MIDI Scribe vs VelocityScaler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIDI Scribe
This app automatically records practice sessions from MIDI instruments, segmenting takes by breaks or specific MIDI commands. Review and organize your recordings with a piano roll, star favorites, and export them as MIDI files. It prioritizes user privacy with no ads or data collection.
- Automatic take capture
- Configurable idle time for new takes
- Manual take control via MIDI commands
- Piano roll for reviewing takes
- Starring favorite takes
- Configurable retention policy for unstarred takes
- Export as MIDI files
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MIDI Scribe is a free productivity app for capturing and organizing practice takes from your MIDI-capable musical instrument. Run it while you practice, and it will automatically start new takes after every session break, with a configurable auto-take idle time, as well as support for specific MIDI commands (such as a middle or left piano pedal press) to manually start and end takes. A piano roll is provided to review and scrub individual takes. Star the takes that you want to keep indefinitely, while unstarred takes are cleaned up over time based on a configurable retention policy. All takes can be exported as MIDI files for use in other programs. MIDI Scribe is completely private. Connect your instrument, capture your takes, and keep everything securely on your device . No ads, no analytics, no snooping on your usage, and nothing ever leaves your device unless you export it. MIDI Scribe is completely free and open source for you to enjoy.
VelocityScaler
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VelocityScaler is a MIDI effect audio unit plugin for scaling MIDI note velocities. It can be loaded into DAWs like Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Reaper, GarageBand etc., or other audio unit hosts such as AUM. It is great for compensating different key sensitivities and behaviours of MIDI keyboards, for adapting MIDI signals and tracks to different instrument plugins, and for tweaking the dynamics of MIDI tracks.
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Verdict
MIDI Scribe and VelocityScaler are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MIDI Scribe ships an update every 3 weeks, VelocityScaler monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIDI Scribe | VelocityScaler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Ranson | mattoncino software |
In-app purchases
MIDI Scribe
No in-app purchases
VelocityScaler
No in-app purchases
