Comparison

Tonechaser vs jAmp 8100

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tonechaser

Easily catalog your guitar gear, record riffs, and capture your unique tones. Document every detail of your equipment, from serial numbers to acquisition dates, and save your sound with photos, audio recordings, and notes. Find new gear with integrated shopping links.

Highlights
  • Record and manage riffs with voice memos
  • Capture tones with photos and audio
  • Catalog detailed gear inventory
  • Track serial numbers, prices, and dates
  • Integrated shopping searches on Reverb, Sweetwater, Guitar Center
  • Import audio files and voice memos
Features
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We built Tonechaser because the things that matter most to a musician — your gear, the tones you fight to dial in, and the deals you make to get the next piece — never lived in one place. Now they do. CATALOG EVERY PIECE OF GEAR Track every guitar, pedal, amp, mic, and cable you own — 22 gear types, each with the specs that actually matter, plus photos, price, condition, year, and serial number. • Add gear by hand, or just talk — dictate several pieces at once and let Tonechaser sort them out • Unlimited photos per item, backed by a 4,000-brand database so you're not typing manufacturer names • Insights: see what your whole collection is worth, with median prices and where values are heading • Full backup and export — your inventory is always yours REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT THE SOUND Stop guessing how you nailed it last time. Build a tone as a real signal chain — guitar into pedals into amp — and keep the notes, photos, and recordings that prove how it sounded. • Build the chain by tapping, or by voice: say your rig out loud and Tonechaser matches it to gear you already own • Artist Rigs: tap through how well-known players built their sound KEEP THE RIFF WITH THE RIG Record straight from your iPhone and keep the sound with the gear that made it. • Record or import audio and video, tag it, trim it, and attach it to a tone • Tap Track: tap a beat on your chest or a table and Tonechaser turns it into a looping drum track timed to how you played — then stack more parts on top BUY AND SELL WITH REAL PLAYERS — BACKSTAGE When it's time to move gear, you're dealing with other musicians, not a faceless listing. • Browse thousands of listings from retailers and other players; filter by type, price, condition, and location • List in one tap from your inventory — your specs and photos are already there • Make offers and message the seller directly on players' listings; counter, accept, or walk away • Build a wishlist and get told the moment a match shows up • Read and write real gear reviews — with audio and video — and ask questions before you buy • Sellers keep 100%. Tonechaser never touches the sale. Cataloging your gear, building tones, and recording clips are free, forever. Backstage — the buying and selling — is $49.99/year with a free trial, and you only reach it when you actually make an offer, list gear, or message a seller. Because Tonechaser already knows what you own and how you use it, listing a piece takes seconds — and your whole rig finally lives in one place instead of six. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tonechaser.app/privacy-policy/

About

jAmp 8100

This app digitally emulates a classic 90s solid-state guitar amplifier, offering authentic tones favored by metal bands. It functions as a standalone app or a plugin within DAWs, featuring a noise gate, compressor, and various effects.

Highlights
  • Marshall Valvestate 8100 emulation
  • Standalone and AUv3 plugin support
  • Noise gate and compressor
  • Ibanez Tube Screamer emulation
  • Impulse response (IR) loader
  • MIDI controller support
Features
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jAmp 8100 represents a digital emulation of the Marshall Valvestate 8100 amplifier, which stood out as one of the most impressive-sounding amplifiers of the 90s. Numerous metal bands showcased this amplifier in their albums, with particularly notable appearances in the works of bands such as Death, Prong, and Static-X. Features: - Standalone, or as a AUv3 plugin in GarageBand, Logic Pro, or other DAW. - Marshall Valvestate 8100 emulation - Noise gate - Compressor - Ibanez Tube Screamer emulation - Pre amp chorus - Five band post amp equalizer - Post amp stereo chorus - Impulse response (IR) loader - MIDI controller support with MIDI learn - Stereo effect - Integrated IRs by forward-audio.com and Valhallir.at The free version allows you to test jAmp 8100 completely, but every minute the amplifier will be silent for 3 seconds. To remove these limits there is a one time in-app purchase. You need an audio interface to connect your instrument to your mobile device. Known audio interface brands are for instance Focusrite or iRig. For iPad you might want to consider using a USB-C hub with power delivery to avoid draining your battery during your jam session, but this is optional. For iPhone you will need to use an adapter that can  1. connect via lightning port to your iPhone 2. connect to your phone charger with USB 3. connect to your audio interface with USB If you have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 or similar you can use the lighting to USB 3 camera adapter for this which is easily available in the market. Your iPhone cannot deliver enough power on its own to feed the audio interface, so this adapter with a connection to your phone charger is necessary. If you don't have an audio interface, you can still use the AUv3 plugin in a DAW such as GarageBand or Logic Pro. Any (guitar) sound you have recorded can be fed through the jAmp 8100 audio unit to add solid state distortion or any of the other included effects.

Screenshots

Tonechaser4 screens
jAmp 81004 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tonechaser at none against jAmp 8100's 1. Tonechaser also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 67%) and ratings volume (25 vs 5). jAmp 8100's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. jAmp 8100 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tonechaser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

jAmp 8100 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tonechaser has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Tonechaser's written reviews are positive against 67% of jAmp 8100's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tonechaser ships an update fortnightly, jAmp 8100 every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tonechaser versus jAmp 8100: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTonechaserjAmp 8100
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermemoraJan Maes

Customer experience

Tonechaser

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

jAmp 8100

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Tonechaser

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

jAmp 8100

One-time1
  • jAmp 8100 Activation$11.99

Questions

Is Tonechaser free?
Tonechaser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is jAmp 8100 free?
jAmp 8100 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tonechaser or jAmp 8100?
jAmp 8100 is rated higher. Tonechaser averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while jAmp 8100 averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Tonechaser or jAmp 8100 have ads?
Neither Tonechaser nor jAmp 8100 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tonechaser or jAmp 8100?
Tonechaser ships an update fortnightly, and jAmp 8100 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tonechaser was updated on October 24, 2026 and jAmp 8100 on October 24, 2026.

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