Mogees Play
Last updated: 23 October 2026
Sold out: I checked on 23 October 2026 and Mogees Play was no longer on sale. The Mogees website was down and I struggled to find it at any UK shop. For similar presents, see our gift guide for music lovers.
Mogees Play was a small sensor that you stuck to a table, a wall or any hard surface, then plugged into your phone. A contact microphone picked up taps, slaps and scratches, and the apps turned them into a rhythm game or a looping music tool. It last sold for £50, and it is now sold out.
What Mogees Play was
Mogees began as a PhD project, appeared on Kickstarter in 2014 and came back in 2016 with Mogees Play. The Play version was a refreshed sensor aimed at games and casual music-making rather than performers.
The sensor was a small cylinder with a contact microphone inside. Its software read how hard, how fast and how long you hit a surface, so a kitchen table could act as a drum pad.
What it did
- Pulse: a rhythm game for iPhone and Android, where tapping the surface replaced a plastic game controller.
- Jam: a free-form mode for recording sounds and mixing them into beats and loops.
- Keys: an iPhone-only mode for building melodies, arpeggios and chords.
Key facts about Mogees Play
- Last price: £50
- Kickstarter price in 2016: from £29 for early backers, rising to £49
- How it worked: a contact microphone sensor that stuck to a surface and connected to a phone
- Apps: Pulse and Jam on iPhone and Android, and Keys on iPhone
- Status: sold out, and the maker's website was down when I checked
Who it suited
- Kids who drum on tables: it turned that habit into a game.
- Beginners curious about beat-making: Jam recorded everyday sounds without any music software.
For a pocket drum machine you can still buy, see the Teenage Engineering PO-32 Tonic.
Why you cannot buy it now
Mogees Play is no longer sold new, and the Mogees website returned an error when I checked. So any second-hand sensor may not work with current phones if the apps have not been updated.
The New Atlas report on the Mogees Play Kickstarter describes how the sensor and the apps worked.
FAQs
Can you still buy Mogees Play?
No. It was sold out when I checked on 23 October 2026, and the Mogees website was down.
What did Mogees Play do?
It turned any hard surface into an instrument. A sensor picked up taps and scratches, and the Pulse and Jam apps turned them into a rhythm game or loops.
How much was Mogees Play?
It last sold for £50. Early Kickstarter backers in 2016 paid from £29.
What is a good alternative to Mogees Play?
For hands-on music-making, the Teenage Engineering PO-32 Tonic is a pocket drum synth you can still buy. Our gift guides for music lovers and technology lovers have more ideas.
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