PowerPlay5 vs ddtctmcc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerPlay5
This app functions as a MIDI controller, allowing users to play musical power chords by moving their iPhone and tapping the screen. It requires a separate synthesizer app to produce sound, offering a unique, choreography-like approach to music creation.
- MIDI controller functionality
- Power chord playing
- Motion-based input
- Requires external synthesizer app
- Interactive choreography-like gameplay
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This app is a unique MIDI controller, and fun to play, but there are three concepts to understand first. Concept 1 - POWER CHORDS - There is a musical chord, called a power chord, usually associated with guitar playing. Think of yourself as a guitar player on stage, but instead of holding a guitar you're moving around while holding an iPhone. Concept 2 - MIDI CONTROLLER - PowerPlay5 is a midi controller app. It doesn't create any sound on its own. Instead it tells another app which notes to play. The other app (a synthesizer app) then creates the sound of the chord being played. Concept 3 - THE SETUP - Usually you will open the synthesizer app first, choose a sound, and then make sure "Background Audio" is on. After that, open PowerPlay5 and start playing. (Note that some synthesizer apps also require a MIDI bridge app. See the instructions at the support website for more information.) This app is interesting because you play chords by aiming the iPhone in different directions while tapping with your thumb on the screen. It's almost like a form of choreography. Learning what direction to aim the phone to get the chord you want next is part of the fun of playing. The best way to understand where all the chords are is to look at the instructions pdf found at the support website.
ddtctmcc
This app translates touch gestures into MIDI Control Change messages. It offers two recording modes, scene management for storing settings, and extended timing controls for loops. It can run standalone or as an AUv3 plugin.
- 2D touch area for MIDI values
- Loop and Once gesture recording
- Scene support with transition times
- Extended timing and host tempo sync
- Multiple output settings per instance
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ddtctmcc "2D Touch Control To MIDI Control Change" This is a touch control app that is designed to work with touch gestures and output MIDI Control Change messages. This app is available as standalone version that can run in background and as an AUv3. It features basic features: - 2D Touch Area where you can set 3 MIDI values (X, Y and Touch On / Off) that will be sent as MIDI CC messages - Two gesture recording modes: "Loop" and "Once": -- In "Loop" mode the gesture is immediately repeated infinitely. You can restart it and change the direction of gesture loop -- In "Once" mode the gesture is recorded silently and only played back later when "trigger" or "+pause" buttons are pressed. ... and some important extras: - Scene support. You can store all settings in a "scene" and switch between them. There is an option to set a transition time between scenes to morph loops. - Extended timing support. Start/stop and speed of the loop can also be recorded and played back. The recorded gesture loop can follow the host tempo when running in plugin mode. - Layers. Each instance of the app supports multiple output settings; scene switch is synchronised across all layers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PowerPlay5 at Free against ddtctmcc's $5.99. ddtctmcc's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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
PowerPlay5 is free to download; ddtctmcc costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PowerPlay5 against 5.0 for ddtctmcc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
PowerPlay5 ships an update every 23 months, ddtctmcc daily. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerPlay5 | ddtctmcc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malcolm Mugglin | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
PowerPlay5
ddtctmcc
In-app purchases
PowerPlay5
No in-app purchases
ddtctmcc
No in-app purchases









