MusiFace vs MIDI Set List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusiFace
This augmented reality app lets you play MIDI musical instruments using facial expressions. It offers 12 built-in instruments, voice control for hands-free play, and practice melodies with various notations. It also includes a game to improve musical skills.
- Play MIDI instruments with facial expressions
- Augmented Reality Face Tracking
- 12 built-in MIDI instruments
- Voice Control for hands-free play
- Practice melodies with multiple notations
- Includes a game for skill improvement
- Parental controls
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We play musical instruments with our fingers, hands, mouths and feet. These human extremities are used for playing music because they are capable of fine muscle control. Our faces have more than 50 muscles and we can make dozens of facial expressions. Unfortunately, till now we have not been able to use them for making music. Well, things have changed! The latest face tracking technologies finally allows us to do exactly that. MusiFace a.k.a MusEmoji is a unique Augmented Reality Face Tracking app. It enables you to play MIDI musical instruments by changing your facial expressions. The app is a MIDI controller & synthesizer. It features 12 standard MIDI instruments, which you can play in their full octave ranges. It has built-in Voice Control and can be used by disabled people who want to play music completely hands-free. It is also suitable for children ages 9 and above and has built-in parental controls. The MusiFace app is localized in 20 of the world 's most popular languages and features 30 practice melodies from those language regions. Each melody can be viewed in several notations including the standard sheet music notation, solfege, American, Asian and the unique MusEmoji notation. Detailed instructions and performance videos are also available in the info section. MusiFace also includes a game and a demo. They are exciting to play and allow you to easily improve your music making skills while exercising your facial muscles. MusiFace uses ARKit and the built-in TrueDepth camera in iPad Pro and iPhone X and higher to do face and head tracking.
MIDI Set List
This app helps musicians manage MIDI patch changes for live performances. Create song lists and assign MIDI program change messages to different song sections. Control patch changes hands-free using a page turner pedal or mapped MIDI messages.
- Create song lists
- Assign MIDI program change messages
- Map MIDI messages for patch control
- Hands-free operation with page turner
- External MIDI gear integration
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Keyboard players, guitar players, or any other musician that relies on MIDI gear often have to remember which part of a song needs which MIDI patch. This incurs mental overhead and makes it harder to perform your music live. Using this app, you can create lists of songs, where parts of the song (such as verse, chorus, etc) transmit MIDI program change messages and other control parameters to your external MIDI gear. Use a page turner pedal or map any MIDI message to the 'next patch' / 'previous patch' buttons, and scroll through your patches when you perform your song without taking your hands off your guitar or keyboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MIDI Set List at 5.0 against MusiFace's 3.8. MIDI Set List also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). MusiFace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. MIDI Set List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MusiFace asks for nothing beyond the download.
MIDI Set List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
MusiFace ships an update every 2 months, MIDI Set List every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MusiFace | MIDI Set List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brainventions Corporation, Inc. | Shai Yallin |
Customer experience
MusiFace
MIDI Set List
In-app purchases
MusiFace
No in-app purchases
MIDI Set List
- Full Performance$8.99


