Guitar Notes & Tablatures vs MIDI Device Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Notes & Tablatures
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Collection of sheet music with notes, tablatures, and interactive training for guitars. This application helps to learn and practice playing popular, traditional melodies on your guitar. Try it now, for free! Application features: - Selection of guitar kind (in future); - Over 150 melodies to learn and practice; - Allows to import additional melodies from your own, local Music XML files (.mxl, .musicxml, .xml); - Interactive training modes (recognition via the microphone of the music you play on a real world guitar, and scoring it against the music sheet); - It can play every melody displaying the progress in the music sheet; - Optional countdown before melody playback; - Tuneable playback speed (tempo); - Allows custom transposition of melodies; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Allows to bookmark favorite melodies. ADVERTISEMENTS & SUBSCRIPTIONS By default, this application is supported by advertisements, and only a handful of melodies are accessible for free. Paid application subscriptions available in the in-app store unlock all melodies, and remove all advertisements. The profit from subscriptions supports application maintenance and further development, including bug fixes, new features, and new melodies. USER SUPPORT Any comments, ideas, suggestions are welcome to support@music-tabs.com TERMS OF USE: https://guitar.music-tabs.com/legal-info
MIDI Device Manager
This application offers professional MIDI control and management for musicians. It allows users to control individual devices, multiple devices simultaneously, and entire live scenes or setlists through an intuitive one-touch pad interface. It can also import patch names directly from instrument backup files or capture them automatically.
- One-touch programmable control pads
- Control multiple MIDI devices simultaneously
- Import patch names from instrument backup files
- Capture patch names automatically
- Create Live Scenes and Setlists
- Trigger pads from external MIDI controllers
- Bluetooth and USB MIDI support
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Control Your Entire MIDI Environment MIDIDeviceManager is a professional MIDI control and management application built around an intuitive one-touch pad interface. Control individual devices, multiple devices simultaneously, complete Live Scenes and entire Live Setlists from a single application. Pads can be triggered directly from the screen or remotely using compatible MIDI foot controllers, external MIDI controllers and other MIDI-enabled applications. Unlike traditional patch editors, MIDIDeviceManager is designed to control devices rather than edit sounds. Your Patch Names, Already There Typing hundreds of patch names by hand is the reason most musicians never finish setting up their rig. MIDIDeviceManager can read a backup or bulk dump file produced by your instrument's own software and turn it into a searchable index ā every patch name, in the right bank and slot, without connecting anything. Where an instrument supports SysEx communication, MIDIDeviceManager can also request its patch list directly over MIDI. And where neither is possible, it can step through the equipment's patches and capture the names automatically as it goes. Confirmed with equipment like Line 6 Helix, ASM Hydrasynth and Korg minilogue xd, with more added regularly. Universal MIDI Compatibility MIDIDeviceManager works with virtually any MIDI-compatible hardware using standard MIDI messages including: ⢠Program Change ⢠Control Change ⢠Bank Select (MSB/LSB) ⢠MIDI Learn ⢠Passive MIDI Monitoring ⢠External MIDI Triggering ⢠Standard and device-specific SysEx communication Device Pads, Scene Pads and Live Setlist Pads can all be triggered from external MIDI controllers, foot pedals or other MIDI applications, allowing MIDIDeviceManager to integrate naturally into virtually any MIDI setup. MIDIDeviceManager recognises multi-port MIDI interfaces and Bluetooth adaptors, and identifies your equipment correctly even when it is connected behind one. Selected devices get deeper, dedicated support ā from the classic POD 2 and GT-Pro to the modern GR-55 and BigSky ā with more added regularly. And it isn't only hardware: MDM can drive other MIDI-enabled apps too. If it speaks MIDI, MDM can talk to it. Key Features ⢠One-touch programmable control pads ⢠Sliders and Buttons for continuous and on/off control ⢠Custom Pad colours for at-a-glance identification ⢠Control one or multiple MIDI devices simultaneously ⢠Device management ⢠Import patch names from instrument backup files ⢠Capture patch names automatically by stepping through your instrument ⢠Search, sort and filter patch lists using categories or custom text ⢠Create reusable Live Scenes ⢠Create Live Setlists for performances ⢠Trigger pads from external MIDI pedals and controllers ⢠Trigger pads from other MIDI-enabled applications ⢠MIDI Learn ⢠Bluetooth MIDI and USB MIDI support ⢠Keeps receiving MIDI in the background on iPhone and iPad (iOS 26+) ⢠Continues receiving MIDI alongside another app in iPad Split View ⢠Automatic detection of the patch currently selected on your instrument ⢠Live connection status for every device ⢠Built-in help at each step ⢠SysEx Lab for advanced device work ⢠Backup and Restore Why SysEx Matters Standard MIDI devices are normally controlled using one of the available MIDI channels. When compatible devices support SysEx communication, MIDIDeviceManager can communicate directly with individual devices using their unique manufacturer and device identifiers. Multiple compatible devices can therefore share the same MIDI connection while remaining individually addressable. This enables more scalable MIDI systems and advanced device management beyond the limitations of standard MIDI messaging. Requirements Compatible with iPhone and iPad. Supports USB MIDI and Bluetooth MIDI. Some advanced features require compatible external MIDI hardware. Background MIDI reception requires iOS 26 or later. On earlier versions, MIDIDeviceManager must stay on screen to receive MIDI.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MIDI Device Manager at none against Guitar Notes & Tablatures's shown. MIDI Device Manager also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Guitar Notes & Tablatures sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MIDI Device Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guitar Notes & Tablatures ships an update monthly, MIDI Device Manager every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Notes & Tablatures | MIDI Device Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | ā | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days ā better |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | ā | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 17.6 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Pogodin | Christian Mc Cormick |
In-app purchases
Guitar Notes & Tablatures
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- 3-Months Subscription$7.993 Months
- 6-Months Subscription$12.996 Months
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- Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
MIDI Device Manager
- 30-Day TrialFree
- Unlock MDM$22.99
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