iVCS3

🇺🇸 United States
Alessandro Petrolati  | 
51
ASO score
Text
53/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
rating
App Rating
4.7
rating
Votes
630
rating
App Age
11y 10m
rating
Last Update
Sep 20, 2025
rating
iAP
$3.99 - 4.99

Compare with Category Top Apps

Metrics
Current App
Category Top Average
Difference
Rating
4.68
4.57
+2%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
627
584.5K
-100%
App Age
11y 10m
8y 3m
+43%
Price
$15
$1
+2 171%
In-app Purchases Price
$4
$43
-91 %
Update Frequency
78d
30d
+157%
Title Length
5
25
-80%
Subtitle Length
26
27
-4%
Description Length
2 680
2 711
-1%
Number of Screenshots
2457
1240
+98 %
Size
105MB
218MB
-52 %

Category Ranking in United States

All
New
Trending Up
Trending Down
Top Dec 20, 2025 Dec 27, 2025
No results were found!
Top Dec 20, 2025 Dec 27, 2025
No results were found!
Top Dec 20, 2025 Dec 27, 2025
No results were found!
Top Dec 20, 2025 Dec 27, 2025
No results were found!

Ranking Keywords in United States

Keywords App Rank
Illustration
Analyze this and other apps using Asolytics tools

Text ASO

Title (
Characters: 5 of 30
)
iVCS3
Subtitle (
Characters: 26 of 30
)
Official EMS VCS3 emulator
Description (
Characters: 2680 of 4000
)
iVCS3 Official EMS VCS3 emulator The VCS3 was created in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff's EMS company. The electronics were largely designed by David Cockerell and the machine's distinctive visual appearance was the work of electronic composer Tristram Cary. The VCS3 was more or less the first portable commercially available synthesizer—portable in the sense that the VCS 3 was housed entirely in a small, wooden case. The VCS3 was quite popular among progressive rock bands and was used on recordings by The Alan Parsons Project, Jean Michel Jarre, Hawkwind, Brian Eno (with Roxy Music), King Crimson, The Who, Gong, and Pink Floyd, among many others. Well-known examples of its use are on The Who track "Won't Get Fooled Again" (as an external sound processor, in this case with Pete Townshend running the signal of a Lowrey Organ through the VCS3's filter and low frequency oscillators) on Who's Next. Pink Floyd's "On the Run" (from The Dark Side of the Moon) made use of its oscillators, filter and noise generator, as well as the sequencer. Their song Welcome to the Machine also used the VCS3. The bassy throb at the beginning of the recording formed the foundation of the song, with the other parts being recorded in response. The VCS3 was also a staple at the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop, and was a regular (and most frightening) sound generator for the Dr Who TV series. Many fo the monsters and atmoshere;s created for the show came directly from the VCS3. Description The VCS3 has three oscillators (in reality, the first 2 oscillators are normal oscillators and the 3rd an LFO or Low Frequency Oscillator), a noise generator, two input amplifiers, a ring modulator, a 18dB/octave (pre-1974) or 24dB/octave (after 1974) voltage controlled low pass filter (VCF), a trapezoid envelope generator, joy-stick controller, voltage controlled spring reverb unit and 2 stereo output amplifiers. Unlike most modular synthesizer systems which use cables to link components together, the VCS3 uses a distinctive patch board matrix into which pins are inserted in order to connect its components together. Keyboards controller DK1 keyboard controller Although the VCS3 is often used for generating sound effects due to lack of built-in keyboard, there were external keyboard controllers for melodic play. The DK1 in 1969 was an early velocity sensitive monophonic keyboard for VCS3 with an extra VCO and VCA. Later it was extended for duophonic play, as DK2, in 1972. Also in 1972, Synthi AKS was released, and its digital sequencer with a touch-sensitive flat keyboard, KS sequencer, and its mechanical keyboard version, DKS, were also released. (See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCS3)}
Read more

Visual ASO

Screenshots

Rating & Reviews

Reviews Overview
🧐 Coming Soon…
Rating
4.7
630 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Familychoice
23 Aug, 2025
5
The update sounds great on iPad, but mentioned Mac compatibility doesn’t seem to be available. Really hope this is added soon. Update: Mac compatibility now working - fantastic!
Lil Woodryc
24 Mar, 2025
5
This plug-in is absolutely nuts Eight different effects to play around with and even a bit crusher functionality sound design possibilities are endless good for lofi textures in sound
Viddroneographer
21 Mar, 2025
5
I’ve used this secret sauce Monster Emulator for approximately 2.5 years now Still there’s nothing close to the raw power and versatility that you can run on an iOS device . Once you channel it through a Universal Audio NEVE strip plug in or a Fairchild and an Eventide ? What larks
Alligatoah1.
14 Feb, 2025
2
Love mostly all about this app, but the keyboard shows up when loading the app and then flies out of frame and can't be brought back which makes it hard to play - left with drones and the sequenzer its still nice, but an bugfix update would be amazing
gtduh
02 Dec, 2024
5
Avec un Theremine ….Genial ! Mapping midi facile et fiable . Un grand merci
DrMemory99
19 Nov, 2024
5
I love this app not only does it have all the components of the VCS; it’s beautifully laid out. There are not many synths that allow external inputs and user supplied samples including the ability to record them directly, as nd sequencer. I wish it were also available as a native mac app. I’d buy it in a heartbeat!
The endless river 420
31 Aug, 2024
5
Being a lifelong pink floyd and Richard Wright fanatic,this is the closest most will come to obtaining an instrument that Richard used. The sound is amazing and it works great. Took years to write this review lol but well deserved!
Pierluigi De Ioris
20 Jul, 2024
5
Ho comprato un iPad Pro esclusivamente per poter usare questo meraviglioso sintetizzatore. Talmente al di sopra degli altri che tentare un paragone è estremamente imbarazzante (per gli altri 😀). Il suono è cosi complesso, organico e vivo che non si può proprio descrivere. Per chi non lo sapesse questo synth fu ampiamente usato anche dal grande Maestro Franco Battiato in alcuni suoi album. Non parliamo poi della gentilezza e professionalità dello sviluppatore che ha risolto dopo pochissimi giorni un piccolo difetto grafico abbastanza fastidioso. Anche questo è veramente un qualcosa di raro. Meraviglioso !! 👏🏻👏🏻
the center
18 Jun, 2024
5
I’ve been using the iVCS3 for a few years now and it never get’s old. It can just keep surprising you with incredible sounds. Processing guitar = INSTANT SPACE ROCK! There is no better modular synthesizer app. It will be used by musicians for BILLIONS of years!

Other

Additional Information
Rating:
4.7
Voted: 630
App Store Link:
Price: 14.99 $
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Music, Education
Size: 105MB
iAP: 3.99 - 4.99 $
App Age: 11 years 10 months
Release Date: Mar 05, 2014
Last Update: Sep 20, 2025
Version: 3.6.1
Version history
3.6.1
Sep 20, 2025
Updated to the latest iOS SDK Fixed a potential issue where the keyboard could unexpectedly disappear
3.6
Aug 22, 2025
+ Available per macOS (Designed for iPad) + Improved stability + Updated to the latest iOS SDK + Updated dependencies + Fixed various bugs
Version history