Fender Pro Control vs Rig Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fender Pro Control
This app provides remote control for a multi-effects guitar workstation via Bluetooth. Users can create, edit, and share custom presets, organize them into songs and setlists, and access a community library of tones. It also offers backup and firmware update capabilities.
- Remote control via Bluetooth
- Create and edit user presets
- Organize presets into songs and setlists
- Access community-shared presets
- Backup and restore presets and settings
- Update device firmware
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Fender Pro Control is the ultimate companion app for the Tone Master Pro multi-effects guitar workstation. REQUIRES A TONE MASTER PRO. Fender Pro Control allows remote control of Tone Master Pro via Bluetooth for creating, editing and sharing your own presets or for auditioning and downloading thousands of tones created by Fender’s community of players and artists. MANAGE PRESETS, SONGS & SETLISTS Easily create and edit over 500 user presets with Pro Control’s intuitive user interface. Organize your presets into Songs. Organize Songs into performance ready Setlists. EASY EDITING Choose from over 100 amp and effect models to sculpt your sounds. Familiar, intuitive interface makes tone creation fast and inspiring. CLOUD PRESETS Share your custom presets directly to the cloud. Audition and download presets from the user community of players and Fender artists. BACKUP & RESTORE Backup and Restore your presets, settings and user IRs to your personal cloud space so you never lose your data. Update your device firmware to get the latest amp/effect/cab models, features and enhancements.
Rig Manager
This app allows users to create and manage custom guitar amplifier performances and rigs. It offers a convenient way to edit existing content wirelessly via a Wi-Fi connection.
- Create custom performances
- Build custom rigs
- Edit existing content
- Wi-Fi connection editing
- User-friendly interface
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Rig Manager is an editor app for your Kemper Profiler guitar amplifier. Put together custom performances and and rigs in a breeze. Edit existing content conveniently using a Wifi connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rig Manager at 3.7 against Fender Pro Control's 3.2. Rig Manager also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rig Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Fender Pro Control's written reviews are positive against 41% of Rig Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fender Pro Control ships an update every 2 months, Rig Manager monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fender Pro Control | Rig Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) | 3.7 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews — better | 40.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 846 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Kemper Digital GmbH |
Customer experience
Fender Pro Control
Rig Manager
In-app purchases
Fender Pro Control
No in-app purchases
Rig Manager
No in-app purchases
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