Riffpad
AUv3 MIDI sketchpad
$5.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Build four sections, chain them into a song, and sketch in 12 scales — then route MIDI, host AUv3 instruments, or export MIDI and WAV.
Riffpad is a thumb-first MIDI piano roll for sketching melodies fast on iPhone and iPad. Draw notes on the grid, loop ideas, and run patterns standalone or as an AUv3 MIDI Processor inside compatible iOS music host apps.
Built for quick musical capture:
- Place, move, resize, copy, paste, and delete notes with touch-first gestures
- Load starter patterns for hooks, basslines, arps, and blank ideas
- Keep melodies in key with scale highlighting, snap, and quantize controls
- Loop short ideas, adjust tempo, and record simple live input
- Send MIDI to external gear, other apps, or AUv3 instruments
- Use the included AUv3 MIDI Processor in compatible host workflows
- Export MIDI files and audio previews through the iOS share sheet
- Import MIDI sketches when you want to keep developing an idea
Riffpad keeps your patterns local. There are no accounts, feeds, ads, tracking SDKs, or cloud sync.
Ratings & Reviews
Build longer ideas without leaving the piano roll.
- Sketch across four sections, then arrange them into a repeating chain.
- Repeat sections in any order — for example A A B C — and switch sections without stopping the flow.
- Stay in key with 12 scale choices, including major and minor pentatonic, blues, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, harmonic minor, and melodic minor.
- Shape selected notes with quick velocity ramps or flatten their dynamics in one move.
- Includes reliability improvements for MIDI file import.
Riffpad remains local-first: no account, no feed, no tracking.
The developer, PAUL GLENN VERNON, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- PAUL GLENN VERNON
- Size
- 4.8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Paul Vernon

