Comparison

KIYOLA Remote Control vs JAX MIDI ModulePlayer

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

Head to head
About

KIYOLA Remote Control

Control your digital piano wirelessly via Bluetooth. Select tones, manage internal songs, adjust volume, and use the metronome. Customize the app's look to match your piano's color and play along with other music apps.

Highlights
  • Wireless Bluetooth control
  • Tone selection
  • Internal song playback
  • Volume control
  • Metronome function
  • App appearance customization
  • Apple Watch compatibility
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KIYLOA Remote Control is an app for the KIYOLA KF-10 digital piano, a collaboration between Roland and Japanese furniture designer Karimoku. The app lets you use KIYOLA KF-10 wirelessly, by connecting the piano to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth® technology. The app offers fast and intuitive control of the piano, letting you select the piano’s tones, play the internal songs and control the volume and built-in metronome. Connecting your phone or tablet also makes practice a lot more enjoyable as you can play along with some of the many music apps available. You can even change the app’s appearance to match the body color of KIYOLA KF-10 digital piano. The app also works with Apple Watch, offering the ability to control and play the piano’s internal songs. The Apple Watch version can be installed from your iPhone, once it is running.

About

JAX MIDI ModulePlayer

This app functions as a General MIDI compatible multi-timbre synthesizer and file player. It can be used as a sound module for external MIDI signals or as an audio unit within compatible host applications. Create and play back standard MIDI files with over 370 instruments and drum sets.

Highlights
  • GM/GS compatible synthesizer
  • Plays standard MIDI files
  • Over 370 instruments and drum sets
  • 16 MIDI channels simultaneously
  • Audio Unit (AUv3) support
  • Standalone host functionality
  • Universal app for Apple devices
Features
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There is a manual at: https://midi.digitster.com/JAX%20MIDI/JAX%20MIDI%20ModulePlayer.pdf And a demonstration video at: https://youtu.be/DKwRxcfgy8s JAX MIDI Module & Player can be used as a GM/GS (General MIDI) compatible multi-timbre synthesizer for playing live or as a file player. It is usable as a sound module for external MIDI signals and as audio unit for usage in any host application, which supports Apples AUv3 format. With JAX MIDI Module & Player you can load available standard MIDI files and just play them back. It has inbuilt a fully featured GM/GS synthesizer with over 370 different instruments and drum sets, which is also playable in realtime on 16 MIDI channels simultaneously. The module works like the classic external hardware modules of the late 90s. If used as an audio unit, the MIDI stream is passed thru, so that other apps (like synthesizers and drum machines) can profit from the file playback. Internal sound generation can muted with the main volume slider. Important GM MIDI controllers are supported and also displayed for overview. The playing state of all channels is displayed in realtime. For JAX MIDI Module & Player, you may create your own MIDI files with notes with any external MIDI editor that can create standard MIDI files format 0 or 1, with controllers and tempo changes and all and then play back thru it with the internal or any external instrumentation. AudioUnits (AUv3) require a supporting host application to perform. But our app is able to perform as a standalone host for the embedded unit and provide basic Core MIDI functionality for communicating outside the sandbox. This build is truly 'universal', meaning, the unit is available for: - MacOS (Silicon M1) - iOS (iPhone) - iPadOS (iPads) Note: We now will separate the native macOS release (Mac Catalyst) from the iOS universal release, because native macOS releases need special optimizations. There also will be different prices for the native macOS apps. Making AUv3 technology available across all devices (for usage with GarageBand, Logic Pro X, MainStage 3 on the Mac), is quite a challenge. And we have chosen to deliver the releases across all devices instead of asking multiple times for money. Our builds come with latest technology support for all Apple devices (at the point of release). We therefore always develop with latest Apple frameworks and compilers. But we try to keep the compatibility at minimum requirements as far as even possible. Especially the latest M1/2/3 and cross platform optimizations forced us to drop all the legacy device support (below iOS 14). This is also true for all our older apps, which will be updated step by step to reflect the latest technologies.

Screenshots

KIYOLA Remote Control4 screens
JAX MIDI ModulePlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KIYOLA Remote Control at Free against JAX MIDI ModulePlayer's $29.99. KIYOLA Remote Control also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 14.0). JAX MIDI ModulePlayer's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

KIYOLA Remote Control is free to download; JAX MIDI ModulePlayer costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KIYOLA Remote Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JAX MIDI ModulePlayer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of KIYOLA Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of JAX MIDI ModulePlayer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KIYOLA Remote Control ships an update every 7 months, JAX MIDI ModulePlayer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
KIYOLA Remote Control versus JAX MIDI ModulePlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKIYOLA Remote ControlJAX MIDI ModulePlayer
PriceFree — better$29.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland CorporationJens Guell

Customer experience

KIYOLA Remote Control

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

JAX MIDI ModulePlayer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

KIYOLA Remote Control

No in-app purchases

None

JAX MIDI ModulePlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KIYOLA Remote Control free?
KIYOLA Remote Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JAX MIDI ModulePlayer free?
JAX MIDI ModulePlayer costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KIYOLA Remote Control or JAX MIDI ModulePlayer?
KIYOLA Remote Control is rated higher. KIYOLA Remote Control averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while JAX MIDI ModulePlayer averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do KIYOLA Remote Control or JAX MIDI ModulePlayer have ads?
Neither KIYOLA Remote Control nor JAX MIDI ModulePlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KIYOLA Remote Control or JAX MIDI ModulePlayer?
KIYOLA Remote Control ships an update every 7 months, and JAX MIDI ModulePlayer every 6 months. Most recently, KIYOLA Remote Control was updated on October 24, 2026 and JAX MIDI ModulePlayer on October 19, 2026.

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