Modular synthesizer for Android

Your modular
rack.
In your pocket.

RackDroid brings the VCV Rack 2 audio engine to Android, with touch instead of a mouse. Drag real cables between oscillators, filters and sequencers — no compromises, no clone: it's the same engine, made native for your phone.

66 built-in modules Android 10+ GPLv3, open source ~40 MB
RackDroid running: a patch with a sequencer, VCO, VCF and ADSR

Why RackDroid

Not a toy. A real rack.

Every design choice starts with one question: would this work with a finger on a 6-inch screen? If the answer was no, we redesigned it — not just shrank it.

It's VCV Rack, not a clone

Same DSP engine, same 66 modules, same .vcv format — built on unmodified upstream v2.6.4 sources.

Built for touch

Not a shrunk-down desktop UI: drag cables with a finger, long-press a knob to type a value, pinch to zoom.

Low native latency

Oboe/AAudio, full-duplex — it plays in real time, not a toy that stutters.

Grows with you

Start with the 66 built-in modules, then add whole packages (Bogaudio, Valley, Befaco…) on the fly, without updating the app.

Even on older hardware

Supported from Android 10 up: it runs on phones and tablets that aren't brand new anymore.

Open source, for good

GPLv3, complete sources in the repository. No account, no paid license, no tracking.

Interface

A real screenshot. Not a mockup.

Sequencer, VCO, VCF, ADSR envelope and mixer — taken from a real device running the app, with the glass toolbar open above the rack.

A live patch in RackDroid
RackDroid's toolbar and menus

Inside the rack

What it includes

Everything you need to build a sound from scratch, already in the base APK.

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Audio engine

Native, Oboe/AAudio, full-duplex, low latency.

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66 modules

Core, Fundamental (39 modules), RackDroid Drums (14 original voices).

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Real touch

Cables and modules with a finger, pinch to zoom, long-press for values.

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Glass toolbar

Menus, module palette, plugin manager, undo/redo, layout lock.

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Module palette

Chips by category, draggable previews, an info badge for every module.

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MIDI

On-screen keyboard, USB and Bluetooth LE MIDI.

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Recording

Output to a WAV file, saved in Documents/RackDroid/.

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30 tutorials

Step-by-step across 5 levels, plus a topic-based guide.

Additional modules

Extra packages, no app update needed

Install .rdmod files from the built-in module manager, or copy them into the Modules/ folder — they load right away.

Bogaudio Valley Audible Instruments Impromptu Befaco HetrickCV Aria Bidoo …and more

Ready to build your first sound?

Free, open source, no account. Download the APK from the repository and you're in within a minute.

↓ Download RackDroid on GitHub
Requires Android 10 (API 29) or later · arm64-v8a · OpenGL ES 3.0