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7 new music apps climbing the App Store this week

These music apps came out in the last 60 days and rose into the US App Store's Music charts this week, from NostalgicPod to Tapko Harmony.

Use & Like · 9 November 2026 · Source: App Store chart, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store

The apps

  1. NostalgicPod

    A retro-style music player for your own library, home media servers, internet radio and podcasts.

    $4.99 · Jesus manuel Curreri · App Store page

  2. Midgar - Ambience Effect

    Turns a few simple sounds into moving, layered ambience.

    $9.99 · Bram Bos · App Store page

  3. VU303

    A pocket phrase sampler and pattern sequencer styled after late-'90s hardware, the successor to VU202.

    $3.99 · Dariusz Chynek · App Store page

  4. TONAUT

    A synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer and eight-track tape recorder in one app.

    $14.99 · Richard Rogers · App Store page

  5. M8 Music Tracker

    An eight-track music tracker, sequencer and synthesizer from Dirtywave.

    $29.99 · Dirtywave · App Store page

  6. Countoff Pro

    A metronome for counting in a song, without running the whole time.

    $2.99 · Andrew Toy · App Store page

  7. Tapko Harmony

    Turns your guitar chords into live vocal harmonies, like a harmony pedal.

    $9.99 · David Lars Guva · App Store page

What it means for you

If you're looking for something new in music, these are small apps people are buying right now.

What to do

Open each app's App Store page to check the price, in-app purchases and what it needs before you download.

Where and when: iPhone and iPad, US App Store charts this week

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