BEATSURFING Performer vs simpleMIDIController
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BEATSURFING Performer
This app acts as a companion for a drum kit generator plugin, allowing users to perform their drums live within their DAW. It brings the interactive music-making experience from other acclaimed apps to your digital audio workstation.
- Live drum performance
- Companion for DRUW plugin
- Integrates with DAWs
- Interactive music-making
- Brings Playground/Beatsurfing 2 experience
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A companion app for playing BEATSURFING plugins, starting with DRUW, the drum kit generator. Once connected to your plugin, the app lets you perform your drums instead of programming them. Bringing the music-making experience of the acclaimed Playground and Beatsurfing 2 apps into your DAW.
simpleMIDIController
This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a 6-slider MIDI CC controller. It's ideal for live performances and studio production, allowing you to control MIDI-compatible hardware and software wirelessly or via USB.
- 6 full-screen sliders with value display
- Virtual MIDI port for app connection
- Bluetooth MIDI for wireless control
- Color-coded sliders for easy identification
- Prevents sleep mode during use
- Supports Virtual, Bluetooth, USB, and Network MIDI
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SimpleMIDI Controller transforms your iPhone or iPad into a 6-slider MIDI CC controller. Perfect for live performances, studio production, and controlling any MIDI-compatible hardware or software using standard MIDI. Features: • 6 Full-Screen Sliders - Smooth, responsive vertical faders with real-time value display • Virtual MIDI Port - Connect to any MIDI-compatible app on your device • Bluetooth MIDI - Wireless connection to Bluetooth LE MIDI devices (and computers that support BLE MIDI) • Color-Coded Sliders - Easy visual identification during performance • Prevent Sleep Mode - Keep the screen on during long sessions • Completely Free - All features available at no cost Perfect For: • Live electronic music performance • Controlling software synthesizers • DAW automation and mixing • Hardware synth parameter control • Music production workflows Supported Connections: • Virtual MIDI (iOS inter-app) • Bluetooth MIDI (BLE MIDI) • USB MIDI (class-compliant devices via adapters) • Network MIDI Works with multiple third-party MIDI devices and apps. No proprietary or dedicated hardware is required. (Optional) Examples: GarageBand, Logic Pro, Korg Gadget, and other MIDI-enabled DAWs/music apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BEATSURFING Performer at 100% against simpleMIDIController's 0%. BEATSURFING Performer also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and device support (3 vs 1). simpleMIDIController's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On 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
BEATSURFING Performer is free to download; simpleMIDIController costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
simpleMIDIController holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of BEATSURFING Performer's written reviews are positive against 0% of simpleMIDIController's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | BEATSURFING Performer | simpleMIDIController |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DRUW Audio | Hakaru Hirose |
Customer experience
BEATSURFING Performer
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In-app purchases
BEATSURFING Performer
No in-app purchases
simpleMIDIController
No in-app purchases
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