Darkglass Suite vs Ampero Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkglass Suite
This app serves as a companion for Bluetooth-enabled audio devices, allowing users to configure settings, save EQ presets, and load custom impulse responses. It offers a range of features for fine-tuning virtual amplifier tones and noise gate settings on supported products.
- Bluetooth device configuration
- Load custom impulse responses
- Save EQ presets
- Hone virtual poweramp tone
- Noise gate settings
- Supports multiple Darkglass devices
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Darkglass Suite is a free software companion for your Bluetooth-enabled Darkglass devices. It comes with a set of hand-picked impulse responses from Darkglass artists and the Darkglass team, and you can also freely load your own impulses. Configure your device, and on supported products, save EQ presets, hone in your virtual poweramp tone, noise gate settings, and more! --- Not all displayed features are supported on every Darkglass device. Darkglass Suite currently supports: - Element - Aggressively Distorted Advanced Machine - Alpha Omega Φoton - Microtubes Infinity - Exponent 500
Ampero Control
This app simplifies the setup and control of a Bluetooth MIDI controller. Easily manage presets, effects, and MIDI messages with a clean interface and pre-made or custom templates. Take full command of your musical gear without complex menus.
- Easy-to-use UI for MIDI controller setup
- MIDI template management for presets and effects
- Save and customize your own MIDI templates
- Control MIDI messages via footswitches and expression pedals
- On-the-fly controller adjustments
- Supports standard, USB, and Bluetooth MIDI
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● Easy-to-use UI We believe a lot of people have been suffering from setting up a MIDI controller. Now we offer you this smart app to setup your Ampero Control with a clean, straight forward user interface. With this, you can take fully control of your unit like a walk in the park. No complex menus and matrixes anymore! ● MIDI Template In the app we offer you several templates for you to achieve essential/advanced controlling of your musical gear: Select a footswitch, load a template and you’re ready to change presets, turn on/off effects, etc. You can also save your own templates and write notes on them. ●About Ampero Control Ampero Control is a compact, sturdy, fully programmable Bluetooth MIDI controller, that gives musicians flexible MIDI-based control via MIDI port, USB jack and Bluetooth. It features 4 footswitches, with each footswitch, you can send up to 16 different MIDI messages by different actions. You can also attach expression pedals or more footswitches to your Ampero Control depending on your needs. Furthermore, a dedicated smart mobile app lets you take control of every detail of your Ampero Control without any confusion. ● Features • Compact, smart 4-footswitch Bluetooth MIDI controller • Supports standard MIDI, USB MIDI and Bluetooth MIDI input/output/thru • Sending/transferring MIDI messages to separated/combined MIDI outputs • Send max. 16 MIDI messages by one footswitch (32 for A/B groups) • 100 banks (each bank includes 4 footswitches settings, 2 CTRL/EXP jack settings and more) • Different footswitch triggering actions for flexible switching and various uses • Dedicated mobile app lets you easily set your controller on the fly • 2 CTRL/EXP TRS jacks for adapting external footswitches/expression pedals • 3-digit LED for MIDI message info and Bluetooth connection status display • DC 9-18V or 5V USB bus power supply
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Darkglass Suite at 4.0 against Ampero Control's 1.9. Darkglass Suite also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (26% vs 13%). Ampero Control's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Darkglass Suite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Darkglass Suite's written reviews are positive against 13% of Ampero Control's.
Darkglass Suite ships an update monthly, Ampero Control every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkglass Suite | Ampero Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (25 ratings) — better | 1.9 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews — better | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darkglass Electronics Oy | Hotone |
Customer experience
Darkglass Suite
Ampero Control
In-app purchases
Darkglass Suite
No in-app purchases
Ampero Control
No in-app purchases
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