Ampero Control vs Mooer Prime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ampero Control
This app simplifies the setup and control of a Bluetooth MIDI controller. Easily manage presets, effects, and MIDI messages with a clean interface and pre-made or custom templates. Take full command of your musical gear without complex menus.
- Easy-to-use UI for MIDI controller setup
- MIDI template management for presets and effects
- Save and customize your own MIDI templates
- Control MIDI messages via footswitches and expression pedals
- On-the-fly controller adjustments
- Supports standard, USB, and Bluetooth MIDI
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● Easy-to-use UI We believe a lot of people have been suffering from setting up a MIDI controller. Now we offer you this smart app to setup your Ampero Control with a clean, straight forward user interface. With this, you can take fully control of your unit like a walk in the park. No complex menus and matrixes anymore! ● MIDI Template In the app we offer you several templates for you to achieve essential/advanced controlling of your musical gear: Select a footswitch, load a template and you’re ready to change presets, turn on/off effects, etc. You can also save your own templates and write notes on them. ●About Ampero Control Ampero Control is a compact, sturdy, fully programmable Bluetooth MIDI controller, that gives musicians flexible MIDI-based control via MIDI port, USB jack and Bluetooth. It features 4 footswitches, with each footswitch, you can send up to 16 different MIDI messages by different actions. You can also attach expression pedals or more footswitches to your Ampero Control depending on your needs. Furthermore, a dedicated smart mobile app lets you take control of every detail of your Ampero Control without any confusion. ● Features • Compact, smart 4-footswitch Bluetooth MIDI controller • Supports standard MIDI, USB MIDI and Bluetooth MIDI input/output/thru • Sending/transferring MIDI messages to separated/combined MIDI outputs • Send max. 16 MIDI messages by one footswitch (32 for A/B groups) • 100 banks (each bank includes 4 footswitches settings, 2 CTRL/EXP jack settings and more) • Different footswitch triggering actions for flexible switching and various uses • Dedicated mobile app lets you easily set your controller on the fly • 2 CTRL/EXP TRS jacks for adapting external footswitches/expression pedals • 3-digit LED for MIDI message info and Bluetooth connection status display • DC 9-18V or 5V USB bus power supply
Mooer Prime
Control and monitor your guitar effects pedal wirelessly via Bluetooth. Switch between effect models, access practice tools like a metronome and drum machine, and share your custom tones on a cloud platform.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Real-time effect status display
- Effect model switching
- Tuning table
- Metronome
- Drum machine
- Cloud tone sharing
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1. The stable and low-latency Bluetooth solution realizes the communication with the hardware system of the Prime effect, and displays the working status of the Prime effect in real time. 2. A stable and fast switching control effect model can be realized. 3. Very intuitive operation mode and user-friendly quick guidance for novice users. 4. With tuning table, metronome, drum machine practice tool software. 5. The sharing service of cloud platform tone upload/download can be realized through software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mooer Prime at 2.3 against Ampero Control's 1.9. Mooer Prime also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (24% vs 13%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Mooer Prime holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Ampero Control's written reviews are positive against 24% of Mooer Prime's.
Ampero Control ships an update every 14 months, Mooer Prime every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Ampero Control | Mooer Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (61 ratings) | 2.3 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hotone | mooer |
Customer experience
Ampero Control
Mooer Prime
In-app purchases
Ampero Control
No in-app purchases
Mooer Prime
No in-app purchases
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