Best Synth Sequencer Apps

4.5(4 ratings)

Free

This app is a polyphonic synthesizer that works with specific hardware. It offers a variety of sound engines, filters, and effects for creating unique audio textures. Advanced modulation options and a flexible routing system allow for deep sound design.

AudioKit Synth One Synthesizer by AudioKit Pro

Feature-packed Pro Synthesizer

Strong Contender

4.9😊(27K ratings)

Free

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This is a free, open-source professional synthesizer app for iOS devices. It offers over 300 presets, MIDI support, a sequencer, and vintage-inspired filters. Learn music production basics and create your own sounds.

What We Love

😎 Easy to use
🔥 Clean patches
👍 Awesome synth
🎸 Works great with GarageBand
🤩 Absolutely stunning
💥 Incredible dynamic articulation
🎹 Powerful and intuitive
🎶 Vast set of features
🔊 Amazing quality
🤘 Spanking awesome
🤘 Love the concept
🎹 Immediate access to controls
🎨 Versatile sound creation
🎚️ Smooth and responsive
⭐ Packed with presets
🎧 Excellent sound quality
🎛️ Great interface and patches
🎛️ Powerful soft synth
🎛️ Stunning sounds
🎛️ Awesome all-around

Room to Improve

🤔 No AU support yet
🤔 Crashes with Audiobus 3
🤔 Poor palette of sounds
🤔 Mod wheel issues
🤔 Occasional crashes
🤔 High battery consumption
🤔 Keyboard issues on iPhone

Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio by Focusrite Audio Engineering

Make Music & Play Instruments

Worth Considering

Sequentia: MIDI Sequencer

4.7😊(4.7K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Create electronic music with this mobile studio app. Features inspiring synths, drum machines, and world-class instruments. Easily build beats, melodies, and arrange tracks for production.

What We Love

🚀 Refreshing simplicity
🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
🚀 Excellent sound quality
🚀 Flexible and powerful
🚀 Inspiring and creative
🚀 Seamless integration with Novation hardware

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy and crashes occasionally
🔒 No iCloud sync or cloud backup
🔒 Limited export options
🔒 Lack of MIDI support
🔒 Clunky piano roll and note editing
🔒 Missing key features like song mode and panning

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Generate riffs, chords & drums

Generative MIDI patternsHardware synth controlDAW integration

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful MIDI sequencer for hardware synthesizers and drum machines. Generate complex musical patterns, control parameters, and integrate with your DAW. Save and export your creations for further editing.

Loopy Pro: Looper DAW Sampler

(10)

freemium

Live looping. Your way.

Live looping with advanced recording optionsMIDI sequencing and piano roll editorPlugin hosting for AUv3 instruments and effects

This app is a customizable music creation environment that combines live looping, sampling, and MIDI sequencing. It offers a flexible canvas for building performance setups, designing instruments, and integrating external gear. Enjoy a free trial before a one-time purchase.

free with in-app purchases

(952)

Pentaholic Synth

Polyphonic Sketchpad Synth

Authentic 5-voice polyphony3 oscillators per voice with 8 waveformsComponent-level circuit modeling

This app digitally recreates a classic polyphonic synthesizer, offering authentic sound design and songwriting inspiration. It features a 300-note sequencer, multiple oscillators per voice, and performance controls like a joystick and expression pedal inputs.

Create rhythms and melodies with a versatile sequencer and virtual analog synth engine. Experiment with sound design, record your creations, and export them for use in DAWs. Supports Ableton Link and MIDI.

Virtual analog synth engineUnique sequencer with odd subdivisionsFour independent synth voices

Plays along, always in key

Hardware-Style MIDI Sequencer

$5.99

Learn Synths: Synthesis Course

Synthesizer & Sound Design

10 MIDI Audio UnitsMonosequencer with randomizationEuclidean drum sequencer

Rozeta Sequencer Suite

MIDI Sequencer Plugins

$9.99

This app provides a suite of 10 MIDI sequencers and controllers for mobile music production. Explore freeform sequencing, generative patterns, and precise control over MIDI instruments within compatible host applications.

Glide, press, and sing

Eight buttons, endless music

Acid bass synth + sequencer

loops that drift into music

yawp — drifting loops

Chiptune Sequencer - C.H.I.P.

Chiptune Handheld Inst. Player

Four-channel chiptune sequencingVintage handheld console sound emulationPattern-based note entry

Create authentic chiptune music with a four-channel sequencer and a vintage handheld console sound. Arrange songs, design patterns, and shape sounds with intuitive controls and a retro interface. Export your creations as WAV or MIDI.

House sounds. Strange places.

Gravity & Wind: MIDI Sequencer

Play Gravity. Generate MIDI.

Synthwave SID-inspired synth

Eight-voice polyphony with unisonAudio-rate filter envelopeBuilt-in 4-64 step sequencer

Create synthwave music with a powerful, intuitive synthesizer. Features a multi-voice engine, versatile filter, built-in sequencer, and a range of effects. Record and share your creations easily.