MTI Pro Player vs Arc Lighting Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTI Pro Player
This app plays show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. Users can adjust tempo, key, create vamps, and navigate measures in real time. Authorization from an organization is required to access all features.
- Play show scores
- Change tempo
- Change key
- Create vamps
- Jump to any measure
- Real-time measure tracking
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The MTI Pro Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. With the MTI Pro Player app you can change tempo, key, create vamps, and easily jump to any measure. Follow the music as measures are listed in real time. Get authorization from your organization to use all these features! For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.
Arc Lighting Control
Control lighting cues remotely using network MIDI protocol. This app allows users to import cue libraries, play and release specific cue lists, and search for desired cues. It requires an iOS device and compatible lighting control hardware.
- Import cue libraries
- Play and release cue lists
- Play specific cues
- Search for cue lists
- Network MIDI control
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Arc Lighting Control is a new app available for iOS devices that plays cue lists via network midi protocol on Chroma Q Vista. Key Features- Import Cue Libraries Play and Release Cue Lists Play specific cues Search for cue lists Requirements- iOS, Chroma Q Vista 3, network access, MacOS10.12-12.x, Windows 10/11
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MTI Pro Player at Free against Arc Lighting Control's $4.99. MTI Pro Player also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 22 months). Arc Lighting Control's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.4). On ratings volume, 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
MTI Pro Player is free to download; Arc Lighting Control costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arc Lighting Control holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
MTI Pro Player ships an update every 8 months, Arc Lighting Control every 22 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MTI Pro Player | Arc Lighting Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Music Theatre International | Robert Sanders |
Customer experience
MTI Pro Player
Arc Lighting Control
In-app purchases
MTI Pro Player
No in-app purchases
Arc Lighting Control
No in-app purchases
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