Comparison

MusePad vs Outgrowth

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

Head to head
About

MusePad

This app is a versatile MPE controller for music producers, offering customizable rigs with various devices like pads, keyboards, and controllers. It allows for on-the-fly layout switching, MIDI learning with DAWs, and dynamic key/scale adjustments. Save and recall your setups as reusable projects for studio, rehearsal, or live performances.

Highlights
  • 6D MPE controller
  • Multiple device types (pads, keyboard, controllers)
  • Customizable layouts and modes
  • MIDI Learn with DAW integration
  • Dynamic key/scale switching
  • Project-based workflow for saving and sharing setups
  • Bluetooth and Network MIDI connectivity
Features
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## Muse Pad — Expressive MPE Controller Muse Pad is a powerful 6D MPE controller designed for music producers and performers. Create expressive musical experiences with customizable instruments, intuitive layouts, and seamless MIDI integration. **Highlights** - 6D MPE expression with customizable pads, keyboards, and controllers - Flexible layouts, velocity curves, and MIDI mapping - Dynamic key and scale switching - Bluetooth MIDI, Network MIDI, and CoreMIDI support - Save and recall personalized projects - Compatible with popular DAWs, synthesizers, and MIDI hardware ## Muse Pad — Finger Drumming Academy Turn your rhythm into music! Learn finger drumming through interactive lessons, engaging challenges, and hands-on practice. From your first beat to advanced grooves, master finger drumming across a wide variety of musical styles. **Highlights** - **Multiple Music Genres:** Hip-Hop, House, Techno, Trap, Drum & Bass, and more - **Interactive Lessons:** Learn beats, rhythms, and advanced drumming techniques - **Flexible Playing:** Practice using touchscreen pads or external MIDI controllers - **Multiple Learning Modes:** Guided lessons, free practice, and rhythm challenges - **Performance Tracking:** Real-time scoring, accuracy feedback, and progress history - **Fresh Content:** Regularly updated courses, grooves, and challenges - **All Skill Levels:** Progress from beginner basics to advanced finger drumming **Your rhythm. Your journey. Become a finger drumming master.** ## Pricing & Support **Pricing** - Monthly subscription or one-time lifetime unlock - Manage subscriptions and restore purchases in-app **Privacy & Support** https://muse-pad-web.vercel.app/muse-pad Designed with privacy in mind. No unnecessary data collection. **Terms of Use** https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Outgrowth

This app is a sample-based instrument designed for creative audio manipulation. It offers five unique engines for processing samples and five audio effects for sound shaping, with extensive modulation capabilities. Explore a vast library of presets and samples to reimagine your audio.

Highlights
  • Sample processing engines (Stem, Retain, Reflect, Radiate, Delve)
  • Audio effects (Subvert, Submerge, Strike, Ripple, Smear)
  • Robust modulation matrix
  • MPE compatibility
  • 100+ presets and 200+ samples
  • Preset system
Features
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Outgrowth is a sample-based instrument built collaboratively by Aqeel Aadam Sound and BlankFor.ms. Designed with creativity, flexibility, and performance in mind, Outgrowth provides unique, multifaceted ways to reimagine audio with your mouse or keyboard. MPE compatible. Includes 100+ presets and 200+ samples built by BlankFor.ms. Outgrowth features five unique engines for processing samples: - Stem: A basic one-shot style player that repitches the sample - Retain: A granular stretching engine that sustains the sample indefinitely - Reflect: A looping algorithm that loops the sample at a consistent rate across all pitches - Radiate: An additive resynthesizer that maps each harmonic of the sample to a sine wave oscillator - Delve: A wavetable synthesizer in which the sample becomes the basis for a completely unique wavetable Outgrowth also features five standout audio effects for shaping your sounds further: - Subvert: A unique shaper that flattens or inverts the sample’s volume - Submerge: A singular effect for adding dimensional realism to sample repitching - Strike: A dynamic control for adding an acoustic-like response to sample playback and performance - Ripple: A one-knob tape emulation handcrafted by BlankFor.ms that can be subtle, deconstructive, and anywhere in between - Smear: A pre-ADSR reverb for congealing notes and blurring boundaries between pitch and texture And further still, Outgrowth offers a robust modulation matrix for generative or performative control over all parameters. Control every single parameter within Outgrowth via LFOs, unique random sources, velocity, note pitch, aftertouch, MPE control, and more. Finally, Outgrowth offers a robust preset system, including more than 50 bespoke presets and over 100 samples by BlankFor.ms. Explore ethereal ambient pads, haunted lofi keys, shimmering tape-infused plucks, gnarled percussive textures, and more.

Screenshots

MusePad4 screens
Outgrowth2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MusePad at Free against Outgrowth's $19.99. MusePad also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Outgrowth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On 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

MusePad is free to download; Outgrowth costs $19.99 up front. MusePad sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Outgrowth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MusePad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outgrowth has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MusePad ships an update every 4 days, Outgrowth every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MusePad versus Outgrowth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusePadOutgrowth
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews—84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Comus Electronic Technology Co., LtdAqeel Aadam

Customer experience

MusePad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Outgrowth

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

MusePad

Subscriptions4
  • Muse Pad Course Plan (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • Muse Pad MIDI Controller Standard$4.991 Month
  • Muse Pad Course Plan (Monthly)$6.991 Month
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  • Muse Pad Course Plan (Yearly)$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Muse Pad MIDI Controller Standard$14.99
None

Outgrowth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MusePad free?
MusePad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Outgrowth free?
Outgrowth costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MusePad or Outgrowth?
MusePad is rated higher. MusePad averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Outgrowth averages 4.7 from 20 ratings.
Do MusePad or Outgrowth have ads?
Neither MusePad nor Outgrowth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MusePad or Outgrowth?
MusePad ships an update every 4 days, and Outgrowth every 3 weeks. Most recently, MusePad was updated on October 24, 2026 and Outgrowth on October 25, 2026.

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