Comparison

Midi Echo AU vs Cality

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

Head to head
About

Midi Echo AU

This app creates repeating MIDI note effects, similar to audio echoes but for digital music signals. It allows for independent control of note-on and note-off messages, offering extensive customization for musical expression.

Highlights
  • Selectable echo types (fixed, ping pong, taper)
  • Adjustable number of echoes (0-20)
  • MIDI velocity reduction for quieter echoes
  • Define pitch interval for successive echoes
  • Tempo sync or mSec delay time
  • Set MIDI channel for echoes
  • Disable individual echoes
  • MIDI thru control
Features
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AUv3 Midi Fx - Midi Echo online manual here: http:/amssoftware.org/manual/MidiEchoManual.pdf Note : AUv3 midi apps need a compatible host (AUM,Audiobus 3, Cubasis, BM3 etc). So what is a midi echo? It is similar to the audio echo effect where copies of the original audio are repeated at regular time intervals but with some form of change (e.g. quieter). But unlike audio, midi is digital in nature (low resolution 8 bit mostly) and focused around the midi note on & off message used to control synths etc. This app acts on midi note-on independently from the note-off but when the note – off appears it echoes the release of the note-on in the same way the note-on was echoed (pitch interval etc) even if the UI controls have changed. UI Controls exist to allow you to: * Select the type of echo (fixed, ping pong, taper) * Vary the number of echoes (from 0 to 20) * Make echoes quieter by reducing the midi velocity * Define the pitch interval (semitone) of all successive echoes * Select the delay time between echoes either tempo sync or in mSec * Define the delay type (fixed, tempo, random 50, random 20) * Set the midi channel of echoes (1-16) so that other synths can select the echo only * Disable individual echoes - to allow you to play chords with a small or 0 delay * Set Midi thru to keep/remove the original note messages * Panic button to quickly turn off all notes * Setup control automation as all controls are AU Parameters

About

Cality

This app is a creative MIDI processor that allows for rhythmic enhancement, controlled chaos, and the addition of new textures. It offers features like pitch quantization, probability gates, and a cloud module for generating additional notes.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic enhancement
  • Controlled chaos
  • Pitch quantization
  • Probability gate
  • Cloud module for additional notes
  • Midi controllable note quantizer
  • Swing and accents
Features
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Cality is a creative midi processor allowing subtle rhythmic enhancement, controlled chaos and everything in between. Add swing or accents, quantise the pitch of notes, use a probability gate or use the cloud module to add addition notes all under midi control The cloud section takes techniques common in granular synthesis and brings them to the realm of midi notes. It adds additional notes to the ones you are playing. This can be a simple rhythmic accompaniment or it can bring new textures from your synths by generating a cloud of tiny notes almost entering the realms of black midi. The note sections gives a fully automatable/midi controllable note quantiser with a range of scales, a transposer and the ability to constrain to simple chords as well The tempo section allows the addition of swing and accents to incoming midi notes as well as providing a probability gate Cality is great for bringing life to simple midi loops or patterns or for taking you deep into creative realms.

Screenshots

Midi Echo AU1 screens
Cality4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cality at 4.4 against Midi Echo AU's 3.5. Cality also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Midi Echo AU's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Midi Echo AU costs $1.99 and Cality $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cality holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Midi Echo AU's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cality's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Midi Echo AU ships an update every 6 weeks, Cality every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Midi Echo AU versus Cality: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidi Echo AUCality
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.5 (8 ratings)4.4 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings817 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeranthony saundersPagefall limited

Customer experience

Midi Echo AU

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Cality

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral17.6%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Midi Echo AU

No in-app purchases

None

Cality

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Midi Echo AU free?
Midi Echo AU costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cality free?
Cality costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Midi Echo AU or Cality?
Cality is rated higher. Midi Echo AU averages 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Cality averages 4.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Midi Echo AU or Cality have ads?
Neither Midi Echo AU nor Cality shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Midi Echo AU or Cality?
Midi Echo AU ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cality every 4 weeks. Most recently, Midi Echo AU was updated on October 15, 2026 and Cality on October 2, 2026.

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