PocketTone - Retro Synth
Chih Han Lin Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
PocketTone - Retro Synth is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Chih Han Lin. Rated 2.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 17, 2026.
- Rating
- 2.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 2 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 17
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About PocketTone - Retro Synth
PocketTone is a hand-drawn, retro pocket synthesizer you can play anywhere. Tap the keys and a tiny lo-fi synth comes to life — complete with a green LCD, slide switches and chunky buttons, all lovingly hand-drawn. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Play five retro voices — Piano, Flute, Violin, Fantasy and Guitar. • Program your own voice the way the original did it — an eight-digit code typed on the calculator keys: waveform, envelope, vibrato, tremolo. • Jam over ten built-in rhythms — March, Rock, Bossa, Samba and more. • Shape the sound with octave, volume and a melody/rhythm balance. • Add tape-style Delay and lo-fi Crush effects. • Record what you play and share the audio with anyone. • Use the melody memory — Auto-Play, One-Key play and a built-in demo tune. • Flip to calculator mode… then play the keypad as a melody. The classic pocket-toy party trick, faithfully recreated. POCKETTONE PRO A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: all voices, all rhythms, recording & sharing, the melody memory, and the effects. No subscription — yours forever. Made as a love letter to the pocket musical toys of the 80s.
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated September 17, 2026
The ADSR voice is now programmed the way the original does it. Flip POWER to CAL and TONE to ADSR, press MC, type an eight-digit code on the keys, press M+, then flip POWER back to ON. The first digit picks one of ten waveforms — Piano, Fantasy, Violin, Flute, two Guitars, English horn and three Electro-Sounds — then attack, decay, sustain level, sustain time, release, vibrato and tremolo, 0 to 9 each. The LCD shows your code and its envelope. Try 23099130 for a violin, or 61079130 for an English horn. The sliders are gone; the code you store is kept between launches.
App privacy
The developer, Chih Han Lin, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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