Comparison

TouchViZ vs touchAble Pro

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

Head to head
About

TouchViZ

Create and mix impressive video visuals on your iPad. Import multiple videos, use live camera feeds, and apply numerous effects. Output to external screens and control wirelessly via MIDI or OSC.

Highlights
  • Import up to 125 videos
  • Mix two video channels with independent speed and blend modes
  • External display output
  • Live camera input
  • Real-time video recording
  • 54 effect filters
  • MIDI and OSC control
Features
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At home or in the club, professionally or just for fun - create impressive visuals right on your iPad. FEATURES - Import up to 125 videos into your set via File Sharing or from the iPad's library - Playback and mix two channels of video with independent playback speed control and 10 different blend modes - Display the output on an external screen or projector using iPad-compatible video adapters - Use the iPad's front and back-facing cameras as input to integrate live footage into your set - Record video of the app's output in real-time, and use immediately in your set or transfer to a PC later - Apply one of 54 effect filters to each channel and the master output - Control effect parameters using the multi-touch enabled preview area - Preview the output in full-screen on the iPad - Save and load your set to recall, backup or transfer sets between iPads using File Sharing - Configure the interface layout to your preference - 10 demo clips by hexler and pixeldelay included - CoreMIDI support allows full control of TouchViZ wirelessly using CoreMIDI Network sessions, iPad MIDI interfaces or by connecting a compatible USB or wireless MIDI-controller - Open Sound Control support allows full control of TouchViZ from any application that supports OSC such as Max/MSP, PureData, Max4Live, TouchOSC and others

About

touchAble Pro

This app provides deep, customizable control over music production software, allowing users to perform and edit without a mouse. It offers waveform views, piano roll editing, and full access to device parameters, all from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Audio clip view with waveforms
  • Piano roll view for pattern editing
  • Draw and edit clip automations
  • Customizable device templates
  • Access track I/O
  • Control transport, clips, and scenes
  • Play instruments with grid/piano layouts
Features
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touchAble Pro makes it easy to produce and perform music in Ableton Live by putting everything you need directly at your fingertips. Eight years ago touchAble defined what a touch controller app for Live could do. touchAble Pro has been reimagined and recoded from the ground up, incorporating years of feedback from musicians at every level. touchAble Pro provides a cleaner interface, allows much more powerful customisation and gives you the deepest access possible to Ableton Live. From waveform views to editors to automations - with touchAble Pro, you now have the complete Ableton Live experience literally at your fingertips. You can perform and edit without ever touching a mouse, you can customize your experience to access exactly the controls you need to edit or play. You’ll gain complete control that’s as portable as the smartphone, tablet or laptop you’re carrying with you. - Audio clip view with waveforms, including side-by-side waveform view - Edit patterns easier and faster than ever with the new piano roll view - Draw and edit Clip-Automations - Templates for Live devices are now included at no added cost - Create your own custom Device Templates for M4L or Live Devices, VSTs & AUs - Access a tracks I/O right from the app. - Make your own Device templates, with complete support for third-party plug-ins and Max for Live (IAP - soon to come) - Build your own complete custom layouts with the overhauled Template Editor - Make performance-friendly templates that include focus on individual clips and scenes, custom controls and even full modules. - New layout options: view modules fullscreen or duplicate them side by side - For iPhone & iPad (Universal) touchAble lets you access all of Ableton Live via simple, robust connections, either wired or wireless, and provides access to nearly every aspect of the software. touchAble Pro builds on that support with an updated interface for all of the features that made touchAble popular: - Control the transport, metronome, cues, and quantization - Trigger clips and scenes and control looping - Arm, mute, and solo tracks - Adjust monitoring - Mix, pan, crossfade, and control sends and returns - Play instruments with grid or piano-style layouts, with scales, note repeat, aftertouch, and velocity (based on finger position) - Control device parameters, using faders or assignable X/Y pad modules - X/Y Pad: assign physics, make and morph snapshots or even record full gestures - Navigate Live’s Browser, and drag and drop Devices and samples Please find the Server and installation instructions on https://zerodebug.com/#/touchable Requires iOS 9.3 Requires the latest version of Ableton Live 9 or 10 Introduction: https://youtu.be/H6EnpjfztNw (Youtube) Features: https://youtu.be/R4_GRVPbDn8 (Youtube) Multiplatform demo: https://youtu.be/-NPXlJcyELY (Youtube)

Screenshots

touchAble Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TouchViZ at $9.99 against touchAble Pro's $29.99. TouchViZ also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (67% vs 41%). touchAble Pro's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

TouchViZ costs $9.99 and touchAble Pro $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TouchViZ holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of TouchViZ's written reviews are positive against 41% of touchAble Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TouchViZ ships an update every 4 months, touchAble Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TouchViZ versus touchAble Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchViZtouchAble Pro
Price$9.99 — better$29.99
Rating3.8 (46 ratings) — better2.9 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better40.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4655 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHexler LLCChristian Blomert

