Latest iPad and iPhone Music Making News

Explore the latest iPad and iPhone music making news, featuring brand-new app releasesmajor updates, and innovative iOS music production tools. Discover the best new music production apps available for iPad and iPhone, from professional DAWs and synths to creative beat-making, recording, and mixing apps.

Looking for the newest professional music production tools for tablets and smartphones? We also cover essential hardware releases, including audio interfacesMIDI interfacesMIDI keyboardscontrollers, and other gear built for seamless iPad and iPhone music production. Stay up to date with everything shaping the future of mobile music creation.


  • The Microwave 1 version 1.1.1 update, released on January 31, 2026, focuses on technical maintenance to enhance overall app stability and address minor performance issues. This follows the version 1.1.0…

  • Next-generation MIDI knob controller featuring 16 ultra-high-resolution endless encoders with touch sensitivity, innovative snapshot morphing system, and seamless LED visual feedback for precise, tactile control in music production.

  • AltiSpace 2 provides convolution reverb with extensive IR manipulation capabilities including time stretching, pitch shifting, and envelope shaping, transforming static impulse responses into dynamic sound design tools.

  • Performance-oriented drum plugin with gesture-based real-time playing and a dedicated companion app for touch control on iOS devices, currently available for preorder at 38 EUR (regular price 179 EUR).

  • Version 1.2 update introduces a powerful new Chords Generator tab, enhanced vector controls with per-layer enable/disable, equal-power fades for smoother transitions, automatic velocity layering via drag-and-drop, and additional arpeggiator patterns,…

  • eSPi 2.0.9 update adds mono sum options, loop songs, waveform editor improvements, and fixes for multi-chop and layout issues.

  • The OXI E16 is a newly released MIDI controller from OXI Instruments, built around 16 high-resolution endless encoders with integrated push functionality and LED rings. At the core of the…

  • A performance-oriented video sampler that turns video clips into playable instruments on iOS and macOS.

  • Free vintage-inspired modulated delay AUv3 plugin with essential features including tape/fade algorithms, deep modulation, DAW sync, lowpass filter, feedback, and presets.

  • Mass 1.0.2 update fixes CC event issues, improves axis controls, and enhances UI contrast.

  • GSDSP MMM is a free MIDI modulation engine using LFOs, random sources, macros, and audio-based modulation to control plugins, hardware, and instruments via MIDI CC on iOS and macOS.

  • Decent Sampler is a free sample player app for iOS, enabling on-the-go use of custom sample libraries in your music productions.

  • Pedalboard media hub for seamless stage Innovative all-in-one media hub with pedal control, charging, and multi-output capabilities, designed to elevate live performances for musicians.

  • Portable multi-channel audio mixer and interface with onboard effects, high-res recording, and versatile connectivity for content creators.

  • Mobile app for creating personalized Dolby Atmos headphone profiles using phone camera scans of head, ears, and shoulders.

  • Randomised delay effect using granular synthesis approach with up to 16 grains, control over grain shape and delay time, pitch-shifting up an octave, and randomisation options.

  • Browser-based DAW with modular devices, samples, presets, real-time collaboration, and Nexus SDK for integrating custom apps with live sessions.

  • iOS app for recording multitrack audio with video using GO:MIXER STUDIO inputs, adjusting camera settings, balancing tracks, and exporting for social media or DAWs.