Comparison

MIDI Motif Maker vs Groovalizer

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 musical ideas using music theory principles, not AI. Create melodies from built-in motifs, draw your own, or import MIDI files. Shape them with various scales, song forms, and development techniques, then play them anywhere via AUv3 or export.

Highlights
  • Music theory-based motif generation
  • Built-in and custom motif creation
  • 15 scales and 9 song forms
  • 17 development techniques
  • DAW-style piano roll editor
  • AUv3 MIDI plugin support
  • MIDI export (.mid files)
Features
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MIDI Motif Maker is an idea generator that writes short melodies from music theory, not AI. Tap New for a fresh idea and Vary to take it further. MAKE • Built-in motifs to start from: trap, drill, acid 303, rock riffs, ostinatos, pop, classical, cinematic and more • Or draw your own, or import a MIDI file SHAPE • 15 scales, 9 song forms, 17 development techniques • Triplets, swing and odd meters like 5/4 and 7/8 • Slice and remix any idea, or fine-tune notes in a DAW-style piano roll PLAY IT ANYWHERE • AUv3 MIDI plugin for hosts like AUM and Loopy Pro • Sends MIDI to hardware synths and to music apps on the same device • Export .mid files to Files, AirDrop or your DAW iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later) • Mac with Apple silicon

About

Groovalizer

Features
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Watch your music come alive. Groovalizer turns whatever you're listening to into living, beat-reactive visuals: music on a speaker, your own songs, a party, a band. LISTEN TO ANYTHING Tap Mic on and Groovalizer follows the music around you through the microphone, while your music app keeps playing on the same phone. Or play your own songs, straight from your files. 80+ VISUALS Swipe through beat-reactive visuals built on projectM, the open-source music visualizer engine, from calm to wild, including glowing live-flame mandalas. Browse by mood (Chill, Hype, Trippy, Cosmic, Geometric, Liquid), save favourites, and let Auto-cycle move through them for you. ENDLESS FRACTALS A slow journey through real fractals: hyperbolic tilings, sphere packings, spirals, Mandelbrot and more. Each one melts into the next and changes colour with the music. Paint them with the Webb telescope's Cosmic Cliffs, one of our pictures, or your own photo. ON YOUR TV Mirror your phone to your TV and turn on TV mode: the visual fills the big screen, with the controls out of the way. Made for parties. MAKE CLIPS Record a clip of any visual with your music and save it to Photos or share it anywhere. Vertical, square or wide. MAKE IT YOURS Tune speed and sensitivity, shift the colours, add trails, set a sleep timer. Everything runs on your phone: your music, photos and recordings are never uploaded. GROOVALIZER PRO Free: 14 visuals plus a free Pro visual every day, and 15-second 720p clips. Pro: every visual, your own photos in the fractals, colour and trails, longer clips in 1080p without the watermark, and TV mode without the Groovalizer mark. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, weekly or yearly (the yearly plan starts with a free trial). Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://groovalizer.space/mobile/terms Privacy Policy: https://groovalizer.space/mobile/privacy PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING Groovalizer shows moving, flashing and high-contrast visuals. If you or anyone watching has photosensitive epilepsy or is sensitive to flashing light, consult a doctor before use, and stop immediately if you feel unwell. You can slow the visuals down and reduce their intensity at any time.

Screenshots

MIDI Motif Maker4 screens
Groovalizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Groovalizer at Free against MIDI Motif Maker's $5.99. Groovalizer also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). MIDI Motif Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support 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

Groovalizer is free to download; MIDI Motif Maker costs $5.99 up front. Groovalizer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. MIDI Motif Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIDI Motif Maker ships an update weekly, Groovalizer daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MIDI Motif Maker versus Groovalizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIDI Motif MakerGroovalizer
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandru George TanasaMax Kucera

In-app purchases

None

MIDI Motif Maker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Groovalizer

Subscriptions2
  • Groovalizer Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Groovalizer Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is MIDI Motif Maker free?
MIDI Motif Maker costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groovalizer free?
Groovalizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MIDI Motif Maker or Groovalizer have ads?
Neither MIDI Motif Maker nor Groovalizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIDI Motif Maker or Groovalizer?
MIDI Motif Maker ships an update weekly, and Groovalizer daily. Most recently, MIDI Motif Maker was updated on November 9, 2026 and Groovalizer on November 10, 2026.

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