MidiMotion vs Tapko Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MidiMotion
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Bring motion to your music. MIDIMotion transforms your natural gestures into expressive MIDI control, letting you shape sound with movement like never before. Designed for musicians, producers, and performers, it works seamlessly with your wireless MIDIMotion sensor module to give any instrument — from wind controller to synthesizer — a new dimension of expression. Whether you’re tilting, lifting, or turning your instrument, MIDIMotion instantly translates every motion into customizable MIDI CC data, so you can control filters, effects, pitch, and more — completely hands-free.
Tapko Tuner
A highly accurate chromatic tuner designed for bass and guitar, offering real-time pitch detection. It functions as a standalone app using your device's microphone or as an AUv3 effect within compatible music applications.
- High-accuracy chromatic tuning
- Real-time pitch detection
- Standalone microphone tuning
- AUv3 extension support
- Adjustable reference pitch
- Low-noise idle behavior
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Tapko Tuner is a precise chromatic tuner for guitar and bass, from 5-string low B up to the top frets of a guitar. Use it on its own with your device microphone, or load it as an AUv3 effect in AUM, GarageBand, Loopy Pro and other hosts. The audio passes through untouched. Features: - Accurate real-time pitch detection, steady even on low bass notes - Clean horizontal meter that shows flat, in tune and sharp at a glance - Large note name with octave and live frequency readout - Adjustable reference pitch (A4 = 420-460 Hz) - Adjustable indicator width and height - No ghost readings when the room is quiet - MIDI CC output in AUv3 hosts, one CC per tuning zone Notes: - Microphone permission is required for standalone tuning. - MIDI output is available when Tapko Tuner runs as an AUv3 plugin.
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Verdict
MidiMotion and Tapko Tuner are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | MidiMotion | Tapko Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Papritech ltd | David Lars Guva |
In-app purchases
MidiMotion
No in-app purchases
Tapko Tuner
No in-app purchases









