Comparison

Singing Tutor vs Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)

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

Head to head
About

Singing Tutor

Enhance your singing and musical abilities with real-time voice analysis and visual feedback. Practice with customizable tracks and record your performances for later review.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice analysis
  • Visual reference tracks
  • Customizable practice sessions
  • Volume indicator
  • Background track playback
  • Recording and playback
  • Audio export
Features
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Singing Tutor is a real-time pitch training tool that shows you exactly where your voice lands as you sing - note by note, with instant visual feedback on a scrolling piano-roll display. Whether you're a vocal coach running lessons, a student working through exercises, or someone who loves karaoke night, Singing Tutor turns your device into a precise vocal practice studio. REAL-TIME PITCH FEEDBACK - Sing along to MIDI or karaoke (.kar) while watching your pitch accuracy in real time. The app draws your voice as a continuous line over the reference melody, so you can see exactly where you're sharp, flat, or right on target. No guesswork - just clear, visual feedback that helps you improve faster than listening alone. FULL KARAOKE LYRICS DISPLAY- Load any .kar karaoke file and see synchronized lyrics scroll across the screen as the music plays. Customize every aspect of the lyrics display: font size, highlight and base colors, animation timing, line opacity, number of visible lines, text alignment, and more. Supports a wide range of text encodings - including Japanese (Shift-JIS, EUC-JP), Chinese (GBK, Big5), Korean (EUC-KR), Cyrillic, and many others - so your international karaoke library works out of the box. The active syllable highlights in real time, giving you a true karaoke experience with pitch training on top. AUDIO DEVICE & MIXER CONTROLS - Choose exactly which audio output device and input microphone to use. The built-in mixer gives you independent volume control over four output tracks - Background, Melody, Accompaniment, and Voice Reference . So you can dial in the perfect practice mix. Mute or solo any track instantly. On the input side, configure your microphone and enable or disable mic loopback to hear yourself through your speakers while you sing. VISUAL REFERENCE TRACKS - Load a MIDI or karaoke file and see the target melody displayed as note blocks on the piano-roll. You can also load previously recorded voice files (.stf) as a visual reference - great for comparing today's attempt against your personal best. Follow the melody visually while you sing, and watch your voice line track against the target notes. BACKING TRACK PLAYBACK - Load any MP3 as a backing track to sing along with during practice. MP3 tracks play as audio only — no visual reference on the piano-roll — making them ideal when you know the melody and just need accompaniment. Use the built-in mixer to set the backing track volume exactly where you want it. CUSTOMIZABLE PRACTICE SESSIONS - Toggle individual tracks on or off during playback or recording. Turn off the melody line to test yourself, keep the accompaniment for context, or solo the voice reference to study phrasing. Every combination is available for both Play and Record modes, so you can structure sessions around exactly what you're working on. RECORDING, PLAYBACK & EXPORT - Record your singing sessions and save them as .stf voice files for later review. Replay any recording with the reference track to see how your pitch compared. When you're ready to share, export your recording - including the background track - as an MP3 file. LATENCY COMPENSATION - On some systems, audio input and output can be slightly out of sync. The Latency Compensate setting lets you adjust the voice line and cursor offset in milliseconds, so what you see on screen accurately reflects when you actually sang each note. Dial it in once and every session stays aligned. VOLUME INDICATOR - A real-time volume meter sits next to the piano keyboard, showing your current input level at a glance. In Duet mode, two independent meters are displayed - one per singer. Singing Tutor works with the files you already have. Load MIDI files for melody and accompaniment, .kar files for karaoke with lyrics, or MP3s for backing tracks. No built-in song library required - use any song you want. Start singing. See exactly how you sound.

