Comparison

LC4 Controller vs MTI Pro Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LC4 Controller

This app provides wireless control for a music lab, allowing educators to manage student interactions and broadcast music from anywhere in the room. It includes features like student icon customization, attendance tracking, and access to the iPad's music library for class-wide playback.

Highlights
  • Wireless control of Yamaha LC4 Music Lab
  • Customize and position student icons
  • In-app attendance tracker
  • Integrated notepad
  • Broadcast music from iPad library
  • Full hardware function access
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The exclusive LC4 Controller App gives you full control over the Yamaha LC4 Music Lab wirelessly from anywhere in the room. Music educators now have the freedom to leave their teacher station and visit students individually at their instruments to demonstrate passages, correct technique and posture, all the while maintaining the ability to operate the lab hardware wirelessly. The LC4 Controller App provides convenient access to all of the hardware functions and even adds more features. The app lets you customize and position student icons in the classroom view to match the physical layout of the instruments in the room. The in-app attendance tracker and notepad are conveniently included, eliminating the need for additional software. The LC4 Controller App even accesses the iPad’s music library and allows the teacher to broadcast songs wirelessly to the class. The LC4 Controller App is compatible only with the Yamaha LC4 Music Lab, and requires the optional LC4 WIFI KIT.

About

MTI Pro Player

This app plays show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. Users can adjust tempo, key, create vamps, and navigate measures in real time. Authorization from an organization is required to access all features.

Highlights
  • Play show scores
  • Change tempo
  • Change key
  • Create vamps
  • Jump to any measure
  • Real-time measure tracking
Features
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The MTI Pro Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. With the MTI Pro Player app you can change tempo, key, create vamps, and easily jump to any measure. Follow the music as measures are listed in real time. Get authorization from your organization to use all these features! For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LC4 Controller at 100% against MTI Pro Player's 0%. LC4 Controller also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). MTI Pro Player's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LC4 Controller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MTI Pro Player has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LC4 Controller's written reviews are positive against 0% of MTI Pro Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LC4 Controller ships an update every 26 months, MTI Pro Player every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LC4 Controller versus MTI Pro Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLC4 ControllerMTI Pro Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYamaha Corporation of AmericaMusic Theatre International

Customer experience

LC4 Controller

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MTI Pro Player

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

LC4 Controller

No in-app purchases

None

MTI Pro Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LC4 Controller free?
LC4 Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTI Pro Player free?
MTI Pro Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LC4 Controller or MTI Pro Player?
LC4 Controller is rated higher. LC4 Controller averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MTI Pro Player averages 2.4 from 8 ratings.
Do LC4 Controller or MTI Pro Player have ads?
Neither LC4 Controller nor MTI Pro Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LC4 Controller or MTI Pro Player?
LC4 Controller ships an update every 26 months, and MTI Pro Player every 8 months. Most recently, LC4 Controller was updated on October 30, 2026 and MTI Pro Player on October 29, 2026.

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