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Yes, I'm not saying that shortcut will be correct haha. I just saying that many people will think that way. And yeah, there does seem to be a certain 'look' to many of these recent releases.
It does come across a little bit like a witch hunt if I’m honest; a bit accusatory. I too suspect that a lot of recent releases have been vibe coded but I think it would be more beneficial in the long run to encourage vibe coders just to be honest about it rather than make them feel it’s something shameful that they are more likely to hide and lie about. If they’re honest about it, we are then free to make decisions based on that as well as make judgements about how good, or bad, vibe coding can be
I don’t know but, instead of being vibe coded, this thread could just be illustrating that novice indie developers are using premade UI assets rather than designing something unique, or paying someone else to design something more refined? There are many, many examples of very bare bone interfaces, from before the advent of AI, which clearly indicate that for a lot of developers the UI really isn’t important to them or is a luxury they can’t afford.
These vibe coded UI's generally seem easily readable with no microscopic writing or fat fingered enemy controls, something some beautiful looking human made apps can overlook.
Very true, although some of these recent 'suspected to be vibe coded' plugins don't resize all that well.
Ah, likely hobby vibe coders do not test on a great variety of devices. :-/
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You’re reading too much into it maybe. This thread is a snapshot of what vibe coded apps and plugins are looking like in 2026. It caught my eye that something suddenly changed and I thought it was worth capturing what that looks like.
I’m just giving my opinion as to how the thread comes across to me, that’s all. You say it’s a ‘snapshot of what vibe coded apps and plugins are looking like in 2026’ but these are apps you suspect are vibe coded aren’t they, not all ones which have been confirmed as being vibe coded? If they were all definitely vibe coded, fair enough but you’re seeing some traits and jumping to conclusions, kinda like what happened in witch hunts.
Anyway, no doubt I am reading too much into it as you say but I still very much stand by my opinion that I think it would be so much better for everyone if people were just honest about their use of AI to avoid such speculation.
Your opinion is very valid and it is a thoughtful position. There’s no way of knowing exactly how much AI has been used in the examples I’ve shared. I’m just capturing the fact that all of sudden, in 2026, there are a wave of plugins and apps all looking very similar, I think due to the fact that they are all potentially using AI code to generate the interfaces (what’s generally referred to as vibe coding) and I think that’s worth capturing in a thread.
My app was programmed with autonomous agents/vibed
50% of the value of a software product is support for updates and bug fixes, at least in the short-term.
Fine for established developers to use AI for speeding things up, but if a novice developer is relying on AI to build their product with little or no knowledge on how it actually works, then the chances of a broken, or future buggy app are greatly increased.
There already sems to be an example on here of an app that's been released with bugs, and on being asked for a fix, has been withdrawn completely.
I doubt it will be the last.
As a web developer I used to worry about the loss of income due to AI, but it's absolutely the opposite - I'm inundated by clients asking for either a fix, or a new website due to their current vibe-coded one no longer functioning as it should, and the previous developer 'not responding to emails'.
I’m stuck trying to think of a business in which everyone is honest. This forum has long been a place to air opinions, and I’ve seen my favorite app trashed by trolls right off the AppStore, so I’m not gonna coddle vibe-coders who create crap. If a vibe-coder creates a great app then the app will get well-deserved praise. I think the vibe I got from the OP was a slightly whimsical look at all the recent vibe-coded UI and I got a chuckle from it. I think that was the intended result.
On the serious side, a wave of vibe-coded app by non-Devs is a potential threat to the trust in this scene. I will henceforth be more cautious than ever, and I usually don’t insta buy from unknown Devs. I usually put an interesting new app on a list (pretty big by now) and wait to see the response and listen to YouTubes. On the other hand, I think experienced Devs can use AI to help in their work and they will make sure that an app does what it is supposed to do, hopefully relying upon a decent Beta Team to find bugs. I would hate to see a bunch of non-music experienced non-Devs try to fleece us with crap apps. AI has already reached the point of being able to create music with accompanying vids faster than I can find sounds I think fit together well-enough across the hundreds of apps I have. Every hour we are being out paced by AI and our chances of getting anyone to hear our music diminishes, let alone actually creating a fan base. Those of us who create just for the joy of creating don’t need more frustration via poor-quality apps.
For now, AI results are often sub-par. I recently created two websites with AI and had to re-write every word. The AI created nothing but low-quality pablum and now that I know what AI generates I cannot stomach any website that uses it. Insta-NO-buy from me as soon as I see it. Recently I have seen a flood of AI-generated commercials with talking animals. The quality is impressive, but the more I see it the less unique it becomes and the more irritating it gets. Overuse of AI-generated art is starting to generate a negative response in me.
If the quality apps this scene thrives on are flooded by vibe-coded crap, it will only add to our frustration and make it harder for legit Devs to survive. Discussing the quality of apps is one of the last ways we have to detect a waste of time & money. Requesting refunds from Apple is not my idea of a good time nor a reliable defense against scams, but could become a necessity. I understand the point of a witch-hunt not targeting legit Devs, but at the same time there is a need to expose unscrupulous vibe-coders. Well-intentioned vibe-coders don’t get a special pass. Their apps will have to pass the smell test and be subject to the same criticisms as any other app on top of the obvious poor quality AI UI & UX. A little poking fun at AI UI seems to be far from a witch hunt to me.
