Comparison

PitchBend Pro vs Surface Builder

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

Head to head
About

PitchBend Pro

Control MIDI-compatible digital keyboards with precision pitch bend and modulation wheels. Supports multiple device connections via USB, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, offering versatile control for various keyboard types and DAWs.

Highlights
  • High-precision pitch bend
  • High-precision modulation
  • Adjustable pitch range
  • Multiple device connections
  • Supports USB, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi MIDI
  • Channel control per device
Features
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Play like a pro with pitch bend and modulation wheels with high precision. Th eapplication allows you control connected Digital keybaord that support MIDI messages. Features: - PitchBend with high precision - Modulation with high precision - Pitch Range (+2,+12,+24,+48) - Supports multiple device connections. - Supports also some non-standard USB MIDI (but protocol is compatible with USB MIDI) devices.(ex: YAMAHA, Roland, MOTU,etc) - Support Channels per device. - Support (USB, MIDI Bluetooth, WIFI (rtpMidi))) Compatibility - Beginner Keyboard - Arranger - Digital Workstation - Organ - Hybrid - Digital Piano - VST - DAW - MIDI APPS Powered VIA: - WIFI - BLE - USB Note: Please review your keybaord manual book to make sure that your keyboard support Midi message You have questions ? Please contact us - Email : contact@voltimusic.com - Whatsup : +15146298497

About

Surface Builder

Create custom MIDI control surfaces for audio applications. Design interfaces with buttons, knobs, and faders to send and receive MIDI data, control audio clips, and customize appearance. Supports AUv3 plugins and standalone use.

Highlights
  • Customizable MIDI control surfaces
  • AUv3 plugin and standalone modes
  • Send/receive MIDI data (notes, controllers, pitch bend)
  • Audio clip playback control
  • Multi-scene interface design
  • Drag and drop interface customization
Features
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Surface Builder is a tool for creating control surfaces that send MIDI data to one or more audio components in order to simplify remote control tasks. You start by creating a surface of a given size, adding buttons, knobs, faders, etc. to the surface and configuring them to generate the required MIDI output. Surface Builder allows you to send note on/off, controller change and program change values as well as being able to emulate modulation wheel and pitch bend data. Buttons can also be configured to send bulk MIDI data using a single key press. You can build surfaces that span multiple scenes and link between them for large complex interfaces. Incoming MIDI data can also be used to control or trigger elements of the interface, giving a bi-directional stream of MIDI data. Surface Builder can be added as a pure MIDI plugin which allows processing of MIDI only, or as an instrument plugin, allowing you to process audio passing through it. You can even load it as an intrument and configure a surface to start and stop audio clips either manually or remotely. Surface Builder was designed to be used as an AUv3 plugin within your favourite DAW, but it can also be used in standalone to send MIDI directly to MIDI hardware using direct access to their MIDI ports. Many different object types are supported including buttons, switches, lights, rotary knobs, faders, sliders, XY-Pad, keyboards, as well as text, image and box objects. Each object has many different styles and colours, so no two surfaces look the same. Drag and drop an audio file onto a button and that button becomes a clip player. Attach rotary knobs to control the clips volume and pan. Throw on top of that a LP/HP filter knob and you are cooking on gas. Drop PNG transparent image icons on buttons to customise the look and feel. A button can record and playback bulk MIDI commands, on both button press and release. So pressing a button could send the notes of a chord when pressed, and appropriate note offs on release. A surface can consist of up to 6 scenes for really complex designs. Buttons and switches can be used to switch scenes and also to show and hide other objects to make better use of screen space. Once your surface is complete switch to presentation mode to hide all the toolbars. Each surface can be saved with compressed audio and images all in a single surface file. Features ○ AUv3 and standalone modes. ○ Bluetooth MIDI support. ○ Drag and Drop interface. ○ Send and Receive Note On/Off. ○ Supports all Control Change parameters. ○ Supports Program Change commands with bank support. ○ Multiple Audio Clip playback. ○ Record and playback bulk midi data. ○ Multi-Scene. ○ Multi-level undo/redo. ○ MIDI Monitor ○ Presentation Mode. ○ iPhone and iPad compatible.

Screenshots

PitchBend Pro4 screens
Surface Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Surface Builder at $14.99 against PitchBend Pro's $24.99. Surface Builder also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). PitchBend Pro's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

PitchBend Pro costs $24.99 and Surface Builder $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surface Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surface Builder has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of PitchBend Pro's written reviews are positive against 80% of Surface Builder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PitchBend Pro ships an update every 10 months, Surface Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PitchBend Pro versus Surface Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPitchBend ProSurface Builder
Price$24.99$14.99 — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings215 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer9390-0801 Quebec inc4Pockets.com

Customer experience

PitchBend Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Surface Builder

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

PitchBend Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Surface Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PitchBend Pro free?
PitchBend Pro costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surface Builder free?
Surface Builder costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PitchBend Pro or Surface Builder?
Surface Builder is rated higher. PitchBend Pro averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Surface Builder averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do PitchBend Pro or Surface Builder have ads?
Neither PitchBend Pro nor Surface Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PitchBend Pro or Surface Builder?
PitchBend Pro ships an update every 10 months, and Surface Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, PitchBend Pro was updated on September 8, 2026 and Surface Builder on September 22, 2026.

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