2025 iOS App Sales & Discussions

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On The One is $1.50 off at $.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/on-the-one/id6742981167

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Kai Aras App Sale!
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/kai-aras/id370820899

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Rob Wilmot App Sale.
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/rob-wilmot/id520672432

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Free Lifetime IAP - Photo

Lumi - Photo Editor is Free and the Lifetime IAP is currently FREE too usually $50
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loomi-photo-editor/id6748413115

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Volt Synth IAPs are FREE From Kai Aras Sale.

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@Loups said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@Fear2Stop said:

@toneman88 said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@egobeats said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Beat Vibe Pro is $1 off at $6.99 - create and play percussion rhythms
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beat-vibe-pro/id383585800

Some strange message saying that IPad/iPhone are separate purchases. Wonder if that's accurate. I'm not interested, but curious to know if that's in deed the case.

Yeah, I’ve never seen this one before but in the description it says check out the review on the sound tester so I guess Doug has a video up on it.

This appears to be a 15 year old app, so it may be one of his very early videos!

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

🏆

AlterEgo_UK

@Loups said:

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

No, it was someone called a Colin but it wasn’t me in the Sound Test Room. I just made music with Doug.

Simon

Something for the weekend from 4Pockets Software:

This weekend 4Pockets has a real bargain for you. Oscidia just received a new update with an all new Preset pack from DMT Cymatics, and this weekend you can grab a copy with 50% off. Don't miss this chance to grab yourself a copy.

Oscidia: $14.99 down to $7.99

Also on offer this weekend:

FontStack: $14.99 down to $8.99
Euclidean: $14.99 down to $8.99

Fear2Stop

@AlterEgo_UK said:

@Loups said:

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

No, it was someone called a Colin but it wasn’t me in the Sound Test Room. I just made music with Doug.

I often wish I’d been around the early days of the iOS music creation community

Fear2Stop

@Simon said:
Something for the weekend from 4Pockets Software:

This weekend 4Pockets has a real bargain for you. Oscidia just received a new update with an all new Preset pack from DMT Cymatics, and this weekend you can grab a copy with 50% off. Don't miss this chance to grab yourself a copy.

Oscidia: $14.99 down to $7.99

Also on offer this weekend:

FontStack: $14.99 down to $8.99
Euclidean: $14.99 down to $8.99

Oscidia at that price is an absolute steal

egobeats

@Fear2Stop said:

@Simon said:
Something for the weekend from 4Pockets Software:

This weekend 4Pockets has a real bargain for you. Oscidia just received a new update with an all new Preset pack from DMT Cymatics, and this weekend you can grab a copy with 50% off. Don't miss this chance to grab yourself a copy.

Oscidia: $14.99 down to $7.99

Also on offer this weekend:

FontStack: $14.99 down to $8.99
Euclidean: $14.99 down to $8.99

Oscidia at that price is an absolute steal

Without question. 2025 synth of the year (for me)

I absolutely love this thing.

Prog1967

@Fear2Stop said:

@Simon said:
Something for the weekend from 4Pockets Software:

This weekend 4Pockets has a real bargain for you. Oscidia just received a new update with an all new Preset pack from DMT Cymatics, and this weekend you can grab a copy with 50% off. Don't miss this chance to grab yourself a copy.

Oscidia: $14.99 down to $7.99

Also on offer this weekend:

FontStack: $14.99 down to $8.99
Euclidean: $14.99 down to $8.99

Oscidia at that price is an absolute steal

Dav

@Poppadocrock said:
Free Lifetime IAP - Photo

Lumi - Photo Editor is Free and the Lifetime IAP is currently FREE too usually $50
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loomi-photo-editor/id6748413115

Not bad for free. Thanks.

egobeats

Any KB1 owners like to share their opinions? Anyone use it as their main key controller?

