Sonic Logic vs Spancontrol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonic Logic
Create and edit custom MIDI controllers on your iPad. Connect to DAWs and other music apps via WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, or MIDI cable. Offers a user-friendly interface for assigning controls and manipulating MIDI notes live.
- Modular MIDI controller creation
- Edit and control MIDI setups
- Connect via WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, MIDI cable
- Control DAWs and other iOS apps
- Create and edit on iPad with touch gestures
- Add buttons, knobs, sliders, XY pads
- Multi-screen setups (up to 8 screens)
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Sonic Logic is a modular MIDI controller that allows you to edit and control MIDI setups from your iPad. Connect over WiFi, Bluetooth(*), USB (*), MIDI cable or use Virtual MIDI and Audiobus to control other iOS apps internally. Control DAWs like: Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Protools, Traktor, and other many more. Create and edit on your iPad! Super easy and fun interface to create, edit, control, manipulate, assign MIDI controllers and notes live, using touch gestures. (No external editor needed). Add Buttons, knobs, toggle buttons, XY pads, sliders and text objects. * Create your MIDI controller easily from your iPad. * Import and export your setups and layouts. * Multi screen - Each setup can have up to 8 different, easily switchable screens. * Intelligent MIDI assignments makes component creation fast and easy. * Edit component's color, size, MIDI channel, range and controller number. * Time advancing gestures for buttons, create a time based MIDI transition with just a press of a button. * Control everything with multi touch. * Snap to middle feature on sliders and knobs. * Built in, editable templates. * Low latency. * to Mac clients ** Windows users - 3rd party software exists for Windows to connect Sonic Logic to it over Wi-Fi Visit us at www.soniclogicapps.com for more information, videos, DAW presets and more… Email us for feature requests and ideas! Spread the love - If you like Sonic Logic, let us and others know by posting a review here :)
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.
- 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 clearest difference is review sentiment: Sonic Logic at 73% against Spancontrol's 0%. Sonic Logic also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Spancontrol's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Spancontrol is free to download; Sonic Logic costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonic Logic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonic Logic has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sonic Logic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spancontrol's.
Sonic Logic ships an update every 4 weeks, Spancontrol every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonic Logic | Spancontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uri Nachmias | maggot media |
Customer experience
Sonic Logic
Spancontrol
In-app purchases
Sonic Logic
No in-app purchases
Spancontrol
No in-app purchases
