M vs FM Essential
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
M
Preview and listen to calling melodies before subscribing to RBT services. Explore new releases, recommendations, top songs, and weekly rankings to find your perfect ringtone.
- Listen to calling melody examples
- View new releases
- Explore recommended songs
- Browse top 10 songs
- Check weekly ranking songs
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Would like to subscribe Calling Melody Song ? but don’t know what the selected song look like. Here’s the application from LTC which allows you to listen/preview the calling melody before apply RBT services. Features : View and listen calling melody example from multiple category - New Release - Recommended - top 10 song - Weekly Ranking Song
FM Essential
This app is an FM tone generator and synthesizer for iPhone and iPad, offering real-time performance capabilities and voice editing. It includes a variety of presets, arpeggiator patterns, chord pads, and scales, along with drum functionalities. The app also supports external hardware integration and advanced sound manipulation through effects, EQ, and a ball controller.
- FM tone generator
- Real-time synth performance
- Voice editing
- Arpeggiator and chord pads
- Effects and EQ edit
- Ball controller for sound modulation
- Step sequencer
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Featuring an FM tone generator, FM Essential is a synthesizer app for the iPhone and iPad that provides for real-time synth performances and also lets you edit voices. [Spec] -FM sound ・Tone Generator: FM ・Part: 1 ・Polyphony: 16 ・Preset Voice: 271 ・Arpeggiator patterns: 64 ・Chord pads: 20 ・Scales: 25 -Drum Part Tone Generator: Audio Part: 1 Drum Pad: 16 Drum Pad Set: 3 Functions Plug into MX! -You can play full 271 voices and voice store function if you connect your iOS with Yamaha music synthesizer MX BK/BU series. Effects/EQ edit -You can adjust parameters to edit effects and equalization. Ball controller -Touch and drag in ball controller to modulate the sound by simultaneously changing multiple parameters based on the ball position. Step sequencer -We can store the ball position in the currently selected scene box. Arpeggiator and chord pads -You can play Arpeggiator and Chord pads in addition to keyboard with various scales. What's MX BK/BU/WH series? Find more here: http://jp.yamaha.com/products/music-production/synthesizers/mx_bk_bu/?mode=series [Support] -Compatible with Audio Unit Extentions -Compatible devices: iPhone 5S, 6/6 plus, 6s/6s plus and SE, iPod touch 6th Generation or later, iPad Air 1st Generation or later, iPad mini 2nd Generation or later,iPad Pro
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FM Essential at 40% against M's 0%. FM Essential also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (70 vs 4). M's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
FM Essential holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FM Essential has 70 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of M's written reviews are positive against 40% of FM Essential's.
M ships an update every 3 weeks, FM Essential every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | M | FM Essential |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 3.0 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lao Telecom | Yamaha Corporation of America |
Customer experience
M
FM Essential
Bugs and requests
M
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FM Essential
Reported bugs
6 issues- Does not unlock with USB-C adapter
- App crashes when loading combinations
- Preset menus crash the app
- Combined Sounds no longer read from keyboard after iPad update
- Instruments stop working if effect filters are turned off
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- Incompatible USB Device on MX displays
Requested features
9 requests- Unlock without hardware purchase
- Allow in-app purchase to unlock
- Bring back Tenori On apps
- Fix LFO delay parameter
- Add separate volume control for drums
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- Allow app to be used as a plugin
- Fix AU host preset recall
- Make app compatible with more devices
- Fix instruments disabling when effects are off
In-app purchases
M
No in-app purchases
FM Essential
No in-app purchases
