GarageBand

Make great music anywhere

Free

114K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Apple
Language

EN
+ 32 More
Size

1.9
GB

GarageBand turns your iPadand iPhone into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. And with Live Loopsit makes it easy for anyone to have fun creating music like a DJ. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play keyboardsguitarsand create beats that make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note before. Plug in a guitar or bass and play through classic amps and stompbox effects. Use a Touch Instrumentmicrophoneor a guitar to instantly record a performancewith support for up to 32 tracks. Use the Sound Library to download additional free instrumentsloopsand sound packs created by some of the biggest producers in the world. And then share your song with friends and family. Live Loops. Make music like a DJ • Use Multi-Touch to tap and trigger a Live Loop cell or group of cells • Get started with templates or build your own grid from scratch with Apple Loops • Create custom loops by recording directly into a cell using any Touch Instrument • Use Remix FX to perform DJ- effects • Tap record to capture your performance Play your iPadand iPhonelike a musical instrument • Play a variety of musical instruments on the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard • Play and record using the Alchemy Touch Instrument • Build grooves inspired by classic electronic drum machines with the Beat Sequencer • Download free instrumentsloopsand sound packs for GarageBand with the Sound Library • Capture any sound and apply studio-class effects • Recreate legendary guitar or bass rigs using virtual amps and stompboxes • Record performances from third-party music apps directly into GarageBand using Audio Unit Extensions* Drummer • Add virtual session drummers to your songwho take direction and play realistic grooves • Choose from acousticelectronic drummers and percussionists** • Each character provides their own sound and the ability to create over a million realistic grooves and fills Sound like a virtuoso with Smart Instruments • Play an entire string orchestra using Smart Strings • Perform with Chord Strips and autoplay using any keyboard instrument • Groove with a variety of Smart Basses using uprightelectricand synth sounds • Strum chords or trigger autoplay patterns on an acoustic and electric Smart Guitar Create a song anywhere you go • Recordarrangeand mix your song with up to 32 tracks using Touch Instrumentsaudio recordingsand loops*** • Record multiple times over any song section and choose your favorite using Multi-Take Recording • Use professional mixing effectsincluding Visual EQBitcrusherand Overdrive • Recordingmixing and exporting a song can be done at 24-bit audio resolution • Trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play • Automate the volume and record the movement of controls on Touch Instruments • Add comments or lyric ideas to your song with an integrated notepad Share your songs • Keep your songs up to date across all devices using iCloud Drive • Create custom ringtones and alerts for your iPador iPhone • Share your songs using email or to social media sites like SoundCloud**** • Remotely add new tracks to your Logic Pro project from your iPhoneor iPad via iCloud * Requires compatible third-party Audio Unit Extensions apps from the App Store. ** Requires free download from GarageBand Sound Library. *** Multitrack recording requires a compatible third-party audio interface. **** Sharing to some social media sites may require apps like iMovieClips or other third-party apps

Ratings & Reviews

4.1

out of 5

114K Ratings

Long time userbut needs more and bugs need to be fixed
07/22/2020

BD29
First of allI’d like to address a bug I’ve run into. Whenever I have a large number of tracks in a songit’s common for the “Optimizing Performace” bar to come up. Sometimesafter it’s donethe track I was working on will be silent and I need to restart the app. Can we also please have a custom time signature option? When I’m making anything in another time signaturesit’s difficult to try to fit it into a 4/43/4or 6/8 grid. Alsocan we please get more options when we are editing chords? I’d recommend a system where you choose the roottype of chord (like you have been doing)bassand extensions (i.e. #9#11b13etc.). We need more than 33 tracks as well. It would be nice to not have to merge recordings and have to commit to certain volume relationships with the merged recordings. Could we also get a parabolic automation option along with a loop for it? Alsoit would be helpful if there could be a sample button on each synth option. Thank you so much. I stress the time signature point the most. I’ve been using this software for a long time and I love how user friendly the interface is. The fact that it’s free is difficult to comprehend. For realthank you for all the hard work your team puts into it. (I’m loving the vintage drum machine and use them in almost every songand the vision and verse drums have been amazing as well) We need individual brass instruments as well. Saxophonetrumpet tromboneetc. It'd be cool if we got some mutes too but that’s not necessary.
Long time userbut needs more and bugs need to be fixed
07/22/2020

