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Great Android Apps That IOS Doesn’t Have
I think the biggest thing Android has going for them that IOS doesn’t have is G-Stomper & Hexen. Those are the PlayStore apps that should of came to IOS. I’m drooling over Hexen-Modular Synth. I was really surprised to see that Android has an Eurorack modular synth app like that, something so modular like that deserves to be with iOS. It’s the closest to Mirack. Those are what good they have, any other comes from iOS. Not to mention they don’t have much synths, I noticed toonboosters, DRC are like their best ones. Maybe Audiobus can port to Android and help them out. What other Android Apps that aren’t in IOS.
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Former Android music maker here (Caustic). TBH there aren't many Android exclusives, and when there was they usually ended getting ported to iOS anyway: Caustic and Audio Evolution spring to mind. I just never got on with G-Stomper in any of it's iterations.
It's a shame that Android never really took off. Latency hasn't been a problem for many years despite what Apple bores will tell you.
I’m totally uninterested in music apps for Android…
Sure, there’s a lot of music apps these days, but, is it really that fluid as apps is running on powerful iPads?
Also, can Android use VST/AU plugins in Cubasis v3 or Audio Evolution Mobile Studio?
I would also miss Pianoteq v8 if I was forced to switch to Android!
The only one I can immediately think of for me is the Teenage Engineering app which is only available on Google Pixel. Played with it on a friends phone and it’s awesome.
Someone, N-Track dev?, tried to launch an Android version of AU a few years ago but I jumped ship to iOS and never looked back.
There's plenty of powerful Android devices perfectly capable of running music software. I have several on my Android phone but rarely use them.
When I changed from Android I was absolutely horrified by Apple's absolutely shite files handling. At least that's improved now.
Ufxloops used to be my favourite app. Similar to zenbeats/koala, which are now on android.
Its disappeared now from the play store, who knows why, but it was excellent.
ive wrote loads on that, ive still got old phones with it on.
I would love it to be updated so it could work with modern android versions
As for android now, it can host koala so anybody can create stuff now ( for a small cost ).
The Teenage Engineering app is rather fun I must say.
@seonnthaproducer recommended both the phone and
the app to me and I took him up on the recommendation.
Well worth it.
@majorwizard047 Thanks for recommending Hexen as well.
I’ve just add a look at it and it’s really cool.
If I didn’t have dRambo or MiRack already it would’ve been
an instance purchase however it’s now on the list also the fact
that you can demo it before purchasing is rather cool.
The purchase basically lets you undo other than that it’s fully functional
and the purchase is for all of it’s future versions.
I used to be rather odd in that my phone was an Android and my tablet was an iPad. 😂 I switched to iPhone in 2017 and never looked back. But I will say that Android does have some baller music apps, but these days most of them are cross-platform.
Koala, as mentioned, is cross-platform. So are FL Studio Mobile and Cubasis 3 (which recently got all those Halion sounds). Can't really comment on the plugin situation on Android as it's been years . And hopefully Caustic still works on Android. I haven't played with Caustic on iOS in a very long time. 🫢
Now if Android has an AI Mastering Solution of sorts like Logic Pro has, then it could definitely compete as a decent music workstation. 🤩
I switched to Android for a few years after Apple wanted an ungodly sum to fix my iPad Pro's faulty screen. Android hardware and latency are not an issue at all (the high-end Samsung tablets are pretty great tbh). The problem is lack of plugins and software in general. Zenbeats is fine, but quite limited when you have to rely on it for the entirety of your instruments and FX (yes Android has DRC, FRMS, and a couple other synths, but they're standalone only).
The lack of high quality Piano/Rhodes/Wurli was also a huge issue for me (Zenbeats definitely doesn't cut it here), so Pianoteq launching on iOS was the final straw for me to come back to iOS and I haven't really looked back. I'm in heaven now with the same piano and keys I have in my studio and all the AUv3 bells and whistles I could ever want.
Logic is also such a breath of fresh air after using Zenbeats exclusively. So much smoother and Alchemy really is an underrated synth. I've been impressed with the sounds and I love how aftertouch friendly it is (many synths aren't out of the box). Also, I love Logic's drummer which is very powerful and sounds amazing.
