# Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

> #No 1. Percussion instrument.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1455004243](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1455004243)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1455004243`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Son Truong Ngoc
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (2,125 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-25
- **First published:** 2019-03-06
- **Size:** 68 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/marimba-xylophone-vibraphone/id1455004243)
- **Website:** [https://www.sonoscore.com/marimba](https://www.sonoscore.com/marimba)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.sonoscore.com/index.php/privacy](https://www.sonoscore.com/index.php/privacy)

## Description

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone Real is a percussion simulation Chrome extension that delivers realistic sounds for marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel, and tubular bells. It uses yarn-mallet input with a roll feature, chromatic layouts, and a range that mirrors keyboard-style tuning. Practice with tempo control, speed adjustments, transpose, and reverb, plus multiple play modes (Full, Right hand, Right hand with Auto or Piano Left hand, Real Time, Auto-play). More songs for practice.

Record performances, playback, share with friends, and export WAV files. It supports offline and online songs, adjustable UI for comfortable viewing, and multi-view options. Songs are updated regularly to keep practice fresh.

## Rankings

- #39,492 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app as a portable, realistic-sounding practice tool that helps percussion skills and band prep, but they repeatedly cite ads, feature gaps (no MIDI/AUv3/IAA or sharing), limited songs/instruments, and occasional glitches as major drawbacks. Overall it’s strong for practice and learning but hampered by ads, reliability issues, and missing professional features.

### Pros

- Convenient, portable practice and learning tool that doesn’t take up space like a real instrument.
- Realistic-sounding percussion that’s useful for practice, band rehearsals, and even recordings.
- Engaging and easy to pick up, with learning games that help associate keys with notes.
- Helpful for percussionists and mallet players to build skills on the go.

### Cons

- Ads and content gating disrupt gameplay (ads in front of the keys; videos needed to unlock more songs).
- Not a real instrument; lacks professional features like MIDI input and AUv3/IAA, and it can’t be used to compose or share music within the app.
- Limited content and instrument variety; users want more songs and additional instruments.
- Performance issues such as glitches, latency, timing problems, and occasional sound dropouts.
- Note naming/scale inconsistencies (e.g., A# vs Bb, missing flats) and occasional unwanted echo effects.

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