Fender Pro Control vs Catalyst Edit
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.
Catalyst Edit
Control and customize your Line 6 Catalyst amplifier directly from your iOS device. Save and load presets, tune your guitar, and access advanced DSP parameters for a more personalized sound.
- Load and save presets
- Store presets on amp
- Guitar tuning
- Access DSP parameters
- iOS device control
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Use your iOS device to unlock the full potential of your Line 6 Catalyst amplifier. Load and save presets from your iOS device, store presets on your Catalyst Amp, tune your guitar, and access DSP parameters that cannot be edited directly on your Catalyst amplifier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catalyst Edit at 4.7 against Fender Pro Control's 3.2. Catalyst Edit also leads on ratings volume (254 vs 59) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Fender Pro Control's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 27%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Catalyst Edit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 254 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Fender Pro Control's written reviews are positive against 27% of Catalyst Edit'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, Catalyst Edit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fender Pro Control | Catalyst Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) | 4.7 (254 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 254 — better |
| 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 846 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Line 6 |
Customer experience
Fender Pro Control
Catalyst Edit
In-app purchases
Fender Pro Control
No in-app purchases
Catalyst Edit
No in-app purchases
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