Koala Sampler App Reviews

Plz make this addition with the next update. This app is dope but one thing I would like to be added is an editable step sequencer sorta like fl studio that way I can get in and create my own grooves and properly set sample chops where I need them because my timing be a bit off. Also a composing window where I can put all my ideas together. I know everything comes with time but those features will definitely take this app to another level. Freedom of creation is key. Keep up the great work I’m teaching my daughter how to make beats with this so she can hear the value of all things that create sound.

Brilliant. Amazingly designed app. Incredibly fun and inspiring to work with. And the extra (very reasonably priced) add-ons greatly increase functionality. I’ve only had this app for a couple days and I already have multiple projects going. That said, I have run into multiple bugs during the short time that I’ve been playing around with this app, including one in which the audio can suddenly become incredibly loud and distorted. No fun if you’re wearing headphones.. Also, I have to deduct one star because I feel the the app could benefit from a couple basic features. As someone who works with a lot of ambient, drone-type samples, I believe the sample editor desperately needs some sort of loop crossfade functionality. Also, simple LP/HP filters would go a long way. All in all, a very powerful and fun app. Would highly recommend to anyone. Will update my review when the bugs are inevitably ironed out. Update: After some bug fixes and the recent inclusion of sample crossfade functionality, I can now say that this app is pure perfection. Amazing job by the developer!

Koala is ALMOST perfect.. I love this app so much; the simplicity is the key to its success for sure. That being said, I am having a hard time coping with the fact that eventhough Koala is amazing it lacks MIDI out. I know many people use Koala as their “main engine”, but for me it’s like a sketch pad (from which I extract stems but mostly MIDI). I would love if one could “select” a midi channel for each pad (so that the midi from such pad is “exposed” to the user). Naturally, having 48 pads would mean you would have to share channels in between pads, but if one is allowed to “decide” what to export perhaps this wouldn’t be a big deal (to me it wouldn’t since although sometimes I do use more than 16 pads, generally this workflow I suggest would still save me a ton of time that I would otherwise spend exporting and importing files onto piano roll and stuff like that. Please do consider adding MIDI out functionality. It is seriously Koala’s biggest limitation. That being said, Koala is massive so congratulations - it really is a wonderful app ✌🏼🤌🏼.

Best musical app for iOS. This is the most user friendly sampler I’ve probably ever used. I’ve sampled lots of hits from my drum kit and some of my favorite synths from OP1 into this app and basically have a Pocket Operator on my phone now. Very pumped for these new effects! I haven’t tried it yet, but the ability to send data to Ableton live is pretty incredible for mobile composers or any musician who become easily inspired on the go. Thank you for making such an intuitive app! Landscape mode would be fantastic as well as ADSR controls for individual samples! 👽🤘💯

This is a gift. Blown away. I got the iPad pro and paid for Beatmaker 3, Cubasis, Blocs wave… all looking for the perfect iPad music experience spending nearly $70…. And the whole time the answer was in a $5 app (+$4 for a totally worth it feature) The tutorials given by the developer Marek and I can he really is passionate and wants this to be an easy lite yet essential instrument mixing in old school to the new tech. There’s a lot of easy features to dive into and you can really take this thing far. Sort of like Pocket Operator but 10x better. I’m saying this only after 10 hours of purchasing this. Already made some inspiring stuff. Would love to share my projects. Cheers!

Super fun Sampler. Updated review, 6/1/22: Koala is king! The one feature still not there from my original 1.0 review is quantization when tapping different sequencer bubbles. Otherwise, 5 stars!! Old review: * Feature request: Quantize when jumping to next sequence. Like Ableton, I would like it to play from the start of the bar when I click next sequence bubble. Or quantize to quarter, half bar, 16th etc. • Still an issue: Trash can popping up while I’m playing or editing. Let me turn that off once I’m done sampling. • ~mikenoface

Awesome and suggested update. There isn’t a match for what this app does. Not gone bore you with details, just get it. Love everything it does already with the updates. Now what I would like to see as an update? Well I hate using outboard apps to consolidate other apps to run together on the same platform. I could imagine being on the Sequencer page of Koala and when pressing and holding an empty pad, a popup list with compatible AUV3 apps would be displayed for choosing and it would occupy that particular block with all the routings that a normal sample would do. So if your on the Sampler page, it would possess the eq’s and other routes that the sampler pads do. This would be monumental to me. Just putting it out there. Oh, and of course you can record and edit the track in the sequencer. I'd pay for that update! Am I asking for too much? 🥹

Amazing app. Hands down my favorite sampling app on any platform. I have hardware samplers that don’t have as many features and capabilities, and don’t get the level of support and updates from the developer as Koala Sample. The developer has thought everything through, making this app a great centerpiece for a sampler based workflow. The only thing that I would like to see is an option to record from USB when a compatible USB interface is connected. The app sees my interface and has USB options but the sample record feature does not list USB in the options, only mic, Re sample from app and import . It might be an oversight but hopefully they can add the option to record samples from USB in a future update.

Like a better, more fun PO-33 or SP-404. This is far and away my favorite music app for iOS. I always keep coming back to it, paying for the Samurai update was a no-brainer. If you've ever used a teenage engineering PO-33 or a Roland SP-404 the workflow is very similar. That being said the speed with which you can do things in this app and the amount you can do blows me away. You can just use it as a sequenced sample player or, with the samurai update, you can now start turning your samples into proper synths in their own right (set em to loop and shorten the length a lot). The developer has done a really amazing job of keeping a good balance between quick music creation in the moment, while also providing enough detailed and smart additional tools so that you can tweak your sounds and beats to your heart's content - all without cluttering up the UI. This is one of the few iOS music apps I would actually trust live.

Almost great (for iPhone). This review is for the iPhone version only. The GUI needs to be redesigned for the iPhone. Modifying the size of the interface while in the auto chop editing section to make it easier for editing. The GUI feels a bit cramped and leads to unwanted edits. Using some of the extra space to make the window a bit larger would be extremely useful. A small nitpick that could be implemented in future versions, allowing for sample import by default in the settings. Having to change that every time the app is opened isn’t a huge issue but would be welcomed. A big feature request is changing the pattern input to something similar as Garage Band’s step editor. That would make it easier to edit and create patterns than the current method. It’s a very good app and I’ll be happy to change my rating with a tweak or implementation of some of the features I requested. Get this app! It’s easy and quick to not solely create quick sketches, but actually make beats. I can’t wait to see this app grow.

Awesome sampler. I have only used it for about an hour but it’s very easy to get started and has a lot of power for an affordable app. I was looking for something like the old days. I could play a sound into the Emulator II where I worked and have a beat looped in seconds. I have a full on software sampler but you have to record in one program and drag files to it, assign a key range etc. which is precise but not creative. It records from the iPad mic but I was able to use a Rocksmith guitar cable into a Camera kit adapter to record line level samples with ease. I am sure it could be more than what it is, but then it wouldn’t be what it is!

Really amazing work. My two favorite samplers have always been the Korg Electribe and the SP 404. Grooverider GR-16 nailed the electribe workflow but the App Store was lacking in a true SP inspired app until Koala showed up. It feels like really getting your hands dirty with audio in a way that few other apps do. It’s as simple as building collages with magazines and scissors but the depth is completely up to your imagination, and like the SP, you’re not shoehorned into any one way of working. Awesome work and thank you for putting this one out there. I’m going to make a lot of music with it.

Best music tool I’ve ever used. This is a special app. Not because it’s a capable sampler with resampling features (and a new synthesizer built in!). Not because it has very good sounding performance effects and a 4 track mixer. The reason this app is special is because the developers have put a LOT of time and thought into the workflow and user experience. Working in Koala is a very a very tight intuitive musical feedback loop and instantaneously you can hear the results of what you are doing. The result is a tool that helps or even forces, catapults you to finish tracks.