BD29

First of allI’d like to address a bug I’ve run into. Whenever I have a large number of tracks in a songit’s common for the “Optimizing Performace” bar to come up. Sometimesafter it’s donethe track I was working on will be silent and I need to restart the app. Can we also please have a custom time signature option? When I’m making anything in another time signaturesit’s difficult to try to fit it into a 4/43/4or 6/8 grid. Alsocan we please get more options when we are editing chords? I’d recommend a system where you choose the roottype of chord (like you have been doing)bassand extensions (i.e. #9#11b13etc.). We need more than 33 tracks as well. It would be nice to not have to merge recordings and have to commit to certain volume relationships with the merged recordings. Could we also get a parabolic automation option along with a loop for it? Alsoit would be helpful if there could be a sample button on each synth option. Thank you so much. I stress the time signature point the most. I’ve been using this software for a long time and I love how user friendly the interface is. The fact that it’s free is difficult to comprehend. For realthank you for all the hard work your team puts into it. (I’m loving the vintage drum machine and use them in almost every songand the vision and verse drums have been amazing as well) We need individual brass instruments as well. Saxophonetrumpet tromboneetc. It'd be cool if we got some mutes too but that’s not necessary.
Love it
07/23/2024

Chrish62704
I have everything I need to make music professionallybut I find myself using GarageBand iOS for most of the music I make. My best inspiration usually comes to me when I’m away from my studioso it’s good to have something to get it down when I’m outlike writing down a note. I can transfer it all to the computer when I’m finished and touch it up therebut I like using the touchscreen over a mouse for editing. Many songs need very little work by the time I move them over. Studio softwarelike LXP and FLhave so many optionsI find myself getting distracted looking for the perfect sounds for so long that I forget what I wanted to create. GarageBand iOS has a lot of instruments to choose frombut not enough to feel lost in. There are some things on my wishlist that I’d love to see in a future update: • If you want to make the length of your notes evenyou have to do it individually. It would be nice if I could select all of the notesor at least all of them on the same keyand snap them to the line at the same time. I can select all to change their lengthbut when they’re all different lengthsI’m still stuck selecting them individually. • More quality vocal tracks would help. Currentlythere are some really odd choices. • A sidechain plug in would be ideal. • Automation needs a looping option instead of just copy and paste. • If you change the octave/semi octave of a noteit still sounds like the original octave when selecting the noteine editing. Thanks for the all the hard work!
Love it
07/23/2024

Chrish62704

I have everything I need to make music professionallybut I find myself using GarageBand iOS for most of the music I make. My best inspiration usually comes to me when I’m away from my studioso it’s good to have something to get it down when I’m outlike writing down a note. I can transfer it all to the computer when I’m finished and touch it up therebut I like using the touchscreen over a mouse for editing. Many songs need very little work by the time I move them over. Studio softwarelike LXP and FLhave so many optionsI find myself getting distracted looking for the perfect sounds for so long that I forget what I wanted to create. GarageBand iOS has a lot of instruments to choose frombut not enough to feel lost in. There are some things on my wishlist that I’d love to see in a future update: • If you want to make the length of your notes evenyou have to do it individually. It would be nice if I could select all of the notesor at least all of them on the same keyand snap them to the line at the same time. I can select all to change their lengthbut when they’re all different lengthsI’m still stuck selecting them individually. • More quality vocal tracks would help. Currentlythere are some really odd choices. • A sidechain plug in would be ideal. • Automation needs a looping option instead of just copy and paste. • If you change the octave/semi octave of a noteit still sounds like the original octave when selecting the noteine editing. Thanks for the all the hard work!
Let’s Do It!
02/04/2021

