITON Best Selection$19.99
  • 80's Electric Piano$19.99
  • Orchestral Dreams$19.99
  • Classic EP-88M$19.99
  • Ivory Mobile Grand$29.99
  • Module Performance Expansion$29.99
  • Ivory Mobile American D$29.99
2 purchases

VB3

One-time2
  • Log-in to your GSi account$0.99
  • Unlock All Pro Features$99.99

Questions

Is KORG Module Pro free?
KORG Module Pro costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is VB3 free?
VB3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KORG Module Pro or VB3?
KORG Module Pro is rated higher. KORG Module Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while VB3 averages 3.5 from 16 ratings.

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