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Best Music Production Apps for iPhone (2026)

19 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Music Creation.

BandLab - Music Maker & Beats is the top-ranked of 19 music production apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 509,920 ratings.

  1. 1
    BandLab - Music Maker & BeatsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 509,920 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    SoundLab - Audio EditorS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 14,565 ratings · score 92
  3. 3
    MedlyS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 38,471 ratings · score 91
  4. 4
    GarageBandS
    Free · ★ 4.1 · 117,802 ratings · score 91
  5. 5
    Soundtrap: Music Making StudioA
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 11,029 ratings · score 89

What belongs in this list

Make complete songs on my phone by arranging and mixing tracks in a studio-style workspace.

Not here: Recording audio alone; AI song generation from a prompt alone; Music video creation alone; A single instrument app alone; A music player alone

More lists: Best music production apps free to download · Best Music Recording Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
BandLabSoundLabMedlyGarageBand
A
SoundtrapMusic MakerMicrophonen-TrackAuxy StudioCubasis 3Ableton Note
B
VolmixFL Studio
C
KORG Gadget 3SpireAudio editorLogic ProAcapella
D
Reason Compact
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    BandLab - Music Maker & BeatsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 509,920 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    SoundLab - Audio EditorS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 14,565 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  3. 3
    MedlyS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 38,471 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  4. 4
    GarageBandS
    Free · ★ 4.1 · 117,802 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  5. 5
    Soundtrap: Music Making StudioA
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 11,029 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  6. 6
    Music Maker JAMA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 10,828 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  7. 7
    Microphone Live-Voice Tune MicA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,913 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  8. 8
    n-Track Studio DAW: Make MusicA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,070 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  9. 9
    Auxy StudioA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,301 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  10. 10
    Cubasis 3 - DAW & Music StudioA
    $49.99 · ★ 4.6 · 3,519 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  11. 11
    Ableton NoteA
    $6.99 · ★ 4.2 · 696 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  12. 12
    Volmix: AutoTune & BeatsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,491 ratings · score 78 · good
  13. 13
    FL Studio MobileB
    $14.99 + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 621 ratings · score 74 · good
  14. 14
    KORG Gadget 3C
    $39.99 + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,930 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  15. 15
    Spire: Music Recorder & StudioC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 16,228 ratings · score 68 · situational
  16. 16
    Audio editor | AudioLab: MixerC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,301 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  17. 17
    Logic Pro: Make MusicC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 6,354 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  18. 18
    Acapella from PicPlayPostC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 25,445 ratings · score 64 · situational
  19. 19
    Reason Compact - Make MusicD
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,290 ratings · score 57 · weak

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Questions people ask

What is the best music production app for iPhone?
BandLab - Music Maker & Beats, S tier, ranked #1 of 19, rated 4.7 by 509,920 people.
Which music production apps are free?
15 of 19 are free to download: BandLab - Music Maker & Beats (S), SoundLab - Audio Editor (S), Medly (S), GarageBand (S) and more. 6 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which music production app has the best App Store rating?
KORG Gadget 3 at 4.8 from 2,930 ratings.
How many music production apps reach S or A tier?
11 of 19. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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