Some of the apps I used the most over the years. Every app here is a single purchase model and not subscriptions. Some app offer additional paid content inside the App Store or external paid or free assets from third parties.
🎹 Music
KORG Gadget 3. Music production, DAW, instruments. In a single app you can play, create sequences, automations, loops, export and publish a complete song from scratch. It’s the DAW I use the most even though it diverges from traditional DAWs. It’s technically possible to import or record voice and external instruments but it’s not the ideal tool for that.
💰 Price: $19.99* USD
KORG Module. Stand alone instruments ideally played with a MIDI controller (but can be played on screen). As a stand alone app it can be used as an set of instruments to just jam or play professionally. It’s instruments can be used inside of KORG Gadget 3 seamlessly or in other DAWs as AUv3 plugins.
💰 Price: $19.99* USD
* prices of KORG apps are technically double of that but I only buy KORG apps at their 50% sale that happens a few times during the year.
🎨 Graphics
Procreate. Paint, sketch, illustrate. Also does simple animations. Pretty much the de facto standard on digital painting on iPad. Great support for Apple Pencil. A no-brainer.
💰 Price: $12.99 USD.
Procreate Dreams. An stand alone app for 2D animations very familiar to the Procreate interface. You can use resources from Procreate such layered projects and custmo brushes. Very suitable to 2D frame-by-frame animation but it can be pushed further.
💰 Price: $19.99 USD.
Luma Fusion. Video editing. It works well and does all the basic features I need.
💰 Price: $29.99.
