Comparison

AUMI vs Patatap

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

Head to head
About

AUMI

This app allows individuals with limited mobility to create music through movement and gestures. It focuses on improvisation and self-expression, making music accessible to a wider range of people, including those with profound physical disabilities.

Highlights
  • Music creation through movement and gestures
  • Focus on improvisation and self-expression
  • Accessible for individuals with profound physical disabilities
  • Uses device cameras for input
  • Configurable sound sensitivity
  • MIDI controller functionality
  • Import audio from other apps
Features
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Adaptive Use Musical Instruments (AUMI) software interface enables people who have very limited controlled (voluntary) movement to independently engage in music making. The Adaptive Use Musical Instruments software interface enables the user to play sounds and musical phrases through movement and gestures. This is an entry to improvisation rather than “hitting the right notes” or playing set pieces of music. Instead, the software uses music as a way for participants to express a range of affects, both by themselves and in response to, or in conversation with, others. While the AUMI interface can be used by anyone, the focus has been on working with people who have profound physical disabilities. In taking these participants as its starting point, the project attempts to make musical improvisation and collaboration accessible to the widest possible range of individuals. This approach also opens up the possibility of learning more about the relations between ability, the body, creativity and improvisation, from within a cultural context that does not always acknowledge or accept people with disabilities. This iOS version of AUMI runs on devices with cameras, and can run on iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. A large assortment of sounds can be triggered with configurable amounts of sensitivity. AUMI also can be used as a MIDI controller to access other iOS based synthesizers or external equipment (using the iPad's Camera Connection kit or via Core MIDI over WiFi.) AUMI can also import audio from other iOS or desktop apps to be used as melodic or percussive instruments. AUMI can capture a record of the movement in the session, which can be exported and turned into reports in a clinical setting.

About

Patatap

Create music and animations with a touch. This app offers a portable sound and animation kit, allowing users to generate melodies accompanied by dynamic visual shapes. It's an offline version of a popular web-based tool.

Highlights
  • Portable animation and sound kit
  • Create melodies with moving shapes
  • Touch-based interaction
  • Offline functionality
  • Visualizer
Features
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Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. Warning: contains flashing images. This is the official offline port of the popular website http://www.patatap.com/ —————————— By buying this app you're supporting the makers who publish and host this website to millions of people to enjoy for free. Thank you for your support and happy music making!

Screenshots

AUMI4 screens
Patatap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AUMI at Free against Patatap's $1.99. AUMI also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.2). Patatap's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 50%) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

AUMI is free to download; Patatap costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AUMI against 5.0 for Patatap. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patatap has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of AUMI's written reviews are positive against 66% of Patatap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AUMI ships an update every 6 months, Patatap every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AUMI versus Patatap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAUMIPatatap
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better5.0 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews65.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJono LLC

Customer experience

AUMI

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Patatap

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative29.3%

In-app purchases

None

AUMI

No in-app purchases

None

Patatap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AUMI free?
AUMI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patatap free?
Patatap costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AUMI or Patatap?
AUMI is rated higher. AUMI averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Patatap averages 5.0 from 22 ratings.
Do AUMI or Patatap have ads?
Neither AUMI nor Patatap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AUMI or Patatap?
AUMI ships an update every 6 months, and Patatap every 36 months. Most recently, AUMI was updated on October 11, 2026 and Patatap on October 26, 2026.

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