Ultimately it makes no difference for me.  I have the UR44 for sale ($210).  I bought it as a backup for my Octa-Capture as I rarely use all 8 inputs at one time.  Murphy's Law, the first time I needed a backup (Friday) I was using 7 inputs.  I was doing a recording session and the headphone jack went flakey and only the Left channel worked.  (The Octa-Capture headphone jack has been replaced - another thread).
 
I'm looking at 8 channel units (leaning towards MOTU) to be my main recording interface and the Octa-Capture will be relegated to backup (the Octa-Capture has been repaired twice so its not reliable as a prime unit).
 
Update, I ordered a MOTU 896mk3 Hybrid.  Won't ship until Monday as B&H is closed for Passover (best price I could find).