Mirage Media Controller for iPad vs UniTuner Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mirage Media Controller for iPad
Transform your iPad into a remote control for your home audio system. Stream music from various sources, discover new tracks with a unique feature, and manage playback across multiple zones.
- Control music playback remotely
- Access local and streaming music libraries
- Discover similar music with TuneBridge
- Manage multi-zone audio
- Integrate with home automation systems
- Stream from Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, and more
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Turn your iPad into a powerful controller that will allow you to orchestrate music playback from anywhere in your home through your Mirage Audio System. With the Mirage Media Controller, you can instantly access and play your entire music collection, including multiple iTunes accounts, Windows Media collections and any of your favorite internet streaming services such as Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify, Rhapsody, Napster, Last.fm and TuneIn Radio. If you hear something that you like during playback of your local content or streaming services, a single button press of our TuneBridge feature will enable you to instantly browse similar content on Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, or Spotify. TuneBridge is an exclusive and fun feature that will help you discover more music you love by finding content with a similar style. When the application is supported by the installation of a Mirage Audio System, zone grouping and zone volume control will allow you to control and play multiple streams of all of your content throughout your home at your leisure. Select party mode and have all of your zones playing one stream of music throughout your home. For professional A/V installers, the Mirage Media Controller will communicate over IP with Crestron, AMX, Control4, RTI and other control systems to relay zone/source selection, volume, and power commands to the central automation processor. The Mirage Media Controller requires the Autonomic Mirage Media Server or the Mirage Audio System, both available separately from Autonomic. Designed to work with the Mirage Media Server firmware version 4.5. FEATURES •Play your entire media collection all over the house •Listen to different content in each room •Create and edit radio stations through Pandora using our TuneBridge application •Listen to custom radio stations with Pandora Internet Radio •Listen to thousands of radio stations around the world with TuneIn Radio •Stream your SiriusXM satellite radio subscription via broadband, no antenna required •Listen to thousands of titles with Spotify •Play your favorite albums through Rhapsody •Interfaces with Home Automation equipment wirelessly over IP
UniTuner Pro
This advanced chromatic tuner offers 1/10th cent accuracy with visual feedback and a tone generator. It supports over 200 string instrument tunings, custom tunings, and various tuning systems. Visualize pitch, harmonics, and overtones for precise instrument tuning.
- 1/10th cent accuracy
- Tone generator with multiple waveforms
- Over 200 instrument tunings
- Custom tuning creation
- Audio visualization (spectrogram)
- Intonation diagram (tuning map)
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Features: - Customizable User Interface: Pick your favorite readout method in landscape or portrait mode. - App supports dark and light mode. - Recognized note shown in classical notation - Accurate Cent Readout with Direct Feedback: No more guessing! Get precise 1/10th cent accuracy from bass to the highest note. - Tone Generator: Tune your drums or instrument by ear using the tone generator, which includes Sine-Wave, Triangle, and Square-Wave options. - Timeline: Visualize the pitch in cents of the detected note. - Audio Visualization (Spectrogram): View your instrument's harmonic spectrum for better understanding the overtones. Intonation Diagram (Tuning Map): Display of the note with all overtones! This unique feature visualizes a note’s pitch over time—from the initial attack to the final decay. Perfect for instruments with short sustain, such as percussion instruments. - Customizable Concert Pitch: Set your concert pitch from 220 Hz to 880 Hz. - Over 200 Tunings for String Instruments, including: Ahenk, Armonico, Arpeggione, Bağlama / Saz - long neck, Baglamas, Bajo Quinto, Bajo Sexto, Balalaika, Bandurria - Spanish, Banjo, Banjo - Bass, Banjo - Cello, Banjo - Contrabass, Banjo - Tenor, Banjolete, Bass (Doublebass), Bouzouki (trichordo), Bouzouki (tetrachordo), Cello, Cuban Laúd, Dotara, Dulcimer - 3 course, Dulcimer - 4 course, Fiddle, Gekkin, Guitalete, Guitar, Guitar - 12-String, Guitar - Baritone, Guitarrón, Halszither, Hurdy Gurdy, Irish Bouzouki, Jarana Huasteca, Kamancheh, Kithara Sarda, Kora, Koto, Laúd - Spanish, Laúd - Cuban, Laúd - Philippine, Mandobass - 4 String, Mandobass - 8 String, Mandocello, Mandola, Mandolin, Nevoud, Oud, Pedal Steel Guitar, Pipa, Portuguese Guitar, Qinqin, Requinto, Russian Guitar, Setar, Ukulele, Ukulele - Baritone, Ukulele - Bass, Ukulele - Soprano, Vihuela, Viol (Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Soprano, Tenor, Treble), Viola, Violin, Violin - Tenor, Xiaoruan, Yueqin, Zheng - You can also create and store your own custom tunings and instruments. - "Perfect 5th" tuning for: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass. - Transpose: The output can be shifted by a specified number of semitones - Note names: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Bengali, Hindustani, Fixed & Movable Solfège - Choose from Various Tuning Systems for Open Tunings or Historical Instruments: Just Intonation, Pythagorean, Meantone, and many more. - You can also create and store your own custom temperaments. - Enhance your open tunings with Just Intonation: Experience the unique sound quality of pure tuning by setting the UniTuner to Just Intonation and the root note of your tuning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UniTuner Pro at 100% against Mirage Media Controller for iPad's 23%. UniTuner Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Mirage Media Controller for iPad's advantage is price (Free vs $7.99) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On 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
Mirage Media Controller for iPad is free to download; UniTuner Pro costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UniTuner Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Mirage Media Controller for iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of UniTuner Pro's.
Mirage Media Controller for iPad ships an update every 4 months, UniTuner Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mirage Media Controller for iPad | UniTuner Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Autonomic Controls, Inc. | Klaus Fecker |
Customer experience
Mirage Media Controller for iPad
UniTuner Pro
In-app purchases
Mirage Media Controller for iPad
No in-app purchases
UniTuner Pro
No in-app purchases
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