Inspiring. This app is unreal. Workflow is intuitive and effortless which leads naturally to inspiration and creativity. Works perfectly with other audio apps and mapping midi to a controller (especially a velocity sensitive one) makes this possibly the best sampler available on the market right now, hardware or software. When you compare prices as well then it makes it even more mind blowing. I’ve been chopping samples on lunch break, uploading them to google drive, coming home and importing them as a drum rack into Ableton like nothing. All of this and I haven’t even mentioned customer support yet, which is lightning fast, top notch, and from the developer himself. Thank you Marek, this sampler is awesome.

Powerful. I love this app it has given me so much for so little. I have to be honest I sold some of my gear cuz money was low. I had to pay bills and it hurt me to sell them but I had to but I am happy that because of this app I am still able to make beats which is something that truly makes me happy to spend some time to craft something I enjoy doing so. Much love to the developers you guys are awesome love the new updates. I’ve shown some people some stuff Ivemade and they shocked when I tell em it was made on my iPhone using only this app.

Like a mini sp-404. This is a very flexible app that allows you to chop samples and make songs. The controls are easy to learn. This would be a 5 star app if they improved the effects section. There isn’t really much ability to EQ the sounds so that’s a limitation. Recently the app has deleted four songs that were saved. The song name is saved but all the individual sounds deleted themselves. The app has also crashed quite a bit. However the app is less than $10. It lets you do way more than you’d expect. A positive thing is this app helped me learn how to sample, chop breaks, assemble my own breaks, make fun little songs. I’ve taught myself a lot with the help of this app and it’s increased my want to make music. I’m now saving up to buy an SP-404 so I can continue doing what I did with the app but with the real thing. This app is worth the money but not if you plan on making anything you want to save because this app might accidentally delete your saved progress

Fantastic App and it keeps getting better. This app is genius and could easily be priced at 10x the cost, so definitely buy it before they realize that and raise the price. It takes the workflow of a traditional sampler (SPs and MPCs) and mixes it with amazing UI to make an even better production workflow. Elf audio is continually making updates and improvements so it has only gotten better over time. There is a very active user community forming, only a matter of time before this app truly blows up. The simplicity of this app is what makes it so good and effective, if you are looking for a full featured DAW you will be disappointed. However, you will find a powerful tool for creating beats wherever you are, just look at Dibiase’s Koala beats on social media and you will see how powerful the app can be with the right perspective.

Tried very hard with this app. I’ve had koala and it worked amazingly for a long time. It chopped and meshed samples perfectly and I loved the intuitiveness of it all. Easily the best feature is the capability of using recorded videos from your camera roll to use as samples as well. Sadly, this app has been crashing like crazy. When I get a notification regarding full iCloud storage, or even trying to open a wav file using the app (for some reason it defaulted to koala) it would crash and clear my samples. Just today I was switching apps and upon switching everything was gone. Devs should really try to fix these random crashes, because even with updates the issue persists. Would have gotten a 5 if it was capable of storage for longer than a few days.

Sound Playground & Lots of potential. It’s pretty fun to play with, I bought the premium upgrades and really like the many possibilities you can do in this sampler playground. I hope the developer will continue to work on it because it’s one of my favorite apps! :) Oh and hey developer, I think it would be cool if you could make it so we can color individual pads for organization sake; I think it would be awesome and would also make the app more personalize-able for the user! ;) also another thing that would be handy would be the ability to record midi without triggering pads. Also it would be awesome to make the app more friendly to audio interfaces, because I’ve tried to use my Focusrite Scarlett Solo to connect my guitar and microphone and it kinda works but it sounds wack. Maybe I just don’t know how to use my gear lol would love these features to be implemented into the app!

Goated Beat Making Tool. I’ve been using Koala sampler for about 4 months or so and had quickly become my main tool for making beats and writing songs. Combined with my MC-101 and Novation Circuit and few samples, I can put together a sets worth material to perform in a matter of an hour. Even without those two extra machines, I’m not exaggerating when I say that Koala has pulled me out of a months long music rut that left me unmotivated and uninspired to create… Can’t wait to see how this app evolves in the future! (All if at any point and mute feature could be added that would be amazing ;))

My favorite music making App hands down!. Koala is so good for me because of two factors, being fun and being simple. I was hesitant and first to buy this app because over the years I have collected a large amount of computer software, instruments, and hardware samplers to make beats with. So for me I was like “why would I need this? I already have everything!” But my favorite beat maker posted a video using it so I gave it a try and wow. I loved it. koala was designed to be intuitive and easy to use but still very powerful. In a age of complicated, extremely powerful beat making computer programs and Phone apps. A lot of my time is spent just tweaking on small details to make my song “perfect” which takes away from the natural fun flow of making music. Koala gives that back to me. Is it worth the few $$$? Yes. I have music hardware that costs $1200 dollars and this app is more fun and easy to use. I love it!

Amazing, please remove the subtle quantization when quantization is turned off.. I love this app. I’ve been using it for a good while and I LOVE that you added a recording count-in and the piano roll over the last few updates. Keeps getting better! One thing I noticed recently is that even when quantization is turned off, there is still a bit of quantizing that goes on. Not sure if it’s just mine and I need to reinstall the app (though I’m scared to lose my files). Let me know if that’s an error with my app or not.

So great but there’s one bug. I love this app so much. I’ve been using it for almost 2 years. I’ve created so many beats on, it’s so smooth and you can work anywhere at anytime it’s crazy. The only huge bug that really bothers me is sometimes when switching through your different saved projects or cropping a sample, it suddenly kicks me out the app. And when I go and open the app again, the project I was last working on is missing some or all the samples. Or even just completely deletes the whole project. But other than that it’s such a great sampler, it deserves its 5 stars regardless of the bug. But if it can get fixed that would be awesome! 🎵😁

Amazingly robust and accessible. Koala is such an amazing tool! Been using it for several months and it continues to improve. The developer really listens to users and increases the value of this app continually. Recent additions of amplitude envelopes for samples and the highly desired Landscape Mode for iPad really took this over the top for me; had to add my enthusiastic five star review. Great for capturing quick sounds from the surrounding world or sampling from other music apps in AUM. Also fun driving Koala’s pads with midi sequencers like Rozeta Suite or Fugue. Excited to see where Koala goes in the future!

Greatest Of All Time. This is the easiest and most user-friendly beat making experience ever created in software form. Other platforms may offer similar features but fail to deliver them in an effective manner. Proper user-interface design is what makes Koala Sampler the greatest and most fun of all time, drawing in beat makers from the woodworks who needed something easy and affordable to get going. The Mac version is also great. Skinning your Koala Sampler is the icing on the cake as it animates your image of choice in the background. MPC, Maschine, and all DAW's shall now take notice and maybe learn a few things.

Love This Thing! One feature request! Okay, Two.... I ❤️ Koala Sampler’s layout, features, and ease of use. My request is for landscape mode be made available for iPad. I use a Focusrite iPad dock and portrait mode isn’t practical in terms of workflow going from App to app. The second request is to be able to easily transfer songs & sample set-ups from iPhone to iPad. Maybe via iCloud? That way the iPhone can be used as a Field Sampler, & the iPad can be used, with it’s more ergonomically friendly size, for further song & soundscape production. Seriously, Landscape mode would make this incredible work-flow wise if it were an option. Thank you

Crazy Game Changer!!!. This app is so dope! My workflow for making beats has gone through the roof with Koala. I love not only sampling and making beats but I get lost in the joy of sound design with the resampling and effects. The one thing I would like to see is being able to export full song arrangement stems after you record a song instead of just sequence loop stems. Plenty of ways to work around that with other apps but it would be nice to do it within the app. That’s not even a minus though just a wish list item. I truly love making music on this app!!! Koala effects is great too and sampletoys is fun too from the same developer!

