Web MIDI Browser vs Handpaner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web MIDI Browser
This app functions as a web browser specifically designed for Web Apps utilizing the Web MIDI API. It enables Bluetooth MIDI connectivity for iOS devices, allowing interaction with compatible musical instruments through web applications.
- Web browser for Web MIDI API
- Bluetooth MIDI functionality
- Connects to Bluetooth MIDI instruments
- Bridges web and MIDI worlds on iOS
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Web MIDI Browser is a web browser for browsing Web Apps made with Web MIDI API. Web MIDI Browser can activate the Bluetooth MIDI functionality which is a new function of iOS 8. Instruments which support Bluetooth MIDI connectivity can be connected to Web Apps by using this App. Web MIDI API is a new web client API. It's being standardized as a part of HTML5. By utilizing the API, you can build web apps that interact with MIDI instruments, for example, keyboards, DJ controllers and so on. Originally, MIDI is a physical interface for connecting electric musical instruments to heighten expressiveness of playing music. But now it's used in many ways. Nowadays, web apps are a keystone of great services. If its power comes into the MIDI world, the usability of MIDI is likely to expand. Web MIDI browser can bridge both worlds in iOS.
Handpaner
Create your own virtual handpan by customizing each note. Discover scales, chords, and learn to play songs on your unique instrument.
- Customizable virtual handpan
- Discover scales and chords
- Learn to play songs
- Create unique handpan models
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Handpaner is a virtual handpan where you can customize each note to create your perfect handpan model and help you find all the scales, chords it contains and some songs you can play with it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Web MIDI Browser at Free against Handpaner's $9.99. Web MIDI Browser also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (50% vs 14%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Web MIDI Browser is free to download; Handpaner costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Web MIDI Browser holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web MIDI Browser has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Web MIDI Browser's written reviews are positive against 14% of Handpaner's.
| Parameter | Web MIDI Browser | Handpaner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.1 (16 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Takashi Mizuhiki | Robin BERGERE |
Customer experience
Web MIDI Browser
Handpaner
In-app purchases
Web MIDI Browser
No in-app purchases
Handpaner
No in-app purchases