I still love my Pixel, but I could never go back to Android for music production. But at least there's always Koala 🐨
Audio Evolution Mobile Studio is great on Android. Despite Android not having any equivalent to AUv3, Audio Evolution still has the Tonebooster and Vocal Tune Studio iaps which keeps you pretty well covered.
Android only apps not already mentioned but definitely worth a mention…Grainstorm, Dragon Drum Machine, Fang Synth.
I am a big fan of Caustic, I still use it regularly both on Android and iOS.
One of my recent song (Cydonia nuclear attack) , all stems were created in Caustic the mixed in Auria Pro.
I am lucky Caustic still works great on my Pixel 6s. Many people report problem on Android
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Remixlive needs a mention. Not a genuine Android app, but one of the very few apps with working Ableton Link support. It’s a shame that even cross platform apps like Koala or Roland Zenbeats for whatever reason do not offer Link in their Android versions. For me a big show stopper. G-Stomper and Remixlive show that it is possible - and even on my old Android 7 tablets. This would allow a much better integration of Android devices into a music making ecosystem.
FYI - hav’nt we already some sort of “demo mode” also on iOS/iPadOS?
Just purchase an app, test it out for up to 14 days, and if you’re disappointed make an cancellation of that purchase and Apple is giving your money back…
@catherder :I just found out that remix live has Ai stem separation so it’s only a matter of time until I bite the bullet. Wonder if it works as well or better than Koala in that regard .
pixilang?
Lemur!
Not that it would still exist on the Play Store but at least I can install an archived copy on an Android device. Tried that on iOS with a Lemur .ipa I had saved before but it seems that the file was signed with a previous AppStore certificate which doesn't let the app run on later iOS versions 🤔
Torque, supporting Bluetooth ELM327 ODB2 adapters.
Right. That works until Apple suspends your account.
Unfortunately Caustic isn’t on Android PlayStore anymore. That ship has sailed for Android users
Yes Hexen looks like a dream
Good point. Although the iOS source code is there, it has not been officially released for iOS. This is probably due to Apples restrictive policy with regards to programming languages
About 10 years ago there were a couple classes of Android variants that worked better for music apps than the rest: top of the line Samsung and Google Pixel. What's the landscape like now?
I was an Android dev for many years and worked on an Android app at Google and at Swype (mobile keyboard) before that. When music apps became a thing, I was excited about bringing them to Android. For a while.
Ultimately, I concluded that the biggest problem with music apps on Android was fragmentation. This was a problem for both users and developers. There are so many Android variants, the devs can't test them all or clearly state what their app's requirements are. There were at least 1000x more Android variants than iOS, in terms of memory, screen size, manufacturer, OS version. As a result, users are wary and often dissatisfied. Has this changed?
Fragmentation and flaky BLE MIDI. I have never found BLE MIDI to work well on Android.
Incidentally, always get AppleCare+ when you buy any Apple product (you can even add this shortly after you buy, as long as it falls within their 'returns' time period, if I'm not mistaken). Repairs can be shockingly expensive without this additional coverage.
I think it’s pretty naturally if Apple react on misuse of the “demo mode”…
I have requested payback on ten apps since Appstores birthday 2008, but in the same time I have bought at least 500 music related apps since 2009 (Thumbjam was my first real love) - so, probably it’s all a thing between buying/payback that your account was closed…
How do you use demo mode in iOS. I’ve never even seen or knew that apps have demos. The only type demo I’ve came across is when devs put a demo something like RedRockSound have there demo at a time limit. How do you get the 14days.
When I got the recipe/bill on e-mail from Apple, there’s a link that say “Report a problem” - click on that link and you come to a site there you can request a refund (up to 14 days and you think the product don’t met the description of app)…
Three days later you have your money back…
I did not know that. Too bad!
I now see the problem. The Demo Mode isn’t available where I’m at. It depends what country you’re at. Here in the US you can only request a refund, no trial period. It’s the devs decision if they went to give any refunds. I guess the protocol is different everywhere.
I’m living in the European Union, perhaps that matters…
It does, the EU secured that right for you, many regions don't have any such right and Apple, much to their shame, only offer it if forced to do so
Digitron is a nice actively developed modular synth for Android.
But overall the music app landscape on Android is a barren wasteland.