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I bought a HOKEMA double a couple months ago and I really love it. I’m hard on it a little bit and it goes out of tune and it’s great to have a reference point along with my tuner. This company is great Show more

There’s no noticeable lag and sounds very natural. I just wish it would work In tandem with Garage Band as a midi import keyboard. At present I play it through speakers and mic it in as real time instrument. Show more

I’m not sure what people are complaining about. This app is working flawlessly in iOS 13. Love it.

Crashes and will not produce sound.

I love this program yet it hasn’t been updated in 4 years and does absolutely nothing on my iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 12. I would be willing to pay $5 for an upgraded version. Show more

Custom sensors enable spectrum of abilities (audio/physical-...) to trigger sensors to activate “voices “(sounds, musical or other)

But, unfortunately, it only works when your pad or phone is connected to wifi. To make that mater even worse, only one of your i devices is allowed to run the app at a time. That is not at all very nice so therefore I can only give it one star. If they removed the wifi restriction I’d give it a five star rating. Update: I may have misspoken about the wifi. The “doesn’t work” seemed to be related to wifi and more than one device running the app but I was eventually able to get it make sound on two devices. The lack of wifi or multiple usage was just a coincidence? Whatever the reason, sound seems to be sporadic. Show more

Just installed it but there’s no sound, no matter what the settings are on my phone.

I installed this app on a 2018 iPad Pro and was unable to get any sound. Two emails to customer support over the course of a week were unanswered.

The real Sansula made by Hokema is a marvelous instrument and this app really captures its spirit and its sound. You can select from different preset turnings or create your own tuning within the limitations of the length of the tines - just like with the real thing. The sound on the iPad Pro is superb and on the iPhone 5s it is almost as good. The physical Sansula has a more pronounced wha wha capability and that could be improved in the app to react a little better, say when the device is shaken. One of the great hidden uses of this app is to tune it to match a hand pan or a tongue drum and then use it to devise new melody lines to take back to the drum. It also provides a nice high treble when played in combination with the hand pan, etc. Combine this with Looper and other audio programs adds depth and exotic layers to compositions. If you play Kalimba or marimba you will love this app. Show more

Jam with it all the time , please add audiobus !!

After upgrading to iOS8, this is mute. The buttons and menus work, but there is no sound produced, which kind of defeats its purpose. Please fix this.

Loved this app when it worked, but now makes almost no sound after the OS update; only occasional nasty blips of digital distortion. Hope it gets fixed soon.

I have two kalimbas but not the Sansula, so when I saw the app I had to download. The sound is so dreamy I don't want to put it down. I love the ability to add more tunings - have already added Beautiful E, Heavenly A and Morocco. I would like to suggest to the developers that they add a feature that changes the length of the tines to reflect the change in pitch. This would help a lot. UPDATE: for those who want a diatonic scale that reflects the length of the tines, here are some I've come up with. Since each tine has a finite range, I have found these will work, left to right: Key of F: C,F,G,D,F,Bb,A,G,E F starting on C below F: G,C,D,A,C,F,E,D,Bb Key of C: G,C,D,A,C,F,E,D,B G starting on D below G : A,D,E,B,D,G,F#,E,C Show more

This one is just awesome, fantastic sound! Great that one can choose between various included tunings or even add your own. I only wish there was a traditional-style kalimba app that sounded this nice. Show more

This over-priced poor design takes advantage of .001% of the iPad as a platform. It'll play single notes, and you can change tunings and save those, but that is it. There is no ability to hit across more than one tine- as you can with a real Sansula, which could be easily implemented in the app. There's no ability to generate the "wah-wah"- which the accelerometers could easily do. Instead of an enhanced experience and thinking about the incredible abilities of the iPad, this app settles for the bare minimum, and plays much worse than the real instrument. At least give us the ability to strike more than one tine and generate effects through tilting the iPad! I have an iPad full of musical apps, and most in this price range offer recording, saving, sharing, dropbox, audio share, some will even loop, or bridge to DAWs with audio bus. Yes- it sounds ok- but it is limited to one dimensional sound. Yes- you can make custom tunings. And if that is worth it for you, you'll be satisfied. But- if you are at all familiar with the current state of music making apps today, this app is a huge disappointment. Show more

Simple and elegant. Played the free version for a few moments and immediately bought the full version.

This is a great product! The sound is great and the option to create custom tunings easy to use. This app is like having a set of sansulas at your finger tips. Show more

I have had a Hokema A minor tuning Sansula for six years and have loved it. The sound is exquisite and I've always wanted to have additional tunings - of course, you can buy them with additional Sansulas. I just bought another Sansula - this one in "Heavenly A" tuning from Kalimba Magic, and was surprised to see on the Kalimba Magic web site a recommendation for the iPad/iPhone app. I downloaded it and wow - I now have many other tunings to play with PLUS I can create my own tunings with Hokema's ingenious way of tuning the electronic version! The interface for playing is graphically pleasing and comfortable. The sustain after striking a tine is impressive, to say the least. The real sansulas are better though, because you can do the way-wah effect, and for me personally, I prefer an actual acoustic instrument. But you can get this into your hands for very little money by purchasing this app - and I will use this app to create new tunings in which I will then order the actual Sansulas from Hookema. Only one thing on my wish list for this app - the ability to record a song and play it back. Other than that, I highly recommend this app - what a wonderful way to pass the time waiting at the airport (using headphones of course!), being at home alone in the rain - this is a beautiful instrument - thanks to the Hokema Company! Show more

Beautiful version of the actual instrument. The preset tunings and ability to add your own custom tunings make this app a keeper.