Deep but intuitive and fun. Brilliant app. Easy to pick up immediately- my 7 year old gets it. But has so many features and possibilities. Can’t wait to see what’s in store with further updates. Would love to see: Waveforms on grid editor Effects on individual samples Note repeat feature is a little buggy. What I hear when holding down note repeat on some samples vs what I hear when playing back the recorded sequence is different. I love the polyrhythms you can get when holding down two note repeats at once, but the recording doesn’t sound the same. Playback through CarPlay is really muffled sounding. Not sure if this is something that can be resolved in app or is just an issue w CarPlay Minor issues for an overall exceptional musical tool

The Best I’ve seen on IOS so far!. First of all I’d like to say I hope you [The Developer] never sell out like some of these other music apps have. I can tell a lot of thought was put into making this App and I sincerely hope you continue to be successful and genuine on you’re journey! As far as the app itself I’d say it’s quite literally what I’ve been looking for all day. I’ve bounced back from app to app, even GarageBand and I gotta say this app is well worth it and I highly favor it now over the last couple things i’ve downloaded. The premium price is well worth what your getting and it even comes in parts. So your not paying for more than what you need. I’m happy to find there is no subscription. And there isn’t a million add-ons I need to buy every time I want ONE more single feature. It’s fair and well worth what your paying. I’m able to take files straight out of my iPhone, throw it into the app on some Pads, chop it up and create patterns straight off my phone with ease! Among a plethora of other things I haven’t even discovered yet. I really just wanted something I could use while on the go when I’m out’n about feeling inspired. All I got left to say is this app among an overly saturated App Store full of glitchy, uninspired, greedy Music Production apps is amazing and well worth the cost. Trust if you continue down this path of being altruistic and offering quality along side reliability I will continue to support you! Cheers!!!

outstanding developer. This guy rules. The developer shows a deep commitment to quality and a kind of dignity uncommon in the field. He cares, clearly, about doing as good a job as, within reason, he can. Improvements and corrections have come at a steady pace since release, and the product was very good on release. This while the price of this lovely sampling system remains within reach for beginners. You can’t ask for much more from a software developer. This one is among the elite on the platform. You should support this work and any other developer doing similar work if you care about things like user support, standing behind products, high quality at whatever the asking price may be, and success for developers who forgo greed, laziness, and deception. This developer is not alone in having these qualities, but such people and companies are too rare. I can’t always write about it, but I’m grateful when I find them.

Do you want to have fun?. This is a great app for professionals and beginners alike. The interface is super easy to use and the tools are very robust. The cost of the app is nothing compared to the amazing things you can make with this app. And even if you are like me and don’t know how to make music you can at least make something that will give you a smile. The Developer continues to put his heart and soul into this product and that is worth so much! Plus you can join a great community of other people using this app.

The GAS cure!. Thank you to the developer for creating this app. I have had it for a few years now and I truly am thankful because I don’t have all the money in the world. I have already purchased this phone. Being able to have a drum sampler (WITH STEMS) and sequencer for approximately $12 is mind blowing. If you are new to production, and you are thinking about getting a $400+ drum machine…consider this first. You can do EVERYTHING you need to start out and learn. You are also able to get Ableton Lite with this to mix down your tracks - if you need to mix on the computer. I cannot say it enough…get this app! It has cured my GAS! I don’t want to buy a $400+ sampler. I can use that money to get a used iPad and pad controller and be happy lol

brilliant, fast, and fun!. reeally love this app! so fast and fun for sketching. not just for beats, but also super useful for experimental, music concrete, drone, ambient etc. i love the resampling capabilities and exporting to ableton drum racks for further composing out. the drag/copy a pad is so lovely. rad. im amazed at how easy and quick it is to make interesting sounds in this. this app is already a powerhouse but would reeally hope to see a few things maybe added down the road: to have the ability to select a pad without triggering it (would be super useful for tweaking sounds during live performances), a "resample selected pad only" option (so we can record solos in keyboard mode while a bunch of beats or other pads are playing, without recording everything else), would reeeally love to see ping pong (fwd<>rev) looping mode, also an "export sequences as midi clips" option for ableton? anyway, an amazing app regardless. ty for this!!!

LOVE THE APP BUT………. I want to start off by saying.. I LOVE this App!! But… A list of things I would like to make this app even better. 1.) this one gets all caps MAKE THE RECORD/PLAY BUTTON BIGGER PLEASEEE!! ( I gotta try and use the tip of my pinky and it’s still to big for this button) lol and put it in every section meaning: Mixing area, including effects area of the mixer. Sample area etc. 2.) Allow a hold button for note repeat while in the grid or keyboard section. 3.) This one is not that big of a deal but.., It would be nice for send availability for any sound; of already made effects. Meaning: Let’s say Bus ABCD have effects, I could create a send for any sound and use those effects as well, without putting them on the bus. In closing.. I’m finding myself using this more then my DAW’S GREAT WORK!! Thanks, BEATS BY DMANDING 1 5 Stars upon fixing the record button. Because it stresses me out trying to hit that button, while being creative/finding a sound I’m trying not lose in the process of trying to hit the tiniest record button with my pinky and trying not to hit the play/stop button right next to it.

Great app with one little fix needed. I love using this app! It is very easy to use and use it on a good bit of my music projects. The one thing that I hope gets fixed is under the sequence part of the app. After you double tap one of your sequences to expand it to view each individual clip being used in the track you can move to anywhere in the track to listen align your clips up for smooth transition from one clip to another, buuuut when you do that the current clip that is playing you will lose sound on and then when the next clip kicks in the sound comes back and this makes it very tricky to get your transitions to align seamlessly and if your clips are long then you have to keep going back to the beginning and listen to almost the entire track again to hear if you aligned your clips correctly. Hope I explained that w/o it sounding tooo confusing haha. Again Love this app but please fix this if possible. Thanks again for developing a fun app!

Happiness is Koala Sampler. I’m in deep agreement with so many of the other reviews about the overall genius and fun of this app. Its design allows for such a fluid creative experience. Every time Marek adds a new feature I think “Wait, it can’t actually get better, can it?” And it does. Again and again. My latest euphoria is over the mixer effects with their unique graphics, something I’ve never seen anywhere else. The variety and playful inventiveness of visual patterns that emerge from tweaking some of these effects, patterns which are not only cool to look at but actually make complete sense as visual analogs to the sonic effects, are at once delightful and mesmerizing. And they sound awesome. The ability now to open old projects and move to the mixer to further develop and enrich the sounds is very exciting. Can’t say enough about the awesome music-creating environment Marek has given us all. If you don’t use it yet, you’re in for a super wonderful surprise. Happy music making to all!

The best sampler in the marketplace. Marek is a world-class developer and has poured his heart and impressive talent into this application. To just call it an “app” feels shortsighted; this has birthed a revolution in sample-based music production. As a beat maker for over 15 years, I don’t need my MPC, SP404 or Octatrack anymore. This is really all you need. And it becomes more impressive over time. Marek continues to implement new features seemingly every time I check for an update. This really is the best music making software money can buy. I cannot overstate how undeservingly great this is for the price.

Dope app str8 up and down like 6 o’clock !!!. Only thing I would suggest is when selecting the next sequence to play for the current sequence to play all the way through before it goes to the next selected sequence like on the sp 404sx sequencer it always stay in sequence. This would really useful when recording a song. THA The latest update made the sequencer unstable. Doesn’t always record the first note. Latest update crashes this app…..latest update keeps crashing. Please fix the crashing…..

