3Pin Keyboard vs OSC/PILOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3Pin Keyboard
This utility app provides firmware data for a specific keyboard model. It includes version information for the firmware, ensuring compatibility and functionality.
- Firmware data updates
- Version 1.3.3 FW data
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Firmware Updates App include FW data ver:1.3.3
OSC/PILOT
Control and build user interfaces for your desktop applications on your iPad. This utility app supports MIDI and up to five OSC destinations, mirroring desktop functionality. It also features remote updates, allowing direct connection to a desktop copy for seamless UI iteration.
- Build and control UIs on iPad
- Supports MIDI input/output
- Up to 5 OSC destinations
- Load desktop project files
- Remote update feature
- Seamless UI iteration
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OSC/PILOT is now on iPad! Use the simple and sleek UIs built using the desktop version of OSC/PILOT, on your iPad using the free OSC/PILOT iPad app. This app allows loading any project file created via the desktop version of OSC/PILOT (both Windows and macOS). Support for MIDI as well as up to 5 OSC destinations is supported, just like the desktop version. Additionally, a remote update feature has been include that allows the iPad app to connect directly to a copy of OSC/PILOT running on a desktop. Edits to a project file being done on the desktop version can directly be sent to the iPad, allowing for quick and easy iteration and building of your UIs. OSC/PILOT for iPad supports both OSC and MIDI input and output. You can connect to up to 5 OSC peers, 1 MIDI input and 1 MIDI output as well.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OSC/PILOT at 5.0 against 3Pin Keyboard's 1.0. OSC/PILOT also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). 3Pin Keyboard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OSC/PILOT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
3Pin Keyboard ships an update every 5 weeks, OSC/PILOT every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3Pin Keyboard | OSC/PILOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Shiling Digital Technology.co., Ltd | Win Epic Ltd |
Customer experience
3Pin Keyboard
OSC/PILOT
In-app purchases
3Pin Keyboard
No in-app purchases
OSC/PILOT
No in-app purchases
