Encore for Setlist.fm vs PedalEditor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Encore for Setlist.fm
Log concert setlists from your favorite artists. Search for shows, save your favorite setlists, and share them with friends. Relive your concert memories by tracking every song played.
- Track concert setlists
- Search for favorite artists
- Save favorite setlists
- Share setlists with friends
- Minimalistic interface
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Encore tracks the concerts you’ve been to, remembers every song played, and lets you listen back in setlist order with your favorite music service. Encore is a setlist app powered by setlist.fm to let you keep track of the concerts you’ve been to, look back at the songs that were played, and even listen to them in the setlist order when you connect Apple Music, Spotify, or TIDAL. = CONCERT HISTORY = Track setlists of concerts you wish you could have gone to, or look at the artist's recent concerts to get an idea of what might be performed at yours! = SETLISTS = Search an artist's setlist history. Filter by year, city, or venue to find your exact show. = LISTEN TO THE SHOW= When you connect your music streaming service, Encore will match the setlist to studio recordings and provide you a playlist of the setlist. = ACHIEVEMENTS = Your concert history helps you work towards rank ups and 24 achievements. = Upcoming Shows = Based on your concert history, see recommendations of upcoming shows in your area based on concerts you've previously been to. = Setlist Sharing = Show a setlist to a friend easily by exporting an easy-to-share image of the setlist Terms of Use (EULA): Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)
PedalEditor
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A Brain for Brainless Pedals. PedalEditor is a curated MIDI editor and preset library for the guitar pedals and synths you already own. It runs on iPhone and iPad, connects over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or USB, and puts the full parameter map of every supported pedal on the screen — no laptop in the signal path, no proprietary editor for each brand. The pedal is the render target. Presets live in the app. —— SPEAKS FLUENT STRYMON BigSky, BigSky MX, blueSky V2, Brig, Cloudburst, Compadre, Deco V2, DIG V2, EC-1, El Capistan V2, Flint V2, Iridium, Lex V2, Mobius, NightSky, Riverside, Sunset, TimeLine, UltraViolet, Volante, Zelzah. 21 profiles. SPEAKS FLUENT WALRUS AUDIO ACS1, ACS1 MkII, D1, D1 MkII, M1, M1 MkII, R1, R1 MkII, Meraki, Qi. 10 profiles. SPEAKS FLUENT UAFX ANTI 1992, Dream '65, Enigmatic '82, Knuckles '92 Rev F, Lion '68, Ruby '63, Woodrow '55. 7 amp modelers. SPEAKS FLUENT CHASE BLISS Generation Loss MkII, Habit, Mood MkII. 3 profiles. ALSO: Hologram Microcosm. Meris LVX. Line 6 DL4 MkII. About 200 more profiles are built and releasing — 10 to 15 a week, brand by brand. —— THE EDITOR Every parameter on the pedal's faceplate is a control in the app — named the way the pedal prints it, laid out in the order the manual describes it. Knobs, toggle switches, algorithm selectors, multi-position physical switches, and dip banks all render as their hardware equivalents. Switching effect categories (BigSky's 12 reverb machines, TimeLine's 12 delay machines) updates the parameter layout to match. Three save actions, deliberately distinct: • Save — writes to the app library. Nothing goes to the pedal. • Send — pushes the current state to the pedal without writing hardware memory. • Save on Pedal — arms the pedal via Program Change, then writes the slot. On supported Strymon hardware, Read from Pedal pulls the current parameter state back into the app. Capture All Presets sweeps the hardware preset bank and imports it as a named Collection — useful for backing up a pedal before a firmware update. The MIDI Monitor shows every message in and out for the connected destination, with raw hex and human-readable descriptions. —— HOW YOU ORGANIZE Rig → Project → Pedal → Collection → Preset. A Rig is a physical board: specific pedals, specific MIDI channels. Multiple Rigs coexist — a studio rig, a fly rig, a rehearsal rig. A Project is a purpose within a Rig ("Worship Band," "Studio Sessions"). A Collection is a named, colored bank of presets for one pedal in one Project — multiple Collections per pedal, each with up to three independent A/B/C state slots. Presets have freeform names, notes, tags, and lineage tracking; they are not bound by hardware display character limits. Songs hold ordered sections, each with the presets that section needs. Setlists hold ordered songs. Build the setlist before the gig. —— LIVE Open the Live tab, tap a setlist, and step through it. Each advance sends the Program Change and CC values for that section to every pedal on the board. The screen stays awake. No tap-dancing through hardware menus in the dark. —— Custom MIDI (128 Knobs) is always free. It sends CCs 0–127 on any MIDI channel, so it drives any MIDI device you own, no profile required. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Restore Purchases lives in Settings, and it works. Presets, rigs, songs, and setlists sync automatically across your iPhone and iPad via iCloud — no setup, no logins, same Apple ID. —— PedalEditor runs on iPhone and iPad. Bluetooth LE MIDI, USB MIDI, and Network MIDI (RTP-MIDI) over Wi-Fi — same app, same presets, whichever cable you prefer. The pedal still doesn't know your name. The app remembers everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PedalEditor at none against Encore for Setlist.fm's 3. PedalEditor also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Encore for Setlist.fm's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Encore for Setlist.fm sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PedalEditor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Encore for Setlist.fm ships an update every 4 months, PedalEditor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Encore for Setlist.fm | PedalEditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jchaike | Corey Cowan |
In-app purchases
Encore for Setlist.fm
- Unlock all features (Free)Free
- Unlock all features (Tier 1)$0.99
- Unlock all features (Tier 2)$1.99
PedalEditor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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