Midicircuit has just landed its version 2.1 update, and it’s a substantial one. The Yonko Level Ltd team has essentially rebuilt the experience around two core pillars: Playgrounds, a fully intuitive DAW workflow for freeform music creation and sharing, and Circuits — an upcoming system of bite-sized lessons and challenges designed to build real music-making skills over time. The Circuits feature isn’t live yet, which may disappoint users expecting immediate educational content, but the Playgrounds overhaul alone makes this a meaningful upgrade. Equally welcome is the addition of seamless iCloud sync, so projects follow you across devices without friction.
What’s new in v2.1:
- Reimagined Playgrounds experience for intuitive music creation and sharing
- Circuits (coming soon) — bite-sized lessons and skill-building challenges
- iCloud sync for seamless project continuity across all your devices
- Auto-save to ensure no progress is ever lost
At its core, Midicircuit is a complete mobile music creation environment aimed at making the DAW experience accessible without dumbing it down. You can record audio clips directly from your microphone or import existing files, lay down live MIDI with a count-in metronome for tight takes, and shape your mix with per-track volume, pan, mute, and solo controls. The piano roll offers note highlighting and full-screen editing, making detailed composition work genuinely comfortable on a phone or tablet. Curated sound packs from artists like 7th Wonder provide a solid creative starting point, and seamless section transitions during playback keep the musical flow intact while you work. It sits alongside GarageBand as one of the more approachable full DAW options for iPhone and iPad.
Midicircuit runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac as a standalone app — no AUv3, no complicated routing required. That simplicity is a deliberate design choice: this is a self-contained studio meant for composers and producers who want to get ideas down fast, not configure signal chains. Projects export as audio or as shareable bundles, making collaboration and sharing genuinely easy. For anyone stepping into iPad music production for the first time, or a seasoned producer wanting a clean scratch-pad app that travels everywhere, Midicircuit v2.1 makes a strong case for itself.
Key features:
- Full DAW workflow — record, arrange, mix, and export on iPhone and iPad
- Record audio clips via microphone or import files
- Live MIDI recording with count-in metronome
- Mixer with per-track volume, pan, mute, and solo
- Piano roll with note highlighting, clip duplication, and full-screen editing
- Curated sound packs from artists including 7th Wonder, with preview
- Seamless section transitions during playback
- Export as audio or shareable bundle
- Auto-saves and iCloud sync across devices
App price: $6.99.
No in-app purchases.
