Comparison

MIDIRack vs P422 Fairuz

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

Head to head
About

MIDIRack

Design custom MIDI control surfaces with a variety of instruments and sequencers. Unlock advanced features like a visual MIDI processing graph for complex routing and generative music creation. Use it standalone, as an AUv3 plugin, or to control desktop DAWs.

Highlights
  • Customizable touch surface design
  • KB-1 keyboard suite with MPE support
  • Advanced step and matrix sequencers
  • Visual MIDI processing graph
  • Built-in instruments and samplers
  • Connects to desktop DAWs via USB or Bluetooth
Features
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MIDIRack is a MIDI toolkit for iPad. Build a custom touch surface from the KB-1 keyboard suite, an all-new sequencer suite, knobs, faders, buttons and more — then unlock a visual MIDI processing graph (one time in-app purchase) and wire it into anything, from a simple custom controller to a full-on groovebox or a self-playing generative composer. Play it on its own and send MIDI anywhere, as an AUv3 plugin in your favourite host or a standalone instrument. THE BASE APP — PERFORMANCE SURFACE Design a custom control surface on a snapping grid: • The KB-1 keyboard suite — piano, diatonic chord pads, scale-locked keyboard, MPE Seaboard ribbon, MPE Strings grid (4ths), and a 4×4 GM drum-pad grid. Each is its own routable node with latch and octave shift. Successor to the KB-1 Expressive Keyboard Suite. • A suite of sequencers — drum, melody, chord, analog and CC step grids and a Matrix note grid, with a moving playhead, swing and microtiming. Per-step velocity, probability, tie and trigger conditions; pattern chaining and 4-pad scene switching for full arrangements; a knob-per-step analog machine that re-roots live as you play. • Knobs, faders, XY pads, buttons and live visualizers — bind to raw MIDI CC or graph parameters. On its own: a rich custom control surface builder — send MIDI and CC to any synth, app or hardware, no graph required. WITH YOUR DESKTOP DAW Expressive MPE hardware costs hundreds. MIDIRack turns the iPad you already own into a controller for Logic, Live, Bitwig, Cubase or any desktop DAW: • Two MPE surfaces — the Seaboard ribbon and the Strings grid send per-note pitch bend, slide and pressure to any MPE-capable instrument on your desk. • A controller that changes per track — MPE ribbon for the lead, drum pads for the beat, chord pads for the progression, faders mapped to CC for a mix move. Rearrange in seconds; save a surface per project. • Sequence it too — clock the step lanes to your DAW and drive its tracks. • Easy to connect — one USB cable to a Mac via IDAM (Inter-Device Audio and MIDI), or wirelessly over Bluetooth MIDI. No driver, no helper app. UNLOCK — MIDI GRAPH (in-app purchase) Wire MIDI In → processors → MIDI Out on a visual canvas: • 60+ node kinds — arpeggiators, scale/key quantizers, transposers, chords, echoes, swing, humanize, euclidean rhythms, random/generative melodies, LFOs, CC tools, an analog knob-per-step sequencer, a Matrix sequencer and a Counter. • Built-in instruments — Synth, Drums, a Sampler and a loop Slicer make sound right in the graph; no external synth required. • Emergence generators — Conway's Game of Life, Turing machine, Wolfram rules, Markov, bouncing balls, Lorenz attractor — for evolving, living patterns. • Presets — factory patches grouped by category (control surfaces, generators, keyboards, utilities): Amen Engine, Starfield, Conway Choir, Turing Bass, Cellular Drums… Save your own. ROUTING & MPE • MIDI Out exposes all 16 channels plus an MPE connector — multitimbral, multi-instrument setups. The built-in synth responds to MPE. • Every keyboard is its own node — process and route each one independently. PLAYS OUT OF THE BOX • Built-in polyphonic synth, drum kit, sampler & slicer or send MIDI to your gear via CoreMIDI and an always-on virtual port.

About

P422 Fairuz

This app offers a powerful four-band parametric equalizer with selectable curves and proportional Q for precise sound shaping. It emulates classic op-amp circuits, adding harmonic density and character, with features like a sub-bass circuit and input transformer control.

Highlights
  • Four op-amp EQ bands with Bell/Contour/Contour X2 shapes
  • Proportional Q for musical width
  • TREMOR sub-bass circuit
  • VOICE input transformer and HAMMER output stage saturation
  • Real-time spectrum analyzer
  • AUv3 plugin and standalone app
Features
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P422 Fairuz is a four-band op-amp parametric EQ that moves past hardware — the punch and harmonic density of classic op-amp circuits, with capabilities the originals never had. Shape your sound with HIGH, HI-MID, LO-MID and LOW bands, each with three selectable curves (Bell, Contour, Contour X2) and proportional Q: wide stays wide, narrow finds itself. LO and HI shelves with complementary dip behavior, switchable HPF/LPF, and the TREMOR circuit laying a sub-bass foundation below 30 Hz. Character comes from the circuit, not just the curve: the VOICE input transformer control and HAMMER output stage add body, density and saturation — op-amp color available even with the EQ bands off. Blend it all in parallel with the MIX control, no DAW routing needed. FEATURES - Four op-amp EQ bands with Bell / Contour / Contour X2 shapes - Proportional Q — musical at any width - Stepped or continuous frequency modes - LO / HI shelves with complementary dip - TREMOR sub-bass circuit below 30 Hz - Switchable HPF / LPF with position options - VOICE input transformer and HAMMER output stage saturation - MIX parallel blend and Dual Mono L/R behavior - Real-time IN/OUT spectrum analyzer with zoom - A/B states and 275+ factory presets with favorites - Out & Trim linked gain staging - Zero latency, optional oversampling FORMATS - AUv3 plug-in for AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis and other AUv3 hosts - Standalone app with mic/interface input Bring console-grade op-amp tone to your iPad and iPhone.

Screenshots

MIDIRack4 screens
P422 Fairuz3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: P422 Fairuz at none against MIDIRack's 1. P422 Fairuz also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MIDIRack's advantage is price ($14.99 vs $19.99) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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

MIDIRack costs $14.99 and P422 Fairuz $19.99 up front. MIDIRack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. P422 Fairuz asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

P422 Fairuz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIDIRack has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MIDIRack's written reviews are positive against 100% of P422 Fairuz's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIDIRack ships an update every 4 days, P422 Fairuz every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MIDIRack versus P422 Fairuz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIDIRackP422 Fairuz
Price$14.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai ArasPulsar Modular

Customer experience

MIDIRack

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

P422 Fairuz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MIDIRack

One-time1
  • Graph Editor Unlock$7.99
None

P422 Fairuz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIDIRack free?
MIDIRack costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is P422 Fairuz free?
P422 Fairuz costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MIDIRack or P422 Fairuz?
P422 Fairuz is rated higher. MIDIRack averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while P422 Fairuz averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MIDIRack or P422 Fairuz have ads?
Neither MIDIRack nor P422 Fairuz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIDIRack or P422 Fairuz?
MIDIRack ships an update every 4 days, and P422 Fairuz every 2 days. Most recently, MIDIRack was updated on October 7, 2026 and P422 Fairuz on October 11, 2026.

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