Comparison

orphinio vs Mini Piano Pro

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

Head to head
About

orphinio

This app offers a unique virtual musical instrument with an interface that allows for expressive melodies and soundscapes. It's designed for both beginners and experienced musicians to create music through intuitive finger movements on virtual pads.

Highlights
  • Unique glockenspiel/jaw harp sound
  • Expressive polyphonic music
  • Intuitive virtual pad interface
  • Various articulations and shaker mode
  • MIDI output for other synths
  • Record and share performances
  • Audiobus support
Features
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orphinio for iPhone is a musical instrument with a unique sound between glockenspiel and jaw harp. Like on its bigger brother Orphion for iPad you can play expressive, wonderful sounds and easy or virtuosic melodies on it just by moving fingers on virtual pads. This video shows you how: https://vimeo.com/82138127 What can I do with it? ◦ Express the sounds you feel ◦ Play polyphonic music very expressively ◦ Crazy drumming and shaking ◦ Dream and relax ◦ Create soundscapes and melodies without 
musical knowledge ◦ Visually explore music and music theory ◦ Use orphinio’s innovative interface to play other synth apps via MIDI Features ◦ Different articulations from soft to plucked to hardly slapped ◦ Natural interaction ◦ Shaker mode ◦ Individual voices for each finger ◦ Extend your ways of expression as a percussionist, guitarist, pianist or other musician ◦ 9 transposable pad layouts with different tonalities from easy to complex ◦ Record and share what you play via EMail, SoundCloud or AudioCopy ◦ Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information. Follow orphinio & Orphion on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/orphion
 or Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/OrphionApp

About

Mini Piano Pro

This multitouch piano app offers a realistic playing experience with 88 keys and high-quality sampled piano sounds. Choose from 128 MIDI instruments, zoom to adjust key size, and transpose melodies. Record and export your creations in various audio and MIDI formats.

Highlights
  • 88-key keyboard
  • 128 MIDI instruments
  • Zoom functionality
  • Transpose feature
  • Record and export audio/MIDI
  • Multitouch support
Features
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Mini Piano Pro is a great multitouch piano for iOS. It's designed to be very fast and responsive, and it allows you to choose a beautiful sampled piano or select one of the 128 different midi instruments. You can use 88 keys to play and zoom in and out to get the keys to the size you want them. This app is standalone, pay once, no subscription needed. App is optimized for iPhone and iPad. ==Features== - Fast, responsive and beautiful. - full 88 keys keyboard - Great Sampled piano sound - 128 midi sounds - Optimized for iPad and iPhone. - Multitouch - Zoom - Transpose - Record, play and export to MIDI, AAC, MP3 or WAV - Label keys with note names

Screenshots

orphinio4 screens
Mini Piano Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

orphinio and Mini Piano Pro both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of orphinio's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mini Piano Pro's. orphinio also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). Mini Piano Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

orphinio costs $0.99 and Mini Piano Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for orphinio against 4.8 for Mini Piano Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of orphinio's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mini Piano Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

orphinio ships an update every 8 months, Mini Piano Pro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
orphinio versus Mini Piano Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterorphinioMini Piano Pro
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)4.8 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1535 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBastus TrumpUmito

Customer experience

orphinio

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.0%

Mini Piano Pro

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

orphinio

No in-app purchases

None

Mini Piano Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is orphinio free?
orphinio costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mini Piano Pro free?
Mini Piano Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, orphinio or Mini Piano Pro?
Mini Piano Pro is rated higher. orphinio averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Mini Piano Pro averages 4.8 from 35 ratings.
Do orphinio or Mini Piano Pro have ads?
Neither orphinio nor Mini Piano Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, orphinio or Mini Piano Pro?
orphinio ships an update every 8 months, and Mini Piano Pro every 4 months. Most recently, orphinio was updated on October 20, 2026 and Mini Piano Pro on October 11, 2026.

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