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Best Music Recording Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Music Production.

Voloco: Vocal Recording Studio is the top-ranked of 14 music recording apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 86,697 ratings.

  1. 1
    Voloco: Vocal Recording StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 86,697 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Rapchat: Music Maker StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 99,172 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Rap Fame - Rap Music StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,114 ratings · score 93
  4. 4
    Dolby On: Record Audio & VideoS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,435 ratings · score 92
  5. 5
    Microphone Live-Voice Tune MicS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,913 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Record music, vocals or instruments with a phone as a small recording studio.

Not here: a basic voice memo recorder alone; a call recorder alone; a video recorder alone; a beat maker without recording alone; a music player alone

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
VolocoRapchatRap FameDolby OnMicrophoneGarageBand
A
SoundtrapOfftopn-TrackMicSwapPro Microphone
B
Volmix
C
Spire
D
None at D yet
F
AutoRap

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Voloco: Vocal Recording StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 86,697 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Rapchat: Music Maker StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 99,172 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Rap Fame - Rap Music StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,114 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    Dolby On: Record Audio & VideoS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,435 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  5. 5
    Microphone Live-Voice Tune MicS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,913 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    GarageBandS
    Free · ★ 4.1 · 117,802 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  7. 7
    Soundtrap: Music Making StudioA
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 11,029 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  8. 8
    Offtop - Music StudioA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,388 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  9. 9
    n-Track Studio DAW: Make MusicA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,070 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  10. 10
    MicSwap: Microphone RecordingA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 6,835 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  11. 11
    Pro Microphone: Voice RecordA
    Free download · ★ 3.7 · 8,428 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  12. 12
    Volmix: AutoTune & BeatsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,491 ratings · score 80 · good
  13. 13
    Spire: Music Recorder & StudioC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 16,228 ratings · score 69 · situational
  14. 14
    AutoRap: Music Maker by SmuleF
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.2 · 4,619 ratings · score 44 · avoid

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Questions people ask

What is the best music recording app for iPhone?
Voloco: Vocal Recording Studio, S tier, ranked #1 of 14, rated 4.8 by 86,697 people.
Which music recording apps are free?
14 of 14 are free to download: Voloco: Vocal Recording Studio (S), Rapchat: Music Maker Studio (S), Rap Fame - Rap Music Studio (S), Dolby On: Record Audio & Video (S) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which music recording app has the best App Store rating?
Dolby On: Record Audio & Video at 4.8 from 7,435 ratings.
How many music recording apps reach S or A tier?
11 of 14. 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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