Best Synthesizer Touch Apps

TC-Performer

by Bit Shape

Free

Experience unique sound synthesis through intuitive multi-touch gestures. This app offers a button-free performance environment where your touch movements generate all sounds. Discover diverse sonic landscapes and control instruments with taps, pulls, and stretches.

Stylusphone Lite

A synthesizer in your pocket!

Free

Experience a modern digital rendition of a beloved 1970s pocket synthesizer. This app offers an interactive 3D view and authentic polyphonic sound, allowing users to recreate nostalgic musical experiences.

Krill Synthesizer

Virtual Analog Poly Synth

$11.99

This virtual analog polyphonic synthesizer offers a streamlined interface for creating quick synth sounds on iPad. It features two oscillators, an LFO, a low-pass filter, two envelopes, and stereo effects, all accessible from a single screen.

Bumbly Synthesizer

Wingbeat Based Synthesizer

$3.99

Create unique sounds by drawing waveforms or using motion controls. This app offers a versatile synthesizer with customizable touch interfaces and a sequencer for composing music.

Etherpad

Music synthesis & soundscapes

Free

Create evolving soundscapes and ambient textures with an intuitive touch-based music synthesizer. Explore generative music without needing music theory, perfect for relaxation or creative expression.

LayR-Multi Timbral Synthesizer

by Living Memory Software

$24.99

This powerful synthesizer app offers massive polyphony and multi-timbral sound design capabilities. Create rich, layered textures with flexible oscillators, filters, and extensive modulation options. Ideal for live performance and studio production.

Pegboard - Mobile Synthesizer

Advanced wavetable synth.

Free

This app offers an intuitive mobile wavetable synthesizer with a virtual analog filter. It features a harmonic table keyboard layout that highlights scales for easy improvisation and chord playing. The free version provides extensive sound design capabilities, while a pro upgrade unlocks MIDI controller functionality.

Spectrum Synthesizer Bundle

4 Pro Instruments, 30+ Modes!

Free

This app provides a bundle of four professional audio unit synthesizers and one effect, inspired by popular eurorack modules. Explore diverse sound design possibilities with multi-mode oscillators, modal synthesis, string generation, and granular sampling. Compatible with DAWs and AU hosts for creative music production.

Super J8 Synth + AUv3

Analog Vintage Synthesizer

$8.99

$14.99 | 40% OFF

This app offers a powerful analog synthesizer emulation, inspired by a legendary vintage instrument. It provides a vast array of sounds, from lush pads to deep basses, with advanced DSP and numerous modulation options. Explore over 700 presets and use it standalone or as an AUv3 plugin.

Sonic Synth : FM synthesizer

Synthesiser

$1.99

Create a wide variety of sounds with this FM synthesizer app. It features three independent oscillators, each capable of generating four unique waveforms, and offers a responsive touch keyboard for real-time performance. Enjoy high-quality audio with a 44100 Hz sample rate.

Baervaag - FM Synthesizer

by Klevgränd produkter AB

$8.99

This powerful yet accessible synthesizer brings FM synthesis to mobile devices. It offers expressive control through velocity sensitivity and includes versatile effects like a low-pass filter, stereo chorus, and tempo-synced delay. Explore a wide range of sounds with handcrafted presets and adjustable oscillator shapes.

LuSID Synthesizer

Synthwave SID-inspired synth

Free

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.

Pads - Lush Pad Synthesizer

by Klevgränd produkter AB

$8.99

This app is a wavetable synthesizer that generates unique pad sounds using a noise generator, filter, and a "wobbler" for analogue unpredictability. It offers velocity modulation for filter, attack, and volume, and includes handcrafted presets.

Atoms Synthesizer - Baby Audio

Physical Modeling Synthesizer

$29.99

This application utilizes advanced physical modeling to create unique organic and otherworldly sounds. It offers a virtual laboratory for advanced sound design with a mass-spring interaction engine, motion automation, and physically modeled effects. Explore endless sonic possibilities for music production.