Comparison

touchAble Pro vs Sensaphonics 3DME BT

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

Head to head
About

touchAble Pro

This app provides deep, customizable control over music production software, allowing users to perform and edit without a mouse. It offers waveform views, piano roll editing, and full access to device parameters, all from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Audio clip view with waveforms
  • Piano roll view for pattern editing
  • Draw and edit clip automations
  • Customizable device templates
  • Access track I/O
  • Control transport, clips, and scenes
  • Play instruments with grid/piano layouts
Features
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touchAble Pro makes it easy to produce and perform music in Ableton Live by putting everything you need directly at your fingertips. Eight years ago touchAble defined what a touch controller app for Live could do. touchAble Pro has been reimagined and recoded from the ground up, incorporating years of feedback from musicians at every level. touchAble Pro provides a cleaner interface, allows much more powerful customisation and gives you the deepest access possible to Ableton Live. From waveform views to editors to automations - with touchAble Pro, you now have the complete Ableton Live experience literally at your fingertips. You can perform and edit without ever touching a mouse, you can customize your experience to access exactly the controls you need to edit or play. You’ll gain complete control that’s as portable as the smartphone, tablet or laptop you’re carrying with you. - Audio clip view with waveforms, including side-by-side waveform view - Edit patterns easier and faster than ever with the new piano roll view - Draw and edit Clip-Automations - Templates for Live devices are now included at no added cost - Create your own custom Device Templates for M4L or Live Devices, VSTs & AUs - Access a tracks I/O right from the app. - Make your own Device templates, with complete support for third-party plug-ins and Max for Live (IAP - soon to come) - Build your own complete custom layouts with the overhauled Template Editor - Make performance-friendly templates that include focus on individual clips and scenes, custom controls and even full modules. - New layout options: view modules fullscreen or duplicate them side by side - For iPhone & iPad (Universal) touchAble lets you access all of Ableton Live via simple, robust connections, either wired or wireless, and provides access to nearly every aspect of the software. touchAble Pro builds on that support with an updated interface for all of the features that made touchAble popular: - Control the transport, metronome, cues, and quantization - Trigger clips and scenes and control looping - Arm, mute, and solo tracks - Adjust monitoring - Mix, pan, crossfade, and control sends and returns - Play instruments with grid or piano-style layouts, with scales, note repeat, aftertouch, and velocity (based on finger position) - Control device parameters, using faders or assignable X/Y pad modules - X/Y Pad: assign physics, make and morph snapshots or even record full gestures - Navigate Live’s Browser, and drag and drop Devices and samples Please find the Server and installation instructions on https://zerodebug.com/#/touchable Requires iOS 9.3 Requires the latest version of Ableton Live 9 or 10 Introduction: https://youtu.be/H6EnpjfztNw (Youtube) Features: https://youtu.be/R4_GRVPbDn8 (Youtube) Multiplatform demo: https://youtu.be/-NPXlJcyELY (Youtube)

About

Sensaphonics 3DME BT

This app allows users to control and tune an in-ear monitoring device that combines enhanced audio monitoring with spatial 3D ambient sound and hearing protection. Experience professional-grade spatial sound quality directly from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Control in-ear monitoring device
  • Tune spatial 3D ambient sound
  • Hearing protection integration
  • Enhanced spatial sound quality
  • Intuitive smartphone interface
Features
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The product, 3DME, unites enhanced audio monitoring with true spatial 3D ambient “room” sound and hearing protection into a single in-ear monitoring device. Controllable and fully tunable with this intuitive smartphone app, 3DME brings the same enhanced spatial sound quality enjoyed by touring artists around the world.

Screenshots

touchAble Pro4 screens
Sensaphonics 3DME BT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sensaphonics 3DME BT at Free against touchAble Pro's $29.99. touchAble Pro's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and ratings volume (54 vs 3). On rating, 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

Sensaphonics 3DME BT is free to download; touchAble Pro costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for touchAble Pro against 3.0 for Sensaphonics 3DME BT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: touchAble Pro has 54 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of touchAble Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sensaphonics 3DME BT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

touchAble Pro ships an update weekly, Sensaphonics 3DME BT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
touchAble Pro versus Sensaphonics 3DME BT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertouchAble ProSensaphonics 3DME BT
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (54 ratings)3.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings54 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppBCSensaphonics, Inc.

Customer experience

touchAble Pro

All ratings54 ratings
Positive42.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative51.6%

Sensaphonics 3DME BT

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

touchAble Pro

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Connection drops after wake-up requiring force quit
  • Server software download links return 404 errors
  • Version mismatch between iPad app and Mac/Windows server
  • Clip recording glitches (records only one bar, records indefinitely)
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  • Clip triggering delays and quantization issues
  • Undo history pollution from slider interactions
  • Waveform not loading in Simpler plugin
  • Repeat/hold function glitches causing endless playback
  • Freezing when using sliders
  • App crashes when enabling arm button in keyboard section
  • Detached track headers in clip view when scrolling
  • Incompatibility with Ableton Live 11.3+ and Live 12
  • Server executable flagged as malicious by Windows security
  • MIDI not registering from iPad to Ableton
  • Laggy piano roll and automation recording

Requested features

8 requests
  • Larger Scenes Launch button with adjustable size
  • Arrangement view option
  • Customizable UI color scheme for outdoor/bright environments
  • Light mode theme option
  • Chord mode functionality
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  • Automatic version synchronization between app and server
  • Better font size and label visibility for device controls
  • Improved X/Y pad mirroring in split-screen mode

Sensaphonics 3DME BT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

touchAble Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Sensaphonics 3DME BT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is touchAble Pro free?
touchAble Pro costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sensaphonics 3DME BT free?
Sensaphonics 3DME BT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, touchAble Pro or Sensaphonics 3DME BT?
Sensaphonics 3DME BT is rated higher. touchAble Pro averages 2.9 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Sensaphonics 3DME BT averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do touchAble Pro or Sensaphonics 3DME BT have ads?
Neither touchAble Pro nor Sensaphonics 3DME BT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, touchAble Pro or Sensaphonics 3DME BT?
touchAble Pro ships an update weekly, and Sensaphonics 3DME BT every 3 weeks. Most recently, touchAble Pro was updated on August 30, 2026 and Sensaphonics 3DME BT on June 6, 2026.

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