MIDI apps (119)

MIDI controllers, MPE surfaces, routing, keyboards and MIDI utilities.

119 midi tools and controllers for iPhone and iPad, every one with a full hands-on video demonstration, priced from $0.99 to $49.99, 18 of them free. Prices are checked against the App Store rather than taken from the videos. There are no ratings or rankings here: watch the demo and judge for yourself.

Every midi app in Jade's demos, on iOS, iPadOS and desktop, updated through 2026.Narrow this list by platform, instrument or price.

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48 min

Ambient Architect

Lewis Le Val$9.99

Generative MIDI composer that drives eight instruments you already own

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOS

33 min

Kalimba: Pocket Synth

Ruben Terron RodriguezFree, $3.99 unlock

Touch strip kalimba with pluck, sustain and wavetable engines

InstrumentSynthSequencerLooperMIDIiOSiPadOS

23 min

Rock Drum Machine

LumbeatFree, $22.99 unlock

Rock session drummer with grunge banks and live pads, now AUv3

DrumsSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

33 min

Riffer 4

AudioModern$12.99

MIDI riff generator with five engines and a full note editor

SequencerMIDIiPadOS

28 min

Gravity Machine

Touchmachines$9.99

Physics instrument where bouncing orbs play notes in key

SequencerSynthMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWindows

14 min

Ringo Beats: Chaos Drums

Soft Brew MobileFree, $1.99 unlock

Generative drum machine driven by chaotic attractors and learned patterns

DrumsSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWeb

23 min

Strange Loop

Soft Brew MobileFree, $1.99 unlock

Generative melody engine driven by three coupled Lorenz attractors

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWeb

33 min

Pendulums

Soft Brew MobileFree, $1.99 unlock

Generative instrument where twin double pendulums drive melody and arrangement

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWeb

25 min

Afro Latin Percussion Machine

LumbeatFree, $22.99 unlock

Virtual Afro-Latin percussionist with 100+ rhythms, now AUv3

DrumsSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

10 min

MPEdie

Diego CapoccittiFree

Free MPE MIDI controller with five playing surfaces and a routing matrix

MIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

32 min

PixelBoop

Myles De Bastion$7.99

Visual grid sequencer with four colour-coded lanes and built-in sounds

VisualSequencerGrooveboxMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

27 min

ReStem 2

WaveMachine Labs$29.99

Real-time drum stem separation with MIDI output for each kit piece

Audio editorDrumsMIDIiPadOS

29 min

Fishtail

Amy McBride$14.99

Generative MIDI composer building multi-section pieces from music theory rules

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

26 min

Little Arp Monster

Snorkel Audio$5.99 (iPad); desktop $29 on sale, normally $49

Arpeggiator with chord steps, scale degrees, scenes and an arranger

SequencerMIDIiPadOS

24 min

Wind Chimes

Cem Olcay$4.99

Physics-simulated wind chimes that generate MIDI notes and CC

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

17 min

Scaler 3

Scaler Music$19.99

Chord detection, progression building and MIDI arranging for iPad

SequencerNotationMIDIiPadOSiOSmacOS

26 min

Phase Chimes

Ken Murphy$9.99 intro, then $14.99

Generative gear sequencer where ratios set rhythm and angles set pitch

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

14 min

Cubasis 3

Steinberg$49.99

Multitrack DAW for iPad with mixer, MIDI editing and AUv3 hosting

DAWMixingMIDIiOSiPadOS

31 min

mSteps

Axart Labs$5.99

Generative MIDI step sequencer for drums and melodies with live scenes

SequencerDrumsMIDIiPadOS

14 min

Skipback

Signals Intelligence SoundFree

Retrospective audio and MIDI capture that runs behind whatever you play

UtilityMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

13 min

Volume Pedal

Luke Doyle$9.99

AUv3 expression controller with response curves for clean volume swells

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOSmacOSWindows

22 min

Pond

Victorien Genna$7.99

Generative MIDI sequencer where tapped ripples play the notes they cross

SequencerMIDIiPadOSmacOS

15 min

MIDIx

Fingerlab$8.99

Physics playground that bounces objects into MIDI notes and CC

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

11 min

SpaceWalk

Higher Plane Software$9.99

Generative four-voice chord engine, now with per-voice MIDI out

SequencerMIDIiPadOS

25 min

Omni

Ruben Terron RodriguezFree, $4 unlock

Chord pad and strum synth with arpeggiator and dual MIDI out

SynthSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

28 min

ChordPond

Steffen Larsen$3.99

Visual chord-tile MIDI sequencer with drawn paths, play modes and scenes

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

26 min

HouseBud

Cem Olcay$4.99

MIDI chord pads with octave slices, harmony engine and motion FX

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

59 min

MIDI Guitar 3

Jam OriginNot released on iOS

Audio to MIDI for guitar with MPE tracking and hosted instruments

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOS

36 min

ToneBank

Node Audio$14.99 (iPad), $95 (desktop)

