NinjamZap
Javier Cordero Music iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
NinjamZap is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Javier Cordero. Requires iOS 15.6. Updated October 25, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 35 MB
- Age 9+
- Updated
- Oct 25
- 2026 · v1.0.9
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About NinjamZap
NinjamZap brings real-time online jamming to iPhone, iPad and Mac — with live video. Connect to any NINJAM server, pick a username, and play music with people around the world. Free, no ads, no studio required. NINJAM is a proven protocol for internet music collaboration, used by musicians for over 15 years. Instead of fighting network latency, NINJAM embraces it: everyone plays along to a shared metronome, and you hear what others played in the previous interval. The result is a surprisingly natural and creative way to make music together. NinjamZap is the first native NINJAM client for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and the first NINJAM client of any kind with live video. LIVE VIDEO (NinjamZap rooms only) - See every musician you're jamming with, frame-locked to the jam interval - Voice chat: talk face to face between songs, then get back to playing - HD up to 1280x720 per tile, with quality that adapts to the room - External display output for the video grid, one-tap full screen - Built-in, USB and Continuity cameras JAMMING & AUDIO - Connect to any public or private NINJAM room and start playing - Multi-channel: up to 8 local channels (mono or stereo) for your whole rig — guitar, bass, vocals, drums, synths - A mixer for the whole band: volume, pan, mute and solo for every musician and channel - USB audio interfaces — iRig, MOTU, Focusrite, Behringer and more - Audio FX per channel: reverb, compressor and mic boost - Room key detection: see the key the band is playing in - Session recording at 256 kbps AAC, metronome-free and ready for your DAW - Vorbis quality presets from Quick (64 kbps) to Studio (256 kbps) - Latency profiles from Ultra Low (3 ms) to Safe (10 ms) BRING YOUR WHOLE RIG - AUv3 Send: route synths, effects and plugins from AUM straight into your session - LAN Companion: use a second phone, a laptop or our desktop plugin as a wireless input over Wi-Fi - Ableton Link: your apps follow the room's tempo - MIDI Clock Out: sync drum machines, synths and DAWs to the room - BPM/BPI voting and tap tempo SESSIONS & COMMUNITY - Guest mode: no account needed, pick a username and you're in - Sign in for free to send video, use FX and add channels - Browse public rooms and see who's playing, with photos, flags and instruments - Musician profiles: photo, bio, city and instruments - Live chat with links, translations and replies - Report and block users, community rules and a chat profanity filter - On Mac: keyboard shortcuts, resizable chat and a full mixer view HOW IT WORKS 1. Open NinjamZap and choose a username (or sign in) 2. Browse public rooms or enter a server address 3. Connect, turn on the metronome and listen to what others are playing 4. When you're ready, turn on Transmit to join the jam 5. On NinjamZap rooms, turn on video to see and be seen ABOUT NINJAM NINJAM (Network Jam) was created by Cockos Inc. NinjamZap is an independent client, not affiliated with Cockos or the official NINJAM project. Live video is a NinjamZap extension, only available on NinjamZap-hosted rooms; other NINJAM clients ignore video channels and audio still works for everyone. The core audio engine is open source under GPL v3 at github.com/jacinside/ninjamzap-core. Works with any standard NINJAM server. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
What’s new
Version 1.0.9 · Updated October 25, 2026
Bring your whole rig to the jam — and now to your Mac. • NinjamZap for Mac: the full app on macOS, with a mixer view, keyboard shortcuts and the video grid on an external display. • Up to 8 local channels, each mono or stereo, with pan on every channel. • AUv3 Send: route synths, effects and plugins from AUM straight into your session, across multiple channels. • LAN Companion: use a second phone, a laptop or our desktop plugin as a wireless input over Wi-Fi. • Voice chat in the video grid: talk face to face between songs (the metronome mutes while you talk). • Room key: the interval bar shows the key the band is playing in. • Musician profiles: tap an avatar to see photo, bio, city and instruments; the room list shows them too. • New iPad mixer layout with longer faders, and a chat you can resize or minimize. • FX with sliders: reverb amount, one-knob compressor and mic boost. • Ableton Link and MIDI Clock stay locked to the room's tempo, with no jumps between intervals. • External USB (UVC) cameras, per-camera mirror setting and a clearer camera picker. • Community safety: report and block users, community rules and a chat profanity filter. • More reliable audio interfaces, smoother video and many stability fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Javier Cordero, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Audio Data, Other User Content
Used for: App Functionality
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