Tonepad review

Maggie Holland

We review Tonepad, a music app for the iPhone

Published on Oct 12, 2009

Imagine the fun you have with bubble wrap. It’s a seemingly endless supply of amusement. Now add music to the mix and you have a whole lot of fun.

Tonepad is what it says on the tin: a pad full of tones. You simply press them in a random fashion (or in a stick dog shape as we did) and it creates a synthesised tune for you.

You can change the colours the bubbles appear in addition to saving your chosen composition.

You can also upload it to a central base of tunes to share it with others – when you do so you’ll be given a unique code, which your friends can use to access your tunes.

Similarly you can download the work of others to see how they’ve faired with the musical tool.

If you want to use either your own creations or those you’ve listened to as ring tones on your iPhone, you’ll need to spend a whopping 59p to upgrade to the Pro version of the app to do so.

It’s a great way to while away the time waiting for something to happen, whether it be a train arriving or a friend turning up at the pub.