Creatively awesome!. The amount of potential here is incredible, a well deserved 5 stars. My one bug critique is… when playing each sample to see how your sample sounds, there’s maybe a 3 second delay after the sample is played you hear a soft noise. I’ve tried to cut the tail off the samples thinking it was something I did during sampling, nope… it’s a glitch in the pads. It’s very strange. It’s about 10DB lower and occurs 3 or 4 seconds after the sample has played no matter the pad… it’s like a delay effect that’s buried very low with one repeat. That’s something to look at, but outside of that… still I give this 5 stars. Pro version is worth ever penny

My New SP-404 (and more). This app is incredible. It’s maybe my single favorite app ever (not just music). If you are proficient with an SP-404 you will love this app. It makes sample chopping such a pleasure. Beautiful, smooth, stable, precise - everything you could ever ask. So artfully laid out. The whole thing really is a work of art because of its beautiful simplicity and power. It embraces why people love the 404 despite its limitations and also embraces the iPad as an instrument. Thanks so much to the developer for this. The one thing it kills compared to the 404 is the sequences. Bravo on that. It’s such a fast workflow. I can’t even explain how efficient it is. You just have to get in there and use it. The effects are great on here but totally different than the 404. Good call on that too. You cannot do the 404 fx on an iPad. It wouldn’t work. This was a much smarter direction. (But if you nailed that vinyl sim, oh boy😳). The effects are really more like the pocket operator’s fx but more robust. The one thing I would ask (to speed up my personal workflow significantly) would be to have an “export current sample” option just like you can export the current loop only. I do so much sample chopping in here and sometimes have a whole mess of things all in one file and would love to be able to just export one sample at a time. Again, thanks for making my favorite app.

For lo-fi heads. I love this app. It’s like a nod to the SP-303 and PO-33 and I’m a big fan of both. It almost checks off all my wishes I had for a portable sampler. The workflow is smooth making it easy to use and bang out ideas quickly. I picked up an iRig 2 that works perfectly for sampling from any line out and it takes this app to the next level. It even has a 3.5 mm headphone jack that allows you to monitor your sample source and the Koala app while it’s plugged in. I feel like I underpaid for this app and I would gladly pay for extra features like a one shot option for samples, sample load and a simple step sequencer, but that doesn’t take away from how dope this app already is. I’d also like to see the ability to load tracks into the performance section to be able to do 303 style beat sets. Looking forward to future updates to this slick app. Edit: I’d like to see an update that allows copying a pattern or sample between one page/bank to the next. Edit 2: I figured out how to move patterns from page to page. Sorry.

Love it!. Fixed! Stereo recording! But now it doesn’t record st unity gain? Seems to be 6db down. Still clicks on recording start and now seems to have a slight gap at end. feature requests - !! Please oh please can there be a toggle for select on “play/ midi note”. It would be nice to be able to edit one sample at a time without having to stop playback. - snap to zero crossing. I have some samples that start with a click and or end with a click. - please allow for recording to snap to quantize? This could be a samarai feature. For recording loops especially. In addition an edit snap feature for setting a start point in time. This feature set essentially how blocwave did recording snd editing. - super super huge request. Please allow for individual fx per sample or bank 🙏🏽 - some individual outputs. - it’s gotta somehow be possible to make modern mode pitch shiftable, even by just one octave? It does sound the best of the three algos. Thanks for making such a cool tool, its straight ahead and really easy to work and be inspired. Still 5 stars.

I can see why this is the best Sampler out. Just getting into iPad music production and this tool has been nothing but good to me , no matter what Daw I’m in ,and it functions so well with my Midi Keyboard .The only things I could hope come in an update someday is a auto detect / display for tempo of sample , makes it so much easier when working in a daw, and maybe just maybe if possible using Keys on the midi to adjust pitch wether that be octave or semitone for the selected pad / sample instead of having to always use a dial or setting up the same sample multiple times to get a different sound . but yea this is my go to sampler for the long haul hands down ! Can’t wait to see what’s next

Good app but flawed. I love the app. To me it’s one of the better Samplers out there. But I have some complaints.. or suggestions. We should have the ability to edit/fine tune our sequences to make sure everything is on time. There should also be a count down to record. And there’s a glitch that makes your samples not play back when you have recorded them in the sequence. I also wish it had a few more effects (like Half time) and/or more control over some of the existing effects (like reverb). With all this said I still really like the app and I hope you guys make more!

I’m obsessed with this app. I’m relatively new to music production, but I’ve found this app to be very intuitive and useful. I’ve always wanted to get into sampling in a more serious way, and this app really scratches that itch. I own a PO-33 and, while I love it, this has essentially replaced it. The price is fantastic as well. While the app is incredible, the only real feature I would wish could be added is some kind of way to edit the timing of different samples in the loops that you have already recorded (in the same way midi can be edited after the fact). However, I understand that this may be a difficult (or impossible) feature to implement. Regardless, if you have an interest in sample based music, I cannot recommend this app enough.

Hands down one of the best samplers. Koala is amazing. Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Ease of use, editing of individual samples in seconds,effects. I was making music within minutes after watching one tutorial. Played for hours. Can’t wait to get home and write some more. Only negative is when you hold a sample for continuous play , if your finger moves slight to the side the trash can comes up. I haven’t accidentally thrown anything away while playing yet but that could be scary in a live situation lol besides that it’s amazing. Easily better than most outboard samplers

Outstanding!. It’s like having a sp-404 in your pocket. The UI is such that when you go to do something, it is done in a way that comes naturally without having to think about it, such press for duration of record and drag and drop to duplicate. The features and limitations are in perfect balance to foster creativity whether quickly getting ideas down or doing something more sculpted and spending a little time making. Dev seems responsive and involved. One of my most used music apps as of late, def recommend especially for the price.

Packs a mean punch for the price. This is the best multisampler app I’ve tried so far on iOS by far. The features here rival those of some of the best hardware samplers with only a couple of minor limitations. You can sequence full tracks within the app pretty easily, the entire workflow from getting and manipulating samples to sequencing and exporting the song is pretty straightforward and the stems extraction feature is only seen in one other sampler I know of so far which is only available on pc/Mac so this is cutting edge sampling capability for a mobile software. As a producer/engineer that started his journey early 90’s on an Ensoniq Eps16+ I miss having the ability to quickly chop samples and build kits, I use GarageBand iOS for recording on the go but the main features missing fom GarageBand iOS are available by using this apps Auv3 version as a plugin or dumping sequences thru IAA and both methods work pretty well I must say. There are 2 main features I’d like to see added that would make it a more comprehensive sampler, those being the ability to layer sounds nondestructively (currently you have to resample) and the ability to map key zones for sampled instruments. There are a few other tweaks if I were to nitpick but I rated it 5 stars anyway because this app is beyond awesome for what it does and I’m sure feature improvements will be equally dazzling.

Incredible. Legitimately one of the best apps ever made. Not just out of all music apps but in general. Where do I even begin explaining the genius of this app? It is an all-in-one solution allowing for unparalleled creativity and fun while making music. Koala sampler is intuitive, easy to use and wildly fun. Record and edit your own sounds, import samples, chop and mix them, apply effects and arrange them. I think the greatest strength of Koala is that it doesn’t overwhelm the user. It is more limited than a true DAW but that is a good thing. You won’t feel overwhelmed or unsure where to start. Creativity just flows. The final piece of the puzzle was recently added to truly set Koala apart from the bunch recently - the mixer. With the addition of the mixer and all of the effects, Koala Sampler is everything you need to make amazing music in one inexpensive, value package. There’s not enough good things I can say about this app.

A Request to Elf Studios (hope you can read this!). Before I start, I would like to say that I absolutely love this app. The fact that a mobile application is capable of doing 90% of what a 500$+ drum machine can do is absolutely unbelievable. I can tell that care and love was put into the development of this amazing app. I love the community surrounding the app, and most importantly, the things I have been able to achieve thanks to this app. Koala has truly become a daily routine to my everyday life as I continue to learn how to produce and finger drum, and even if one day I decide to get an actual drum machine, I will still remember that this is where I started. I have basically had no problems while using this app with a very smooth ui and a pretty nifty set of features. However, I only run into one problem, which is my request. I would love to see a bpm detection feature added to the Samurai Edition, a feature that is capable of detecting the bpm of any sample that is dragged into a project, similar to popular daws such as Ableton. In my opinion, this will be a game changer for the app and practically replace the use of a DAW almost fully, and if not, work perfectly hand and hand with one. Again, thank you (the developers) for making this amazing app that allows me to better myself in beatmaking and further mark myself in the drum machine culture. I hope you can read this!