Great thoughts from all in this thread so far. I personally love the look of these (suspected) vibe-coded apps. The balance, colours, and size seems great! I like the retro-flair and I especially love the use of VU meters. But if they don't do anything special, I'm not going to bother with it. Established and experienced coders who also love producing music and sound design are going to be bringing something special and specifically helpful to the table.
But probably by 2030, we will see a completely different scene - with fabulously wild ideas that work and transform the sound design scene. There are many experienced sound designers who have no coding experience, but really know what they are looking for in terms of sound output. Putting an AI agent in their hands that is capable will be very interesting. I hope that the current developers are looking to diversify themselves in preparation of this.
A little poking fun at AI UI seems to be far from a witch hunt to me.
Yes, I completely agree if it definitely is created by AI. Poking fun at a UI which it turns out hasn’t been created via AI seems a bit (potentially) hurtful to me, that’s all.
What was your favorite app which got hounded off the AppStore?
Thank you for your transparency @FizzyLizzy27.
Nice work! 👍
You haven’t followed the same UI trend so not obvious.
Yah screw vibe coded apps. But really with the luck I have had over the past year with buggy apps / software etc even from the big boys I think I am done and just going to focus on what I got.
OK, I removed the desktop plugin Spectrus by Morphulus because the developer said it’s old school DSP even though the website is vibe coded.
And yes, don’t take all this too seriously. Developers have always had to have thick skins. Developers who accidentally create a UI that looks like it was vibe coded but wasn’t need to have really thick skins lol.
Interesting subject/chatter, long way to go.
For me i just ask myself the following questions:
If i have answers on these questions i dont care about the coding technique.
Coding tech and processes are constantly changing. I have studied informatics in the late 80s🙈 we knew all the bits in the RAM/ROM by name🤣
Just my 2 cents….cheers🍺🍻
Yes I think if you "accidentally" create a UI that looks like all these other ones...you need new inspiration or to pay someone to make you some pngs
A great example of what @Robin2 is talking about was the Augmatic GRE thread a month or two ago. The dev joined the conversation early on and seemed very upfront about how he used AI and his prior coding experience, and was sincerely interested in what people had to say. It was a thoughtful, constructive dialogue and the app was a hit, well-regarded by forum regulars and featured in YT tutorials by @Gavinski, @sfm, @thesoundtestroom, etc.
Of course, the exact opposite happened last week with Drop Forge. The app came and went so quickly that it’s kind of a mystery. It’s unclear if it was vibe-coded or not, but that seems to be the consensus. Everyone who bought it feels burnt and is genuinely and justifiably pissed off. I’ve bought some duds over the years but fortunately passed on DF.
Anyway, I’m as suspicious and pessimistic as anybody about the incursion of AI into music app production (and everything else). I agree with the need for vigilance, but I also agree with @Robin2 and others that maybe there’s a productive way of framing the discussion. Either way, because it’s such a loaded phrase, and understandably so, I can’t say I agree with “outing” apps and devs for vibe-coding without it being certain that they did.
This topic is giving me much food for thought. I just went and typed AUv3 into the AppStore and scrolled for a few minutes. I gotta say, I didn’t find many great or even very good UIs among those apps, most I’d consider pretty ugly, tbh. And I think all of the ones I saw are coded by ‘real’ devs, many of whom have been big figures in this scene for years.
Thanks @daddyfalldown, always good to know that someone understands what I’m getting at.
I’m not really sure why AI trends towards the Neon colors so much - I would assume it would lean into the included elements in the developer kit. Default sliders and buttons instead of the bright borders and such.
I also appreciated your comment.
Colour palettes seem to be an issue for many devs, I feel. So it strikes me you've potentially found a good customer base for your app. These other vibe coders need some tasteful colour palletes!
I don't think you can judge whether an app is vibe-coded purely by the UI aesthetic. Lots of developers are drawing from the same open source UX libraries that AI does, and long before AI was a thing you would see similarities across app designs. For instance, you could say that Piano Motifs and Spacecraft have a similar design language, but they are not AI coded.
What I think is far more telling about vibe-coded apps is the layout and functionality of the design. When an app is created 'by hand' and iterated and tested and expanded, and the developer has to constantly interact with the interface, I think it's more likely that the app's interface will be iterated as well until the layout makes sense and has a good flow to it. What I find with some of the vibe-coded apps is that the interfaces are just built ad-hoc without any real thought given to useability, and the apps lack any intuitive feel. It might look nice, but it isn't easy to use. On the other hand, lots of great apps have ugly designs, but designs that work really well.
Not quite sure if that’s aimed at @daddyfalldown or myself but thanks @Gavinski.
Well, at you, but same applies to DaddyFallDown's comment.