Fender Pro Control vs BTS for GX
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.
BTS for GX
This app allows you to connect your BOSS GX-100 guitar effects processor to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth. You can download new tones, edit existing ones, and share your creations with a global community of musicians.
- Bluetooth connectivity with GX-100
- Download additional tones (Livesets)
- Tone editing functionality
- Tone librarian
- Access to BOSS TONE EXCHANGE
- Share and download user Livesets
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BOSS TONE STUDIO dedicated for GX-100. ●Connect the BOSS GX-100 and your iPhone/iPad via Bluetooth to use this app. * BOSS GX-100 (later than ver.1.10) and BluetoothR Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor (BT-DUAL) are necessary to use this app. * Set up the Bluetooth connection in the Connection window displayed after the app is launched. ●BOSS TONE STUDIO incorporates convenient functions; ‘Download Function of Additional Tones (Livesets)’, ‘Tone Edit Function’, and ‘Tone Librarian Function’. ●This app provides an integrated access to the BOSS TONE EXCHANGE. Support share your original Livesets and download users Livesets around the world. * An active internet connection is required to access the BOSS TONE EXCHANGE.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fender Pro Control at 3.2 against BTS for GX's 2.2. Fender Pro Control also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 14%) and ratings volume (59 vs 15). BTS for GX's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Fender Pro Control holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Fender Pro Control's written reviews are positive against 14% of BTS for GX's.
Fender Pro Control ships an update every 2 months, BTS for GX every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fender Pro Control | BTS for GX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) — better | 2.2 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews — better | 13.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 846 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Roland Corporation |
Customer experience
Fender Pro Control
BTS for GX
In-app purchases
Fender Pro Control
No in-app purchases
BTS for GX
No in-app purchases
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