Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer vs SoundFlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer
Master Pro Tools shortcuts with interactive quizzes and a comprehensive shortcut library. Learn and test your knowledge across various topics, track your progress, and earn achievements to become a Pro Tools expert.
- Interactive shortcut quizzes
- 228 Pro Tools shortcuts
- 10 topic categories
- Onscreen keyboard testing
- Mac/PC keyboard modes
- Favorite shortcuts
- Timer with achievements
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Tired of forgetting Pro Tools Shortcuts? This is the best way to memorize them. Impress your peers. - Take a quiz with an onscreen keyboard to test and expand your shortcut knowledge. - 228 Shortcuts! (203 in the free version) across 10 topics. - New: Press the info button for details/images behind when the shortcuts does - New: A timer with timer-related achievements - Browse all shortcuts outside of the quiz and filter by topic. - Mac or PC keyboard modes are available. - Mark Favorites and build your own quiz - Skip shortcuts in the quiz and retry them later - Reveal answers when you are uncertain. - Earn achievements! Become a Pro Tools ninja and never let the mouse interrupt your creative or technical flow again. New in 1.9.5: - A timer option! - Shortcuts updated for Pro Tools 2022.12 - Bug Fixes
SoundFlow
Control your digital audio workstation remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Design custom faders and buttons to send MIDI or trigger DAW functions and macros.
- Remote DAW control
- Custom fader design
- XY pad creation
- MIDI instrument control
- DAW macro triggering
- Support for Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase, Nuendo, Ableton Live
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Take control of your DAW from your iPad or iPhone. Remote control apps like Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase, Nuendo or Ableton Live. Design your own Faders or XY Pads to send MIDI to your instruments - or make buttons that control your DAW to start/stop playback, or trigger any of the macros you can build in SoundFlow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoundFlow at none against Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer's 1. SoundFlow also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 10). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SoundFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer against 4.6 for SoundFlow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of SoundFlow's.
Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer ships an update monthly, SoundFlow every 4 months. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer | SoundFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Arms | SoundFlow ApS |
Customer experience
Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer
SoundFlow
In-app purchases
Pro Tools Shortcuts Trainer
- Full Version$2.99
SoundFlow
No in-app purchases
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