Comparison

midimittr vs Audio Timeline

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

Head to head
About

midimittr

This app enables low-latency MIDI connections to iOS music applications via Bluetooth LE or USB. It routes virtual MIDI ports to external devices, allowing seamless wireless or wired integration with compatible software.

Highlights
  • Low-latency MIDI over Bluetooth LE
  • MIDI over USB connection
  • Routes virtual MIDI ports
  • Connects to other MIDI devices wirelessly
  • Remembers routing settings
  • Works in background
  • MIDI over Lightning cable support
Features
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midimittr is a simple utility to deliver the experience of low-latency MIDI over Bluetooth LE/USB to iOS Music apps that support MIDI. To achieve this, midimittr is routing the virtual ports of supported applications to Bluetooth and/or the USB Ports. If your favourite application is supporting MIDI, it will most likely work with midimittr. Bluetooth over MIDI is supported in iOS 8+ and a feature of OS X Yosemite 10.10+. For more information please check out the support page. ---- - Connect to other Bluetooth MIDI Hardware, iOS or macOS devices wirelessly - Remembers previous routing settings for an uninterrupted workflow - Works in background - Get even lower latency with MIDI over Lightning cable* - Support for both iPad and iPhone ---- *For MIDI over Lightning cable please download the tool from the support page.

About

Audio Timeline

Explore the evolution of music through the decades with interactive features. Engage with a virtual music icon, test your knowledge with trivia, and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Music evolution exploration
  • AI chatbot interaction
  • Music trivia challenges
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Interactive museum experience
Features
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Explore how music evolved over the decades, chat with the Michael Jackson Song Bot, and test your skills in music trivia. Win the leaderboard challenge and become Michael’s new best friend.

Screenshots

midimittr3 screens
Audio Timeline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: midimittr at Free against Audio Timeline's $0.99. midimittr also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Audio Timeline's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On 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

midimittr is free to download; Audio Timeline costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Timeline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: midimittr has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of midimittr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Audio Timeline's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
midimittr versus Audio Timeline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermidimittrAudio Timeline
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (54 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthias FrickAaron Lawrence

Customer experience

midimittr

All ratings50 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative7.5%

Audio Timeline

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

midimittr

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • 'IOS Audio' crashes app on M1 Mac
  • Disables iPad as audio input on M1 Mac
  • Connection problem with older iOS and Yamaha MD-BT01
  • Toggles not visible on iPad mini
  • App keeps giving pop-ups asking to turn on Bluetooth
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  • Only one device gets MIDI back when two are connected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-reconnect for Bluetooth
  • Logging function with freeze/save and filter
  • Dark mode
  • Audio transmitting as in-app purchase
  • Option for client BT connections to auto-connect

Audio Timeline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

midimittr

No in-app purchases

None

Audio Timeline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is midimittr free?
midimittr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Timeline free?
Audio Timeline costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, midimittr or Audio Timeline?
Audio Timeline is rated higher. midimittr averages 4.5 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Audio Timeline averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do midimittr or Audio Timeline have ads?
Neither midimittr nor Audio Timeline shows ads.

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