Generative MIDI sequencer built on African harmonic systems and clave patterns

SequencerMIDIiPadOSmacOSWindowsLinux

97 min

PolyPipe

4Pockets$14.99

Four-lane polyphonic MIDI sequencer driven by the notes you hold

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Inky AUv3

Scale Degrees$4.99

Scale-based chord generator and arpeggiator that sends MIDI only

SequencerNotationMIDIiPadOSmacOS

61 min

Augmatic GRE

Artur Nowak$9.99

Grids and Euclidean MIDI drum generator with per-app note maps

SequencerDrumsMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

56 min

ChaosArp 2

Axart Labs$5.99

Arpeggiator and step sequencer driven by chaos algorithms

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

55 min

Gatelab 2

AudioModern$9.99

Gate and volume sequencer that also sends MIDI to other apps

SequencerModulationMIDIiPadOS

59 min

WoodPeckr

Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio$11.99

Four-track MIDI sequencer with per-step probability, ratchets and variations

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

61 min

MIDILODY

Royale Fougard$4.99

Generative MIDI sequencer that hunts for notes and loops them

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

83 min

Fugue Machine Rubato

Alexandernaut$39.99

Multi-playhead piano roll sequencer with bendable time and automation

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Kaleidoscope Echo

4Pockets$12.99

MIDI delay that echoes notes, with pitch and velocity per step

SequencerMIDIDelayiOSiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Waymaker