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Amazing. A beautifully simple and amazingly versatile instrument. Thank you so much!!! As a previous owner of a TE-OP1, this app can do so much more and is much easier to use.

Brilliant. This is an absolute must. What a brilliantly designed app. I love my Octatrack, Ableton, but this is utter genius for the price. Thank you for developing such a gem 🙏🏻✨

genius. you sir are a genius. This app has been designed so thoroughly it scares me.

Massive value and heaps of fun!. This is incredible for on the go beat making and generating ideas! Love it! An idea for future update: I think it would be amazing if you could some how important straight from the splice app on your phone!

Absolute zero barrier to entry. Think about how much money you have spent or could spend on buying hardware. Now consider the few dollars this app asks for. Within minutes you can be taking samples or utilising your existing sample library to make sick beats. Kill your GAS, buy this app. Feedback for the developer: I’d love to be able to change the theme of this app. I know you have a design style, and that’s part of the brand, but some customisation other than background would be nice.

This sampler is DOPE AF!. It’s so intuitive, fun and instantly rewarding. I’ve made more music on koala in the first few days than any other app. Just buy it. You won’t regret it.

A must have. Just try it .. unreal I use it everyday

Love this app. This is such a powerful app. Would recommend this to anyone.

Worth the monies. fun fast and intuitive! would be nice if we could pick custom color schemes

The most useful & fun beatmaking app. I’ve tried all the beat making apps but you guys got it right 👏

Great app just a great IAP update.. Lots of fun and great for creating interesting sounds and riffs. The developer keeps adding great new features. Top app and top dev.

Koala Sampler: Ultra Fun and Intuitive. Every week I find a new setting I hadn’t had much experience with. The UI is user friendly and easy to navigate. I highly recommend having a fumble a number of times. Eventually it will sound like music once you understand the power of this application. Very happy with low cost purchase of additional settings.

DJ Kola is in town. 1. You can use screen recording 2. Pitch control 3. Special effects 4. Not over or 100$ 5. FUN and easy to use

Ridiculously good value for money.. User interface is really intuitive, clean, well thought out. Most importantly the app is really fun to use!

Perfection.. All the effects have given me a reason to not buy an SP404 or PO33 for large quantities of money, the sampler is brilliant, sequencer is amazing with a bit of auto-quantisation, what’s there not to love. Definitely worth the price.

Fun and Functional - a fantastic tool. This is one of those apps that nails everything that matters. Super intuitive interface, fast and fun to use, which is the essential magic when trying to capture a creative burst, and sounds excellent. Add to that an great output capability. Unlike so many other audio apps this one does not trap your work inside its own ecosystem but instead allows you to take your work to other platforms with ease for further work. This has become my go-to ideas capture tool on the go and an essential grove-making resource in my workflow.

So creative and intuitive!. Very user friendly & well designed. Excellent features. Would love to see a loop sustain mode in a future update (playhead separate to loop brace with loop ping pong movement)

Just The Best. I have made more music on this $5 app than I have with thousands of dollars of ‘pro’ gear. This thing is just amazing, I can’t recommend it enough. For people new to it, remember it’s a sampler, it doesn’t have instruments if that’s what you’re looking for, it just does AMAZING things with you samples. Love it!

Best iPhone music app I’ve seen. Extremely intuitive, fun, and practical for music.

What an excellent app. This app rocks , it’s unique, stable and super functional. Worth five times the price in todays iOS terms

Brilliant!!. Love it so much

A fresh approach that brings creative freedom.. Very impressed with this after a few months of usage. It integrates well with DAWS such as Cubase iOS. But standalone is my favourite mode. Very elegant interface, it’s so easy to get started and it offers a lot of depth when you’re willing to explore. Professional quality results, and of course most importantly it’s fun to use. I recommend this to anybody who wants to work with samples and loops, and wants to use an interface made for touch screen, rather than a sampler app emulating a physical sampler e.g MPC.

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Tight. As a dev, I can tell how good the code under the hood of this app is. Major kudos. Beyond the quality, this is simply an app that is wildly capable and brings joy to people from beginner to advanced. In fact, if you’ve never used a sampler in your life, get this app, love this app.

Amazing sampler. since I started using this app, I've barely turned on my MPC one because this does everything I want no matter where I am. Great user interface and super quick workflow.

Really flexible and elegant when it comes to using. This app when it comes to music production is really handy to have on you. Being able to export individual sequences into stems with ease especially on a iOS/iPadOS is amazing to have in ur toolbox. It is flawed with some features that are missing and make it more difficult to get around but overall this app is great to have on you nonetheless.

A very capable sampler. Basically quit FL studio after years of using it when I picked up Koala. It’s a super capable sampler and a real contender in the DAW/ sampler market. Lots of amazing features, FX, ease of use make this a must have for any producer.

So good.. Extremely well thought out, fun. Get samurai mode! It’s worth it

Wonderful. I had to sell my my beloved sp404sx a few years ago because I was beyond dead broke and still miss it to this day. Koala actually brings the same advantages and improvements over the Sp series for a fraction of the price.It might be all that I need plus an iOS interface!

More FX please. Awesome app, great compliment to my work flow and my hardware SP404. Are there going to be any other FX added to the Kaola sampler? Imported samples must always de « ready to go » but sometimes EQ, compression and others must be used in order to make everything fit together. In order to do this I m’usât bounce samples back in forth between my SP, DAW and Koala. Thanks again for such a cool app. CHeers.

A must have for beginners and pro. It would be a 10 out of 5 with a scratching mixer!

Koala Sampler. Truly Amazing!! Looking Forward to Many updates ❤️

So much fun. So I paid like $5.50 for an app. And now all I do is sit around sampling our cat and dog and wife and remix them into songs and it’s great.

Good. I don’t even have the app but it looks good

Fave App, Fave Music Creation Tool. Love this app. Super easy to use if you have a basic understanding of music, even, then I think you could figure it out. I have super bad adhd, and this is THE best tool for me to use to make music due to how simple it is to use. Great fun. My favorite music tool. Period. No contest.

The best portable sampler app on iOS. Koala is the gift that keeps on giving. I’ve never spent so little on a musical purchase that’s brought me so many hours of enjoyment and creative fulfilment. Love the workflow. Love the community. Love that the developer NEVER stops improving it, whether it’s minor things like bug fixes, or major feature updates like a 4-channel mixer and integrated synth. It’s the one thing I’ve bought for my iPhone that’s worth more now that it was when I got it.

Outstanding App. The best.

This is Dope!!!. But we need this in auv3 to make it perfect!!!! It’s already the best sampler now let’s do this one last step. #auv3LetsDoIt!!!, great job guys keep up the great work.

Great. It’s awesome. Easily worth the pricetag.

Amazing design. I am blown away by this app. Maybe the best-designed music app I have ever used. So fun and surprisingly powerful. Great tutorials on YouTube as well.

Best App. This is a must app, the only thing is landscape mode for iPad

So great.. Delete all your other apps. This is the time killer you’ve been waiting for.

Great fun. Bought it yesterday, have already spent maybe 6 hours in it, addictive and very fun, seems the dev is very engaged so I'm sure we'll see new features.

Fantastic creative app!. So well designed. Smooth and wonderful experience.

Marek Bereza, thanks. Awesome is the only world can discribe your app. The possibility are infinit. Im totaly no voice about how much your app is fantastic. The power of creation can be totaly develop and use as is maximum with Koala app. Marek Bereza is the second Genius in all this generation right after Steve Jobs. We all superstar now with this kind of app. You are Great keep goong Bento

won't lie. is a bummer that you cannot sample directly from youtube

Potential but big disappointment. No stem splitting functions to be found. Have tried Easter egg strategy as well. Dang.

#1 for sampled based music production. Awesome app and community, this app blew my mind!

