Autony vs mfxMonitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autony
This app generates evolving musical sequences using a MIDI signal. It can be constrained to scales and chords, transposed, and mutated for dynamic musical output. All controls are MIDI-automatable and it requires a host app to function.
- Generates evolving musical sequences
- MIDI output for synths and hardware
- Constrain sequences to scales and chords
- On-the-fly transposition
- Sequence mutation for dynamic evolution
- MIDI automation of all controls
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AUv3 Midi sequence generator which generates musical evolving sequences that you can further automate or modulate via midi. A clever algorithm creates a musical sequence which is output as a midi signal which can be used to drive a software synthesiser or a hardware device. Various settings allow the sequence to be constrained to scales and chords, transposed on the fly and also allowed to gently mutate giving an evolving sequence. All the controls can be modulated or automated via midi. Needs a AU host like AUM and generates no sound on its own. "My solution has been to make the equipment unreliable in various ways." - Brian Eno
mfxMonitor
This utility displays incoming MIDI events in both text and hex format with timestamps. It offers a clear button to reset the event log and is part of a series of powerful MIDI plugins for music production.
- MIDI event display
- Textual and hex format
- Timestamped events
- Clear event log
- AUv3 compatible
- CoreMIDI compatible
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* MIDI MONITOR * (AUv3 or CoreMIDI Effect) Does the World need another MIDI Monitor? We thought so, and it's free, so you have nothing to lose to add this handy little utility to your app collection. Any MIDI events received by the plugin are displayed in a scrolling window in both textual form and also the lower level hex bytes with timestamps. Once you get sick of the events you can press the 'clear' button to wipe them out of your life forever. * ABOUT mfxSeries * mfxSeries is a set of compact but powerful plugins for CoreMIDI or AUv3 hosts. Covering a range of use cases from common everyday MIDI manipulation tasks to creatively ambitious effects. Each plugin in the mfxSeries can be controlled and automated from the host as all controls are exposed as AUv3 parameters. mfxSeries plugins are built using the MidiBus library - http://midib.us
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: mfxMonitor at Free against Autony's $3.99. mfxMonitor also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Autony's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
mfxMonitor is free to download; Autony costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Autony holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Autony has 40 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Autony's written reviews are positive against 50% of mfxMonitor's.
Autony ships an update every 5 days, mfxMonitor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autony | mfxMonitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (40 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pagefall limited | Audeonic Apps |
Customer experience
Autony
mfxMonitor
In-app purchases
Autony
No in-app purchases
mfxMonitor
No in-app purchases