Aqeel Aadam$14.99

Chainable MIDI sequencer modules: step, morph, weighted, Brownian, Euclidean

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

60 min

MorphWiz Studio

Jordan Rudess and One Red Dog Media$19.99

Touch-surface synth that morphs between four sample-based sources

SynthMIDIiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Chord Generator

Mario Nieto$9.99

MIDI chord pads with per-pad inversions, velocity, strum and a repeater

SequencerMIDIiPadOSmacOS

54 min

Mass

Usable Creations$9.99

Physics-based MIDI generator where colliding parts trigger notes

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

34 min

Harmonicc

Cem Olcay$5.99

Chord sequencer that picks progressions from emoji faces

SequencerMIDINotationiOSiPadOSmacOS

34 min

GlitchStep

Alex Matheu$9.99

Monophonic 16-step MIDI sequencer built for live glitching

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

37 min

Suggester 2

Mathieu RouthierFree, $24.99 unlock

Chord progression builder with scales, voicings and MIDI export

NotationSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

25 min

GeoShred Studio

Wizdom MusicFree, $50 unlock

Mac plugin version of GeoShred, played from an iPad or iPhone

SynthMIDImacOS

68 min

MidiStep

4Pockets$14.99

Aleatoric step sequencer with chord lanes, strums and per-step chance

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

22 min

Mididelay

Alex Nadzharov$4.99

Eight lanes of MIDI tap delay with feedback and randomization

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOSmacOS

24 min

Note to Be

Cem Olcay$4.99

MIDI quantizer that snaps incoming notes to a key and scale

MIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

25 min

Takeamidi

Alex Nadzharov$1.99

MIDI monitor with a buffer you drag out as a MIDI file

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOS

20 min

Midifruuze

Alex Nadzharov$3.99

Live MIDI sampler replaying a short buffer through playback markers

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Gradient Synth

Corey LofthusFree

Touch pad synth where colour sets the overtones above a sine fundamental

SynthMIDIiOSiPadOS

58 min

Harmonicer

Kai Aras$7.99

MIDI generator turning one held note into scaled chords and arpeggios

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

61 min

ChaosArp

Axart Labs$3.99

MIDI arpeggiator and rhythm generator driven by probability and chaos variance

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

69 min

FuncBud

Cem Olcay$5.99

Generative MIDI sequencer built from chained maths functions

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

52 min

Ugritone Metal MIDI Packs

UgritoneSingle pack about $8, full 2017 to 2023 collection $49

MIDI groove packs covering metal subgenres, no sounds included

DrumsMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWindows

95 min

Harmony Bloom

Mario Nieto$9.99

Polyrhythmic MIDI generator with orbiting notes and trigger bars

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

60 min

Kebarp

Cem Olcay$5.99

Grid arpeggiator that plays a drawn pattern from the notes you hold

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

62 min

NEON

Aaron Meyers$4.99

Generative step sequencer with stacking modifiers and a meta sequencer

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

79 min

Auto Fills

Cem Olcay$5.99

MIDI drum fill generator with kit templates for iOS drum apps

DrumsSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

66 min

MuseBud

Cem Olcay$5.99

Generative MIDI sequencer driven by per-column chance, with a note looper

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

76 min

BLEASS Arpeggiator

BLEASS$14.99

Arpeggiator with a pattern layer, many play modes and an FM oscillator

SequencerMIDISynthiOSiPadOS

80 min

Riffler Flow

Jonathan Bell$14.99

Clean guitar riff generator built from chord progressions and voicings

SequencerInstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

58 min

Chord Roulette

UnBrokenDub$0.99

MIDI plugin that turns every incoming note into a chord

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

61 min

Salome

Bram Bos$7.99

MPE sampler that loops recorded sounds and plays them polyphonically

SamplerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

61 min

GeoShred

Wizdom Music$24.99

Physically modelled play surface with strumming, chords and MPE expression

SynthMIDIiOSiPadOS

61 min

BounceBud

Cem Olcay$5.99

Physics based generative MIDI sequencer where bouncing balls strike four edge keyboards

