Comparison

MIDI Motif Maker vs Graphony

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

Head to head
About

MIDI Motif Maker

Generate unique melodies with a single tap using a constraint solver and Markov engine. Shape, remix, and export your musical ideas as MIDI files. This app works offline and offers built-in music theory references.

Highlights
  • One-tap melody generation
  • Remix melodies with 15 scale modes
  • Apply 15 development techniques
  • Export as standard MIDI files
  • AUv3 MIDI plugin support
  • Offline operation
  • Built-in music theory references
Features
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Stuck for ideas? MIDI Motif Maker generates a finished melody in one tap — then lets you shape, play, and export it as MIDI. No AI, no cloud, no subscription. Built for songwriters, producers, and music students, it turns a blank screen into a usable musical idea in seconds on iPhone, on iPad, and as an AUv3 MIDI plugin right inside your favourite music app. GENERATE • One-tap melody generation — a constraint solver plus a Markov engine • Best-of randomization: auditions multiple candidates and keeps the most musical one • Many built-in motifs to remix across classical, cinematic, jazz, acid-303, rock riffs, ostinatos, and pop themes SHAPE & REMIX • 15 scale modes (major, minor, Dorian, blues, pentatonic and more) with one-tap key transpose • 9 song-form templates (sentence, period, ternary, rondo, bar form, theme & variations…) expanded into labelled sections • 15 development techniques — inversion, retrograde, augmentation, sequence, fragmentation and more • Slice & remix any idea with 6 intelligent strategies LEARN • Built-in music-theory references — chord charts, scale libraries, and interval guides AUv3 PLUGIN — PLAY IT INSIDE YOUR DAW • Run MIDI Motif Maker as an AUv3 MIDI plugin inside AUM, Loopy Pro, Drambo, Logic Pro for iPad, and other AUv3 hosts SEND & EXPORT • Export standard MIDI files (.mid) and share to Files, AirDrop, GarageBand, or any MIDI app • Stream MIDI live over CoreMIDI to hardware synths and to other iOS music apps via a built-in virtual MIDI source • Network MIDI and Bluetooth MIDI supported • Keeps playing and sending while in the background PRIVATE & OFFLINE — MADE BY YOU, NOT BY AI • No generative AI and no machine-learning models — melodies come from music theory and classic algorithms running on your device • Nothing is trained on other artists' music • No internet, no cloud, no account — works fully offline • No tracking, no data collection — your ideas never leave your iPhone • One-time purchase. No subscription. No two ideas the same. iPhone & iPad • iOS 17+

About

Graphony

Features
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Graphony is a composition environment for academic and experimental composers. Rather than entering notes one at a time, you design a piece from the top down by drawing graphs of its musical parameters, then export a MusicXML score to complete in your notation software and render an audio version using sounds you record yourself. JUMPSTART A COMPOSITION WITH GRAPHS Set the length, meter, and tempo, then draw a curve over time for each parameter: - Pitch content (register and range) - Event duration - Density (how many events sound at once) - Dynamics - Connectivity, motivic patterns, and the amount of pitch-altering effects The graphs are the generative blueprint of the piece. Reshape a curve and the material follows, so you can audition many versions of an idea in minutes. Reference curves from your other parameters are shown underneath, keeping every decision in context. EXPORT A MUSICXML SCORE Graphony writes a clean MusicXML file you can open in Sibelius, Dorico, Finale, or MuseScore, then edit and complete by hand. The score is a point of departure, not a finished product: it is fully yours to refine and notate. HEAR IT WITH YOUR OWN SOUNDS Record short sound samples, label them, and Graphony renders an audio version of the piece using those recordings. Each sound carries its own reference pitch, dynamics, articulation, and effects, so the realization reflects your own sonic material rather than a generic synthesizer. FOR EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE - Absolute pitch contour: the pitch graph maps to a real concert-pitch register, so the notation means what it says. - Microtonal quarter-tones, chromatic-stepped glissandi, and detected chords notated on a single stem. - A palette of per-sound effects: glissando, scratch, harmonic distortion, reverse, inverted pitch, and granular fragment. - "Notate as C" writes a sound's notes on a single placeholder middle C, so you can set their pitches by hand later. - Sound roles (sustainer, punctuator, doubler, texture) are distinguished by notehead. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. Graphony has no accounts, no ads, and collects no data. Your graphs, recordings, scores, and audio never leave your iPhone or iPad unless you choose to share them. Graphony is built to get an experimental idea out of your head and onto the page quickly: design it as graphs, hear it in your own sounds, and carry the score into your notation software to finish.

Screenshots

MIDI Motif Maker4 screens
Graphony4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Graphony at Free against MIDI Motif Maker's $5.99. Graphony also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). MIDI Motif Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Graphony is free to download; MIDI Motif Maker costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIDI Motif Maker ships an update every 5 days, Graphony every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MIDI Motif Maker versus Graphony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIDI Motif MakerGraphony
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandru George TanasaLeonid Iogansen

In-app purchases

None

MIDI Motif Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Graphony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIDI Motif Maker free?
MIDI Motif Maker costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Graphony free?
Graphony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MIDI Motif Maker or Graphony have ads?
Neither MIDI Motif Maker nor Graphony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIDI Motif Maker or Graphony?
MIDI Motif Maker ships an update every 5 days, and Graphony every 6 weeks. Most recently, MIDI Motif Maker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Graphony on October 9, 2026.

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