DOTEC vs MPEdie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DOTEC
This media player allows you to play music and video files with customizable audio effects using Audio Units Extensions. You can import audio from iTunes or photos, apply up to four effectors, and save your creations as MOV or WAV files.
- Play music and video files
- Apply Audio Units Extension effects
- Support for up to 4 effectors
- Save as MOV or WAV files
- Import from iTunes and photo library
- Bypass and switch effectors
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DOTEC-AUDIO AUMediaPlayer is a media player that lets you apply Audio Units Extension (AUv3) effects while playing music and video. Use the Audio Units included with iOS or compatible AUv3 effects available separately on the App Store. Build a chain of up to eight Audio Units, rearrange them, and bypass individual effects. Effect-chain settings can also be saved and recalled. Import music and video from your music library, the Files app, or your photo library, then listen while your effects are applied. Processed media can be exported in MOV, MP4, WAV, or M4A format. Preview DOTEC-AUDIO products before you buy Try the features and sound of DeePopMax, DeeEQ, and DeeTrim inside AUMediaPlayer before purchasing the full AUv3 products. During playback, every parameter and preset is available without a time limit. When a built-in product preview is used in the effect chain, export is limited to the first 30 seconds. Purchase and install the separately sold full AUv3 to remove this preview limit. The full AUv3 can also be used in other compatible host apps. Main features available for free - Import audio from your music library or the Files app - Import video from your photo library - Play music and video - Build a chain of up to eight AUv3 effects - Rearrange or bypass individual Audio Units - Save and recall effect-chain settings - Preview DeePopMax, DeeEQ, and DeeTrim during playback - Standard-quality export to MOV, MP4, WAV, and M4A - Background playback - Headphone remote-control support Export Pro (In-App Purchase) A single non-consumable purchase unlocks: - High-quality export at 48 kHz / 24-bit - Volume normalization with a -1 dB peak target - Start/end trimming with a visible audio waveform Ideal for - Applying AUv3 effects to songs and DJ mixes - Adjusting video audio before sharing it on social media - Creating custom sounds with multiple Audio Units - Trying DOTEC-AUDIO products before purchasing them - Saving processed music and video as files Important notes - Full third-party AUv3 effects are not included with this app. Compatible Audio Unit apps must be obtained separately. - The full AUv3 versions of DeePopMax, DeeEQ, and DeeTrim are separately sold DOTEC-AUDIO products. - Export is limited to the first 30 seconds when a built-in product preview is used, regardless of Export Pro purchase status. - Export Pro is required for high-quality export, volume normalization, and trimming. Standard-quality export is available without a purchase. - DRM-protected music is not supported.
MPEdie
This app is an expressive MIDI keyboard controller for mobile devices. It allows for detailed per-note expression, enabling unique sound manipulation. It can be used standalone or as an AUv3 plugin with other music applications.
- MPE keyboard controller
- Per-note MIDI channel control
- Four playing surfaces (Piano, Isomorphic, Ribbon, Scale Grid)
- Customizable expression matrix
- AUv3 plugin support
- Standalone operation
- 26 presets
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MPEdie is an MPE keyboard controller for iPhone and iPad. It makes no sound: it plays whatever instrument you send it to, and it gives every note its own MIDI channel — so every note bends, breathes and changes timbre on its own. On an ordinary keyboard a bend moves the whole chord. Here it moves one note. APP AND AUv3 Run it standalone and send MIDI to other apps on the device, to Bluetooth gear or over Wi-Fi. Or load it as an AUv3 MIDI plugin in your host and route it straight to an MPE instrument. FOUR PLAYING SURFACES • PIANO — the keyboard your hands know. Sliding follows the pitch under the finger, not the width of the key. • ISOMORPHIC — a grid where a chord shape is the same in every key. Rows, columns and row interval are yours to set. • RIBBON — one continuous strip, nothing to land on. You choose how many semitones fit across it. • SCALE GRID — the same grid, with only the notes of the chosen scale. Nothing out of key by accident. Fourteen scales, any root, split the surface in two with its own layout and octave on the right. EVERY FINGER MOVEMENT IS ROUTABLE A matrix of seven destinations — bend, timbre, pressure, strike, lift and two free CCs — and eight sources: sideways glide, absolute or relative position in the key, contact area, force, time held, or a fixed value. Each link has a curve, a gain, an offset and an invert. And an honest answer about pressure: iOS glass does not measure how hard you press. It measures contact area. MPEdie can send that, and it says so instead of pretending — it is one tap away in the matrix, and the factory default is a gesture you can predict. BUILT TO AGREE WITH THE RECEIVER Lower, upper or split zones. Member channel counts. Per-note and master bend ranges. RPN sent to every member channel when your instrument needs it. Channel pressure or poly aftertouch. Any timbre CC. Channel stealing by oldest or quietest, with a cooldown. One button resends the MPE zone setup to an instrument loaded after you. UNDER THE HANDS PANIC that also lifts the pedal. Octave and key count. Four glide modes — continuous, snap, locked, per-note lock. Pitch, modulation and volume strips, with a spring you can switch off. Two assignable XY pads. Sustain, momentary or latching. Latch, with held notes drawn apart so a stuck note never looks like a played one. Bank select and program change, sent when you ask and never behind your back. TWENTY-SIX PRESETS Seven folders: keyboards, grids, ribbons, splits, scales, and a Targets family that answers the same question — what does the receiver actually understand? — five different ways. Save your own; they are plain files you can move and share. A FREE COMPANION FOR MAC AND WINDOWS MPEdie Desktop receives the iPad over the network and republishes it as a virtual MIDI port, so your DAW sees MPEdie in its list of MIDI inputs, exactly like a hardware controller. That is the point: an input gets recorded. Arm a track and the DAW writes down the per-note expression — every note's own bend, pressure and timbre — and plays it back. Nothing is installed on the iPad, and no driver on Windows. Free download from the developer's site. The full manual is inside the app. MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) is an open standard published by the MIDI Association and AMEI. MPEdie is MPE-compatible. Diego Capoccitti · 34Audiovisuals · www.diegocapoccitti.it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MPEdie at none against DOTEC's 1. MPEdie also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. DOTEC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MPEdie asks for nothing beyond the download.
MPEdie holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of DOTEC's written reviews are positive against 100% of MPEdie's.
DOTEC ships an update every 10 days, MPEdie every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | DOTEC | MPEdie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fmfmsoft Corp. | Diego Capoccitti |
Customer experience
DOTEC
MPEdie
In-app purchases
DOTEC
- Export Pro$2.99
MPEdie
No in-app purchases









