What's new in 1.0

Nebula 1.0 is the first release, for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It is free, with one optional purchase, Nebula Pro.

Music from anywhere

• Your own songs, with playlists, shuffle, repeat and crossfades.
• Live internet radio. Radio plays a few seconds behind the station so Nebula can hear what is coming.
• Indie: free, full-length tracks from independent artists.
• Nebula: free music made for Nebula, with its beats ready at once. Keep a song on the device to play it offline.
• The microphone, and on a Mac, whatever the Mac is playing.
• Whole-song analysis on your device: beats, bars, chords, sections, builds and drops. Song memory makes a repeat play ready at once.

Look and feel

• 41 visual Elements, each with its own knobs, and ready-made scenes to start from.
• Layers: stack visuals, mix them with 13 blend modes, and undo or redo each layer's changes.
• Patches: cables from the music to any knob, with bands, song structure, random, numbers, time and colors as sources.
• Scenes: your changes are kept as you go. Rename, copy, export and import .nebula files, and give a scene its own music.
• A time line with beat-snapped section loops and hold-to-scan.
• Touch plays the picture on layers that respond to it.

Free and Pro

Free: your music, radio, Indie, Nebula, the microphone, every Element with its key knobs, 2 layers, 3 cables, 3 scenes of your own and all the ready-made scenes. Nebula Pro ($5.99, one time, no subscription) opens unlimited layers, every knob, all 13 blends, unlimited cables from every source and unlimited saved scenes. Details on the help page.

Care and privacy

• A parental lock for Radio, Indie and Nebula music that uses Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode.
• Calmer flashes for people sensitive to flashing light. See Accessibility.
• Performance controls: resolution, frame rate, 30 FPS on battery and sleep when untouched.
• No account, no ads, no tracking. See Privacy.

New to Nebula? Start with the two-minute tour.