Apps

A very nicely designed app, and we love the attention to detail, but young children need songs with more melody to keep them interested.

The bundled sounds make it worth a free download, but otherwise this isn’t a patch on the likes of Animoog.

Beautiful, engaging, and wonderfully presented, The Orchestra is a joy.

Beautifully made, simple but effective, and a useful ‘satellite’ app for Cubase, Cubasis would score higher if it wasn't so madly overpriced.

A bit too reminiscent of auto-accompaniment on consumer keyboards, but fine for jamming over; just don’t expect creative freedom.

An innovative interface has now been joined by features that make Tabletop more than a toy. It’s still imperfect, but now at least worth considering.

A properly exciting piece of inventive software that really can turn your iPad into a unique musical instrument, rather than a plinky plonky toy.

A slick and fun little mashup app that isn’t quite versatile enough for our liking yet. Keep an eye out for updates, though!