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24 alternatives to Sonari

A hand-gesture instrument and MIDI controller for Mac

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Teclo▲78

   Mechanical keyboard sounds and a keycap pet for your Mac

   14d ago · teclo.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Remidi▲91

   A sensor & gesture controlled wearable music instrument

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

3. 3QM
   QWERTY MIDI – Isomorphic Layout MIDI Controller▲6

   Aug 2026 · beijaflor.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KRFT 1.5.0▲110

   A modular instrument for music production

   2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Composer's Sketchpad▲72

   A doodle-y iPad sequencer for making quick musical sketches

   2016 · composerssketchpad.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sayonic▲71

   A voice assistant in your Mac's notch that does the task

   Sep 2026 · sayonic.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MIDIpad▲59

   You gamepad is a musical instrument

   Sep 2026 · midipad.stevemitchell.music · its alternatives →

9. 9CC
   Controllers.cc – Compare midi controllers and small keyboards▲8

   2014 · controllers.cc · its alternatives →

10. 10
    FiveSix▲2

    A Choreographer's Tool for Music Playback

    2017 · fivesix.ca · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Music Mouse - An Intelligent Instrument▲4

    Computer Software by Laurie Spiegel

    2017 · teropa.info · its alternatives →

12. 12
    StaffPad▲6

    A revolutionary music notation app for Windows 8

    2015 · staffpad.net · its alternatives →

13. 13TD
    TextToSample – Desktop App to generate audio with MusicGen locally▲8

    2023 · samplab.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Metadatics▲4

    An Advanced Audio Metadata Editor For Mac OS X

    2016 · markvapps.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    AUM▲7

    A flexible audio mixer & recorder

    2017 · kymatica.com · its alternatives →

16. 16OI
    Our iPad app for music notation & composition▲6

    2011 · symphonypro.net · its alternatives →

17. 17BA
    BandFu, an experimental audio playground▲5

    2013 · bandfu.com · its alternatives →

18. 18KP
    Key&Pad. A Web Audio Synthesizer/XY-Pad Built with React.js and Redux▲6

    2016 · keyandpad.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AT
    A tool to track practice time on the piano▲9

    2019 · mypianopractice.org · its alternatives →

20. 20JT
    Journal to Music Making AI App▲9

    2020 · deardiary.ai · its alternatives →

21. 21KA
    Keypirinha, a new semantic launcher for keyboard ninjas▲9

    2016 · keypirinha.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    I made an app to help memorize music notation and the guitar fretboard▲8

    2024 · learnfrets.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AE
    An experimental music player built with ReactJS+MobX+Premiere▲8

    2017 · premiere-player.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tone.js▲7

    A framework for creating interactive music in the browser

    2017 · tonejs.github.io · its alternatives →

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