Roctor11
This is a fabulous app that is an absolute Must for writers/arrangers who get stuck alone (not good) at airportsparking lotsEtc ..The sounds are absolutely fabulous! I could pick nits and say that on cannot press the drum-stick into the drumhead depressing just enough to tighten the next strike to a different semi-tone ... but I won’t. It is great for mapping out numerous tracks of a song in your head with symphonic strings or Japanese instruments (of which I had never heard) but which sound very Celtic. It is a candy store with invisibleone -way lids: they keep the candy clean but you can reach right through and grab whatever you need for the next part of your song!It is absolutely almost all of the “Jetson-type“ musical things about which I dreamt as a child. Everything for a complete rainy afternoon at my fingertips! If you can imagine itmost likely you can write it on this with the use of myriad tools. It’s learning curve is practically idiot proof – as attested to buy my ability to use it with such ease. Get this wonderful app and open up all the windows you can find As You Need and use them: choose a few at the beginning and find out how incredibly wonderful it is as you add on to your knowledge and your abilities. I am waiting to hear that someone has used this for an entire movie score ... it will not be long in coming – if it hasn’t already happened!Thank you for presenting this app to all of us to use it! It is almost God-given!
Let’s Do It!
02/04/2021

Roctor11

This is a fabulous app that is an absolute Must for writers/arrangers who get stuck alone (not good) at airportsparking lotsEtc ..The sounds are absolutely fabulous! I could pick nits and say that on cannot press the drum-stick into the drumhead depressing just enough to tighten the next strike to a different semi-tone ... but I won’t. It is great for mapping out numerous tracks of a song in your head with symphonic strings or Japanese instruments (of which I had never heard) but which sound very Celtic. It is a candy store with invisibleone -way lids: they keep the candy clean but you can reach right through and grab whatever you need for the next part of your song!It is absolutely almost all of the “Jetson-type“ musical things about which I dreamt as a child. Everything for a complete rainy afternoon at my fingertips! If you can imagine itmost likely you can write it on this with the use of myriad tools. It’s learning curve is practically idiot proof – as attested to buy my ability to use it with such ease. Get this wonderful app and open up all the windows you can find As You Need and use them: choose a few at the beginning and find out how incredibly wonderful it is as you add on to your knowledge and your abilities. I am waiting to hear that someone has used this for an entire movie score ... it will not be long in coming – if it hasn’t already happened!Thank you for presenting this app to all of us to use it! It is almost God-given!
Garage Band
02/13/2024

⭐️fivestarreviews⭐️
I’ve heard of this app before from teachersfriendsand familyand I decided that I would give it a shot! When I first downloaded the appI wasn’t sure what it was going to be likebut now that I have itI am highly impressed! This app is so cool in so many different ways! Let me tell you about this app! Garage Band has many different s of music and different instruments. You can download different s of music for free! This will give you access to more instrumentssoundsand more! My personal favorites were 8-bit LegendsTrak GirlSoulectionTom MischOak Fedlerand Chinese Modern. When you choose oneyou can play around with the sounds and instruments and pick which ones you would like to play in your song. When you hit the record buttonyou can click which sounds you want to play at that moment and the tune. You can get a little creative and play around with the tonestempo and more! I am a dancerand I liked having the opportunity to make some fun songs to dance to! All of your Garage Band Songs will be saved in files. Another good thing about this is that you can share your songs with other people through iMessageemailAirdropNotabilityNotesFreeformand more! This app is really cool and fun! You should give it a try and let your inner music maker shine! ☺️Look for more reliable review at ⭐️five star reviews⭐️
Garage Band
02/13/2024

⭐️fivestarreviews⭐️

I’ve heard of this app before from teachersfriendsand familyand I decided that I would give it a shot! When I first downloaded the appI wasn’t sure what it was going to be likebut now that I have itI am highly impressed! This app is so cool in so many different ways! Let me tell you about this app! Garage Band has many different s of music and different instruments. You can download different s of music for free! This will give you access to more instrumentssoundsand more! My personal favorites were 8-bit LegendsTrak GirlSoulectionTom MischOak Fedlerand Chinese Modern. When you choose oneyou can play around with the sounds and instruments and pick which ones you would like to play in your song. When you hit the record buttonyou can click which sounds you want to play at that moment and the tune. You can get a little creative and play around with the tonestempo and more! I am a dancerand I liked having the opportunity to make some fun songs to dance to! All of your Garage Band Songs will be saved in files. Another good thing about this is that you can share your songs with other people through iMessageemailAirdropNotabilityNotesFreeformand more! This app is really cool and fun! You should give it a try and let your inner music maker shine! ☺️Look for more reliable review at ⭐️five star reviews⭐️

This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes

Version 2.3.18 11/03/2025

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Seller: Apple Inc.
Size: 1.9 GB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 26.0 or later.

iPhone
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Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Languages: English and 32 more

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