Fender Pro Control vs Artist CNTRL
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.
Artist CNTRL
This app centralizes all band management tasks, from tracking shows and bookings to monitoring merch sales and streaming analytics. It facilitates communication, stores press kit materials, and allows for team collaboration with role-based access.
- Show and booking tracking
- Merch sales monitoring
- Streaming and radio analytics
- Band-to-band messaging
- Digital press kit creation
- Team role-based access
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Built by musicians who got tired of running a band out of six spreadsheets and four group chats, Artist CNTRL puts everything your band runs on into one dashboard. SHOWS & BOOKING: Track holds, confirmations, and settled shows. Share dates with other bands, sync your calendar, and walk into every show with the day-of-show view: schedule, contacts, and set times in your pocket. MERCH: Connect your store and see online and point-of-sale numbers side by side: today's sales, 30-day totals, best sellers, and per-show merch counts. STREAMING & RADIO: Monthly listeners, top songs, playlist placements, radio spins, and audience cities, pulled automatically and tracked over time. MESSAGES: Talk band-to-band and per-show with everyone on the bill, with push notifications when something needs you. PRESS KIT: Logos, photos, bios, and quotes in one place, ready to send to promoters and press. TEAM: Bring in band members, management, and booking with role-based access, so everyone sees what they need. Artist CNTRL is for active members. Apply at artistcntrl.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Artist CNTRL at 5.0 against Fender Pro Control's 3.2. Fender Pro Control's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1). 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.
Artist CNTRL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fender Pro Control has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fender Pro Control ships an update every 2 months, Artist CNTRL every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fender Pro Control | Artist CNTRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 846 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | CNTRL Global LLC |
In-app purchases
Fender Pro Control
No in-app purchases
Artist CNTRL
No in-app purchases
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