About

Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)

This app bridges the gap for music applications that only support Core MIDI, enabling them to integrate with Audiobus 3. It creates virtual MIDI ports, allowing older music apps to send and receive MIDI data within the Audiobus 3 ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Creates permanent virtual MIDI ports
  • Supports up to 10 receiving apps
  • Supports up to 10 sending apps
  • Allows multiple instances in Audiobus 3
  • Translates between Core MIDI and Audiobus 3
  • Works with apps allowing MIDI port selection
Features
Currently charting
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This MIDI app for Audiobus 3 allows you to include music apps, which don't support Audiobus MIDI but only Core MIDI. It creates permanent virtual MIDI ports for input and output. After distinctly selecting each of those ports in your "legacy" music apps, they can receive and send MIDI from/to Audiobus 3. + Connect up to 10 receiving apps (like synthesizers) + Connect up to 10 sending apps (like sequencers) + Use multiple instances of this app in Audiobus NOTE: This app requires Audiobus 3. Insert it into one or more MIDI input and output ports. Furthermore, this adapter only works with apps that allow you to select MIDI ports for sending and receiving. It won't work with apps that have no MIDI setup page. IMPORTANT: Connecting apps via Core MIDI is an advanced topic. If you haven't done it before, please become familiar with it prior to downloading this app. CONNECT YOUR "LEGACY" APPS TO AUDIOBUS 3 Audiobus 3 has introduced a powerful MIDI routing system that makes interconnecting MIDI apps a lot easier than it was before. However, not all music apps support this new system, yet. Midiflow Adapter makes those apps compatible, by translating between the "old" Core MIDI system and the new Audiobus 3. This, however, only works with apps that let you to select MIDI ports for input and output, or at least the MIDI channel. It is not enough if these apps create their own virtual MIDI port. SETUP FOR SYNTH APPS (RECEIVERS) Midiflow Adapter creates 10 permanent virtual MIDI output ports. This means that you can use up to 10 music apps with this adapter. For setting it up, start Midiflow Adapter. Then, start your first synth app that you want to connect with Audiobus via this adapter app. Go to its MIDI settings and activate reception on the MIDI port called "MF Adapter Out 1". It is essential that you deactivate reception on all other ports. Now, go to Audiobus 3 and insert MF Adapter into a MIDI output slot. In the input slot, add any other app, like Midiflow Keyboard. When you switch to Midiflow Adapter, you can select which of your synth apps the MIDI data should go. In this case, it is already set to "Out 1", so you're ready to go. For your second synth app, do the same steps, but select MIDI port "MF Adapter Out 2", and so on. Then, you can select it in the adapter app. SETUP FOR SEQUENCER APPS (SENDERS) The procedure is identical to the one for receiver apps (see above). However, you need to configure the MIDI output settings instead of the input settings. Midiflow Adapter creates 10 permanent virtual MIDI input ports for that purpose. They are called "MF Adapter In 1-10". WORKING WITH CHANNELS Some Core MIDI apps don't allow you to select the input/output ports, but only the MIDI input/output channel. In that case, they receive on all ports. The only way to selectively trigger them is to assign a unique channel to them. In Midiflow Adapter, you can then select this channel as input/output. NON-COMPATIBLE APPS If one of your music apps neither supports selecting the MIDI port nor setting the MIDI channel, you cannot use it with Midiflow Adapter.

Screenshots

Singing Tutor4 screens
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) at 75% against Singing Tutor's 18%. Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) also leads on chart position (#195 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 12.0). Singing Tutor's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Singing Tutor costs $0.99 and Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Singing Tutor ships an update every 5 months, Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Singing Tutor versus Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinging TutorMidiflow Adapter (Audiobus)
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton PlakhotnykJohannes Doerr

Customer experience

Singing Tutor

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%

Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Singing Tutor

No in-app purchases

None

Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Singing Tutor free?
Singing Tutor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) free?
Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Singing Tutor or Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) have ads?
Neither Singing Tutor nor Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Singing Tutor or Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus)?
Singing Tutor ships an update every 5 months, and Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) every 12 months. Most recently, Singing Tutor was updated on October 23, 2026 and Midiflow Adapter (Audiobus) on October 24, 2026.

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