You won’t regret buying this app. It’s the best sampler for phone/iPad on the market & it changed how I make music for the better

Current Sequence Midi. When I noticed the addition of “Current Sequence MIDI” as an export option I was ecstatic. This is the final piece of the puzzle. Along with ableton stems and drum racks I might have the perfect sampling workflow. However, I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong in ableton but none of my MIDI is lining up with the correct notes when I import. I haven’t been able to get the ableton drum rack to play back my sequences I made in the app. This is important to me because I like to resample individual sounds through an Akai 3000 XL. Then use my midi to track it back in. If there’s any way of having a look at this in a future update or tell me if there’s anything I could do on my end I would be grateful!!

So so good.. Wish I could buy it twice, it’s such a wonderful musical sampler. Easily the best one on iOS. Just buy it!

Best App for Music Producers. If you’re interested in making music this is hands down the best app I’ve ever had. I’ve made dozens and dozens of beats on this and it keeps getting better and better!!!

Good but limited. Awesome little sampler, but limited in how you can edit the audio. Wish there was more effects or audio manipulation for the samples (stretching audio for example)

So much fun to be had. So easy, fun and very nicely designed. Everything you need in a sampler is there!

The hell happened???. This app was so great, I made a whole 8 song tape on it and it worked fine until the latest update... loading takes forever, always crashes, sometimes doesn’t save, even if I save it manually, crashes if I turn off my phone for a second, deletes samples and loops for no reason... This app was so good until this update... if you patch these bugs, this will be a 4, maybe a 5 for me.

A winner. Great great app. Period. One thing really bothers me. If you buy an app and you like it a lot, it's cool to communicate that to others by rating it. If an update has bugs, you DONT RATE IT AGAIN WITH A BAD RATING TO THREATEN THE DEVELOPER. You email the guy or girl to let him know. You know the app is good so why screw up the apps sales because of a bug that will get fixed. Ratings are not there to communicate with the developer. The thing that really shows that the people who do that do not care about anyone but themselves, is that they never change their bad rating. So the promise of hanging thé rating if the bug is fixed is never honoured. Koala is fantastic. Every app has bugs sometimes. If every time a bug appeared everyone would give a bad rating, every app would have lousy ratings. Most people realize this so it's not a big problem. It's only bad when one if those ignorant people buy a great app.

This is it.. This is the one. Pretty much everything that an SP 303/404, with some major quality of life improvements. I would even argue that this app singlehandedly outclasses them. Super easy to pick up, fun to use and really brings the joy of beat making to the forefront. Don’t sleep on this.

Best music app ever. If these guys ever come out w a standalone it will wipe the market . Best music making app ever - especially for drummers !! Its just fun and lets you do what your brain wants to do sound design wise. Bit of experience with a daw helps but hands down most fun way to make tunes or at the very least score your idea down b4 the magic drops.

Fun, easy and portable. At first I didn’t use the app despite rave reviews from friends. I was on a plane ride with nothing to do opened up and made 3 ideas quickly learning how to use it. I’ve played with my niece and nephew with it and everyone loves it’s simple and fun interface. Thank you

This app is money. Love how simple and straight forward this app is I sold my po pocket ko cuz this workflow is so much nicer Wish it had a bit more live juggles in the preform sector Maybe like like the flytape or maybe allow a plug-in to join I would pay for more features Thanks GOONKNOX

Recording a sample. It’s a nice app. I have not used it extensively but one major flaw is that the user has to keep a finger on the tab to record sound. I wish I had three arms because like this it’s impossible to sample any instrument like a flute in my case. Suggestion: double tap to record sample, tap once to stop, tap and hold to drag into bin

Yes. Perfect

Leave the SP404 at home. I love how portable this app is. It’s the perfect blend of functionality and fun. It’s not a DAW and that’s why it’s great. Make some samples and play with a beat. Pure joy. Huge thank you to the developer for continued updates and innovation. My overpriced hardware synths and samplers now collects dust in my closet.

Not loading my song. Koala i hope you see this from the bottom of my heart my phone died and i went to go check it and go to koala and i went to go on my saved songs. but when i clicked on any of my saved songs it says “Song not in valid format” and i’m sad please fix this problem i worked hard for it

Can almost compete against the biggest DAW. This app made me sold my SP404. I can create beats on commute to work now. This app is insane!

Oustanding Sampler. Fun, easy to use and fun to use. Did I say fun to use?

A new way of making music and creating sound. This app is simply brilliant. I am using it as a DAW to make music because, compared to transitional DAWs, it has a live-execution flavor to it. You can't record automations, but you can sample and resample everything. The sonic and composition possibility of this app are nearly limitless. I have been using it for 2 months and I keep rediscovering this app. Endless creative space in your pocket sized smartphone. That's simply the new way of making music. Embrace the future ;)

Incredible!. This app is amazing. Everything it does is fast, musical and intuitive. I hope they add live looping and loop slicing in the future—I’d even pay for these as add-ons. It’d also be nice if there were more intuitive ways to resample audio from other iOS apps in real-time. Already as it is it’s a must-have sampling app!

Best Sampler out there. Koala is everything a person could want in a sampler, its beauty is in its simplicity and each update is like a little Christmas present from Marek. It keeps getting better every time I open it

Simple and wonderful. I’ve been excited about iOS as a music making platform since I got my iPod touch 10 years ago, this is the first app that really made me feel like “wow someone finally did it” Simple, fun, powerful easy to make songs, easy to start something and export to desktop application for further editing. It’s just all around awesome.

Love This App. Absolutely amazing, you can be endlessly creative with it!

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An iOS sampling powerhouse. I don’t write reviews often, but after purchasing the samurai update to Koala, I had to give props. This app started out as an SP for your iPhone, but the upgrade makes it an Ableton for your iPhone. Samurai update has brought the auto chop/time stretch capabilities to a phone - unbelievable. And the UI is solid - takes good advantage of the ability to manipulate samples via touch. Bravo Koala 👏🏼🔥

It’s good. I have made good music out of it but that’s all there is to it.. This music making app is okay. I’ve been using it for a while. First it was complicated, but now i finally know what i’m doing. But yet, it just isn’t enough. Whenever i’m using the keyboard to increase the pitch of whatever sound i programmed into Koala, it doesn’t sound right because the octaves aren’t right. It pretty much skips an note instead of giving me the exact note i want. Another thing is that whenever i want to roll a certain beat, i can’t do that. There’s a lot that Koala is missing & i am suggesting an improvement.

I like it but.... Would be REALLY nice if I could use a(n) auv3 plug-in or two when using the “perform” mode. I realize a lot of allocations may need to be allocated and inevitably some ninny is gonna try to run Turnado and Saturn 2 or some other possibly high resource grabbers on their iPad 2 or iPhone 5 and this thing will probably cause a tear in the matrix but if this could somehow work, it brings this already super fun app to next-level cool!

Great app, Great support!. I won't add much to what's already been said, but this is an excellent sampler. Easy to use and learn. Intelligent and well designed work flow. Powerful and it sounds great. Add to that fantastic and responsive support. Super impressed! Buy it, you won't regret it. I have one super minor request that has nothing to do with functionality, but instead the visuals. It would be ultra cool if there were themes or ways to choose the colors for the samples and interface.

Everything a beatmaker needs and so much more. Started making beats in the 90’s with rack samplers, eventually MPC’s which are still my weapon of choice. I can honestly say though that Koala is slowly changing all that. Incredible. It does everything I need to get ideas accomplished sonically. Cannot recommend enough!

Amazing App - A few updates away from perfection. I really love this app. It’s so wonderfully laid out and easy to understand. It’s saving me from buying a lot of expensive hardware, which is great! There are some feature I hope are added in future updates. I’d be willing to pay more to unlock the following: 1. Allow users to change clip launch behavior. I’d love to have one sequence run it’s course before switching rather than it happening immediately. 2. Allow users to mute sections of a sequence while it’s running live 3. Add pattern chaining 4. Allow for more effects (full adsr, delay, etc) and/or AUV integration I’d pay very good money to see these integrated into Koalas beautiful and easy to use workflow. Just sayin’!

