AmpliTube vs Pro Band
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AmpliTube
This app provides a mobile guitar and bass tone studio with a vast collection of virtual gear. Users can practice, play, and record with professional-sounding tones by building custom rigs with stompboxes, amplifiers, and microphones. It offers features for live performance, practice, and recording, with extensive expansion options.
- Virtual guitar and bass rig builder
- Extensive library of amps and effects
- Live Mode for stage performance
- Multi-track recording and DAW-style editing
- MIDI controller support
- Practice tools: tuner, metronome, speed trainer
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Want the ultimate mobile guitar and bass tone studio? AmpliTube gives you a massive collection of virtual gear that you can use to practice, play and record with world-class tone anytime and anywhere. Build your own guitar or bass rig with up to 6 stompbox FX, an amplifier and cabinet with mics. Plug your instrument into your iPhone with one of IK's interfaces like iRig 2 or iRig HD 2, and get ready to be blown away. AmpliTube for iPhone gives you 17 stompbox effects, 8 amplifiers, 10 speaker cabinets and 2 mics, a free Loop Drummer Rock groove pack and a 2-track recorder. You can expand this via a massive library of over 150 amps and stompboxes from top brands like Fender™, Ampeg®, Orange®, Mesa/Boogie®, and many more, or unlock the rigs of your heroes with gear from Joe Satriani, Dimebag Darrell and Brian May. Ready to hit the stage? AmpliTube’s Live Mode offers an optimized GUI for live use, with all the settings and controls you need in an easy-to-read format. Control your virtual rig just like real gear: change presets, trigger FX, loops and more all right from your feet. AmpliTube pairs with iRig Stomp I/O for a powerful all-in-one stage rig, works wirelessly with iRig Blueboard, and supports other MIDI controllers as well. AmpliTube also offers innovative ways to play, practice and record with an optional Looper, more drum track loops, a full 8-track recorder and DAW-style studio all available for in-app purchase. Whether it’s at home, in the studio or on stage, AmpliTube is the dream rig you’ve always wanted, in a device that’s always with you! AmpliTube features: • Create guitar & bass rigs with up to 6 stomps, 1 amp and 1 cab with 2 mics • Includes 17 stomps, 8 amps, 10 cabinets and 2 mics • Expandable with over 150 gear models available from Fender™, Ampeg®, Orange®, Mesa/Boogie®, Joe Satriani, Dimebag Darrell and Brian May • Live Mode shows your entire rig at a glance, with all the parameters you need on stage easily accessible • Included 2-track recorder (in-app purchase unlocks up to 8-tracks) • Studio mode for intuitive DAW-style editing (unlocked via in-app purchase) • Loop drummer module that plays in sync with the recorder • Includes speed trainer, metronome and tuner • Inter-App Audio and AudioBus support • Project sharing between versions and devices • Import and play songs as backing tracks from your Music Library or computer • Export audio via E-mail, SoundCloud or File Sharing • MIDI controllable and with built-in integration for iRig Stomp I/O, iRig Blueboard and other controllers • Low-latency for real-time playing More info: www.amplitube.com/ios Accessory info: www.ikmultimedia.com/irig
Pro Band
Play along with high-quality, professionally produced backing tracks featuring live musicians. This app allows you to adjust key and tempo, record and share your solos, and access detailed chord charts and scale fingerings for practice and learning.