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

113 min

MusiKraken

Snarp$9.99

Modular MIDI controller kit driven by camera, body, sensors and touch

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOS

58 min

ddtctmcc

Alex Nadzharov$5.99

2D touch pad that records and loops gestures as MIDI CC

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOS

60 min

Auto Bass

Cem Olcay$5.99

Generative MIDI bass line maker with walk styles and scale control

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

86 min

Surface Builder

4Pockets$14.99

Build custom MIDI control surfaces with buttons, knobs, keyboards and clips

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOSmacOS

59 min

TATAT

K-Devices$6.99

Chance based MIDI generator that streams endlessly changing note sequences

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

62 min

Chordjam

AudioModern$9.99

Chord and progression generator turning single notes into voiced chords

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

60 min

Mela

Nikolozi MeladzeFree, in-app purchases

Modular synth, effect and MIDI builder made from lanes of patchable modules

SynthMulti-FXMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

60 min

Binarhythmic

Cem Olcay$5.99

MIDI sequencer that turns a binary counter into gated rhythms

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

59 min

BrainBud

Cem Olcay$2.99

Sets key and scale across the Bud apps at once over MIDI

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOS

66 min

Pixel Music

Andrei Antonescu$5.99

Turns a photograph's pixels into pitch, velocity and note length

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

86 min

mKer

Achilleas Sourlas$3.99

Multi-output MIDI step sequencer with per-lane step counts and clips

SequencerMIDIiPadOSmacOS

59 min

In Theory

Cem Olcay$4.99

Interval based MIDI keyboard that plays scale steps instead of notes

MIDISequencerNotationiOSiPadOS

68 min

MIDImorphosis 2

Secret Base Design$9.99

Guitar to MIDI pitch tracking with tuner, tone scope and tablature

MIDIUtilityNotationiOSiPadOS

79 min

Xequence 2

Seven Systems$19.99

MIDI sequencer, editor and arranger that drives other apps and hardware

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

65 min

Textquencer Sequencer & Synth

Cem Olcay$4.99

Text based MIDI sequencer that reads letters as scale steps

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

65 min

Octachron

Markus Teufel$9.99

Eight track MIDI drum sequencer with per-lane randomization

SequencerDrumsMIDIiPadOSmacOS

89 min

YouCompose

Elstar$12.99

AI assistant that composes and harmonizes orchestral and jazz scores

NotationSequencerMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOS

92 min

Riffler

Jonathan Bell$14.99

Metal riff generator with built-in guitar tones and MIDI output

SequencerInstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOSAndroid

50 min

Piano Motifs

Fernando Morales$5.99

Generates short MIDI motifs from scales, progressions and accompaniment styles

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

60 min

PatternBud

Cem Olcay$4.99

MIDI CC sequencer that switches patterns in other apps

MIDISequenceriOSiPadOS

56 min

MIDI Layers

4Pockets$12.99

Keyboard splits, layers and crossfades routed to sixteen MIDI ports

MIDIiOSiPadOS

83 min

Progressions

4Pockets$14.99

Chord generator building progressions from a root note and a mode

SequencerNotationMIDIiOSiPadOS

58 min

Autony

Pagefall Limited$3.99

Generative MIDI sequencer with a reliability knob that derails patterns

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

108 min

Scaler 2

Scaler MusicFree, $18.99 unlock

Chord and progression workstation with key detection, key lock and performances

SequencerNotationMIDIiOSiPadOS

70 min

BeatSurfing 2

DRUW AudioFree, in-app purchases

Gesture based drum performance on freely arranged iPad instrument blocks

DrumsSamplerMIDIiPadOS

56 min

Cality

Pagefall Limited$6.99

MIDI processor that adds note clouds, swing, accents and probability

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

66 min

PolyBud

Cem Olcay$5.99

Multitrack polyrhythmic MIDI sequencer with per-lane step lengths and CC tracks

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

60 min

apeMatrix

apeSoft$14.99

Grid host that routes AUv3 and Inter-App Audio apps together

UtilityMIDIiOSiPadOS

52 min

ShiftBud

Cem Olcay$5.99

Generative MIDI sequencer modelled on the Turing Machine eurorack module

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

63 min

Numa Player

StudiologicFree

Instrument player with four layerable slots, key splits and effects

InstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOSmacOSWindows

56 min

ArpBud 2

Cem Olcay$5.99

MIDI arpeggiator with drawn step patterns and per step randomisation

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

58 min

MelodyBud

Cem Olcay$6.99

Generative MIDI step sequencer for melodies, with randomisation per step

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

59 min

ChordBud 2

Cem Olcay$5.99

MIDI chord sequencer built on a scale grid and timeline

SequencerMIDINotationiOSiPadOS

59 min

RhythmBud

Cem Olcay$4.99

MIDI effect that turns incoming chords into rhythmic patterns

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

63 min

Euclidean Sequencer

4Pockets$14.99

Four-ring Euclidean MIDI sequencer with rotation, scale locking and randomize

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

53 min

iFretless Guitar

Blue Mangoo$9.99

Touch guitar fretboard with layered tones and velocity from finger pressure

InstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOS

65 min

Sidecar MIDI Controller

Secret Base Design$4.99

Turns a Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard into a MIDI keyboard and pads

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOS

62 min

ZOA

Ryan Robinson$8.99

Game of Life MIDI sequencer with four playheads and drawn grids

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

71 min

NuRack

4Pockets$12.99

Modular effects rack built from 80 plus audio and MIDI blocks

Multi-FXMIDIiOSiPadOS

69 min

Riffer

AudioModern$9.99

Random MIDI sequence generator with four independent lanes

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

58 min

SnakeBud

Cem Olcay$6.99

MIDI sequencer that reads a step grid along snaking paths

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

57 min

File Converter

Ice Cold AppsFree, in-app purchases

Cloud converter for audio, video, images, documents and MIDI

UtilityMIDINotationiOSiPadOS

61 min

Helium

4Pockets$7.99

AUv3 MIDI sequencer with 16 tracks, a clip library and song mode

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

61 min

Atom | Piano Roll 2

Victor Porof$19.99

MIDI piano roll with note processing, scales and clip launching

SequencerMIDIiOSiPadOS

35 min

iFretless Sax

Blue Mangoo$9.99

Touch screen sax and woodwind instrument with three-part sections

InstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOS

37 min

iFretless Brass

Blue Mangoo$9.99

Touch screen brass instrument with three-piece section blends

InstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOS

57 min

iFretless Bass

Blue Mangoo$14.99

Touch screen bass instrument with 13 tones and expressive string playing

InstrumentMIDIiOSiPadOS

56 min

Mononoke

Bram Bos$8.99

Eight key soundscape synth played by sliding, holding and feedback

SynthMIDIiOSiPadOS

52 min

MIDI Guitar

Jam OriginFree, in-app purchases

Guitar audio into MIDI, playing instruments it hosts itself

MIDIUtilityiOSiPadOS

51 min

MIDI Strummer

4Pockets$7.99

Chord grid and strum patterns playing built-in guitar and SF2 sounds

SequencerMIDIInstrumentiOSiPadOSmacOS

30 min

ThumbJam

Sonosaurus$6.99

Sampled multi-instrument played from a scale locked touch surface

InstrumentSamplerMIDIiOSiPadOS

25 min

Heavy Brass

Crudebyte$9.99

Sampled brass with trumpet, trombone and sax across four sections

InstrumentMIDIiPadOS

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