LE04 | AR-909 Drum Machine

• Price: $2.99

Last verified 29 Jul 2026

4.8 1500 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Sounds Great, plays even better

   Another great audiokit app. As someone who is take it or leave it with 909 sounds, I have had a blast using it and coming up with my own. The sequencer is the highlight for me though. I like being able to see where my sounds are placed in relation to one another piano roll style instead of just where all the kicks are, snares are etc. And you can also switch between 16/32 resolution! Pattern trigging is top notch as well and great for coming up with interesting grooves. If they released a sequencing app I’d buy it for sure. Hopefully they will release an 808 version of this too.

   Kcrabz · 29 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Hopefully it will get better

   Based on the positive reviews I purchased this drum app - It’s not as good as the hype. Some folks even said this was the new best drum apps. I cannot fathom how anyone could come to that conclusion. It’s no where near the top of the list for good drum apps. I like the “vibe it out” and crusher options and that’s about it. This app crashes when I press the save button. It glitches out and kills all audio when I try to solo a track. There is only one drum sample to choose from. There is no ride bell, shaker, or kalimba. There’s no probability options. Limited fx options (give us a reverb and delay bus). Speaking of bussing, there’s no fx busing. No midi mapping as of yet. No randomizer. The decay setting doesn’t really matter when the samples have no sustain information unless you set the tune to 0. Even at zero it has no impact of you want a long snare note (IE: turning the sustain knob to the right is useless) Having a synth engine for bass/snare is worthless when the perimeters only expire a small fraction of the potential range. They may as well be samples for how limited the synth engine is The GUI is very rough for a paid app. Did I mention it crashes when I press save? I have immediate buyers remorse. There’s probably worse drum apps but this does not compete with any of the well known drum app options as if bows

   pixeltarian · 29 Jul 2026

3. 3/5I think I found a glitch

   For the kick bass when I bring the drop down menu to change the volume on my iPad the decay goes up if I put the volume up on the iPad, to see this happen bring up the drop down settings of the iPad increase the volume of the iPad, get rid of the drop down menu you should hear that the decay has increased and also see it in the knob parameters the decay has gone up without ever touching the decay, if you were on the screen to see the knobs prior to switching the volume of the iPad the decay knob won’t turn but you can still hear the decay has gone up, also this app doesn’t sound like a 909 it’s a new version of 909, it’s a little bit harsher sound which is not terrible if you like hardcore techno, the pattern creation is comfortable to use very straight forward, I have a 909 and this doesn’t do it for me, its still a fun drum machine hope you guys make more we need more instruments on iPados

   BossHaussguymanbrotha · 29 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Has potential, but some serious bugs need addressing

   Cons - Like someone else mentioned The clock isn’t synced correctly. No matter what I run it with played on the 1 of the beat it never aligns. This is without any shuffle. 😦 - In GarageBand it doesn’t record midi information as an Audio unit extension. 😞 - The screen doesn’t fit the iPad like others have said. 🙁 - Some Crashing issues. 😕 - in the spirit of the 909 wouldn’t it be nice to be able to route individual outputs from the BD, snare etc to whatever FX sends we wanted in AUM or Audiobus? 🤔☝️(this would be a game changer) Pros - Sounds very good, nice features, nice bread n butter portable house and techno machine. 😀 - Workflow is pretty good. Easy enough to switch between patterns, and pretty intuitive copy and pasting. 🙂 - The price is generous. For less than a cup of coffee you have a faithful software emulation of a 909 that on your phone will fit into your pocket. 🥳 Overall 6.5/10 I think it’s got potential to one of the better bread and butter drum machines on iOS. If the above issues and suggestions could be addressed I think it would have more usability as a tool to play live with. As it stands I think it’s certainly more than equipped to be a decent sketch pad for techno and house tunes. At this price I’m not expecting any more than that.

   Fad Plastic · 29 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Was able to get issue resolved.

   After an issue I had with the product, I reached out via email and they provided me with the information I needed to help me understand the product better. Because of that, I wanted to fix my rating as it was resolved promptly to help let others know that if you do recommend or see an issue? This company is quick to provide you with solutions.

   OuijaMatti · 29 Jul 2026

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