Kyma Control vs MF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kyma Control
This app acts as a versatile wireless controller for the Kyma Sound Design Workstation. It offers multiple control modes including a virtual surface mirror, pen tablet, keyboards, and motion controls, allowing for expressive sound manipulation away from your computer.
- Virtual Control Surface mirroring
- Multi-touch pen/tablet controller
- Standard and Tonnetz keyboards
- Accelerometer controls
- Compass heading control
- View and select active Sounds
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Kyma Control is the Swiss-army-knife of controllers for the Kyma Sound Design Workstation, providing four of the most popular Kyma controller-modes in one, wireless multi-touch package: a bi-directional mirror of Kyma's Virtual Control Surface, a multi-touch pen/tablet controller, a standard and a Tonnetz keyboard, accelerometer controls, and compass heading for using direction as a control. For use in the studio, on stage, in the lab, at home, or in classroom, Kyma Control frees you from having to sit in front of your laptop; put yourself inside the sound field and perform your Sounds in an expressive, intuitive manner using your hands and gestures. FEATURES • Auto-mapping, bi-directional multi-touch mirroring of Kyma's Virtual Control Surface (VCS) • View and select the active Sounds in a Kyma Multigrid • Pen/tablet surface tracking as many as 11 fingers with color trails to help you track finger position • A keyboard for sending !KeyDown and either continuous or discrete values for !KeyPitch & !KeyTimbre • A Tonnetz pitch-space with configurable vertical and horizontal intervals • Pitches can be rounded to equal tempered pitch, rounded only on !KeyDown and continuously variable after that, or, in Strum-mode, triggered when your finger passes by the key • Trigger or control Sounds with the iPad's accelerometer measurements in the X, Y, Z directions, as well as controls corresponding with Pitch, Roll and Yaw • Compass heading from the iPad's magnetometer tells you which way the iPad is pointing so you can use it for panning and other controls REQUIREMENTS • iPad, iOS 8 or newer • Symbolic Sound Kyma 7 (or newer) with Paca(rana) Sound Computation Engine • WiFi or Ethernet connection to network accessible to the Paca(rana)
MF
This app recreates a classic analog effects pedal, offering a voltage-controlled oscillator with variable waveshape and envelope follower. It allows for processing and modulation of various audio inputs to create unique musical sounds.
- Voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
- Variable waveshape
- Hard sync and frequency modulation
- Envelope follower
- Modulate VCO frequency with input dynamics
- Mix VCO with audio input
- AUv3 effects plug-in
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The MF-107S Freqbox is a re-invention of Moog Music’s classic Moogerfooger MF-107S analog effects pedal. The MF-107 Freqbox, originally introduced in 2007, contained several complete modular synth functions: a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with variable waveshape capable of being hard synced and frequency modulated by the audio input, and an envelope follower which allowed the dynamics of the input signal to modulate the frequency of the VCO. In addition, the amplitude of the VCO was controlled by the dynamics of the input signal, and the VCO could be mixed with the audio input. A direct descendant of the original Moog modular synthesizers, the MF-107 was adapted to process, modulate, and play with inputs ranging from guitar, voice, and synthesizer to any imaginable audio source. The MF-107 Freqbox has been meticulously recreated as the MF-107S, capturing not only the jagged, freaky sounds of the original, but also the organic way in which the parameters interact to create a musical playing experience. The MF-107S is an AUv3 effects plug-in that requires a compatible host or DAW to function.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kyma Control at 100% against MF's 50%. Kyma Control also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). MF's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Kyma Control costs $14.99 and MF $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kyma Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Kyma Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of MF's.
Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, MF monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kyma Control | MF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Symbolic Sound Corporation | Moog Music Inc. |
Customer experience
Kyma Control
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In-app purchases
Kyma Control
No in-app purchases
MF
No in-app purchases









