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PocketTracker

Tracker-style music maker for handhelds and phones — sampler, SF2, 8 tracks
New in version 0.9.9.1
What's new:

• COLLECT on the PROJECT screen copies a song and every sample and SoundFont it plays into one folder in Songs, ready to move or share
• Fix: TSTRETCH no longer plays the stretched sample early
PocketTracker is a music tracker in the spirit of LSDJ, LGPT and the M8 — built for Android gaming handhelds with physical buttons, with an on-screen control layout for phones.

Features:

* 8-track sequencer with the classic Song → Chain → Phrase structure
* Sampler instruments: load WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, Opus and M4A files
* SoundFont instrument support: SF2 and SF3
* Sample editor: trim, chop, slice, time-stretch (SOLA), pitch-shift, destructive FX
* Sample from video: extract audio from screen recordings (MP4/MKV/WebM)
* 31 step effects: arpeggio, retrigger, pitch slides, vibrato, chance/randomize, tables, grooves, mixer-fader automation and more
* Per-instrument modulation: AHD/ADSR envelopes and LFOs with 10 destinations
* Mixer with per-track sends, true dBFS meters, reverb and delay send buses
* Master bus with OTT-style multiband compression or DUST lo-fi chain, plus limiter
* WAV export: full mix or per-track stems; resample selections into new instruments
* Interface color themes, a theme editor and multiple top-bar visualizers
* Low-latency native audio engine (Oboe); runs well on 1 GB RAM devices

Storage: PocketTracker requests no permissions. The first time you open its file browser it offers a single "ADD FOLDER..." row, which opens Android's own folder picker; the folder you choose becomes its home and is where projects, samples and renders live. You can grant it further folders at any time from the top of the browser, so a sample library anywhere on the device — or a video copied over from a PC — is reachable without giving the app access to everything.

Requires Android 8.0+ on a 64-bit device (arm64-v8a or x86_64).

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 0.9.9.1 (991) suggested Added on Oct 29, 2026

    arm64-v8a x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_RECORDING
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • com.conanizer.pockettracker.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 18 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • New in version 0.9.9
    What's new:

    • MIDI: play external synths, play from a keyboard, map knobs, sync clock in and out
    • Reverbs HALL, ROOM, PLATE, FOIL; delay ping-pong, tone, wobble; presets for both
    • CHD plays a note as a chord, ARC strums it
    • Fill rows from one cell with L + a direction; new NTH, INS and TIM commands; a note OFF
    • Grooves with names, files and built-in swings
    • A song left playing keeps playing in the background
    • TRNS, a new skin that fills the width of a phone screen
  • Version 0.9.9 (990) - Added on Oct 27, 2026

    arm64-v8a x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_RECORDING
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • com.conanizer.pockettracker.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 18 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • New in version 0.9.8
    Scales, help on SELECT, nine new effect commands, a metronome, and SoundFonts that now cost only the sound you play.

    • A SCALE screen — 38 built-in scales, a project key, and every note pulled onto the scale as it plays
    • LPF/HPF/BPF, DRV, CRU, FIN and TSX — filters, drive, crush, fine tuning and transpose, written per note
    • The effect picker is grouped by what each command touches, one group open at a time
    • A metronome on SETTINGS, and TAP on PROJECT to set the tempo by ear
    • Only the chosen
  • Version 0.9.8 (980) - Added on Sep 11, 2026

    arm64-v8a x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • com.conanizer.pockettracker.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 17 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log