midi Sampler vs PocketAnthem
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
midi Sampler
Transform your device into a powerful musical instrument sampler. Record or import sounds to create custom instruments, play live with virtual keyboards, or connect an external MIDI controller. Explore a vast library of free sound samples.
- Create custom instruments from single sounds
- Receive MIDI messages from external keyboards
- Import common audio formats (wav, mp3, caf, m4a)
- Automatic scale generation across 8 octaves
- Two independent multi-touch virtual keyboards
- Free downloadable sound samples
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"midi Sampler" turns your device into a sampler for professional musicians and / or DJs composers able to: - Create the entire musical instrument from a single sampled sound - Receive MIDI messages from an external MIDI keyboard and play the corresponding notes - Turn any MIDI keyboard in any musical instrument / special effect that you want The application is simple and immediate ... once started you can immediately play the musical instrument of default "GRAND PIANO" (or download, by pressing the "i" (info button) -> "SAMPLES" of "midi keyboard", and play the FREE sound samples available on website www.ngcybit.it -> "Samples Collection"). To create a new musical instrument just: 1) record only one sound / voice / special effect "note: LA" or "note: A" (using the record button of "midi Sampler") or create it using any wave editor for Mac or PC (for example: Audacity). All the common audio formats are supported by "midi Sampler": - wav - mp3 - caf - m4a - etc ... 2) import the sound recorded or created with Your hands in your device: - through synchronization (using the iTunes software for Mac or PC) - by using the "iTunes File Sharing" 3) select the sound that you have imported using the buttons "Import" and/or "Samples" of "midi Sampler": "midi Sampler" will create for you the full scale of sounds and assign them to the virtual keyboard with 8 octaves of "midi Sampler", at which point you can play live with your instrument or entertain your friends with a scale of special effects using the two independent keyboards displayed on the monitor of the device and/or using any external MIDI keyboard connected to your device via: - iRig MIDI adapter - a camera connection kit USB adapter + USB to MIDI adapter (Apple compatible - generally used to connect an external MIDI keyboard to a Mac or PC) You can also import a song from the iTunes library and by controlling "SAMPLE START POSITION" select a sound of interest by extracting it from the imported song: "midi Sampler" will automatically create the complete musical instrument. The "SAMPLE START POSITION" control can also be used to choose the exact start position of the sound sample to be played: the "SAMPLE ATTACK POSITION". With "midi Sampler" you can record or manually create the sound you want and turn your device + external MIDI keyboard in any musical instrument you want! Features: - Import any type of sound and automatic generation of the scale of sounds (8 octaves) - Ability to store an infinite number sounds using the archive of sounds ("Samples Archive") of "midi Sampler" - "Samples Collection" with many sound samples free downloadable - "General MIDI samples" FREE library downloadable from the "Samples Collection" - Two independent keyboards multi-touch (24 + 24 keys) with independent octaves control for each keyboard - Ability to receive the MIDI messages from an external MIDI keyboard / MIDI device (with independent octaves control) - Filter for the MIDI IN messages - "Bending" control to change the sound in real time - "Sample Start Position" control to remove the initial part of a sound sample (eg silence) by specifying the start time instant of the sample (AUDIO CUT FEATURE) - "Sustain Pedal" - Multi voices (up to 96) - Default "GRAND PIANO" sample - Ability of "recording" of musical patterns during live performances: enabling the recording (using the "midi Sampler" recording button), "midi Sampler" will record (audio file) the music played by the user using the keyboard (multi-touch keyboards or external MIDI keyboard)
PocketAnthem
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PocketAnthem turns a sentence, a photo or your own lyrics into a complete song, melody, chords, vocals and accompaniment, generated on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. No server, no account: everything happens on the device. DESCRIBE IT, OR SHOW IT • Write what you have in mind, or take a photo: the place, the light and the mood become the song's subject, and the photo its cover. • One-tap presets: French chanson, piano ballad, summer pop, night rap, garage rock, dreamy electro, folk, jazz lounge, kids song. • Short, medium or long: the lyrics follow your choice. • Pick the lyrics language, ten languages available. • Apple Intelligence proposes a title, a style, a key, a tempo and lyrics in sections. You edit everything before anything starts. • Pro mode: your own lyrics, synthesis steps, the full form. LISTEN, READ, SHARE • The song plays in the app with its waveform. • The score shows as notation or guitar tablature, the cursor follows playback, export to PDF or ABC. • Song cut too early? One tap makes a longer version, same melody, same performance, continuing where it stopped. • Share the audio from the song page. WHILE IT GENERATES • Four readable stages, plan, semantics, synthesis, decoding, each with its progress. • Follow along from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. • A generation takes a few minutes (about 4–5 minutes for 30 seconds on iPhone 15 Pro Max). Stay in the app during the synthesis: iOS keeps the GPU for the app in front; if you leave, the synthesis resumes at the next step when you come back. EVERYTHING STAYS WITH YOU • No account, no upload, no tracking. The models ship inside the app, which works offline right after install. • Every export carries a machine-readable "made with AI" marker. PocketAnthem embeds the YuE2 models by Multimodal Art Projection (CC BY-NC 4.0 with individual creator permission): personal users and musicians may publish and monetize the songs they make; companies need a licence from the model authors. Details in Settings › Terms & licences. Requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later, an iPad with M1 or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon, and about 3.5 GB of free space. Apple Intelligence is needed for proposals and cover art; without it, songs are written by hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PocketAnthem at Free against midi Sampler's $1.99. midi Sampler's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 27.0). 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
PocketAnthem is free to download; midi Sampler costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | midi Sampler | PocketAnthem |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3.2 GB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Natalini | Vincent GOURBIN |
In-app purchases
midi Sampler
No in-app purchases
PocketAnthem
No in-app purchases
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