M8 Music Tracker Downloads & RevenueM8 Music Tracker · App Store
M8 Music Tracker is #26 in Music Paid in United States and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperDirtywave
CategoryMusic
Price29.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (110)
Version1.2.3
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 1.2.3📈Charting in a new country in 2 charts📈Charting in a new country📦Updated to version 1.2.2🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 30 events
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new iPad screenshots· JP, AU
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · JP, AU
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new iPad screenshots· 9 countries
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · 9 countries
- 📦M8 Music Tracker updated to version 1.2.3iOS Updates
- iPhone Duo support
- Fixed audio dropouts when minimizing app
- Fixed sample audio playback issues
- Fixed Track 1’s waveform disappearing after screen rotation
- Fixed Song View remaining in Row Select mode when navigating to Project View
- Fixed rapid sample switching using Edit + Left/Right after saving a new sample
- Fixed USB audio latency caused by rendering and bundling
- Fixed folder selection not being preserved when navigating back
M8 Version 6.6.4
- Fix: Instrument - Moving down after editing the name could change TRANSPOSE
- Fix: Project - editing the SCALE setting above B should wrap back to C
- Fix: Song View - Row-select mode did not exit when navigating to Project View
- Fix: Table - INS commands in FX columns 2 or 3 did not work when the column used TICFF… more - 📈M8 Music Tracker charting in a new country in 2 chartsArgentina · Thailand
- 📈M8 Music Tracker charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈M8 Music Tracker charting in a new countryPoland
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsPL
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · IN
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · NL
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · FR
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · JP · Top Paid · Music · KR
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · ES
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · 10 countries
- ✏️M8 Music Tracker: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- 📦M8 Music Tracker updated to version 1.2.2Version 1.2.2
- Prevent iOS from locking the screen during song playback / touch inactivity - 📦M8 Music Tracker: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · CA
- 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · AE
- 📈M8 Music Tracker new best rank in the overall chart: #42Top Paid · All Apps · SE
- 📦M8 Music Tracker updated to version 1.2.1Version 1.2.1
- Fix for EQ and Limiter view scopes drawing in the wrong place when in huge-font mode
Version 1.2.0
- Added high-resolution support for an improved iPad and screen-sharing experience.
- System settings are now stored per device, so sharing via iCloud no longer overwrites local theme and font preferences.
- Font settings can now be configured separately for portrait and landscape orientations.
- Fixed USB input while recording samples from a USB device.
- Fixed T1-T8 track recording in sample editor.
- File browser - Back shortcut (shift+left) did not scroll to top of list of parent directory.
Version 1.1.0
- AUv3 Plugin - Supports multi-channel and multi-instance
- Ableton Link support for sync (Not Link audio) - Located in the Project view right of tempo
- Custom M8 content locations (up to 16) can be added to the root file browser (including iCloud and Dropbox locations)
- Main M8 content folder can be defined, allowing the root content to be from another location (including iCloud and Dropbox etc) in System Settings
- Ableton Move as a Launchpad Pro MK3 control surface support added (Via Move Anything)
- Mic input now supports all available mics and mix modes while recording samples
- HOLD can now latch PLAY, allowing hands-free sample previewing. Hold now has swipe gesture support
- Multiple keyboard or controller buttons can now map to the same M8 control
- Lock screen playback controls now optional in System Settings
Improved
- Sampler recording now supports IAA and hosted audio input
- Standalone sampler input detection now distinguishes microphone and USB/line sources more reliably
- USB recording labels now use USB, U>L and U>R in standalone
- Broader iOS game-controller compatibility through physical controller profiles
- Sorting files in file browser - keep directories at top… more - 📈M8 Music Tracker entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · SE
- 📦M8 Music Tracker updated to version 1.2.0- Added high-resolution support for an improved iPad and screen-sharing experience.
- System settings are now stored per device, so sharing via iCloud no longer overwrites local theme and font preferences.
- Font settings can now be configured separately for portrait and landscape orientations.
- Fixed USB input while recording samples from a USB device.
- Fixed T1-T8 track recording in sample editor.
