UAC vs ShowMIDI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UAC
Control the internal mixers of ZOOM UAC-232 USB Audio Converters directly from your iPhone or iPad. Adjust mix balance for direct monitoring and streaming, monitor levels, and set the loopback function. Requires a USB connection and potentially a Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter for certain devices.
- Adjust mix balance for direct monitoring
- Adjust mix balance for streaming
- Monitor mix levels
- Adjust input signal levels
- Monitor input signal waveforms
- Set loopback function
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The UAC-232 Mix Control app can control the internal mixers of ZOOM UAC-232 USB Audio Converters. Connect the iPhone/iPad to the UAC-232 by USB to use it. Note: An Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter is necessary when using it with an iPhone/iPad that has a Lightning connector. Features • Adjust the mix balance for direct monitoring • Adjust the mix balance of the mixer for streaming • Monitor mix levels • Adjust input signal levels • Monitor input signal waveforms • Set the loopback function
ShowMIDI
This application provides a real-time, glanceable view of all MIDI activity on your computer. It visualizes various MIDI messages and allows you to pause the flow for a data snapshot. It can be used as a standalone tool or an AUv3 plugin within your DAW.
- Real-time MIDI visualization
- Auto-hides irrelevant messages
- Pause and snapshot data
- Standalone application
- AUv3 plugin support
- Supports MPE configuration
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ShowMIDI is an open-source multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity. Instead of wading through logs of MIDI messages to correlate relevant ones and identify what is happening, ShowMIDI visualizes the current activity and auto-hides what you don't care about anymore. It provides you with a real-time glanceable view of all MIDI activity on your computer. ShowMIDI is designed to be always on, using the spacebar or play/pause button you can pause the flow and focus on a data snapshot with the latest state of any MIDI entity. ShowMIDI can be ran as a standalone application that automatically detects all your MIDI devices, or as an AUv3 plugin in your DAW or host to visualize MIDI data in your sessions. ShowMIDI visualizes: * MIDI ports * channels * program change * note on/off * channel pressure * polyphonic pressure * continuous control change * pitchbend * RPN and NRPN * MPE configuration and channel modes ShowMIDI supports: * themes * standalone operation * AUv3 operation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShowMIDI at 88% against UAC's 0%. ShowMIDI also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShowMIDI holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMIDI has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of UAC's written reviews are positive against 88% of ShowMIDI's.
| Parameter | UAC | ShowMIDI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZOOM CORPORATION | Uwyn, LLC |
Customer experience
UAC
ShowMIDI
In-app purchases
UAC
No in-app purchases
ShowMIDI
No in-app purchases