Best! pocket Sampler(Ever!) Now with AUV3 and multi out. This now officially the Best pocket sampler even at twice the price. Current release now is the go to app for quick and easy beat/song making. Developer has shown great commitment to this app and encourage everyone to show support by also purchasing Sample Toy and KoalaFX as I have to help further support development of this great sampler. Superb! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🌟 🏆

The absolute best. I’ve been a koala user for 3 years and I can’t imagine being without this fabulous app. The applications are endless and can be used casually, on the go, or can be utilized to flesh out more complex sequences and beats. This is a great app to spark musical inspiration and the new updates have really expanded the app’s capabilities. You honestly can’t do better for the price and I’m so grateful to Marek for creating it!

One hour in and I made a beat with office supplies. I’ve used this app for one hour and I am very impressed I wrote a few beats at lunch time in the office and The joy I felt being able to use lunch like that was already worth 5 bucks, can’t wait to actually learn how to use this and use samples that aren’t just me tapping my finger on various office supplies!!

Udpated: Koala is the best sampler I’ve found. I’ve been very excited to work in Koala sampler, and have enjoyed the snappiness of its interface and many of it’s thoughtful features very much. It’s a fast workflow and great for creative momentum. One small note for Cubasis users: make sure if you import large samples that you crop them and save your Koala preset. Cubasis doesn’t like large Koala presets, so cropping and saving will keep Cubasis running smooth as silk! Keep up the great work Marek 👍👍

Genuinely Amazing. This app is essentially a full functional hardware sampler but for mobile devices. Nothing really comes close to the capabilities this app provides, and the community behind it is even better. The best $5 you’ll likely spend on any type of music related software period. Can’t recommend enough.

Amazing. Incredible. Easy to use. Just the best. I would however echo one suggestion made by another reviewer: Koala would reign supreme if the parameters of effects could be tweaked — if you could changed echo and reverb feedback, if you could EQ, if you could change the the resonance of the filter, if you could tweak the wet/dry of the dub echo (amazing sounding effect, just generally to much wet), etc. Great great tool though. Highly recommend.

Please fix it. To be honest I really don’t want to give a bad review about this app because I really love this app and I enjoy it but the thing is it keeps shutting me out every single time I am making a project he keeps knocking me off can you guys please fix that issue because I’m starting to dislike the app right now so once again can you guys please fix this app because it keeps knocking me off thank you

Best Sampler For iPad Ever Made. Simply the best and most feature rich sampler ever made for iPad. You can make killer beats, complete songs, entire albums with this magic making device. This does more than most of the software programs I own for a fraction of the price. It’s insanely underpriced for what it does. This is easily in my top 3 apps for iPad. I spend more time on this than my MPC, 404 , and SP 1200 combined. The sky is the limit for this sonic beast. Highly recommended.

Great app, very fun, wish it had AUV3. Really fun and well designed. My favorite ios sampler. It has lots of functionality, but it's hard to get all the way to complete sounding tracks. I've found it best for coming up with loops that I turn into full tracks in other apps or software. My main wishlist feature would be AUV3 support, so it played nicer with others. Also, please add individual track exporting for Ableton. It's a letdown that you only get all of the pads together, rather than each pad as a separate loop.

Almost perfect. This app is a lot of fun. The workflow is smooth and lets you knock out ideas very quickly. It brilliantly provides a set of simple building blocks that can be combined in complex ways. The resampling feature is a perfect example. It keeps the interface simple while still allowing you to build complex samples. I also like the it separates the UI into three different workflow stages: sampling, sequencing, and performing.

This is how its done. Yo. I had this app since the beginning and its only gotten better. I can make 2 beats a day just using this at work. All of its features are amazing and only getting better. The creator needs more recognition for this amazing app. All beat makers should have this in there phone. Word up!

MIDI export?. First off thank you!! The app is amazing especially with the new samurai mode. Best beat making app hands down with the addition of midi editing. When moving a group of midi notes while zoomed out the app constantly thinks I want to edit note length which can be frustrating. It’d be amazing if you could limit the ability to edit the note length when zoomed (like long press on the selection of notes locks there length 🤷‍♂️). But more importantly...midi export?! :) Thank you again for your work!

Missing New Update Feats. on iPad. One of the new features that were released on August 19, 2022 do not show up for iPad. I’m assuming this is only for iPhone at the moment. When going through multiple import options it still sends you to AudioShare. It does not give you an option to go strictly to your iCloud or google drive. Seems as if you still have to import these sounds into AudioShare to use it.

Great app. This app is slowly becoming one of my go to apps for sampling percussive kits on the go! I was so sad when real beat stopped getting development but this is better and getting better too. If there is one thing I wish this current version had tho is landscape mode support when running on iPads as it’s somewhat awkward to have to turn the device around when running along side other music apps via Audiobus or AUM.

The best app on iOS. This app is amazing. It’s a great sampler, has great effects for resampling, cool dj effects for performing and let’s you easily save songs and individual sounds. Obviously not gonna replace the feel of say an sp404 but gives a lot of the functionality and you basically always have your phone so you should get it so you have it. Then you can make music anywhere. Stay sharp.

Best budget sampler available. This is the least expensive sampler I've ever seen. It's also portable, works on all my iOS devices, is ready to use, has tons of features that let it integrate with my dad and other devices, has customization, and literally a bunch of killer features. I normally don't bother writing reviews for apps, this one is absolutely worth the pricetag and criminally underpriced at that.

Nice but needs work. So you made it possible to edit multiple pads at once… except it’s very clumsy and doesn’t work well. So if I select 12 pads and pitch them down, now they are deselected. If I don’t like the sound, I have to re-select all the pads again, and blindly change the pitch, because I can’t audition the sounds while I’m holding the edit buttons without deselecting everything. So how does this actually help? You should get an actual beat maker to QC your app before you release an update that makes no sense.

I can’t stop telling everyone!!. This is really a great sampler app, well worthy of 5 stars… can you PLEASE add labeling ability. The only thing missing for me is the ability to label the sample pads. Otherwise, it’s all by memory. If this has been addressed already, then I look forward to the update that adds that necessity. Thanks for the awesome app!!

Love this sampler and suggestions. This is the first iOS music production ap I have truly fallen in love with. Thank you!! Great workflow and amazing features and so fun to use. Two suggestions that would make it even better. Double tap for hands free sampling to grab things like a guitar or piano riff and audio preview before importing samples in an online directory. Two small things that would make an already awesome ap even better.

Needs song dissector. I love this app but sometimes when I sample stuff it has a few different sounds or instruments and in portions of songs I want to cut one song for a second and leave the others or add the others to something else. This is a great app and it’s awesome how it allows me to capture sounds the moment I hear them so thank you for everything but please add the song dissector

Decent has some Issues/Limitations. Decent, lightweight app, but a bit limited. There are a couple things that prevent me from using this in my live workflow. The pitch shift for playback on the keyboard does not seem to have an option to preserve the audio clip’s original length. Also mapping MIDI notes to specific pads does not work for me. I’m using Koala as an AUv3 plugin. If I record a kick on one pad and a snare on another I can only play the currently selected clip chromatically on the keyboard even after assigning each pads to a specific key on the keyboard.

Found the Easter egg. And it’s a game changer. And I think it works really well already! It can only get better! However I must say, I could not find it on my own, had to get help on the forums, and it was a bit frustrating and unpleasant of a search. Don’t do that again! You got something awesome, be up front with it.

BestSamplerPeriod!. I’ve been on the iOS kick for years and it’s my fav go to . People with negative reviews Clearly never bothered even checking settings or reading reviews. Or just want an MPC or SP404 in a free app. It’s Intuitive and easy to use. They have programs for children even. So many features and more coming. Great community and tutorials out there. Def worth the purchase upgrades and easy to use anywhere!

