Koto: Japanese Instrument

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About this app

Turn your phone and tablet into a real Japanese Koto and play the traditional 13-string zither at the heart of Japanese music — anytime, anywhere, completely free. Whether you are plucking your first notes or playing a graceful melody, Koto brings warm, studio-quality sound straight to your pocket.

Feel every string with realistic, studio-recorded koto samples, fast touch response, and a beautifully detailed interface. Pluck the silk strings, slide the movable bridges to tune each note, and play with natural multi-touch and swipe gestures. No lessons and no setup — just tap and play.

🎴 REALISTIC JAPANESE KOTO
High-quality, studio-recorded samples of a 13-string koto with a warm, authentic tone that responds the moment your fingers touch the strings. It feels like the real instrument.

🌉 MOVABLE BRIDGES (JI)
Slide each bridge just like on a real koto to change the pitch of every string and tune the instrument to your own melody.

🎚️ SHAPE YOUR SOUND
Sculpt your tone with a 5-band equalizer and ready-made presets — Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical and Flat. Use Sustain to set how long each note rings, and Velocity to play softly or bright and loud.

⏱️ BUILT-IN METRONOME
Keep perfect time with an adjustable BPM metronome — ideal for practice, steady rhythm, and a better sense of timing.

🎙️ RECORD & SHARE
Capture your performance with the built-in recorder. Save microphone and MIDI recordings, mark favorites, and share your music with friends in just a few taps.

🎵 PLAY-ALONG MUSIC PLAYER
Load your own songs and play along! Open your audio files with search, favorites, repeat and shuffle — perfect for practicing over any track.

🎼 LIVE VISUALIZER
Watch your music come alive with dynamic visual effects that move with every note.

🌸 MAKE IT YOURS
Personalize the app with your favorite theme color, an interface in many languages, and vibration and in-app sound options.

PERFECT FOR
• Beginners exploring the koto, the zither, and Japanese music
• Music lovers and fans of traditional string instruments
• Anyone who enjoys Japanese culture, zen, and relaxing sounds
• Relaxation, meditation, focus, and stress relief

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
✔ Free and simple — for all ages, from beginner to pro
✔ Studio sound quality
✔ Works offline — no internet needed to play
✔ Fits all phones and tablets, at every screen size

Download Koto now, touch the strings, and let the elegant sound of this classic Japanese instrument fill your day!

Ratings and reviews

Colors? Nothing really works..sustained vibrato? No works! Looks like a modern koto. But lacks the tone and responsiveness. You probably have more talent/ skill/ knowledge in your pinky finger than I do when at my best. I suck at playing a lot so I need to have an app that makes me sound better than I really am. I can't build my own. So I depend on talented developers to geniously create a miracle instrument that sounds/responds like the real deal. Keep working if you want Advertisers/sponse

Not a koto. Just something with the wrong amount of string making random sounds... And knobs and switches for no reason...

horrible. the strings barely work and I couldn't exit the app

What’s new

• Recording studio: capture your melodies, mark favorites and share
• Slide to tune each string and change the pitch, like a real koto
• 5-band equalizer with Pop, Rock, Jazz and Classical presets
• New relaxing melodies in the music player
• Sustain, touch velocity and metronome controls
• 30-color theme palette and interface in 75 languages
• Performance and stability improvements