Comparison

Kyma Control vs Spancontrol

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

Spancontrol

This app acts as a remote control for the Spanner AAX plugin. It requires Spanner version 4.1 or higher to function. It offers a convenient way to manage your audio plugin settings remotely.

Highlights
  • Remote control functionality
  • Compatibility with Spanner AAX plugin
  • Requires Spanner 4.1 or greater
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Remote control app for the Spanner AAX plugin. Requires Spanner 4.1 or greater.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kyma Control at 100% against Spancontrol's 0%. Kyma Control also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Spancontrol's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Spancontrol is free to download; Kyma Control costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kyma Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Kyma Control's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spancontrol's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, Spancontrol every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kyma Control versus Spancontrol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKyma ControlSpancontrol
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSymbolic Sound Corporationmaggot media

Customer experience

Kyma Control

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

Spancontrol

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kyma Control

No in-app purchases

None

Spancontrol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kyma Control free?
Kyma Control costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spancontrol free?
Spancontrol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kyma Control or Spancontrol?
Kyma Control is rated higher. Kyma Control averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Spancontrol averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Kyma Control or Spancontrol have ads?
Neither Kyma Control nor Spancontrol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kyma Control or Spancontrol?
Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, and Spancontrol every 7 months. Most recently, Kyma Control was updated on September 24, 2026 and Spancontrol on October 11, 2026.

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