Comparison

FrequencyCat vs MIDI Scribe

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

Head to head
About

FrequencyCat

Transform your photos into unique sound art using advanced image-to-sound technology. Explore, enjoy, and share your creative audio-visual pieces. Embrace your inner artist and discover the unexpected.

Highlights
  • Morph images into sound art
  • Create spectrogram oddities
  • Share sound art creations
  • Unique audio-visual experience
Features
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Hide an image inside sound. FrequencyCat is a playful tool for exploring the connection between images, sound, and spectrograms. Choose an image, and FrequencyCat transforms it into a unique audio signal. Play the sound and view its spectrogram, and you’ll see the original image emerge again from the frequencies. With FrequencyCat, you can: - Turn images into sound - View audio spectrograms in real time - Play sounds and reveal the images hidden inside them - Explore how different images create different sounds - Discover the relationship between sound, frequency, and Fourier transforms in an intuitive way There’s no magic behind it. Just frequencies, phases, an inverse Fourier transform, and a little curiosity about sound. Whether you’re interested in acoustics, music, signal processing, or simply wondering what an image might sound like, FrequencyCat gives you a new way to explore. Pick an image. Hear what it sounds like.

About

MIDI Scribe

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MIDI Scribe is a free productivity app for capturing and organizing practice takes from your MIDI-capable musical instrument. Run it while you practice, and it will automatically start new takes after every session break, with a configurable auto-take idle time, as well as support for specific MIDI commands (such as a middle or left piano pedal press) to manually start and end takes. A piano roll is provided to review and scrub individual takes. Star the takes that you want to keep indefinitely, while unstarred takes are cleaned up over time based on a configurable retention policy. All takes can be exported as MIDI files for use in other programs. MIDI Scribe is completely private. Connect your instrument, capture your takes, and keep everything securely on your device . No ads, no analytics, no snooping on your usage, and nothing ever leaves your device unless you export it. MIDI Scribe is completely free and open source for you to enjoy.

Screenshots

FrequencyCat3 screens
MIDI Scribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MIDI Scribe at every 3 weeks against FrequencyCat's every 40 months. MIDI Scribe also leads on device support (3 vs 1). FrequencyCat's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FrequencyCat ships an update every 40 months, MIDI Scribe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FrequencyCat versus MIDI Scribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrequencyCatMIDI Scribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXuesong ZhangJames Ranson

In-app purchases

None

FrequencyCat

No in-app purchases

None

MIDI Scribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FrequencyCat free?
FrequencyCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MIDI Scribe free?
MIDI Scribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FrequencyCat or MIDI Scribe have ads?
Neither FrequencyCat nor MIDI Scribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FrequencyCat or MIDI Scribe?
FrequencyCat ships an update every 40 months, and MIDI Scribe every 3 weeks. Most recently, FrequencyCat was updated on October 6, 2026 and MIDI Scribe on October 4, 2026.

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