Midicircuit vs Melody
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Midicircuit
This app provides a beginner-friendly music creation experience, allowing users to record audio, build beats, and arrange tracks. It simplifies music production workflows for aspiring creators to sketch songs and develop confidence.
- Record audio and MIDI
- Build beats with sound packs
- Edit notes in piano roll
- Mix tracks with simple controls
- Duplicate clips and arrange sections
- Export audio or share projects
- Auto-save functionality
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Midicircuit is a beginner-friendly music maker for recording ideas, building beats and learning music by creating. Start a Playground and turn a spark into a song. Record audio, play MIDI parts in real time, shape clips in the piano roll and mix your tracks with simple controls. Midicircuit keeps the workflow approachable so beginners can make music without fighting a complicated studio. Make music anywhere - Record audio with your microphone or import audio files - Play and record MIDI with a count-in metronome - Build beats with drums, pads and curated sound packs - Edit notes in a clear piano roll with full-screen editing - Duplicate clips, arrange sections and keep ideas moving - Mix tracks with volume, pan, mute and solo controls - Export audio or share a project bundle - Auto-save as you create Learn by making Midicircuit is designed for people who want to understand music production through hands-on creation. Instead of staring at a blank, professional DAW, you get a focused studio that helps you sketch songs, explore rhythm and melody, and build confidence one track at a time. Why creators use Midicircuit - Friendly music production tools for beginners - A mobile DAW workflow for quick song ideas - Beat maker, recorder and MIDI studio in one app - Useful for hip hop, lofi, electronic sketches and demos - Works across iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud sync Whether you are making your first beat, recording a melody, arranging loops or sketching a song idea, Midicircuit gives you a simple place to start creating.
Melody
Record and visualize songs played on your digital piano. Connect your device via USB to capture performances and export them as videos. Ideal for musicians looking to share their playing.
- Record digital piano performances
- Visualize songs
- Export as video
- USB connection for iPhone/iPad
- Free to download
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Melody allows you to record and visualise songs played on your digital piano and export them as videos. Plug your iPhone or iPad to the piano via a USB cable, tap record, and play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Midicircuit at 4.0 against Melody's 3.4. Midicircuit also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Melody's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and device support. On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. Melody sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Midicircuit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Midicircuit holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melody has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Midicircuit ships an update every 4 months, Melody every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Midicircuit | Melody |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 282 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yonko Level Ltd | Andrey Ufimcev |
In-app purchases
Midicircuit
No in-app purchases
Melody
- Melody Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month








