Comparison

DOTEC vs MPEdie

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DOTEC

This audio tool automatically adjusts sound pressure balance for professional and catchy sounds. It's ideal for music uploads to social media, delivering powerful audio that grabs attention. Features include one-dial control, warmth compensation, and a monitor function.

Highlights
  • One-dial sound pressure balance control
  • WARMTH function for high sound pressure compensation
  • MONITOR function for volume-independent effect checking
  • Redesigned pop and fun graphics for iOS
  • AudioUnit V3 support
Features
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DOTEC-AUDIO presents DeePopMax, a big hit“Loudness Maximizer" for MacOS, now available for iOS, including AudioUnit V3 support. DeePopMax adjusts the sound pressure balance of each range automatically with one dial. It creates a professional and catchy sounds. Great for music uploads to SNS, it brings a powerful sound that will catch your ear ! Main Functions - can control the balance and sound pressure levels with one main dial. - WARMTH function to compensate for warmth at high sound pressure - MONITOR function allows you to check the effect without changing the volume - Pop and fun graphics redesigned for iOS

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

DOTEC1 screens
MPEdie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MPEdie at 100% against DOTEC's 50%. MPEdie also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 16 months). DOTEC's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MPEdie is free to download; DOTEC costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DOTEC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of DOTEC's written reviews are positive against 100% of MPEdie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DOTEC ships an update every 16 months, MPEdie every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DOTEC versus MPEdie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDOTECMPEdie
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfmfmsoft Corp.Diego Capoccitti

Customer experience

DOTEC

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MPEdie

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DOTEC

No in-app purchases

None

MPEdie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DOTEC free?
DOTEC costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MPEdie free?
MPEdie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DOTEC or MPEdie?
DOTEC is rated higher. DOTEC averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MPEdie averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do DOTEC or MPEdie have ads?
Neither DOTEC nor MPEdie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DOTEC or MPEdie?
DOTEC ships an update every 16 months, and MPEdie every 6 days. Most recently, DOTEC was updated on September 21, 2026 and MPEdie on September 23, 2026.

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