KeyStage Lite vs LIVEJAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KeyStage Lite
This app acts as a master controller and audio mixer for keyboard players. It allows simultaneous control of multiple hardware and software instruments using various MIDI controllers. Organize songs into sections, customize instrument sounds, and manage MIDI mappings with advanced scripting capabilities.
- Control multiple MIDI controllers and instruments
- Host AUv3 instruments and effects
- Create complex keyboard splits and layers
- Advanced MIDI mapping and scripting
- Audio mixer with track control
- Play and manage audio files
- View PDF and JPG files
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KeyStage is a master controller, AUv3 host, and audio mixer app designed mainly for keyboard players. With KeyStage, you can simultaneously control any number of hardware and software instruments using any number of MIDI controllers in an organized way. Each project consists of sections (which corresponds to sections of a song). In each section you can change sounds and sound parameters of connected instruments, create complex splits and layers of your keyboard(s), change the functionalities of sliders/knobs/pedals of your MIDI controllers by creating advanced MIDI mappings, write your own scripts, view PDF and JPG files (e.g. sheet music) and lyrics, and much more. LIST OF FEATURES • Connect any number of MIDI controller to any number of MIDI instruments by creating tracks. • Load AUv3 instruments, effects, and MIDI Processors. • Assign any region of your keyboard(s) to any connected instrument. • Change velocity curve and velocity limits, and create velocity splits and layers. • Transpose notes and restrict notes to any key using pitch shifter. • Create mixer units to combine audio signals, turning KeyStage into an audio mixer. • With the player units, you can play wav, mp3, and m4a files, add marker points, automate actions (like play, stop, move to a marker etc.) using custom translators, or trigger certain events (like changing sections) when the player reaches a certain marker. • Input units allows you to use the microphone input, or the hardware inputs of a connected audio interface. • The Main Mixer view allows you to control volume levels and pans of all tracks, connect effect units, and connect units to mixer units. • Create instrument presets to easily change sounds of instruments by choosing patch names from patch lists. • KeyStage can also import Cubase Patch Scripts to automatically create instrument presets for your MIDI instruments. • KeyStage automatically detects new MIDI connections and recommends matching instrument presets from a database. • Simulate auto-sustain on any connected instrument. • KeyStage has a multi-track recorder, which lets you record any number of tracks simultaneously. • Change or filter any MIDI signal using custom translators. Use “Relative Control” switch to smoothly change the parameters of your instruments without any jumps. • Use XY control unit to send control change and pitch bend messages to any connected MIDI instrument. • Create setlists, quick access all the songs in a setlist from a setlist bar, move to previous/next songs from live console or using external MIDI. • Create virtual MIDI inputs/outputs for KeyStage. • Use virtual MIDI piano controller to play connected instruments. • View PDF and JPG files. Link any page or region of any file to any section. • Backup and restore your songs and global properties to Dropbox. • Map special actions (like changing octaves, switching sections, changing pages of a PDF file) to notes and controllers using custom translators. • You can write your own scripts in custom translators, which opens up endless possibilities. • Use MPE routing to control any MIDI instrument using MPE controllers like Seaboard. Use custom translators to change the functionalities of each MPE dimension. • KeyStage supports smooth transitions between sections. Pressed notes will continue to sound when you switch sections. You can access demo videos and video tutorials on my Youtube channel.
LIVEJAM
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LIVE JAM works exclusively with iDance Musical Keyboards: GROOVE KEYS series, PIANO-X Series, TWIST series and more Connect your iDance Keyboards in Bluetooth to your iPad and start having a lot of fun. The iDance’s Synthesizer or Musical Keyboards are working wirelessly with your iPad, without any latency: no cable, no cord, Total freedom. Once connected, LIVE JAM opens the world of arrangers keyboards to your fingers. The Accompaniment section follows your chords on the left part (left hand), while you are playing the Solos. Enjoy the Big iPad’s screen and powerful CPU to play in real time, with great sound library as the iPad can bring. LIVE JAM is a Virtual Arranger that you had dreamt of. Covering all Styles of today and of yesterday, LIVE JAM lets you memorize your complete settings, and mix 3x Tones on the UPPER part. All the sound engine, had been optimized for iPad, and the user interface with complete Mixer, is easy to navigate. Record your song, create your loops, play live, this is iDance LIVE JAM for iDance musical keyboards. Stop Dreaming, Start Playing with LIVE JAM !!! Key Features: • Great Grand piano sound, Soundfont instruments • 7 Dedicated pages for Easy Navigation: PLAYMODE, TONES, SUPERTONES, STYLES, MIXER, RECORD and PADS/GUITAR MODE • Enjoy realistic HD instruments & Triple voice as SUPER TONES • 24 SUPER TONES that can be recalled at anytime • 8 Panels MEMORY to recall complete settings • Quick FADER Balance between Accompaniment and Tones • FILTER and TREMOLO Effect • Virtual PITCH BEND • CHORD recognition and Tempo Display • 2x KAOSS PAD Effects for Accompaniment and Solos/Upper • PLAY MODE page: all you need to play with all articulations: Tremolo, Delay, Pitch Ben. • TONES page: Easy to navigate thru all the categories and all the instruments • SUPER TONES page: Mixer 3x TONES, and control their volume and octave • STYLES page: 10 categories with 6x Styles, with all the Chords progression which we suggest to play as the original song track • MIXER page: slide volume, access to Rhythm, Bass, and 3x accompaniments, MUTE each track, and use the COVER’s function to change the instrument of the track. • RECORD page: record and adjust your LOOP with the intelligent Trimmer, Export in WAV your loop • PADS / GUITAR mode: these 2x Fun modes allow you to play sound pads, with your solos, or to play some real guitar loops, with the intelligent chords progression. Pitch bend the pads or adjust the tempo of the guitar loops, music had never been that easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KeyStage Lite at every 3 months against LIVEJAM's every 8 months. LIVEJAM's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KeyStage Lite ships an update every 3 months, LIVEJAM every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KeyStage Lite | LIVEJAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ali Gokturk | iDance |
In-app purchases
KeyStage Lite
No in-app purchases
LIVEJAM
No in-app purchases









