ddtctmcc vs ShowMIDI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ddtctmcc
This free music app translates touch gestures into MIDI Control Change messages. It offers a 2D touch area to control three MIDI values and two gesture recording modes: infinite looping or one-time playback triggered by buttons.
- 2D touch area for MIDI control
- X, Y, and Touch On/Off MIDI values
- Looping gesture recording
- One-time gesture playback
- Background operation
- AUv3 support
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ddtctmcc-ff "2D Touch Control To MIDI Control Change - For Free" This is a free compact version of "ddtctmcc" touch control app that is designed to work with touch gestures and output MIDI Control Change messages. This app is available as standalone version that can run in background and as an AUv3. It features: - 2D Touch Area where you can set 3 MIDI values (X, Y and Touch On / Off) that will be sent as MIDI CC messages - Two gesture recording modes: "Loop" and "Once": -- In "Loop" mode the gesture is immediately repeated infinitely. You can restart it and change the direction of gesture loop -- In "Once" mode the gesture is recorded silently and only played back later when "trigger" or "+pause" buttons are pressed.
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 update cadence: ddtctmcc at daily against ShowMIDI's every 2 months. ddtctmcc also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ddtctmcc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ddtctmcc's written reviews are positive against 88% of ShowMIDI's.
ddtctmcc ships an update daily, ShowMIDI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ddtctmcc | ShowMIDI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Nadzharov | Uwyn, LLC |
Customer experience
ddtctmcc
ShowMIDI
In-app purchases
ddtctmcc
No in-app purchases
ShowMIDI
No in-app purchases








