Patchrat vs GigRig G3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patchrat
This app helps music creators manage analog gear settings, manuals, and product specifications. It offers realistic GUIs for recall and a DAW-style workflow, supporting over 975 products from 200+ manufacturers.
- Support for 975+ products
- Generic gear profiles
- Touch-actuated recall GUIs
- DAW-style workflow
- Embedded product specs and manuals
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An essential toolset for music-makers who need to keep track of analog gear settings, manuals, and more... Features include: • Support for 975+ products from 200+ manufacturers (and counting...) • Generic gear profiles for products not yet in the Patchrat database • Realistic, touch-actuated recall GUIs • A straightforward, easy-to-use DAW-style workflow • Embedded product specs and manuals and much more...
GigRig G3
Manage your G3 or G3 Atom music device with this companion app. Download software updates, back up and restore settings, and create editable song lists that can be sent directly to your device via Bluetooth.
- Download software updates via Bluetooth
- Create backups of device settings
- Restore device settings from backups
- Create editable song lists
- Bluetooth transfer of song lists to G3/Atom
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The official GigRig G3 App is used with TheGigRig G3 and G3 Atom to enable you to: 1. Download and install software updates via G3/Atom’s bluetooth 2. Create backups of all the settings on your G3/Atom, then enable you to restore those settings 3. Create editable Songlists that you can bluetooth directly into your G3 Visit thegigrig.com/support for details on the latest software updates and a comprehensive list of bug fixes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GigRig G3 at 5.0 against Patchrat's 4.1. GigRig G3 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Patchrat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GigRig G3 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patchrat has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Patchrat's written reviews are positive against 100% of GigRig G3's.
Patchrat ships an update every 2 months, GigRig G3 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patchrat | GigRig G3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rats Nest Solutions, Inc. | Audeonic Apps |
Customer experience
Patchrat
GigRig G3
In-app purchases
Patchrat
No in-app purchases
GigRig G3
No in-app purchases
