Fender Pro Control vs TAG Remote
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.
TAG Remote
This app allows TransAcoustic guitar players to remotely control detailed effect parameters and looper settings via Bluetooth. Customize effects like Chorus, Delay, and Reverb, manage looper tracks, and adjust preferences such as firmware updates and input gain.
- Bluetooth control for TransAcoustic guitars
- Detailed effect parameter adjustment
- Chorus, Delay, and Reverb effect customization
- Looper track management
- Firmware updates
- Battery charge level monitoring
- Input gain adjustment
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The TAG Remote editor lets TransAcoustic guitar players control more detailed effect parameters and looper settings via Bluetooth. - Effects You can switch effect types and finely adjust the parameters of each effect type. Chorus: 2 types (Double detune, 4 Voice) Delay: 2 types (Simple, Analog) Reverb: 3 types (Hall, Room, Plate) - Looper (only available for TAG3 C and TAS3 C) You can switch between looper tracks and keep your 10 favorite looper tracks. You can also load 10 demo loop phrases into any looper track. (In some cases, you may need to use TAG Updater app to transfer demo loop phrases to your guitar.) You can change the behavior of some of the looper operations. - Preferences Firmware update, check the battery charge level, adjust the input Gain, and more. [Supported Models] TAG3 C, TAS3 C, TAG1 C, TAS1 C
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TAG Remote at 4.8 against Fender Pro Control's 3.2. TAG Remote also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Fender Pro Control's advantage is review sentiment (49% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TAG Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 124 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Fender Pro Control's written reviews are positive against 33% of TAG Remote'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, TAG Remote every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fender Pro Control | TAG Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) | 4.8 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 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 | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Yamaha Corporation |
Customer experience
Fender Pro Control
TAG Remote
In-app purchases
Fender Pro Control
No in-app purchases
TAG Remote
No in-app purchases
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