MIDITrail vs MIDI Wrench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIDITrail
This application allows you to play MIDI files and experience their data through immersive 3D visualizations. Enjoy both auditory and visual playback of your music. It supports various MIDI formats and can even offer a virtual reality experience.
- 3D MIDI data visualization
- Standard MIDI File support (format 0/1)
- CoreMIDI and multiple MIDI port support
- Virtual Reality (VR) experience option
- Internal wavetable synthesizer
- Support for external sound modules
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MIDITrail is a MIDI player which provides 3D visualization of MIDI data sets. You can enjoy not only listening but also viewing. MIDITrail supports Standard MIDI File (format 0/1), CoreMIDI, and multiple MIDI ports. MIDITrail is available for Windows, macOS and iOS. Optional feature: You can enjoy the VR(virtual reality) experience using cheap VR glasses for smartphones and the game controller for iPhone. Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later (1) Preparing MIDI files You have to transfer MIDI files to your iOS device from Mac or PC. Connect your iOS device to Mac or PC, and launch iTunes. Then you can transfer MIDI files using 'File Sharing'. Or you can add MIDI files to MIDITrail using Files App of iOS. (2) Preparing Sound module You can use sound module which supports Core MIDI. And you can use internal wavetable synthesizer. There are three ways as shown below: The first way is to use the internal wavetable synthesizer. You have to transfer the wavetable file (DLS/SF2) to your iOS device in advance. The second way is to use Synth App which supports 'Virtual MIDI Port' and 'Background Mode'. (e.g., KQ Sampei, bs-16i, Sound Canvas for iOS) The third way is to connect MIDI interface device and external sound module. (e.g., CME U2MIDI Pro)
MIDI Wrench
This app acts as a versatile tool for managing MIDI devices on iOS. It allows you to monitor incoming MIDI messages in real-time and send your own MIDI commands using virtual controls. It's useful for troubleshooting MIDI setups and understanding device communication.
- Monitor incoming MIDI events
- Send MIDI messages
- Virtual MIDI keyboard, buttons, and knobs
- Configurable virtual controls
- Filter MIDI events
- Copy MIDI events to clipboard
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The Swiss army knife for your daily MIDI setup tasks. Connect a MIDI keyboard, MIDI sound expander or any other MIDI device to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch by using the Apple USB camera adapter or any other adapter supported by Apple. Visualize and monitor MIDI messages sent by the connected MIDI device or send MIDI messages to those connected MIDI devices. This is a simple but helpful tool to find problems in your MIDI setup or simply to spot what kind of messages various MIDI devices are sending exactly. This app supports all hardware and software sources for MIDI, including Bluetooth LE MIDI ! Current Features: • Lists all CoreMIDI devices (i.e. attached MIDI accessories) and all so called "virtual CoreMIDI ports" (i.e. audio Apps) on your iPad / iPhone / iPod touch. • Displays incoming MIDI events of external MIDI hardware and local MIDI apps in real-time. • Send MIDI Note-On, Note-Off and Control Change messages by using the virtual MIDI keyboard, buttons and rotary knobs. • Virtual on-screen MIDI controls are fully configurable, so you may assign other MIDI controller numbers and more. • The virtual keyboard keys, rotary knobs and buttons automatically update to the values sent by connected MIDI devices. • Filter out MIDI events you are not interested in. • Copy MIDI events with one tap to the iOS clipboard, and paste them as text in another app like Mail. This app is free, and it does not contain any ads or other annoying things. Really! Anti-Spy Commitment: We take your privacy very seriously. None of our apps contain so called „spy” behaviors and we committed ourself to a very high privacy standard. MIDI Wrench does not collect any information. For more information about our privacy commitment, read our „Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps”.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MIDI Wrench at 4.6 against MIDITrail's 3.2. MIDI Wrench also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MIDI Wrench holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 82 and 71 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of MIDITrail's written reviews are positive against 89% of MIDI Wrench's.
MIDITrail ships an update every 4 months, MIDI Wrench every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIDITrail | MIDI Wrench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (82 ratings) | 4.6 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.2% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WADA Masashi | Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte |
Customer experience
MIDITrail
MIDI Wrench
Bugs and requests
MIDITrail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MIDI Wrench
Reported bugs
6 issues- No sound at all
- No audio when pressing keys
- Cannot clear screen, only pause
- Connection sometimes disconnects after a break
- App needs to be updated by developers
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- May slow down phone due to lack of update
Requested features
19 requests- Display raw MIDI messages (hex)
- Manually construct/send MIDI messages (hex/simplified)
- Import .mid files
- Audio output for testing
- Clear screen functionality
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- Larger or adjustable keyboard size
- MIDI out capabilities (USB/network)
- Filter out Active Sense and clock signals
- Send data out of any MIDI CC number
- Change key range
- Set keys to different scales
- Control desktop VSTs
- In-app purchase for additional options
- MIDI patchbay functionality
- Echo all inputs to outputs for routing
- Show data source
- Filter by device
- Update for newer iOS versions
- Regularly schedule maintenance time
In-app purchases
MIDITrail
No in-app purchases
MIDI Wrench
No in-app purchases
Questions
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