- File browser - Back shortcut (shift+left) did not scroll to top of list of parent directory.… more - 🆕M8 Music Tracker first spotted by AppInsider#21 in Top Paid · Music · Japan
- 📈M8 Music Tracker new best rank in the overall chart: #63Top Paid · All Apps · GB
- 📈M8 Music Tracker new best rank in the overall chart: #58Top Paid · All Apps · NL
- 📦M8 Music Tracker version 1.1.0No release notes
- 🆕M8 Music Tracker released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
110 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#26
Music PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
7.2
▼ -45% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
M8 Music Tracker at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-18. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
M8 Music Tracker is a premium, eight-track music sequencer and synthesizer app designed for electronic musicians and sound designers seeking a portable, hardware-compatible workflow on iOS. The app has secured top-15 positions in the paid music charts across France, Germany, the UK, Japan, and the US shortly after its September 2026 release, indicating strong initial traction among professional users despite its high price point.
Similar apps: KORG Gadget, AudioKit Synth One, Caustic 3
M8 Music Tracker on the App Store
App details
App ID
6806721202
Publisher
Dirtywave LLC
On the store since
Sep 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
246 MB
M8 Music Tracker downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where M8 Music Tracker's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | MusicPaid | #26 |
 South Korea | MusicPaid | #19 |
 United Kingdom | MusicPaid | #41 |
 Russia | MusicGrossing | #32 |
| Japan | MusicPaid | #73 |
 France | MusicPaid | #30 |
| South Korea | MusicGrossing | #88 |
| Russia | MusicPaid | #22 |
 Germany | MusicPaid | #59 |
 Canada | MusicPaid | #117 |
 Australia | MusicPaid | #131 |
Apps near M8 Music Tracker on the chart
Music Paid, around #26.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
110 ratings
Measured
Ratings
110
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
7.2
▼ -45% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
5.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
58/100
faster than 82% of Music apps
New ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2.8 | 54% | ▼ -38% |
| Germany | 1.2 | 23% | – |
| United Kingdom | 1.2 | 23% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about M8 Music Tracker
From the 34 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as a faithful and high-quality port of the M8 hardware tracker, noting its tactile feel and seamless integration with iOS features like AirDrop and game controllers. While most reviews are positive, some users request specific UI improvements for iPad multitasking and external display support.
Mostly positive (100% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful.
What people like
- Features & content: “Mirrors nearly all the amazing features of the OG hardware device”
- Useful: “It works great as a MIDI target too!”
- Ease of use: “The FILE Ap makes transferring samples/somgs/bundles easy”
- Fun: “Sampling is fun and effortless”
About M8 Music Tracker
M8 tracker is an eight-track music tracker, sequencer, and synthesizer from Dirtywave.
Create and arrange music using a portable tracker workflow. Sequences are built from phrases and chains, which can be arranged independently across eight tracks with sequencing and modulation at each step.
Instruments
• Wavsynth - Chip synth inspired wavetable synth
• Macrosynth - Macro oscillators of over 40 unique synthesis engines
• FMSynth - Four-operator FM synthesis
• Hypersynth - Six-note 13 oscillator swarm synth
• Sampler - Sample playback and recording
• MIDI instruments for controlling internal or external gear
• Up to 128 instruments per song
Sequencing
• Eight independent monophonic tracks
• Instrument tables for advanced modulation
• Scales, grooves, probability, and comprehensive effect commands
• Live performance and song-rendering tools
Connectivity
• CoreMIDI input and output
• External computer keyboards and game controllers
• Ableton Link support
• AUv3 plugin version
• Inter-App Audio (IAA) integration
• Launchpad Pro MKIII support
M8 supports portrait and landscape orientations on iPhone and iPad. Projects, instruments, samples, themes, and rendered audio are accessible through the Files app. Built-in contextual help explains every view with shortcuts.
M8 for iOS provides the complete M8 workflow in a portable, touch-enabled interface. Songs and bundles are fully compatible with M8 hardware and can be transferred between devices and shared with other M8 users. Join the Dirtywave Discord community to share music, get help, and discuss M8.