Fear2Stop

@egobeats said:

@Fear2Stop said:

@Simon said:
Something for the weekend from 4Pockets Software:

This weekend 4Pockets has a real bargain for you. Oscidia just received a new update with an all new Preset pack from DMT Cymatics, and this weekend you can grab a copy with 50% off. Don't miss this chance to grab yourself a copy.

Oscidia: $14.99 down to $7.99

Also on offer this weekend:

FontStack: $14.99 down to $8.99
Euclidean: $14.99 down to $8.99

Oscidia at that price is an absolute steal

Without question. 2025 synth of the year (for me)

I absolutely love this thing.

This, Elastic OSC, and Synth One J6 are my top picks . Paul REALLY knocked it out the park with Oscidia

FizzyLizzy27

@egobeats said:
Any KB1 owners like to share their opinions? Anyone use it as their main key controller?

I have it and have fiddled around with it but it didn’t click with me off the bat. I’ve by no means tested it beyond loading it a few times, but something like Velocity Keyboard instantly became a default for ease of use, great design, customization, etc.

Gavinski

@egobeats said:
Any KB1 owners like to share their opinions? Anyone use it as their main key controller?

I find it crashy as hell. In fact I took it out again just now to have a look at it and managed to crash it within a minute. In terms of controllers, I don’t have one I’d regard as my ‘main’ one. For non-mpe stuff I like Xequence AU Keys, Xequence AU Pads is also good for percussion. Salome as an MPE drone synth controller. Midi Poly Grid has some great features (but isn’t AUv3). Velocity Keyboard also useful but is broken in iPadOS26. Geoshred also useful as an MPE controller, though gets pretty complicated if you dive in. I used to use KB-1, but I prefer these alternatives now. Oh, there’s also Woodtroller though I haven’t really checked that one out properly.

FizzyLizzy27

Since I already have ChordPolyPad and StepPolyArp the bundle was only $2 so I impulse bought them. What exactly are QuantiChord and MusicMath?

I actually just got PolyArp last week and think it’s great. ChordPolyPad is one of my favorite apps. I load it up all the time and it’s incredibly versatile. The bundle is a great deal for those two.

FizzyLizzy27

@Gavinski said:

@egobeats said:
Any KB1 owners like to share their opinions? Anyone use it as their main key controller?

I find it crashy as hell. In fact I took it out again just now to have a look at it and managed to crash it within a minute. In terms of controllers, I don’t have one I’d regard as my ‘main’ one. For non-mpe stuff I like Xequence AU Keys, Xequence AU Pads is also good for percussion. Salome as an MPE drone synth controller. Midi Poly Grid has some great features (but isn’t AUv3). Velocity Keyboard also useful but is broken in iPadOS26. Geoshred also useful as an MPE controller, though gets pretty complicated if you dive in. I used to use KB-1, but I prefer these alternatives now. Oh, there’s also Woodtroller though I haven’t really checked that one out properly.

Agreed on GeoShred. I find the preset saving to be fairly confusing as well - I’ve made multiple controller layouts that get overwritten or accidentally botched. But it’s great in terms of customizable and Moforte has a large library of tutorials.

Not AUv3 but TouchScaper is a favorite of mine. Not sure about it being MPE or not - I’ve had a hard time getting confirmation on that. @Rob_Jackson_Music can you confirm one way or the other?

A lot of people seem to like Animoog as an MPE controller. Thereminator 2 and Trooper have a fun MPE controller as well.

Rob_Jackson_Music

@FizzyLizzy27 said:
Not AUv3 but TouchScaper is a favorite of mine. Not sure about it being MPE or not - I’ve had a hard time getting confirmation on that. @Rob_Jackson_Music can you confirm one way or the other?

Hi, and thanks. No I wouldn't say touchscaper was a fully-fledged MPE controller. It can send poly / channel aftertouch on a per-note basis, but unfortunately, that's misleadingly labelled as MPE in the app.

