SmashCut Visual Synth vs ddtctmcc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmashCut Visual Synth
Control video playback and transformations using MIDI messages, similar to how musicians control audio samplers. Set cue points, trigger playback, and manipulate video in real-time for presentations, live streaming, or creative video art.
- Load and cue video from camera roll
- Control playback with MIDI notes
- Transform video with MIDI CC messages
- Built-in MIDI controller for second device
- Wi-Fi based device connection
- Universal app for iOS and Mac
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Musicians have used audio samplers for decades, triggering drum sounds, pianos, and hundreds of other instruments using MIDI keyboards and sequencers. SmashCut brings the same sort of functionality to video content. Load in any video from your camera roll, easily set cue points in the video, and you're ready to play with video in a new way. The app responds to MIDI note messages to seek to cue points, and start or stop playback. With MIDI CC messages, you can scale, rotate, and transform the video in a live and interactive way. And if you don't have a MIDI keyboard, you can still use all of the features of the app -- there's a built-in MIDI controller that you can use on a second iOS device. What can you do with SmashCut? If you're making a presentation using video, you can trigger play and stop using the remote, and move to different cue points easily. If you stream video or podcast, you can use SmashCut to cue to a video clip with no hassle or headache. The iPad version of the app runs on a Silicon Mac, and works well with streaming software such as OBS. If you have a band, and are putting on a show, you can sequence video to keep in time with the music. SmashCut is a great way to put together a music video, or to just cut, splice, and glitch video for fun. Instead of trimming video clips in a conventional editor, you can play with video like you would a musical instrument. There's full support of MIDI, and also an easy Wi-Fi based connection system; if you have two devices on the same Wi-Fi network, they'll connect in seconds. You can use the iOS built in screen recorder to capture video and audio from the app. The app is universal, running on iPad, iPhone, and Silicon Macs. There's a watermark on-screen that can be removed with an in-app purchase.
ddtctmcc
This free music app translates touch gestures into MIDI Control Change messages. It offers a 2D touch area to control three MIDI values and two gesture recording modes: infinite looping or one-time playback triggered by buttons.
- 2D touch area for MIDI control
- X, Y, and Touch On/Off MIDI values
- Looping gesture recording
- One-time gesture playback
- Background operation
- AUv3 support
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ddtctmcc-ff "2D Touch Control To MIDI Control Change - For Free" This is a free compact version of "ddtctmcc" 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: - 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.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ddtctmcc at none against SmashCut Visual Synth's 1. ddtctmcc also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. SmashCut Visual Synth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ddtctmcc asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SmashCut Visual Synth against 5.0 for ddtctmcc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SmashCut Visual Synth ships an update every 40 months, ddtctmcc daily. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmashCut Visual Synth | ddtctmcc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Base Design | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
SmashCut Visual Synth
ddtctmcc
In-app purchases
SmashCut Visual Synth
- Watermark RemovalFree
ddtctmcc
No in-app purchases
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