Comparison

Pure Pop vs MidiWrist Unleashed

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

Head to head
About

Pure Pop

Scan product barcodes with your camera to preview them on your phone. Access store news, events, offers, and promotions. Create wishlists or order products directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Barcode product lookup
  • In-store news and events
  • Exclusive offers and promotions
  • Product wishlisting
  • In-app ordering
Features
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A Pure Pop store shopping companion that uses your camera to lookup products' barcode to preview them on your phone. Listen to products in the store and get news, events, offers and marketing promotions conveniently for you. Utilize the app to order or wishlist products from our store and website.

About

MidiWrist Unleashed

Transform your Apple Watch into a standalone MIDI controller. Directly connect to Bluetooth LE MIDI devices without your iPhone, offering tactile control with haptic feedback and the digital crown. Customize knobs, buttons, and pages for a personalized music production experience.

Highlights
  • Standalone Apple Watch MIDI controller
  • Direct Bluetooth LE MIDI connection
  • Digital Crown control with haptic feedback
  • Configurable knobs, buttons, and pages
  • Transport control for DAWs
  • Motion data transmission
  • Save and manage presets
Features
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MidiWrist Unleashed turns your Apple Watch into a standalone MIDI controller that directly connects to any advertised Bluetooth LE MIDI device, without the need of your iPhone or any other proxy. The tactile feel of the digital crown combined with haptic feedback, gives you control over any MIDI device by touching your wrist, even when you're not looking. MidiWrist Unleashed makes no sound on its own and can't advertise itself as a Bluetooth LE MIDI device. NOTE: The reliability of Bluetooth LE MIDI support in hardware devices varies. MidiWrist Unleashed was tested with iPhone, iPad, Mac and CME WIDI devices. We can't guarantee the connection stability nor MIDI message latency with other devices. IMPORTANT: MidiWrist Unleashed can only connect to Bluetooth MIDI devices, and doesn't support Siri commands. If you need to connect to other MIDI devices or use the Siri features, the original MidiWrist app is still available with those features. Features: • Standalone MIDI controller for your Apple Watch • Fully configurable on your Watch, no external app is required • Watch face complication to launch the app straight from your watch face • Any number of knobs can be controlled with the Digital Crown • Macro control over multiple MIDI parameters from the Digital Crown • Remotely Play / Stop / Pause / Record / Rewind / Fast Forward your DAW from your Watch • Knobs can be controlled individually or simultaneously • Knobs can be linked to preserve their offsets • Any number of buttons can be toggled by tapping the Watch • Buttons can either be stateful or momentary • Double tap to actuate controls on Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 and later • Buttons and triggers can send a single CC or channel pressure value instead of switching between a minimum and a maximum • Pages can be created with any combination of controls choosing from buttons and knobs • Program changes through the Digital Crown or by tapping the Watch • Transport control over MIDI Machine Control (MMC) or Mackie Control Universal (MCU) • Scrub transport with the Digital Crown • Save / Undo / Redo / Toggle Cycle / Toggle Click / Enter through MCU • XY pad with individual messages for each axis • Stepper panel to step through MIDI values with plus and minus buttons, accelerating as you hold • Motion data (pitch, roll, yaw, acceleration) can be sent in real time • Trigger thresholds for motion data to send discrete messages instead of a continuous stream • Configurable accelerometer range, so a strong movement can be told apart from an ordinary one when you wear the watch somewhere other than your wrist • Optional haptic feedback • Configurable colors for all knobs, buttons and panels • Configurable labels for knobs, buttons and panels • Configurable MIDI channels and MIDI messages (continuous control, program change, channel pressure, note) • Create any number of controller pages you need • Delete and rearrange controller pages • Save your configurations to presets for easy retrieval • MIDI learn for easy controller configuration • Delete and rearrange presets • Connect to other Bluetooth MIDI devices • Low latency and fast response

Screenshots

Pure Pop2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pure Pop at Free against MidiWrist Unleashed's $14.99. Pure Pop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). MidiWrist Unleashed's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

Pure Pop is free to download; MidiWrist Unleashed costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pure Pop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pure Pop ships an update every 2 months, MidiWrist Unleashed every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Pure Pop versus MidiWrist Unleashed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPure PopMidiWrist Unleashed
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#193 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroadtimeUwyn, LLC

Customer experience

Pure Pop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MidiWrist Unleashed

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pure Pop

No in-app purchases

None

MidiWrist Unleashed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pure Pop free?
Pure Pop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MidiWrist Unleashed free?
MidiWrist Unleashed costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pure Pop or MidiWrist Unleashed?
Pure Pop is rated higher. Pure Pop averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MidiWrist Unleashed averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Pure Pop or MidiWrist Unleashed have ads?
Pure Pop shows ads; MidiWrist Unleashed does not.
Which is updated more often, Pure Pop or MidiWrist Unleashed?
Pure Pop ships an update every 2 months, and MidiWrist Unleashed every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pure Pop was updated on October 24, 2026 and MidiWrist Unleashed on October 30, 2026.

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