10 out of 10!!!. I am a producer that focuses on standalone production. Generally MPC based and this app blows everything else out of the water! With constant updates with its consumers consideration in mind this is an easy to use and affordable way to produce on the go! Whether you are just starting or a seasoned vet in the production world… invest in this app you will not regret it!

Absolute Perfection. This is one of the most thoughtfully-produced pieces of software I have ever come across in my almost-40-years on this planet. It’s like the software equivalent of a Wes Anderson movie - everything is so meticulously thought out and executed with absolute precision to both detail and design. This app is like Procreate for music making - you buy an iPad just to use this beautiful piece of software. I wish the developer all the best life has to offer.

Hands down my favorite app. I don’t even know where to begin… what a fun and fantastic tool for any musician at every level. I’ve shown this to people that have never made music in their entire lives, and they absolutely love it. Easy to use and straight forward. The developer is constantly improving and adding new features to the app. Best money I’ve ever spent in the App Store. I cannot praise it enough, thanks koala!!!

Brilliant, powerful, game-changer. An incredible app, a gift to aspiring and evolving musicians, Koala offers so many creative possibilities. I have the students in my high school music production classes purchase this app to learn how to get creative with sampling. The added bonus of including a license for Ableton Live Lite (and ways of exporting from Koala to Live) is awesome. To have this powerful an app at this price is incredibly generous of the developers, with endless updates and evolutions to boot. Thanks for your empowering work!

A lot of fun for the money. It’s a blast to play with and I can see myself integrating this into my music making process. It’s great that it already works with Ableton Link and AudioShare. Bonus point is awarded because my toddler likes it too. Two things I’d love to see in future updates: - editing notes within patterns after recording - applying effects to samples after recording

Best music app out there. Even though I keep buying each major music producing app as they come out, I still always come back to this app. It’s a beat beast. My only complaint is that triplets are very hard to make happen but they’re definitely doable. Also this is a side note My ear may be off but it seems to me like the triplet stutter is a bit wonkey. I can work with it but if you put the Met on and hold the stutter right in the middle to make triplets they don’t seem to line up. Other than that an AMAZING app

From brain to sequenced. I am always drumming and humming stuff that pops into my head. This app makes it so easy to grab the inspiration and sequence it. Then you can just run with the sound you got, or replace with more hi-fi samples. I made a fairly intricate beat within minutes of first opening it, and it was a lot more fun then working in my daw. For me, this provides a workflow that separates the creative process from the production and engineering process. That’s something that I’m sure a lot of people struggle with. Excellent app... thanks for creating it!

Great but clunky.. Overall it’s a great app but the piano roll is quite bad executed. It’s okay if you have 1 bar length but if you have more then that zooming and panning is very annoying, especially on phone screen. Also you have scales in play mode but no scales in piano roll, no scale root note (we can use pitch though, but why just don’t do that right way). No song mode, people do screen recordings to share songs, so weird. It’s great app but more like a toy to play around.

I love this all. What can i say? There are few DAWs/apps that i can say changed my life or kept my attention and this is definitely one of them. The creator really listens to the community and the all is updated frequently. It costs next to nothing but the money you do spend is well worth it. In short, if you like making music, veteran or novice, this is the app for you.

Would give this 10 stars!. Very easy to use. Very affordable one time purchase. Support designers like these. No more pay subscriptions. Now i add my own samples to my video clips. Takes no time. Thank you guys i been looking for an affordable way to just sample not trying to be a dj just want to better my content

My favorite music app. This pocket sampler is easily the best money I’ve spent on a music app, ever. The recent update introduced some fantastic features like one shot mode for samples and Ableton Live Set export!!! I use Ableton primarily so Im super hyped about that. I’m looking into purchasing a new iPad for music work, and this app has me very inspired to create on the go. I can’t wait to try it out on an iPad instead of on my phone! I can’t believe it only cost $3!

Buy it. Support it. It’s awesome. I’m loving this app. I rarely buy apps and I couldn’t pass on this. It does so much well! The UI, the sampling and composing. It’s all fantastic. I understand it’s for sampling but having some built in drum sounds that you can always reference would be awesome. Having a sequencer with a built in grid system to drop sounds in would really help out. Also, it would be awesome to have some predefined chords in the “piano roll” key section in the sequence pane. I sampled a piano note, having it build chords or having a chord gallery option would be spot on. Otherwise this app is fantastic Edit: Really enjoying this app, it’s been updated very frequently with fantastic updates and improvements!

Top Marks. I’ve had this for less than twelve hours and I can say with complete authority that it’s the best music making app out there. The only negative is that I didn’t discover this earlier. Make some samples and great the foundation of a song or the entire thing, in the app itself. Also, record a bunch of real world samples and then transfer them to a hardware sampler/instrument or dump into DAW like Ableton. Personally, I can’t wait to load a bunch into my OP-Z and S2400. Again great job on this. I beg you, please please please don’t change this app. It doesn’t need some huge update that changes the structure or workflow. Every great app does this and it completely ruins it. Pass this along to the designers and developers please. Otherwise, congrats. You made the best music making vehicle in the App Store.

Impressed :). So impressed this far. Way to give me a new workflow that works perfectly for me. My experience using mobile app versions of daws or other music creation stuff throughout the years hasn’t been the great. I’ve completely given up on the concept until I saw my sp404mk2 could connect to this app. Thank you for the convenience of making music in the go.

G.O.A.T.. There is not enough to be said about this incredible app! But I will say that it has changed the way I look at sampling and music production in the most positive ways possible! A game changer for anyone interested in learning about creating music, from the greenest of beginners to the most seasoned artists & producers! An incredible contribution to the mobile music community and a must have if you ask just about anyone! Thanks again Marek!

Best pocket sampler out there. I love the simplicity and straightforward approach that koala brings to the table. The new update with mixer and FX is awesome. Definitely worth the price considering everything you can do with the app. One of the coolest features is being able to split stems. Which is one push of the button you can remove just the baseline, drums or vocals from a sample. I love it.❤️

The Best of the Best !. Koala is, in my humble opinion, the best music making app among the many I use. It is cleverly structured and benefits from the ingenuity and simplicity which are attributes of true genius. Everything I need to do with sampling in my music productions can be done fast, efficiently and satisfactory with Koala. What more can I ask for ? Koala is what the world needed for a long time and now it exists. Thank you.

Unrivaled. I almost never leave reviews. Click the purchase button and congratulate yourself on completely transforming the way you make music. Intuitive, easy and most importantly FUN. I prefer to create songs using analog gear because I enjoy using my hands to make music, this app is a seamless addition. Rare exception. A+++

It’s my favorite.. Koala makes being creative faster, easier, cheaper, and more fun. It’s like a pocket note book, perfect for fast rough sketches. Actually, that’s an understatement. It’s more like an pocket easel. You can sketch, but you can also paint. The tools are there. I’ve been using Koala since 2019 and it just gets better. The developer has consistently added features that add to the experience, without bloating it. Most of the music I’ve made on the app is music I could not have made through any other process. Every single track that goes through this app comes out inspired, fresh, and full of life. Part of the comes from the low-pressure quality the app has. It’s about getting it done.

Best sampler app on iOS. If you’re looking for a sampler app for your iOS device don’t think twice just hit the buy button already! This is hands down the best sampler app on iOS as of today. It’s not a full fledged DAW so temper your expectations. This app does 2 things and 2 things well and as intuitively as possible: sampling and sequencing. That’s all you need to make amazing sample based music.

No Background Audio option??. Tried opening another app while this was looping and its audio just faded out. No setting for allowing the audio to play in the bground. Then clicked ‘Help’ and it was a webpage with a header but absolutely nothing for content, blank. Also would be nice to be able to double the length of a loop instead of having to the to record the extra bars of pattern if you decide to change a 2 bar loop into a 4 bar loop. Hopefully these will be addressed.