Koala Sampler App Reviews

Make beats in the shower, while driving, waiting in a waiting room, while your partner watches their shows on the couch, while cooking and doing the dishes…

This app is jam packed whit the best tools to create music. Found some to sample?? Open koala.. load video or audio in a pad and go crazy.

In a day and age where many developers outright refuse to support older devices arbitrarily Koala Sampler not only keeps releasing updates to older devices but optimizing for them as well, after an already massively feature packed base app with outstanding add-ons for what is still an incredibly low overall total price that level of customer support can’t be given anything but five stars, bravo Koala, bravo.

very intuitive, easy to use and just fun. A basic knowledge of sampling, ipad apps and just working with audio should be enough to get going. so much help online, a great community and tutorials if don’t have knowledge it would also be a great learning tool if you need to invest in hardware samplers or midi control sets for the ipad.

There are enough other detailed praises here and elsewhere for anyone to realize that this is a special app: for me, it returned some of the spontaneity and all of the fun that had been personally missing from iOS music production. And in the face of a flood of absolutely awful “vibe coded” new apps by unknowns that are charging 4-8x what the app market had become accustomed to (and which I absolutely will not buy knowingly,) by contrast Koala keeps rolling out more new features and fun. Than

Love this jawn, as a sample producer mainly using an mpc and sp404 for what I do, this hits the spot for sure and I love how versatile it is. There’s not much limitation outside of what you can create yourself…

This is the best creative tool i own, all other samplers be warned. We are no longer locked into your pay to play ecosystem and hardware limitations. A pair of headphones and a midi controller is everything you need. Add a usb hub, a usb drive loaded with samples a portable synth or three. A lav mic and a D.a.c.. you have a mini studio that can live inside a back pack. I am no longer locked in my studio. Thanks Marek for your hard work and continued efforts.

I love this app so much I bought an iPad just for it and the updates just keep getting better

It’s October 16, 2026 and this new update just gave me everything I’ve been hoping for and I couldn’t be happier! Thank you so much

This is the app is the reason why Steve Jobs came up with iPhones. It was perfect when it came out, but somehow keeps getting better with each of the near-constant updates. Super intuitive. This $15 one-time purchase made $5k worth of hardware units in my studio obsolete.

Hi koala is a good thing but please allow “ INPUT” and “OUTPUT” in AUDIO tab of options, just like koala app on macbook has got that already, allowing for “airplay” and other audio output. iPhone version without that option is a waste

Simply brilliant.

Best music production app in the app store hands down. Love how you can sync it with an SP-404 as well.

Everytime I go to resample a loop Koala dies instantly

The samurai portion of the app chopper does the same thing as gate so you really didn’t give me anything new they both do the same task! Still the best application though.

I love this app and can’t really replace it. I hope it works again soon. It just crashes as of now.

Love it!! So quick and easy to make beats and jam out! Thanks for making such a great app!

This is a producers dream. Intuitive and powerful. I would’ve given anything to have this when I first started producing music. Insane feature!!!!!

I truly love this app! It’s so much fun to make beats with, and it’s wicked easy to understand. This app not only helped me how to make boom bap style beats, but it’s grown into a full blown hobby. I never thought I’d ever be able to play music, and although I don’t play traditional instruments, this turned my iPad and iPhone into an instrument. It even works PERFECTLY with my MIDI controller. If you’re someone who really wants to get into making beats, this app is your one stop shop. It’s THE

And the devs are just as dope. Constant upgrades for the price of lunch (the samurai upgrade). Pay once and it just keeps getting better.

Koala desperately needs to be able to put the number of times you need one sequence to play at a time during the song play through mode such as in Korg gadget, this would definitely improve workflow in putting actual songs together. I like Koala but I had to stop using it for this very reason, but I would gladly start back using it if this element is ever implemented, updated or installed.

Best music production app I’ve bought in a long time. I was so impressed with the free section’s layout, ease of use and production ergonomics that I bought the offered samples, Samurai (sample stretcher) and mixer. This is my new mobile production goto

I like the work flow and the ease of use the only reason I will you s another daw will be because of Auv3 effects you guys add that feature it’s game over but over all I enjoy the app but could you guys please add auv3 effects and automation I forgot about that but yeah

This app has enabled me to make an insane amount of beats. The simple design and Intuitive I make it so inspiring to use. Highly recommend you get all the features.

💚love love love💚 only thing i’d add is AUTOMATION (levels pitch/decay/fx maybe) capability with midi sequences.

You can make some serious beats with this app. Just take the time to learn it. A number of complaints I’ve seen are because of user error.

I cannot believe I have not left a review. For the price, including upgrades, this app is absolutely amazing. It can do hyper focused sound design resampling a single file, or full on song arrangement and some mixing. The flexible Export options are key to my workflow. Thanks 🐨

What an amazing sampler instrument this is! I was surprised to see only 994 ratings.

I’ve e had this for a while now and it’s amazing.

A proper DAW for phones. literally a sleeping giant.

The Sampler overlay is user-friendly and offers seamless navigation through its tools. Including an undo and redo feature would be a valuable addition to the app.

That’s the review!

No problems just learning how to use it.

This app is by far the most intuitive best making/sampling app I’ve used so far. Can’t even compare to the others because that would be unfair.

This is by far the greatest app I have ever downloaded, ever! Thank you so much for this!

A true gift to the creative world! Anyone with a smartphone can create music anytime anywhere! Amazing

Haven’t had this much fun since MTV Music Generator on the PS1. I came from a free app which offers nearly the same things but you guys have nailed it. I love the haptic feedback. Pls expand on it for the pads too. This is truly next generation. I’m going to make a few tunes before going Sumarai though. Please don’t make this subscription based

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 👍👍

I cannot express how much this app has rejuvenated my musical output. I also cannot go a day without using it. Best Music app on iOS by far. Thank you Marek. From my understanding it's just you doing the updates to this app. Take your time. I'm willing to be patient for whatever you do to this app.

The app and the developer. Best in class!

This app over delivers!!! To anyone reading this DO NOT HESITATE to buy this app! It’s worth so much more than the cost!

After dozens of apps, this is the one that really made it easy to create music on my phone/iPad. It’s incredibly intuitive and strikes that balance between simple and powerful. I promise you won’t regret it.

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.

Great sampler, but AUv3 transport sync needs improvement. I’m using DM10 4.6.1 as an AUv3 inside Koala 2.0.12. DM10 follows Koala’s tempo correctly, but its sequencer does not reset to the beginning when Koala is stopped and restarted. Each time I press Play, DM10 starts from a different step. The shorter the time between Stop and Play, the closer the starting position is. I tested the same DM10 AUv3 in Cubasis and it works correctly, so this appears to be a Koala host transport-sync issue. P

The AUv3 version in Cubase is completely unstable. I put Koala on one track with a kick and a hi-hat, then add another instance of Koala on a second track with a piano sample, and the whole project becomes completely unstable. I can’t stop playback, I can’t start playback, and even navigating through a project with just two tracks becomes a problem. As a sampler, it’s useless in this state. It’s disgraceful that, in late 2026, a sampler consumes so many resources on an iPad M1 just to play a fe