Tones4Christ

@Rob_Jackson_Music said:

@FizzyLizzy27 said:
Not AUv3 but TouchScaper is a favorite of mine. Not sure about it being MPE or not - I’ve had a hard time getting confirmation on that. @Rob_Jackson_Music can you confirm one way or the other?

Hi, and thanks. No I wouldn't say touchscaper was a fully-fledged MPE controller. It can send poly / channel aftertouch on a per-note basis, but unfortunately, that's misleadingly labelled as MPE in the app.

Pianoscaper and guitarscaper 2 my all time favorites! These 2 apps alone reduced my stress so much when I used to work full time! Allowed me to rest in my lunch time nap and returned refreshed to my office! I highly recommend these apps with all my heart!

Pxlhg

For you who got tired to check, Swam VariFlute has been released finally

toneman88

@AlterEgo_UK said:

@Loups said:

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

No, it was someone called a Colin but it wasn’t me in the Sound Test Room. I just made music with Doug.

I’m just adding this to try to put an end to the confusion. It was a Colin Swinney. There’s still an old YouTube channel of his “thesoundtestroomUS” visible on YouTube which hasn’t been updated for 10 years. Doug explained the situation of the trio splitting up in a thread on here in June 2020, but I don’t want to quote it verbatim now out of deference to Doug. Suffice to say that Doug said that Mr Swinney felt he no longer wanted to continue “for personal reasons”. Hopefully this satisfies @Fear2Stop ’s curiosity😊.

Poppadocrock

@AlterEgo_UK said:

@Loups said:

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

No, it was someone called a Colin but it wasn’t me in the Sound Test Room. I just made music with Doug.

Soon as you said that, yeah it was. I remember it now.

Poppadocrock

@toneman88 said:

@AlterEgo_UK said:

@Loups said:

Speaking of old Soundtest Room videos… I noticed the early ones had Jakob Haq as part of it too, along with a third guy I don’t recognize. Who is/was that other guy?

Yea it started as a trio. However I’m not sure who that other 3rd member used to be…? I don’t remember the 3rd person being in the videos much, if at all, only in the image they used to show in the video. maybe a behind the scenes partner, can’t remember. It’s been a long time since that first iteration of the STR, and I think the third member moved onto something else entirely, but could be wrong…

Colin Powell?

No, it was someone called a Colin but it wasn’t me in the Sound Test Room. I just made music with Doug.

I’m just adding this to try to put an end to the confusion. It was a Colin Swinney. There’s still an old YouTube channel of his “thesoundtestroomUS” visible on YouTube which hasn’t been updated for 10 years. Doug explained the situation of the trio splitting up in a thread on here in June 2020, but I don’t want to quote it verbatim now out of deference to Doug. Suffice to say that Doug said that Mr Swinney felt he no longer wanted to continue “for personal reasons”. Hopefully this satisfies @Fear2Stop ’s curiosity😊.

Yeah, I was gonna mention that video where they briefly discussed What happened, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it

Poppadocrock

Most of Pedro Cumen Apps are on Sale.

Various Instrument Tuners, Metronome Pro & Tempo all discounted
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/pedro-daniel-macalupu-cumpen/id492172409

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Developer Leszek Szary has about 20 apps that are currently free.

Mostly Utilities & a few Photo

Screen Mirror
SFTP Server
IPTV Player
M3U Player
Video Grabber
Auto Colorize Photos,
Photo flow - Batch Image Resizer
& More
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/leszek-szary/id464282200

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New Release

Voice to Note - MIDI is a free app with 3 different IAP subscription options. It appears some functionality is free but not sure how much.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-to-note-midi/id6752893444

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@Pxlhg said:
For you who got tired to check, Swam VariFlute has been released finally

Don’t see it in The States quite yet, but I’m sure it will be soon. Thanks for the heads up.

Update - oops I found it!

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New Release - Audio Modeling

Swam Variflute is new $9.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swam-variflute/id6747028179