Create and arrange music using a portable tracker workflow. Sequences are built from phrases and chains, which can be arranged independently across eight tracks with sequencing and modulation at each step.
Instruments
• Wavsynth - Chip synth inspired wavetable synth
• Macrosynth - Macro oscillators of over 40 unique synthesis engines
• FMSynth - Four-operator FM synthesis
• Hypersynth - Six-note 13 oscillator swarm synth
• Sampler - Sample playback and recording
• MIDI instruments for controlling internal or external gear
• Up to 128 instruments per song
Sequencing
• Eight independent monophonic tracks
• Instrument tables for advanced modulation
• Scales, grooves, probability, and comprehensive effect commands
• Live performance and song-rendering tools
Connectivity
• CoreMIDI input and output
• External computer keyboards and game controllers
• Ableton Link support
• AUv3 plugin version
• Inter-App Audio (IAA) integration
• Launchpad Pro MKIII support
M8 supports portrait and landscape orientations on iPhone and iPad. Projects, instruments, samples, themes, and rendered audio are accessible through the Files app. Built-in contextual help explains every view with shortcuts.
M8 for iOS provides the complete M8 workflow in a portable, touch-enabled interface. Songs and bundles are fully compatible with M8 hardware and can be transferred between devices and shared with other M8 users. Join the Dirtywave Discord community to share music, get help, and discuss M8.
Latest updates
1.2.3
iOS Updates
- iPhone Duo support
- Fixed audio dropouts when minimizing app
- Fixed sample audio playback issues
- Fixed Track 1’s waveform disappearing after screen rotation
- Fixed Song View remaining in Row Select mode when navigating to Project View
- Fixed rapid sample switching using Edit + Left/Right after saving a new sample
- Fixed USB audio latency caused by rendering and bundling
- Fixed folder selection not being preserved when navigating back
M8 Version 6.6.4
- Fix: Instrument - Moving down after editing the name could change TRANSPOSE
- Fix: Project - editing the SCALE setting above B should wrap back to C
- Fix: Song View - Row-select mode did not exit when navigating to Project View
- Fix: Table - INS commands in FX columns 2 or 3 did not work when the column used TICFF
1.2.2
Version 1.2.2
- Prevent iOS from locking the screen during song playback / touch inactivity
1.2.1
Version 1.2.1
- Fix for EQ and Limiter view scopes drawing in the wrong place when in huge-font mode
Version 1.2.0
- Added high-resolution support for an improved iPad and screen-sharing experience.
- System settings are now stored per device, so sharing via iCloud no longer overwrites local theme and font preferences.
- Font settings can now be configured separately for portrait and landscape orientations.
- Fixed USB input while recording samples from a USB device.
- Fixed T1-T8 track recording in sample editor.
- File browser - Back shortcut (shift+left) did not scroll to top of list of parent directory.
Version 1.1.0
- AUv3 Plugin - Supports multi-channel and multi-instance
- Ableton Link support for sync (Not Link audio) - Located in the Project view right of tempo
- Custom M8 content locations (up to 16) can be added to the root file browser (including iCloud and Dropbox locations)
- Main M8 content folder can be defined, allowing the root content to be from another location (including iCloud and Dropbox etc) in System Settings
- Ableton Move as a Launchpad Pro MK3 control surface support added (Via Move Anything)
- Mic input now supports all available mics and mix modes while recording samples
- HOLD can now latch PLAY, allowing hands-free sample previewing. Hold now has swipe gesture support
- Multiple keyboard or controller buttons can now map to the same M8 control
- Lock screen playback controls now optional in System Settings
Improved
- Sampler recording now supports IAA and hosted audio input
- Standalone sampler input detection now distinguishes microphone and USB/line sources more reliably
- USB recording labels now use USB, U>L and U>R in standalone
- Broader iOS game-controller compatibility through physical controller profiles
- Sorting files in file browser - keep directories at top
Store changes
What M8 Music Tracker changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
5 screenshots (was 5)
New iPad screenshots 
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