Customer experience

TouchViZ

All ratings46 ratings
Positive63.0%
Neutral17.4%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral15.0%
Negative18.3%

touchAble Pro

All ratings55 ratings
Positive41.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative49.1%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative52.0%

User reviews

TouchViZ

From 46 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 💡 Versatile VJ tool
  • 🚀 Smooth playback
  • ✨ Useful FX
  • ✅ Reliable performance (when working)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 App freezes on media load
  • 📉 Lack of meaningful updates
  • ❓ Opaque MIDI implementation
  • 🔇 No audio output for videos

touchAble Pro

From 55 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎛️ Comprehensive Ableton Live control surface with multitouch capabilities
  • 🚀 Superior to Push 2 in many ways with unlimited grid control
  • 👍 Intuitive interface design and clean layout
  • 🎹 Powerful isomorphic keyboard with scale highlighting
  • 🎚️ Excellent device control and custom MIDI CC control panels

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability issues
  • ❌ No longer maintained or supported by developer
  • 🔌 Connection problems (both USB and WiFi)
  • ⚠️ Incompatible with Ableton Live 11 and 12
  • 🚫 Broken download links for required server software

Bugs and requests

TouchViZ

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App freezes when accessing Camera Roll
  • Crashes when trying to upload photos from Camera Roll
  • Crashing issues
  • Cannot load videos (version 1.5.1 and iOS 15.2)
  • Support for loading video from camera roll is broken/outdated
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  • Unable to load own media (only stock content)
  • Freezes every time Camera Roll button is pressed
  • App freezes when trying to load new visuals from library or Camera Roll
  • MIDI implementation is opaque, cannot recognize MIDI CCs
  • App crashes constantly
  • MIDI messages cause freezing or shutting down
  • Crashing when using constantly
  • Crashes with full HD video on iPad 2
  • Cannot load from own videos, only Recently Added
  • Media access denied automatically
  • Crashing on iPad Pro when loading videos
  • No media available in library or camera tabs, only preloaded demo files

Requested features

34 requests
  • Modernize the app
  • Improve file handling
  • Expand FX options
  • Pass through audio from imported videos
  • Controller mapping with learn feature
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  • Scenes, tempo sync, MIDI clock integration
  • Add text overlay
  • Scene store and recall (presets)
  • Sync effect rates to MIDI tempo/clock
  • Wait to switch until next beat
  • Nested folders and search for media
  • Tagged searching
  • MIDI learn feature
  • Video scrolling and loop selection
  • Sequence clips by tap tempo or clip completion
  • Forward and reverse playback of clips
  • Ability to record from camera
  • Ability to record master mix
  • Higher output resolution (1080p+)
  • Control in and out points of clips
  • Scrub video position
  • More effects
  • One more video layer
  • Text or image layer
  • Use accelerometers for effect control
  • Ableton Link compatibility
  • Sync effects with music/BPM
  • Manual field entry for effects
  • Inverse strobe/Strobe color choices (black)
  • Cue button for clips
  • Tunnel FX
  • Layer mixing modes
  • Ping pong loop option
  • Chroma key layering

touchAble Pro

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Connection drops after wake-up requiring force quit
  • Server software download links return 404 errors
  • Version mismatch between iPad app and Mac/Windows server
  • Clip recording glitches (records only one bar, records indefinitely)
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  • Clip triggering delays and quantization issues
  • Undo history pollution from slider interactions
  • Waveform not loading in Simpler plugin
  • Repeat/hold function glitches causing endless playback
  • Freezing when using sliders
  • App crashes when enabling arm button in keyboard section
  • Detached track headers in clip view when scrolling
  • Incompatibility with Ableton Live 11.3+ and Live 12
  • Server executable flagged as malicious by Windows security
  • MIDI not registering from iPad to Ableton
  • Laggy piano roll and automation recording

Requested features

8 requests
  • Larger Scenes Launch button with adjustable size
  • Arrangement view option
  • Customizable UI color scheme for outdoor/bright environments
  • Light mode theme option
  • Chord mode functionality
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  • Automatic version synchronization between app and server
  • Better font size and label visibility for device controls
  • Improved X/Y pad mirroring in split-screen mode

In-app purchases

None

TouchViZ

No in-app purchases

None

touchAble Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TouchViZ free?
TouchViZ costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is touchAble Pro free?
touchAble Pro costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TouchViZ or touchAble Pro?
TouchViZ is rated higher. TouchViZ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while touchAble Pro averages 2.9 from 55 ratings.
Do TouchViZ or touchAble Pro have ads?
Neither TouchViZ nor touchAble Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TouchViZ or touchAble Pro?
TouchViZ ships an update every 4 months, and touchAble Pro weekly. Most recently, TouchViZ was updated on November 1, 2026 and touchAble Pro on November 6, 2026.

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