Comparison

MouthPedal vs SunLight

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

Head to head
About

MouthPedal

This app uses your device's camera to detect mouth openness, acting as a hands-free sustain pedal for music creation. It offers MIDI connectivity for DAWs and standalone use with MIDI keyboards, providing an accessible solution for musicians.

Highlights
  • Mouth openness recognition via TrueDepth camera
  • MIDI network connectivity for DAWs
  • AUv3 instrument support
  • Adjustable responsiveness threshold
  • Accessible design with VoiceOver and haptics
  • Hands-free control for music creation
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Introducing MouthPedal, app that harnesses mouth openness recognition technology to turn your iPhone or iPad with Face ID into a convenient, hands-free sustain pedal. Designed for a wide range of users, including people with disabilities, MouthPedal offers an accessible and alternative solution for effortlessly controlling the piano pedal. Seamlessly compatible with various DAWs on Mac or iPad or use as standalone solution with keyboard connected into device and AUv3 instrument loaded. MouthPedal enhances your music creation experience with ease. Key Features: - Mouth Openness Recognition: Benefit from real-time TrueDepth camera mouth openness recognition for controlling sustain pedal. - Coaching for Face Detection and Low Light Alert feature. - MIDI Network Connectivity: Connect your iPhone to your Mac via Wi-Fi or cable and MIDI Network Settings, ensuring compatibility with popular DAWs like GarageBand, Logic, etc. - BLE: Bluetooth Low Energy allows the app to connect to Mac, iPad, or other devices that support MIDI over BLE. - AUv3 and Support for MIDI Keyboard: The app lets you to load AUv3 instruments into the app and control them using a connected MIDI keyboard. - Adjustable Responsiveness Threshold: Customize the sensitivity of the mouth-controlled sustain pedal according to your preferences. - Accessible Design: MouthPedal is specifically developed to cater to users with disabilities, providing a unique and empowering alternative to traditional MIDI sustain pedals. VoiceOver support combined with haptics delivers instant and accessible feedback while setting the threshold. - Tutorial on connecting to Mac that automatically closes after a successful connection. Enjoy!

About

SunLight

Features
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SunLight helps you understand natural light at a glance. Open the app to see where the sun is, how high it is, and how the light will change through the day. A calm visual compass shows the sun direction around you, while the timeline highlights sunrise, sunset, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, twilight, and night. Switch to the room scene to preview how sunlight enters a simple indoor space. Set a window direction or follow the phone heading to understand whether a room, balcony, desk, or plant corner gets direct light at a given time. Use SunLight when you need to plan with real sunlight: - Check which direction the sun is coming from right now. - Plan photos around golden hour and blue hour. - Preview sunlight in a room, window, balcony, desk, or plant spot. - Scrub through the day to see how the light changes. - Compare sunlight for another date or location with SunLight Pro. - Use local sun calculations after location is available. SunLight is useful for renters, home buyers, plant lovers, photographers, outdoor planning, and anyone who wants a clearer sense of daylight. SunLight Pro unlocks: - Any-date sunlight planning. - Room sunlight simulation. - Map location selection. - Live compass heading readout. Privacy: your location is used on device to calculate the sun's position. SunLight does not upload your location. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MouthPedal4 screens
SunLight3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MouthPedal at none against SunLight's 1. MouthPedal also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). SunLight's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SunLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MouthPedal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MouthPedal ships an update every 2 months, SunLight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
MouthPedal versus SunLight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouthPedalSunLight
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Hafner่ƒœๅคฉ ไฝ•

In-app purchases

None

MouthPedal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SunLight

One-time1
  • SunLight Pro Lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is MouthPedal free?
MouthPedal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SunLight free?
SunLight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MouthPedal or SunLight have ads?
Neither MouthPedal nor SunLight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MouthPedal or SunLight?
MouthPedal ships an update every 2 months, and SunLight fortnightly. Most recently, MouthPedal was updated on November 3, 2026 and SunLight on October 28, 2026.

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