Calmus Remote vs Melody
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calmus Remote
Create original, royalty-free music using AI and your input. Ideal for film, TV, games, or personal projects. Record audio output directly through the control center.
- AI-powered music composition
- Royalty-free music generation
- Input-based music creation
- Music for media and personal use
- Direct audio recording
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Calmus Remote composes original and Royalty-free music based on human input and the use of Artificial Intelligence - Music for movies, TV shows or Games .... and for personal use. The core of Calmus Remote is the CalmusAI brain where the modern composing methods are programmed into the brain using Lisp programming language. NASA has historically used Lisp for artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, most notably in the 1990s Remote Agent project, the first AI system to control a spacecraft. CalmusRemote does not collect or use any musical material from the internet but creates new music based on the input from the user. To record audio output - go to Control Center and press RECORD
Melody
Record and visualize songs played on your digital piano. Connect your device via USB to capture performances and export them as videos. Ideal for musicians looking to share their playing.
- Record digital piano performances
- Visualize songs
- Export as video
- USB connection for iPhone/iPad
- Free to download
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Melody allows you to record and visualise songs played on your digital piano and export them as videos. Plug your iPhone or iPad to the piano via a USB cable, tap record, and play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Melody at Free against Calmus Remote's $1.99. Melody also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 30%). Calmus Remote's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Melody is free to download; Calmus Remote costs $1.99 up front. Melody sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Calmus Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calmus Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Calmus Remote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Melody's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calmus Remote | Melody |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erki-tonlist sf | Andrey Ufimcev |
Customer experience
Calmus Remote
Melody
In-app purchases
Calmus Remote
No in-app purchases
Melody
- Melody Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
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