Fugue Machine vs F3 Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fugue Machine
This music sequencer uses multiple playheads to create complex melodic patterns inspired by Baroque and serialist composition techniques. Manipulate speed, direction, and pitch to generate unique soundscapes.
- Multi-playhead piano roll
- Manipulate speed, direction, and pitch
- Create complex melodic patterns
- Inspired by Baroque and serialist music
- Supports MIDI, AUv3 MIDI, Ableton Link
- Inter-App Audio and Audiobus compatibility
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A music sequencer reimagined with multiple playheads. "How Bach would have made a sequencer." (Create Digital Music) "A musical feat." (Creator's Project) "A new approach to sequencing." (XLR8R) "A next generation music sequencer." (Ask Audio) Fugue Machine Classic is a tool inspired by composition techniques used in Baroque music and Serialism — e.g. Bach’s canons and fugues, and Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique. The idea was to design a tool to manipulate a melody’s speed, direction, and pitch, as well as play multiple variations of the melody simultaneously. As it turned out, the best implementation for this was to reimagine one of the most fundamental building blocks of all music sequencers: the piano roll. Fugue Machine Classic is the world’s first multi-playhead piano roll. Create a music sequence and play it back with up to four playheads at once — each at various speeds, directions, pitches, and more. Watch the playheads dance, and hear the complex patterns that emerge. It’s mesmerizing. Fugue Machine Classic supports iPhone, iPad, MIDI, AUv3 MIDI, Ableton Link, Audiobus, Audiobus 3 MIDI, and Inter-App Audio. Thanks to the AUv3 standard, you can run multiple instances of Fugue Machine Classic on a single device when hosted in an AUv3 MIDI host app — like AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, and Cubasis.
F3 Control
Control your ZOOM F3 Field Recorder wirelessly from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Manage recording, playback, file naming, and monitor vital information like waveforms and battery life.
- Wireless remote control
- Start/stop recording and playback
- Add marks to recordings
- Set device parameters
- Monitor input waveforms
- Check battery and recording time
- Change file names
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F3 Control is an app that enables wireless control of the ZOOM F3 Field Recorder. An iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can be used as a remote control for an F3. In addition to the fundamental operations of starting/stopping recording/playback and searching forward/backward, this app can be used to add marks and to set various parameters. The app can also be used to check the waveforms of input signals and the remaining battery charge as well as to monitor the remaining recording time. Moreover, you can input text to change the file name used for recorded files. Note: A BTA-1 wireless adapter is necessary to operate an F3 with F3 Control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fugue Machine at 90% against F3 Control's 11%. Fugue Machine also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (624 vs 4). F3 Control's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
F3 Control is free to download; Fugue Machine costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fugue Machine holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fugue Machine has 624 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Fugue Machine's written reviews are positive against 11% of F3 Control's.
| Parameter | Fugue Machine | F3 Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (624 ratings) — better | 2.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 624 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandernaut | ZOOM CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Fugue Machine
F3 Control
In-app purchases
Fugue Machine
No in-app purchases
F3 Control
No in-app purchases









