Futulele - Digital Ukulele with FX and chords app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 9296 ratings )
Music Entertainment
Developer: zCage.com Apps LLC
2.99 USD
Current version: 3.0.3, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 24 May 2012
App size: 134.7 Mb

Feel the summer breeze with Futulele, the only digital Ukulele youll ever need! It looks amazing (Retina graphics), sounds awesome, offers fully automatic play modes, great interface and even can be extended via the optional Futulele Remote app. Absolutely suitable for ukulele novices, but brings a lot of fun even to experienced ukulele players!

This is the ukulele app that can be seen on Apples advertising materials for iPad & iPad Mini!

+ Futulele is now UNIVERSAL, with separate versions for iPhone and iPad.

+ "This is a really brilliant app" - CultOfMac
+ "It is almost as crazy as it is just plain awesome." - 148Apps
+ "None can quite compete with Futulele’s impeccable design." - AppAdvice
+ "Its certainly the slickest ukelele app." - The Verge
+ "Futulele is a should buy because it’s so well designed" - AppleNApps

+ Also seen on NBC, Mashable, BoingBoing, Engadget, Gizmodo and many other news sources!

Futulele is simply the best-sounding Uke synthesizer in the world. The CrystalClear 4.0 sound engine works with 72 highest-quality Ukulele string samples, combining and tweaking them on the fly to deliver fantastic Ukulele experience. Futulele detects your strumming speed and alters the sound accordignly. The engine is also capable of detecting the current output mode (speaker/headphones) and making the ukulele instument sound perfect under every occassion. If that was not enough, there are 4 customizable FX: Grand Stereo Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Lush Chorus, Tape Delay.

Fully automatic playing is possible, just hold the Automatic button and enjoy the results! There are 15 strumming patterns available, which can be changed in the Options menu. Recording is a blast and takes only one tap. Futulele records to .WAV which can later be converted to .M4A via the built-in File Manager and found in the iTunes File Sharing.

Futulele comes with 10 pre-defined ukulele songs, and you can easily create an infinite number of your own. Up to 12 chords can be used per chord set. There are 132 possible chords in total, more than enough for any ukelele song!

One of the most remarkable features of this digital Uke is that it can be operated with the iPhone (iPod Touch) and the iPad simultaneously, in a way that has never been introduced before. On the iPhone, youll need to install Futulele Remote app (available separately).

It is not a secret that many iPad owners also have an iPhone, so Futulele is an excellent and innovative reason to get the best musical juices flowing out of both. A special guitar-shaped case holds the two devices, making it possible to select the chord on the iPhone and strum along the iPad screen, just as on a regular ukulele. Changing a chord requires only one tap, and the strumming technique is easy and convenient. No external wires or hardware accessories are needed, since the devices use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (selected automatically) for communicating.

FEATURES (v. 2.3)
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+ The best-sounding digital Ukulele/Ukelele synth
+ Very easy to play! No music background needed!
+ Universal app for iPhone and iPad
+ CrystalClear 4.0 Sound Engine with 72 MultiSamples
+ Strings respond to the speed of strumming!
+ 2 ukulele sound sets: Classic and Studio
+ Gorgeous Retina graphics (fully optimized for the new iPad)
+ 4 Side-Buttons for FingerPicking with Pitch Bend
+ Automatic Strumming mode with 15 Patterns
+ 132 Possible ukelele Chords
+ 15 Pre-Defined Chord Sets
+ Create you own ukulele chord sets easily
+ Record to .WAV & .MID, convert to .M4A
+ 4 FX: Grand Stereo Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Lush Chorus, Tape Delay
+ Can be extended via separate Futulele Remote app for iPhone/iPod Touch. Make your own cyber-ukulele!

+ FUTULELE REMOTE app is AVAILABLE for FREE (iPhone/iPod Touch)
+ Audiobus support!

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Pros and cons of Futulele - Digital Ukulele with FX and chords app for iPhone and iPad

Futulele - Digital Ukulele with FX and chords app good for

After looking up some chords, my daughter and I were playing and singing to spongebob songs in no time! Tons of fun! One thing Id like to see is the ability to do a "chuck" like on a real Uke. Maybe by slapping all strings at once or via a button. A lot of songs just dont sound right without them.
I love this app because I dont have real ukelele but I can play a real one. We dont have any ukelele here. They dont sell any so thanks they have this app. Its really awesome app but I cant do the "chuck" thingy, like slapping the ukelele. U should add that. But its really a great app.
Sound good, audiobus comp. ez to use Only probleme is i cant midi out to sunrizer and synths :( That rly a downside for me

Some bad moments

Sadly this app is not quite in tune. Really noticeable in the G chord between the 4 and 2 strings but its far from the only one. (Also the sampled sounds have way too much fret snap.) What would otherwise be a killer instrument with loads of flexibility and very intelligent layout becomes sadly frustrating. Savage Apps I Am Ukelele sounds WAY better but lacks the features. Still waiting for that great Ukelele app. Sigh.
app disables both hardware volume buttons on iphone 4s (7.0.4)
Installed on IPod and it wont open. Deleted and retried. Same result.
Sound goes from ear speaker. And after your app, all sound from iPhone goes from ear speaker(speaker on top, near the camera)
Futulele sounds great. (Is that round robin samples I hear?) Theres no sound clipping like in OMGuitar. It plays well on the iPad without the remote. I immediately noticed the omission of a left handed mode. Please add this.
Not that great...needs some instructions and more flexibility...sticke to real ukulele