Web MIDI Browser vs UxMIDI Tools
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.
UxMIDI Tools
Configure and update firmware for CME USB MIDI devices. Manage routing, mapping, and filtering of MIDI events for precise control over your music production hardware. Requires a USB lightning adapter for connection.
- Firmware updates for CME USB MIDI products
- Full product configuration
- MIDI routing management
- MIDI mapping capabilities
- MIDI event filtering
- USB lightning adapter required
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UxMIDI Tools, the application dedicated to CME USB MIDI products owners. With this software, you will be able to update the firmware of your CME Pro USB products (C2MIDI Pro, U2MIDI Pro, U4MIDI-WC, U6MIDI Pro, etc). The software is also used to fully configure your product, you have an access to the routing, mapping and filtering features. With this software you will be able to configure routing to each MIDI and USB input, you can decide to route any input to any output. You can also decide to filter any incoming MIDI event so it is not forwarded to the routed output. The latest version also offers the possibility to map any incoming MIDI event to another one. This application requires using a USB lightning adapter connected to the iPad or iPhone to connect to CME device through USB cable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UxMIDI Tools at 4.0 against Web MIDI Browser's 3.1. UxMIDI Tools also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Web MIDI Browser's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UxMIDI Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web MIDI Browser has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Web MIDI Browser ships an update fortnightly, UxMIDI Tools weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web MIDI Browser | UxMIDI Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (16 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takashi Mizuhiki | CME PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Web MIDI Browser
UxMIDI Tools
In-app purchases
Web MIDI Browser
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases








