Comparison

Sing LOOP! vs MPEdie

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

Head to head
About

Sing LOOP!

Features
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Sing Loop helps you have fun with your voice! Record yourself singing, play it on repeat, and listen until you're happy with it! Whether you're just starting or love to sing, Sing Loop lets you play with your voice. Sing along with your favorite background music—compatible with other music apps! Try it now!

About

MPEdie

This app is an expressive MIDI keyboard controller for mobile devices. It allows for detailed per-note expression, enabling unique sound manipulation. It can be used standalone or as an AUv3 plugin with other music applications.

Highlights
  • MPE keyboard controller
  • Per-note MIDI channel control
  • Four playing surfaces (Piano, Isomorphic, Ribbon, Scale Grid)
  • Customizable expression matrix
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Standalone operation
  • 26 presets
Features
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MPEdie is an MPE keyboard controller for iPhone and iPad. It makes no sound: it plays whatever instrument you send it to, and it gives every note its own MIDI channel — so every note bends, breathes and changes timbre on its own. On an ordinary keyboard a bend moves the whole chord. Here it moves one note. APP AND AUv3 Run it standalone and send MIDI to other apps on the device, to Bluetooth gear or over Wi-Fi. Or load it as an AUv3 MIDI plugin in your host and route it straight to an MPE instrument. FOUR PLAYING SURFACES • PIANO — the keyboard your hands know. Sliding follows the pitch under the finger, not the width of the key. • ISOMORPHIC — a grid where a chord shape is the same in every key. Rows, columns and row interval are yours to set. • RIBBON — one continuous strip, nothing to land on. You choose how many semitones fit across it. • SCALE GRID — the same grid, with only the notes of the chosen scale. Nothing out of key by accident. Fourteen scales, any root, split the surface in two with its own layout and octave on the right. EVERY FINGER MOVEMENT IS ROUTABLE A matrix of seven destinations — bend, timbre, pressure, strike, lift and two free CCs — and eight sources: sideways glide, absolute or relative position in the key, contact area, force, time held, or a fixed value. Each link has a curve, a gain, an offset and an invert. And an honest answer about pressure: iOS glass does not measure how hard you press. It measures contact area. MPEdie can send that, and it says so instead of pretending — it is one tap away in the matrix, and the factory default is a gesture you can predict. BUILT TO AGREE WITH THE RECEIVER Lower, upper or split zones. Member channel counts. Per-note and master bend ranges. RPN sent to every member channel when your instrument needs it. Channel pressure or poly aftertouch. Any timbre CC. Channel stealing by oldest or quietest, with a cooldown. One button resends the MPE zone setup to an instrument loaded after you. UNDER THE HANDS PANIC that also lifts the pedal. Octave and key count. Four glide modes — continuous, snap, locked, per-note lock. Pitch, modulation and volume strips, with a spring you can switch off. Two assignable XY pads. Sustain, momentary or latching. Latch, with held notes drawn apart so a stuck note never looks like a played one. Bank select and program change, sent when you ask and never behind your back. TWENTY-SIX PRESETS Seven folders: keyboards, grids, ribbons, splits, scales, and a Targets family that answers the same question — what does the receiver actually understand? — five different ways. Save your own; they are plain files you can move and share. A FREE COMPANION FOR MAC AND WINDOWS MPEdie Desktop receives the iPad over the network and republishes it as a virtual MIDI port, so your DAW sees MPEdie in its list of MIDI inputs, exactly like a hardware controller. That is the point: an input gets recorded. Arm a track and the DAW writes down the per-note expression — every note's own bend, pressure and timbre — and plays it back. Nothing is installed on the iPad, and no driver on Windows. Free download from the developer's site. The full manual is inside the app. MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) is an open standard published by the MIDI Association and AMEI. MPEdie is MPE-compatible. Diego Capoccitti · 34Audiovisuals · www.diegocapoccitti.it

Screenshots

Sing LOOP!4 screens
MPEdie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MPEdie at Free against Sing LOOP!'s $8.99. MPEdie also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

MPEdie is free to download; Sing LOOP! costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sing LOOP! ships an update every 5 months, MPEdie every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sing LOOP! versus MPEdie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSing LOOP!MPEdie
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPieter Yoshua NatanaelDiego Capoccitti

In-app purchases

None

Sing LOOP!

No in-app purchases

None

MPEdie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sing LOOP! free?
Sing LOOP! costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MPEdie free?
MPEdie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sing LOOP! or MPEdie have ads?
Neither Sing LOOP! nor MPEdie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sing LOOP! or MPEdie?
Sing LOOP! ships an update every 5 months, and MPEdie every 6 days. Most recently, Sing LOOP! was updated on October 3, 2026 and MPEdie on October 10, 2026.

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