Music & Creative Apps
DAWs, beat makers, metronomes, and sheet music apps tested on Android
Best Music Making Apps for Android
FL Studio Mobile costs $15.99 once and never charges again. BandLab is free but cloud-locked. Cubasis 3 turns a tablet into a serious DAW for $29.99. The right pick depends less on price than on whether you record real instruments, sequence patterns, or chain pre-made loops.
Best Metronome Apps for Android
Soundbrenner holds the click within 0.3 ms over 10 minutes. Pro Metronome handles polyrhythms others can't. Metronome Beats is the best free option with no ads. The right pick depends on what you practice.
Best Sheet Music and Tab Apps for Android
MuseScore Pro transposes Chopin correctly enharmonically. Ultimate Guitar Tabs Pro holds 1.5 million tabs. Songsterr plays back any tab with instrument isolation. The right pick depends on whether you read notation or tabs.
Best Drum Apps for Android
Real Drum's pad layout fits a tablet for finger drumming. Drum Pad Machine ships 1,200+ loop packs. Samba Drum Tuner matched a Tama Tension Watch on every drum tested. The right pick depends on whether you play, build, or tune.