Apogee Maestro vs Vocal Tune Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Apogee Maestro
Control and adjust all features and settings for MFi compliant audio interfaces. This application offers a hardware-based low latency mixer to significantly reduce recording delays.
- Control MFi compliant audio interfaces
- Access all features and settings
- Hardware-based low latency mixer
- Significantly improves recording latency
- Simple tab-based interface
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Apogee Maestro is the control application for MFi compliant Apogee audio interfaces. Maestro lets you access and adjust all features and settings from 5 simple tabs. Maestro also significantly improves latency (the delay that occurs during recording) with a hardware based low latency mixer.
Vocal Tune Studio
Correct pitch and timing for vocal recordings with advanced editing options. Features include automatic key detection, artificial vibrato, and generic time correction for any audio. Export corrected audio or MIDI files.
- Pitch correction
- Timing correction
- Volume adjustment
- Formant correction
- Artificial vibrato
- Key and scale detection
- MIDI export
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With Vocal Tune Studio, pitch and time correction of vocal recordings is now finally possible on your iPhone or iPad! Use it as an Audio Unit effect inside your favourite DAW or in standalone mode. From popular effects to subtile correction: Retune notes to achieve the popular auto tune effect or apply a more subtile correction. Besides pitch correction, notes can be corrected for timing and volume level as well. Deep editing: Each individual note can be adjusted for retune time, retune amount, volume and the amount of formant correction. Artificial vibrato can also be added and adjusted to taste using the vibrato depth and rate controls and settings to adjust the time when the vibrato kicks in and the time in which it reaches the full vibrato depth to obtain a natural sounding vibrato. Key and scale detection: Vocal Tune Studio can detect the key and scale of a vocal recording automatically or a key and scale can be manually chosen. Two workflows: Choose between two workflows similar to popular desktop vocal tune software: start with either all notes quantised (corrected) or non-quantised. When choosing non-quantised, an additional Pitch Quantisation slider lets you move notes between their original sung pitch and the target pitch within the selected key and scale. Time correction as a bonus for all audio material: Aside from vocal pitch correction, Vocal Tune Studio also features a generic time correction/stretching mode which works on any type of audio material (not only vocals, but also guitars etc.). In this mode, any part of a recording that was played off-beat can be time corrected without affecting parts that were recorded in time. Export MIDI: Besides the host's ability to render the effect to an audio file, the identified notes can also be exported as standard MIDI file. Standalone mode: Besides being a AUv3 plug-in, you can also run the app standalone. Record audio directly, import an audio file or paste an audio file from the iOS clipboard. Auto or manually tune your vocals and correct them for timing errors or apply time correction for any audio material. When finished, export the result to a WAV file. Note: Vocal Tune Studio is also available within our DAW, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio and offers much higher integration there, not requiring to 'record' the audio first into Vocal Tune Studio. User manual: You can find the user manual in PDF and HTML formats here: https://www.audio-evolution.com/manual/vtsau/index.html Tutorial video: Vocal Tune Studio being used inside Audio Evolution Mobile Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st75zBB4lds PLEASE NOTE: due to a bug in Auria, Vocal Tune Studio stops working when mixing down or freezing tracks. A work-around is to create a new audio track and select the master bus as input to perform bouncing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Apogee Maestro at Free against Vocal Tune Studio's $14.99. Apogee Maestro also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Vocal Tune Studio's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.1) and review sentiment (62% vs 24%). On ratings volume, 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
Apogee Maestro is free to download; Vocal Tune Studio costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vocal Tune Studio holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Apogee Maestro's written reviews are positive against 62% of Vocal Tune Studio's.
Apogee Maestro ships an update every 4 months, Vocal Tune Studio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Apogee Maestro | Vocal Tune Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 2.1 (46 ratings) | 3.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.6% of reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #69 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apogee Electronics Corp | Davy Wentzler |
Customer experience
Apogee Maestro
Vocal Tune Studio
Bugs and requests
Apogee Maestro
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes frequently
- App does not recognize devices
- Gain settings are not remembered
- Phantom power control issues
- Meters freeze or show incorrect signals
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- App disconnects when minimized
- Registration process fails
- Software return not working for audio routing
- App hijacks headphones
- Interface is not recognized by the app
- Input levels max out unexpectedly
- Monitoring not working correctly
- App doesn't work with iPad Pro USB-C
- App doesn't work with iOS 15+
- App doesn't work with iOS 9.2
- App doesn't work with iOS 11
- App doesn't work with iOS 26
Requested features
7 requests- Update app for current iOS/iPadOS versions
- Support for USB-C connections on newer iPads
- Improve routing capabilities for apps
- Add retina icons
- Make Maestro useful for Symphony I/O
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- Fix phantom power button functionality
- Improve compatibility with newer iPhones
Vocal Tune Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Apogee Maestro
No in-app purchases
Vocal Tune Studio
No in-app purchases
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