- High-quality live musician backing tracks
- Adjustable key and tempo
- Record, mix, and share solos
- Detailed chord charts and scale fingerings
- In-app track store with bundles
- Play through effects apps or Audiobus
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Pro Band Backing Tracks will give you the amazing experience of playing along with pro musicians on a wide variety of styles, grooves and tempos. These high quality, professionally produced tracks are not midi or sequencer-based. They have been produced with real live studio musicians, so the feel is real. Join the 100,000+ users of Pro Band!!! "This product is superb! The backing tracks are very well produced." "The quality of the tracks are awesome and the ability to change key and tempo creates endless variety. Awesome app!" "I rarely write reviews, but this is an app that deserves a great review. If you're looking for an app to practice with, this is it! " "Mark Fitchett and the app developer have done a great job continuing to develop and support the app. It is a perfect companion for jamming and practicing. " "I purchased all the bundles and use this app to practice every day, definitely worth every penny!!" "Best app to learn scales." "What a great app this is! It is simple to use, with a clean interface." Pro Band makes it easy to record, mix and share your solos! Play and record through any effect App or use Audiobus. Share you solos with the Pro Band Community, Facebook, Twitter or iTunes in just one step! Find shared solos directly from within the Pro Band app, tap on the like button! You can browse shared solos by popularity and by date! Like no other App, you can re-mix and re-play your solo in any key and tempo! And you can do the same for any solos shared by other Pro Band users. There's truly no limit to what you can do with Pro Band! Much thought and consideration has been put into each one of the tracks to make them representative of the many diverse elements found in guitar-driven music. Tracks specifically for Bass players and Drummers are available too! PRO BAND OFFERS THE GREATEST RANGE OF BACKING TRACKS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE! All Pro Band tracks can be PLAYED IN ANY KEY AND TEMPO. It includes detailed CHORD CHARTS for every track in every key with a synchronized cursor that follows the progression, so you can follow it while you play. Mark has selected appropriate SCALE FINGERING for each track, so you'll see exactly how to start to build up your skills, including following scale changes throughout the track. The Pro Band Track Store has over 100 tracks to purchase in many bundles for guitar players, bass players and even drummers! You can hear a sample of every track available at the Pro Band Track Store. Bundles include: - Pentatonic Blues - Classic Other Blues, inspired by R&B, Gospel, Country, Latin - Pentatonic Rock - Modes - Acoustic Blues - Jazz - Blues & Rock for Bass Players (no bass) - Blues & Rock for Drummers (no drums) - Eclectic Pro Band comes with two tracks: Stevie's House and Run That Way. Dozens of other tracks are available as in-app purchases individually or in our popular lower-priced bundles of tracks that can save up to 60%! Buy a bundle, save a bundle! Note from producer Mark Fitchett: Being a guitarist myself, I know what I like when it comes to jamming with a band so it is with utmost confidence that I can say that Pro Band Backing Tracks groove and inspire. I'll admit that I am biased, after all I did create them, but I absolutely love playing and practicing to them myself and use them all the time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pro Band at Free against AmpliTube's $24.99. Pro Band also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Pro Band is free to download; AmpliTube costs $24.99 up front. AmpliTube sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pro Band sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AmpliTube ships an update every 4 months, Pro Band every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AmpliTube | Pro Band |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 2.9 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.5% of reviews | 61.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 753 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IK Multimedia US, LLC | ENCLAYVE GROUP LLC |
Customer experience
AmpliTube
Pro Band
Bugs and requests
AmpliTube
Reported bugs
5 issues- Effects not working after updates
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Presets and recordings randomly lost
- Latency and sync problems
- Constant pop-ups for in-app purchases
Requested features
5 requests- Bluetooth connectivity
- More amps and effects
- Improved recording capabilities
- Better song import/playback
- Ability to use with other audio interfaces
Pro Band
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AmpliTube
- Compressor$3.99
- Limiter$3.99
- Reverb$3.99
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- Parametric Equalizer$3.99
- Graphic Equalizer$3.99
- Metal Distortion$3.99
- Recorder + Master FX$19.99
- Complete Fender Bundle$24.99
- Recorder + Studio$24.99
- L.A. Rocker Bundle$24.99
Pro Band
- Practice Looper$1.99
- 8 Blues Tracks$3.99
- Eclectic Styles Bundle #1$3.99
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- Acoustic Blues Bundle$3.99
- 8 Rock Tracks$3.99
- 14 Track Mode Bundle: Parallel and Derivative$4.99
- Jazz Bundle Volume 1$4.99
- Emi Pentatonic - All 16 Tracks$5.99
- Blues Volume #2: 18-Track Bundle$5.99
- Bass Bundle$5.99
- Super Mode Jams!$5.99
- Ultimate Blues Package$12.99
Questions
Is AmpliTube free?
Is Pro Band free?
Do AmpliTube or Pro Band have ads?
Which is updated more often, AmpliTube or Pro Band?
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