Comparison

Piano Studio Mobile vs Melthaven

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

Head to head
About

Piano Studio Mobile

Transform your device into a professional 88-key piano with realistic sounds and advanced MIDI support. Learn with visual guidance, record melodies, and import your favorite songs. Perfect for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • 88-key professional piano interface
  • Advanced MIDI file import
  • Intelligent multi-track recording
  • Visual learning with illuminated keys
  • Multiple professional sound types
  • Bilingual interface (Spanish/English)
Features
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Turn your device into a professional 88-key piano with advanced MIDI support. Record melodies, import MIDI files, and learn with visual guidance. Music at your fingertips! PIANO STUDIO MOBILE - YOUR COMPLETE MUSIC STUDIO Transform your device into a complete piano experience with professional sounds, MIDI file support, and advanced recording features. Perfect for beginners, students, and experienced musicians. NEW: MIDI FILE IMPORT Load standard .mid/.midi files directly into the app Visual learning with keys that light up following the melody Multi-track MIDI support with automatic conversion Build your personal library of practice songs COMPLETE PIANO EXPERIENCE: Full 88-key piano (C2 to C8) with realistic response 6 professional sound types: Synthetic piano, pure tone, digital organ, retro 8-bit, and more Smart keyboard navigator with adaptive zoom for any screen size Multi-touch support for complex chords and advanced techniques ADVANCED FEATURES: Intelligent recording system that captures every note with precision Anti-distortion audio system for clean sound with multiple notes Pre-built song library organized by difficulty level Configurable musical notation (DO-RE-MI or C-D-E) Complete bilingual interface (Spanish/English) PERFECT FOR LEARNING: Visual guidance with illuminated keys during song playback Practice with your own MIDI files or built-in songs Progress from beginner to advanced with organized content No internet required once installed NO DISTRACTIONS: Zero advertisements or interruptions No subscriptions or hidden costs One-time purchase, lifetime access Privacy-focused with no data collection Mobile-optimized interface designed specifically for touchscreens. Professional audio quality with natural key response and advanced synthesis. Perfect for music education, daily practice, composition, or simply enjoying piano playing anywhere. Download Piano Studio Mobile and take your complete music studio with you!

About

Melthaven

This app provides a note-triggered phase shifter for guitarists, bassists, and synthesizers. It offers organic, rhythmic movement that syncs to your playing, with analog-modeled filters for diverse sonic textures. Enhance loops or create experimental sounds with its input-dependent modulation.

Highlights
  • Note-triggered phase shifting
  • Analog-modeled OTA filters
  • Responds to guitar and bass transients
  • Enhances pre-recorded loops
  • Input-dependent synth modulation
  • Low-latency engine
Features
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Melthaven is a note-triggered phase shifter built to give guitarists and bassists organic, rhythmic movement that syncs to their playing, rather than a fixed LFO. It's also highly suited for a number of synth basses and sounds with sharp attacks and fast decays. Its analog-modeled OTA filters provide deep resonance and character, ranging from wah-like effects to complex, shifting formant textures or even experimental tones, like bubbling or hard, slappy effects. For bright, harmonically dense signals – such as saturated or overdriven tones and synthetic sounds – the effect range also includes growls and glistening sweeps. FOCUSED ON BASS & GUITARS The effect was specially developed to respond to the frequency response and transient peaks of electric guitars and basses. Every pluck, pop, or pick attack re-triggers the phase sweep, effectively turning your rhythmic timing into the "engine" of the effect. USING LOOPS? BREAK THEM OPEN Add various resonant effects like growls, or vintage bark / quacks "after the fact." This unlocks a level of control usually lost the moment a loop is bounced. Instead of being stuck with locked-in sound design, you can now reshape the envelope of any pre-recorded sample, breathing new life into your loop library. FOR SYNTHS & SOUND DESIGN: INPUT DEPENDENT Soft signals like pads or heavy/layered effects can produce wild, unpredictable responses. While such use is outside the plugin's core design, the smoothing feature can tame these re-triggers, yielding a flow that can feel organic and physical in its instability when operating beyond the plugin’s transient-focused comfort zone. MOVING BEYOND ENVELOPE FILTERS The plugin uses low-latency note detection paired with its own envelope generator and LFO, allowing sculpting and even reshaping each note’s modulation profile or filter envelope. It even detects notes that hide under a consistent signal amplitude when using a traditional envelope follower. BASE FEATURES: - Built around a versatile preset from the Pro version to suit a wide variety of applications - Controls: feedback & panoramic position, attack & hold timings, LFO Rate - Smoothing: from envelope shaping to creating a weighted, fluid response, giving note sequences a sense of physical momentum - Low-latency engine: preserves natural playing feel when used as a real-time effect PRO FEATURES - Requires Pro Edition Upgrade (In‑App Purchase): - Additional envelope parameters, several envelope flavors with pre-mapped control subsets - Pro presets encompassing both strong and milder effects, including the quintessential rubber bass - Enhanced stereo phaser modes & internal stereo re-imaging modulator (for formant-like effects and more) - Vintage-style phaser feedback that can optionally build or ramp with each note onset (non-rampable in the base version) - Instant visual feedback via an audio scope with dual-channel envelopes overlaid on the input waveform TECHNICAL NOTES: - Place before creative effects (unless experimenting). It can be used before or after harmonic processing (saturation, amp sims) depending on your preference - Response may vary on sustained notes with shifting harmonic content - Not optimized for upright bass due to its reliance on sharp signal transients - Note detection involves statistical signal processing and confidence intervals. Weak transients and phantom notes could lead to a loss of output determinism, i.e. sensitivity to changes in certain project settings - While it offers multiple layers of real-time control, Melthaven operates primarily as an automatic effect; for full manual filter manipulation, please refer to RealPhase, a separate app PLEASE NOTE: • The Pro Edition Upgrade is offered as a one‑time In‑App Purchase • An AUv3-compatible host is required to use this app • Suported sampling rates: 44.1, 48, 96 kHz

Screenshots

Piano Studio Mobile4 screens
Melthaven3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piano Studio Mobile at none against Melthaven's 1. Piano Studio Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Piano Studio Mobile costs $2.99 and Melthaven $2.99 up front. Melthaven sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piano Studio Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Studio Mobile ships an update monthly, Melthaven every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano Studio Mobile versus Melthaven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Studio MobileMelthaven
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduardo Revilla Vaqueroquantovox

Customer experience

Piano Studio Mobile

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Melthaven

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Piano Studio Mobile

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Melthaven

One-time1
  • Melthaven Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Piano Studio Mobile free?
Piano Studio Mobile costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Melthaven free?
Melthaven costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Piano Studio Mobile or Melthaven have ads?
Neither Piano Studio Mobile nor Melthaven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Studio Mobile or Melthaven?
Piano Studio Mobile ships an update monthly, and Melthaven every 6 weeks. Most recently, Piano Studio Mobile was updated on October 21, 2026 and Melthaven on October 22, 2026.

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