# SampleTank CS

> Sound and groove workstation

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id464775965](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id464775965)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id464775965`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** IK Multimedia US, LLC
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (143 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.13
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-27
- **First published:** 2011-10-19
- **Size:** 1.48 GB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sampletank-cs/id464775965)
- **Website:** [http://www.sampletank.com/ios](http://www.sampletank.com/ios)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ikmultimedia.com/privacy/](https://www.ikmultimedia.com/privacy/)

## Description

SampleTank CS brings desktop-grade sound and groove workstation experience to iOS, featuring 23 instruments across 16 categories, with 8-part multitimbrality and a redesigned interface.

Expand your library with Elektronika, Miroslav Philharmonik, SampleTank PRO and more via in-app purchases, offering 2,300+ instruments, 1,200+ patterns, an 8-track MIDI recorder with audio export, built-in effects, and iRig compatibility.

## Rankings

- #137,549 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise SampleTank CS for premium sounds and a flexible multis system that can layer up to eight instruments, and it can work well as a standalone app for gigs. However, the app is plagued by frequent crashes, stability issues, and poor ongoing support, with missing AUv3 and limited DAW integration. Licensing frustrations (restoring purchases, multiple libraries) and lack of user sampling further detract. Device compatibility and erratic MIDI/pad responsiveness worsen reliability. Overall, stability and support issues overshadow the strong sound library.

### Pros

- Premium, well-produced instrument sounds across patches.
- Multis feature supports up to 8 simultaneous sounds with flexible note mapping.
- Works well as a standalone app for live playing or practice.
- Strong overall sound library and sound design that fans appreciate.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability, including startup crashes and MIDI/device crashes.
- Perceived lack of ongoing development and missing AUv3 support; updates seem abandoned.
- IAP/licensing frustrations: restoring purchases can fail and libraries feel nickel‑and‑dime.
- No user sampling and limited DAW integration (no import of personal samples; limited DAW workflows).
- Unreliable MIDI/pad responsiveness and device compatibility issues across iOS updates and hardware.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id464775965)