Best Keypad Midi Controller Apps

4.9(16 ratings)

Free

Transform your device into a professional MIDI controller with touch-optimized piano keys, drum pads, and performance controls. It supports SFZ, SF2, WAV, and M4A samples, and can control iOS apps, hardware synths, and Mac software wirelessly or wired.

MIDIKeys - MIDI Controller by Michael Eskin

Send MIDI Data to Apps/Synths

Strong Contender

3.4(16 ratings)

Free

This app acts as a virtual MIDI keyboard controller, allowing you to send MIDI messages to synthesizer apps and hardware. It offers customizable velocity, octave transposition, and tilt controls for expression.

MIDI Wrench by Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte

MIDI Monitor & MIDI Controller

Worth Considering

4.6😊(71 ratings)

Free

This app acts as a versatile tool for managing MIDI devices on iOS. It allows you to monitor incoming MIDI messages in real-time and send your own MIDI commands using virtual controls. It's useful for troubleshooting MIDI setups and understanding device communication.

What We Love

👍 Essential for MIDI troubleshooting
👍 Free and maintained
👍 Reveals MIDI activity
👍 Solves connection issues
👍 Easy to use
👍 Works as advertised
👍 Brilliant for diagnostics
👍 Handy tool
👍 Great for checking CC values
👍 Useful for testing
👍 Simplifies MIDI operations
👍 Reliable connection reset
👍 Good customer service
👍 Elegant monitor/controller
👍 Lightweight and quick
👍 Solved connection problems
👍 Useful for detecting MIDI sources
👍 Helps diagnose hardware issues
👍 Confirms MIDI signals
👍 Good for remote DAW testing
👍 Fantastic for NRPN messages
👍 Listens to network well
👍 Attractive and easy interface
👍 Configurable knobs
👍 Resolves MIDI issues instantly
👍 Reveals what's going on

Room to Improve

❌ No sound output
❌ Cannot import .mid files
❌ Small keyboard keys
❌ Limited MIDI I/O selection
❌ Few features
❌ No audio when pressing keys
❌ Cannot clear screen, only pause
❌ Keys are too small to play
❌ No audio output
❌ No MIDI out capabilities
❌ Fixed MIDI CC numbers
❌ No filtering of MIDI messages
❌ App needs updates
❌ Lack of active development

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Play MIDI notes with piano keysTrigger drum samples with drum padsControl pitch bend with a slider

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Wireless MIDI controller16-pad matrixSelectable octave

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Connect All Your MIDI Gear

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Multi-device MIDI routingUniversal USB-C, Bluetooth LE, WIDI supportZero latency CoreMIDI engine

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Transform device into MIDI master keyboardConnect to musical devicesSend MIDI notes and CC

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