Comparison

Kyma Control vs ddtctmcc

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Virtual Control Surface mirroring
  • Multi-touch pen/tablet controller
  • Standard and Tonnetz keyboards
  • Accelerometer controls
  • Compass heading control
  • View and select active Sounds
Features
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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)

About

ddtctmcc

This app translates touch gestures into MIDI Control Change messages. It offers two recording modes, scene management for storing settings, and extended timing controls for loops. It can run standalone or as an AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • 2D touch area for MIDI values
  • Loop and Once gesture recording
  • Scene support with transition times
  • Extended timing and host tempo sync
  • Multiple output settings per instance
Features
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ddtctmcc "2D Touch Control To MIDI Control Change" This is a touch control app that is designed to work with touch gestures and output MIDI Control Change messages. This app is available as standalone version that can run in background and as an AUv3. It features basic features: - 2D Touch Area where you can set 3 MIDI values (X, Y and Touch On / Off) that will be sent as MIDI CC messages - Two gesture recording modes: "Loop" and "Once": -- In "Loop" mode the gesture is immediately repeated infinitely. You can restart it and change the direction of gesture loop -- In "Once" mode the gesture is recorded silently and only played back later when "trigger" or "+pause" buttons are pressed. ... and some important extras: - Scene support. You can store all settings in a "scene" and switch between them. There is an option to set a transition time between scenes to morph loops. - Extended timing support. Start/stop and speed of the loop can also be recorded and played back. The recorded gesture loop can follow the host tempo when running in plugin mode. - Layers. Each instance of the app supports multiple output settings; scene switch is synchronised across all layers.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ddtctmcc at $5.99 against Kyma Control's $14.99. ddtctmcc also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kyma Control costs $14.99 and ddtctmcc $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kyma Control against 5.0 for ddtctmcc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, ddtctmcc daily. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kyma Control versus ddtctmcc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKyma Controlddtctmcc
Price$14.99$5.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSymbolic Sound CorporationAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

Kyma Control

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ddtctmcc

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kyma Control

No in-app purchases

None

ddtctmcc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kyma Control free?
Kyma Control costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ddtctmcc free?
ddtctmcc costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kyma Control or ddtctmcc?
Kyma Control and ddtctmcc are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Kyma Control or ddtctmcc have ads?
Neither Kyma Control nor ddtctmcc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kyma Control or ddtctmcc?
Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, and ddtctmcc daily. Most recently, Kyma Control was updated on June 5, 2026 and ddtctmcc on September 24, 2026.

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