DM10 vs HxMIDI Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DM10
This app is a powerful drum and synthesizer machine for electronic musicians. It offers a modern audio engine with a wide array of drum kits, instruments, and synth presets, alongside advanced sequencing and effects for creative music production.
- 228 drum kits
- Bass & Lead synths
- AudioUnit support
- Polyrhythmic tracks
- Advanced sequencing
- Real-time FX automation
- User drum kit creation
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DM10 is the ultimate Drum & Synth Machine for iPhone, iPad and Mac — from the creators of DM1, winner of the Apple Design Award 2012. 256 vintage & modern drum kits. Built-in Bass & Lead synths. A powerful step sequencer. Full Mixer, 4 FX slots & intuitive Song Mode. Everything you need to produce beats, from sketch to finished track — in one beautifully designed app One purchase. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. You get everything. DRUMS & KITS • 256 drum kits — Vintage, Acoustic, Hip-Hop, Electro & more • 10 instruments (Piano, Vibraphone, Wurlitzer…) • Drum Pads with customizable layout • Custom drumkit per track • User drum kit creation with samples import & export • Drums Glitch mode • Drumkits Randomizer STEP SEQUENCER • Drum & Synth step sequencer • 45 patterns • Variable step count, Accent, Triplets & Swing • Time signatures • Polyrhythmic tracks • Steps Probability & Retrig • Playhead Randomize • Custom Tempo, Kit, Mixer & FX per pattern • Steps Randomizer MIXER & FX • Mixer with level, pitch, length, pan & automation • 4 FX slots per track with real-time automation — 15 effects available: Overdrive · Delay · Reverb · Filter · Phaser · Formant · Texturizer · Robotizer · Dalek · Flanger · Decimator · Ring Modulator · Resonator · Compressor · Noise Gate • Mixer & Fx Randomizer SONG MODE • Song mode with intuitive editing • Audio export — master & separated tracks • Project import & export SYNTH ENGINE • Bass Synth — 3 VCO, Filter, ADSR, BitCrush, Detune • Lead Synth — 2 VCO, VCO Modulation, Filter, ADSR, Vibrato • 40 Bass & Lead factory presets PRO CONNECTIVITY • AudioUnit (AUv3) • Full MIDI support — Mapping, File Import & Export, External Clock • Audio Background support • Ableton Link • iCloud Shared Folder • Computer keyboard support VINTAGE DRUM MACHINES • 116 drum kits meticulously sampled from legendary machines: Roland TR-808, TR-909, TR-606 · Akai MPC2000 · Linn 9000 · Oberheim DMX · E-MU SP-12 · Simmons SDS-5 · Fairlight CMI · Teenage Engineering PO-12 · Korg · Yamaha · Boss · Casio · Alesis · Linn · Kawai · Pearl · Elektro-Harmonix · Wersi · Novation · Waldorf · Ensoniq · Sequential Circuits and many more. ACOUSTIC DRUM KITS • 32 acoustic kits recorded at Fingerlab Studio — sampled from iconic brands: Oyster · Ludwig · DW · Gretsch · Pearl · Premier · Slingerland · Sonor · Yamaha · Rogers • 26 percussion & instrument kits recorded at Fingerlab Studio STYLES DRUM KITS • 82 drum kits from various music styles: Hip-Hop, Electro, Dubstep, Trap, Synth, Concrete… Questions or feedback? contact@fingerlab.net Stay tuned! The Fingerlab Team
HxMIDI Tools
This software allows owners of CME USB MIDI Host products to update firmware and fully configure their devices. Users can manage routing, mapping, and filtering of MIDI and USB inputs and outputs.
- Firmware updates for CME USB MIDI Hosts
- Configure routing between MIDI and USB inputs/outputs
- Filter incoming MIDI events
- Map incoming MIDI events to others
- Full product configuration
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HxMIDI Tools, the software dedicated to CME USB MIDI Hosts products owners. With this software, you will be able to update the firmware of your CME Pro H4MIDI WC, H2MIDI Pro, H12MIDI Pro as well as all other products to come. 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, and much more
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Verdict
DM10 and HxMIDI Tools both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of DM10's written reviews are positive against 0% of HxMIDI Tools's. DM10 also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 4). HxMIDI Tools's advantage is price (Free vs $17.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, update cadence, 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
HxMIDI Tools is free to download; DM10 costs $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for DM10 against 4.5 for HxMIDI Tools. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DM10 has 53 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of DM10's written reviews are positive against 0% of HxMIDI Tools's.
DM10 ships an update every 4 weeks, HxMIDI Tools every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DM10 | HxMIDI Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (53 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 454 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fingerlab | CME PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
DM10
HxMIDI Tools
Bugs and requests
DM10
Reported bugs
2 issues- Dropping the first beat in some cases
- Syncing issues in standalone mode
Requested features
6 requests- Add probability per step
- Implement true triplets and flams
- Allow tempo changes within a song
- Increase pattern count beyond 45
- Add more time signature options
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- Implement MIDI mapping for pattern changes
HxMIDI Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DM10
No in-app purchases
HxMIDI Tools
No in-app purchases
