TranceXY vs MIDI CC Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
TranceXY
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TranceXY is a trance synthesizer you play with your finger. Hold the pad, sweep across it, and the sound moves with you - the pitch glides without steps, the filter opens, the chords voice, the arpeggio accelerates. It is a theremin built for trance, on a touchscreen. THEREMIN MODE, BY DEFAULT The instrument opens in Theremin mode: one steady voice whose pitch you shape by hand across the pad's Y axis, quantised to the scale you choose or free to glide. Six more performance modes are a tap away - Note, Chord, Arp, Roll, Keys and Keys Chord - and the same finger movement plays leads, stacks chords, drives arpeggios or slides between notes. A FULL TRANCE ENGINE Under the pad: three oscillators with supersaw, a multimode filter, three LFOs, a noise source, sidechain ducking and a rhythmic trance gate, followed by nine effect pedals - distortion, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb, crush, OTT and gate. Eight performance knobs sit beside the pad for the moves you make while playing: cutoff, resonance, gate, pump, detune, delay, reverb and drive. PLAYS ANYWHERE Run it on its own, or load it as an AUv3 instrument inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis or any AUv3 host and record it straight into your track. REC captures your performance to WAV, AIFF or FLAC and shares it anywhere on your device. ALSO A CONTROLLER FOR THE MAC Switch it into controller mode and your iPhone or iPad becomes the XY surface for TranceXY on your Mac, over USB or Wi-Fi, with the pad, gain and all eight knobs mapped for you. FREE TO DOWNLOAD, WITH TRANCEXY PRO The download is free, and the free version is a complete instrument - every performance mode, every knob, every effect pedal, controller mode - together with the Uplifting Trance preset collection. TranceXY Pro is a one-time purchase, with no subscription, that unlocks all 773 presets across nine genres, every FX chain, REC and export, and saving your own presets. One purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad (Universal Purchase) and supports Family Sharing. Everyone who bought TranceXY while it was a paid app already has everything. - Theremin performance pad: stepless pitch, filters, chords and arpeggios from one gesture - 7 performance modes: Theremin, Note, Chord, Arp, Roll, Keys, Keys Chord - 3 oscillators with supersaw, multimode filter, 3 LFOs, noise, ducking, trance gate - 9 effect pedals with factory chains - 773 trance presets across 9 genres - Standalone and AUv3 - REC to WAV / AIFF / FLAC - Controller mode for TranceXY on Mac (USB or Wi-Fi)
MIDI CC Controller
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Three vertical touch faders. Any MIDI CC. Any Logic Pro parameter. LogicFlow Touch gives you three precision touch bars on your iPhone, each sending MIDI CC to Logic Pro in real time via the free LogicFlow DAW Bridge on your Mac. Play expression, velocity, and dynamics with your fingers while your hands stay on your instrument. TOUCH FADERS Three full-height vertical touch bars โ drag up for more, down for less. Smooth, precise, 0 to 127 range. Each bar sends MIDI CC independently. ASSIGN ANY MIDI CC Long press any bar to reassign it instantly. 14 built-in presets: Expression (CC11), Modulation (CC1), Volume (CC7), Dynamics, Pan, Sustain, Reverb, Chorus, and more. Or enter any CC number 0 to 127 manually. MIDI LEARN Press Command-L in Logic Pro, click any parameter, move a touch bar. Logic learns it in one second. Assign to any plugin knob, fader, or instrument parameter without any setup. SWAP AND RELABEL Swap bar positions with one tap. Rename each bar to match your workflow. MIDI channel selector for channels 1 to 16. PART OF THE LOGICFLOW ECOSYSTEM Works alongside LogicFlow Pro (Apple Watch DAW controller) and LogicFlow DAW Bridge (free Mac companion app). All three apps connect to the same bridge โ your Watch controls transport while your iPhone controls expression. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. LogicFlow DAW Bridge (free, Mac App Store). Logic Pro on Mac. Bluetooth enabled. LogicFlo โ Built for producers who move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TranceXY at Free against MIDI CC Controller's $8.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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TranceXY is free to download; MIDI CC Controller costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | TranceXY | MIDI CC Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $8.99 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomocreate, Inc. | Vishwa Eldeniya |
In-app purchases
TranceXY
No in-app purchases
MIDI CC Controller
No in-app purchases









