Comparison

MIDI FX PRO vs AxeScales

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

Head to head
About

MIDI FX PRO

This app is a powerful MIDI workstation for iOS and Mac, allowing users to control and process MIDI signals. It offers features like harmonization, transposition, arpeggiation, and sequencing for external or virtual synths. It also includes internal instruments and effects for mobile music creation.

Highlights
  • MIDI signal processing
  • Harmonize, Transpose, Arpeggiate
  • Sequencer for synths
  • Delay/looper
  • Internal instruments (drums, piano, synth)
  • Filter notes by velocity
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Buy once and get the iOS and Mac apps (with Family Sharing) This is the Unlocked Version of MIDI FX. You can buy this version instead of unlocking the free one through IAP Control your MIDI signals and process them in any combination of ways: Harmonize, Transpose, Arpeggiate, etc... Or use the Sequencer to play any external or virtual synth. Use a MIDI interface to unlock the power of the app to control multiple synths with one keyboard, play one note and generate chords, basslines, etc... Use the delay/looper or filter notes based on velocity or other parameters to send to different synths/effects. A MIDI workstation in your pocket (or your iPad/Mac) You can also use some internal instruments (drums sampler, piano or synth) if you are away from your MIDI gear, and sequence whole songs inside the app, or use other synth apps as input/output for MIDI FX. Your imagination is the limit!

About

AxeScales

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Learn the Major and Minor Scales on Guitar. Select from Heptatonic (7 Note), Hexatonic (6 Note), Pentatonic (5 Note), Blues (6 Note), or Arpeggios (3 Notes), from any Root Note, for each Major and Minor Scale. (A total of 120 different combinations!) Shows the Scale Degree of each note in the Scale, with the Root Notes of each Scale highlighted. Each note will play when clicked. Fret numbers are shown below the Fretboard.

Screenshots

MIDI FX PRO1 screens
AxeScales3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AxeScales at $1.99 against MIDI FX PRO's $9.99. AxeScales also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). MIDI FX PRO's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.7 vs 16.2). On ads and in-app purchases 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

MIDI FX PRO costs $9.99 and AxeScales $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIDI FX PRO ships an update monthly, AxeScales every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MIDI FX PRO versus AxeScales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIDI FX PROAxeScales
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.7 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge ArroyoJoseph Svantner

In-app purchases

None

MIDI FX PRO

No in-app purchases

None

AxeScales

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIDI FX PRO free?
MIDI FX PRO costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AxeScales free?
AxeScales costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MIDI FX PRO or AxeScales have ads?
Neither MIDI FX PRO nor AxeScales shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIDI FX PRO or AxeScales?
MIDI FX PRO ships an update monthly, and AxeScales every 3 days. Most recently, MIDI FX PRO was updated on October 24, 2026 and AxeScales on October 27, 2026.

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