Comparison

CatAI vs MPEdie

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

Head to head
About

CatAI

Features
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CatAI is your intelligent companion for understanding and caring for your cat. Using advanced AI recognition, the app helps you easily identify your cat’s breed, analyze its stool for health insights, and (coming soon) translate your cat’s sounds into understandable meanings. Key Features: - Cat Breed Recognition: Snap or upload a photo to instantly identify your cat’s breed and key traits. - AI Health Analysis: Take a photo of your cat’s stool to receive health-related insights and care suggestions. - Meow Translator (Coming Soon): Decode your cat’s sounds to better understand its emotions and needs. - Simple to Use: Just take or upload a photo — our AI will handle the rest. CatAI makes cat care smarter and easier than ever. Whether you’re a new cat parent or a lifelong feline lover, CatAI helps you keep your furry friend healthy, happy, and understood. Access the full experience by upgrading to Cat AI Pro via our auto-renewing subscription plans. Available Plans: - Cat AI Pro Weekly: $9.99 - Cat AI Pro Yearly: $39.99 Prices are charged in your local currency based on iTunes exchange rates. Subscription Details: 1. Payment: Charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation. You can manage your subscription anytime in your account settings. 2. Auto-Renewal: Your subscription will automatically renew 24 hours before it expires, unless canceled. 3. Cancellation: To cancel, go to Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions, and turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your current period ends. Otherwise, your plan will renew automatically. Privacy Policy:https://app.cupidohk.com/help/CatAI/PrivacyPolicy Terms of Use:https://app.cupidohk.com/help/CatAI/TermsOfUse Help us make the app better — send your thoughts or issues to support@cupidohk.com.

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

CatAI4 screens
MPEdie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MPEdie at none against CatAI's 2. MPEdie also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. CatAI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. MPEdie asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatAI ships an update every 5 months, MPEdie every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CatAI versus MPEdie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatAIMPEdie
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCupido Technology Corporation LimitedDiego Capoccitti

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CatAI

Subscriptions2
  • Cat AI Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Cat AI Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
None

MPEdie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CatAI free?
CatAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MPEdie free?
MPEdie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CatAI or MPEdie have ads?
Neither CatAI nor MPEdie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatAI or MPEdie?
CatAI ships an update every 5 months, and MPEdie every 6 days. Most recently, CatAI was updated on October 16, 2026 and MPEdie on October 25, 2026.

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