Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) vs Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)
This app bridges the gap for music applications that only support Core MIDI, enabling them to integrate with Audiobus 3. It creates virtual MIDI ports, allowing older music apps to send and receive MIDI data within the Audiobus 3 ecosystem.
- Creates permanent virtual MIDI ports
- Supports up to 10 receiving apps
- Supports up to 10 sending apps
- Allows multiple instances in Audiobus 3
- Translates between Core MIDI and Audiobus 3
- Works with apps allowing MIDI port selection
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This MIDI app for Audiobus 3 allows you to include music apps, which don't support Audiobus MIDI but only Core MIDI. It creates permanent virtual MIDI ports for input and output. After distinctly selecting each of those ports in your "legacy" music apps, they can receive and send MIDI from/to Audiobus 3. + Connect up to 10 receiving apps (like synthesizers) + Connect up to 10 sending apps (like sequencers) + Use multiple instances of this app in Audiobus NOTE: This app requires Audiobus 3. Insert it into one or more MIDI input and output ports. Furthermore, this adapter only works with apps that allow you to select MIDI ports for sending and receiving. It won't work with apps that have no MIDI setup page. IMPORTANT: Connecting apps via Core MIDI is an advanced topic. If you haven't done it before, please become familiar with it prior to downloading this app. CONNECT YOUR "LEGACY" APPS TO AUDIOBUS 3 Audiobus 3 has introduced a powerful MIDI routing system that makes interconnecting MIDI apps a lot easier than it was before. However, not all music apps support this new system, yet. Midiflow Adapter makes those apps compatible, by translating between the "old" Core MIDI system and the new Audiobus 3. This, however, only works with apps that let you to select MIDI ports for input and output, or at least the MIDI channel. It is not enough if these apps create their own virtual MIDI port. SETUP FOR SYNTH APPS (RECEIVERS) Midiflow Adapter creates 10 permanent virtual MIDI output ports. This means that you can use up to 10 music apps with this adapter. For setting it up, start Midiflow Adapter. Then, start your first synth app that you want to connect with Audiobus via this adapter app. Go to its MIDI settings and activate reception on the MIDI port called "MF Adapter Out 1". It is essential that you deactivate reception on all other ports. Now, go to Audiobus 3 and insert MF Adapter into a MIDI output slot. In the input slot, add any other app, like Midiflow Keyboard. When you switch to Midiflow Adapter, you can select which of your synth apps the MIDI data should go. In this case, it is already set to "Out 1", so you're ready to go. For your second synth app, do the same steps, but select MIDI port "MF Adapter Out 2", and so on. Then, you can select it in the adapter app. SETUP FOR SEQUENCER APPS (SENDERS) The procedure is identical to the one for receiver apps (see above). However, you need to configure the MIDI output settings instead of the input settings. Midiflow Adapter creates 10 permanent virtual MIDI input ports for that purpose. They are called "MF Adapter In 1-10". WORKING WITH CHANNELS Some Core MIDI apps don't allow you to select the input/output ports, but only the MIDI input/output channel. In that case, they receive on all ports. The only way to selectively trigger them is to assign a unique channel to them. In Midiflow Adapter, you can then select this channel as input/output. NON-COMPATIBLE APPS If one of your music apps neither supports selecting the MIDI port nor setting the MIDI channel, you cannot use it with Midiflow Adapter.
Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro
This app allows you to connect and control various Bluetooth MIDI devices, including soft instruments, DAWs, and hardware music devices. It offers a full-range MIDI keyboard, pads matrix, and adjustable knobs and faders for comprehensive music production.
- MIDI Keyboard
- MIDI Pads Matrix
- MIDI Knobs
- MIDI Faders
- Multiple Control Views
- State Persistence
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If you liked Bluetooth MIDI Controller, Bluetooth MIDI Pads and Bluetooth MIDI Keyboard you will love Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro. All the functionality from the three apps in only one. Do you need a Bluetooth MIDI controller but you don't have it? Here you have BMC Pro: Connect and control every Bluetooth MIDI Host like soft instruments, DAWs, Hardware music devices, Mapping apps, lights... Features: -MIDI Keyboard full range with ajustable size. -MIDI Pads Matrix full range. -MIDI Knobs: 32 on iOS, 128 on iPadOS. -MIDI Faders: 32 on iOS, 64 on iPadOS. -4 Controls Views. -Help View. -The app keeps its state after restart it. -No app configuration needed: only connect with the Bluetooth MIDI Host, bind your parameters with the controls via MIDI learn and play the pads or the keyboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro at Free against Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)'s $1.99. Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.2). Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)'s advantage is update cadence (every 12 months vs every 32 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On ratings volume, 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
Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro is free to download; Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) ships an update every 12 months, Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) | Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Doerr | pablo lopez |
Customer experience
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)
Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro
In-app purchases
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)
No in-app purchases
Bluetooth MIDI Controller Pro
No in-app purchases
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