TonePrint vs Source Audio Neuro 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TonePrint
Access and beam custom sound profiles to compatible effects pedals. Explore artist-created tones, personalize settings, and save favorites for quick access. Works offline and requires no extra cables.
- Beam TonePrints to pedals
- Bluetooth support for Plethora X5
- Deep edit TonePrints
- Browse by pedal or artist
- Collect favorite TonePrints
- Offline access
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The TonePrint app is your golden ticket to the glorious world of TC Electronic TonePrints! With this app in hand you’ve got unlimited access to the farthest corners of your TonePrint effects. You might stumble across your new signature sound while you’re at it – Only one way to find out! With Bluetooth support added for Plethora X5, X3 and X1, use the TonePrint app to deep edit your unique TonePrints to your heart’s delight. Enjoy! The TonePrint Concept Welcome to the TonePrint app – home of tone tinkerers and sound hounds alike. TC Electronic’s ‘TonePrint®’ app lets you use your phone’s speakers to beam TonePrints directly into your guitar pickup to drastically change your TonePrint pedal. Reassign knob functions, tweak parameters, adjust EQ responses – instant inspiration at your fingertips. The app will even work offline if you should happen to be in international waters so you can shred with total impunity. TonePrint App Main Features - Beam any TonePrint in seconds - Bluetooth support for Plethora X5 - Fast. Flexible. Intuitive. - Completely free of charge – Not based on in-app purchases - Cached files – No internet access required - No extra cables required - Browse TonePrints by pedal or artist - Collect favorite TonePrints for super-fast access - Constantly updated with new, amazing TonePrints Please note that your pedal may require a firmware update to receive TonePrints as beams. Check www.tcelectronic.com/toneprints for details.
Source Audio Neuro 3
Control and customize Source Audio's One Series guitar and bass effects pedals. Download thousands of presets, create your own unique sounds, and share them with a vibrant community of musicians. Seamlessly manage your pedal's effects from your mobile device or desktop.
- Download stage-ready presets
- Create personalized effects sounds
- Manage personal preset library
- Share sounds with the community
- Intuitive user interface
- Cross-platform integration
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Unlock the full potential of Source Audio's One Series line of guitar and bass effects pedals with Neuro 3. With over 10,000 presets crafted by both Source Audio and the Neuro Community, Neuro 3 empowers users to download stage-ready sounds directly to any One Series pedal. It also doubles as a potent effects editing tool, facilitating the creation of highly personalized sounds that can be loaded directly onto a pedal, stored in a personal preset library, or shared with the wider Neuro Community. Popular Neuro compatible One Series pedals include the Artifakt Lo-Fi Elements, Collider Delay+Reverb, C4 Synth, EQ2 Programmable Equalizer, and Ventris Dual Reverb. Neuro 3 is a top-to-bottom rewrite of the original Neuro app. It introduces a host of enhancements that include a sleek and intuitive user interface, streamlined preset downloading, advanced preset creation and management tools, and a seamless integration across mobile and desktop platforms. Additionally, it offers community-based features such as in-depth user profiles, public discussion forums accessible with every published preset, and the ability to Follow other Neuro Community members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Source Audio Neuro 3 at 4.4 against TonePrint's 2.6. Source Audio Neuro 3 also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). TonePrint's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 51). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Source Audio Neuro 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 177 and 51 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of TonePrint's written reviews are positive against 21% of Source Audio Neuro 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TonePrint ships an update every 3 months, Source Audio Neuro 3 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TonePrint | Source Audio Neuro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (177 ratings) | 4.4 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 284 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TC Electronic | Source Audio |
Customer experience
TonePrint
Source Audio Neuro 3
User reviews
TonePrint
From 177 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 👍 Great selection of free tones
- 🎨 Impressive technology for beaming tones
- 💡 Adds a lot of value to TC pedals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔌 Unreliable connection and compatibility issues
- 📱 Clunky and unintuitive user interface
- 🤯 Renders pedals useless without working app
Source Audio Neuro 3
From 51 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative and versatile pedals
- 👍 Easy to use (for some)
- ✨ Unlocks pedal potential
- 🚀 Works well on desktop
- 🎶 Great sound quality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unintuitive interface
- 🐛 Loss of precision in values
- 🐛 Old version missed
Bugs and requests
TonePrint
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on startup
- Beaming tones doesn't work consistently
- Tones not saving properly
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Allow editing and saving of custom tones
- Sync tones between devices and platforms
- Improve stability and performance
- Add support for more TC pedal models
Source Audio Neuro 3
Reported bugs
57 issues- Settings not reflected in EQ2
- Won't connect to pedal even at max volume
- No connection with iPhone 11
- App kills battery and overheats phone
- Latest update broke app on iPad, crashes on open
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- App will not let user create an account
- Bluetooth connectivity issues remain
- Editing aspects don't work or barely work
- Most level settings don't have a proper zero
- App continues to be a bag of bugs
- App freezes on sign-in screen
- App crashes instantly after login
- Update broke TRS functionality
- App no longer connects to pedal
- Nemesis Delay integration no longer works, cannot change parameters without PC
- Cannot login after password update
- App doesn't load on iMac
- Cannot connect pedals to iPhone
- App still says disconnected despite Bluetooth sync
- TRS cable won't connect to Ventris with iPhone
- Cannot preview community presets without loading them
- C4 pedal not recognized by current app version
- USB connection to Ventris is unreliable, repeatedly disconnects
- Tiny grey lettering against grey background for knob labels
- App no longer capable of sending effects
- Desktop app crashes when trying to log in
- Unable to create an account, throws an error
- Cannot change presets with provided cable
- App keeps crashing
- Presets do not work
- Real-time editing or choosing a preset on the pedal isn't possible for C4
- iOS app crashes every time it's used
- Cannot figure out if presets are being saved
- Cannot modify preset names
- App crashes before finding C4 support
- App will not calibrate sound
- Cannot browse or search the preset library, endlessly displays loading animation
- App doesn't work on Apple tablet, requires individual USB connection
- App would not connect after initial use
- App interface is clunky and not properly developed
- Presets don't work, makes weird sound and doesn't load
- No success cycling through presets
- Cannot connect with the app
- Error message about not being able to find a host name when creating an account
- Desktop version tells user to use mobile version to create account
- Half the time community presets won't load
- Desktop app sometimes won't let you preview presets
- Cannot edit preset names on phone
- Headphone volume needs to be MAX for connection
- Login requirement is extremely annoying
- UI is really bad, BPM text entry doesn't save
- Cannot enter hardware settings with updated app
- Forgot password doesn't send reset email
- Cannot make any changes to pedals with the app
- No problems with iPad 2
- LED is always red since latest firmware update
- Internet connection error despite Wi-Fi
Requested features
19 requests- Tutorials for guitar players on programming synthesizers
- Optimization improvements for the app
- More intuitive GUI
- Restore horizontal sliders and full 8-bit resolution
- Add USB connection option
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- Improve UI for easier parameter adjustment
- Add +/- buttons for fine-tuning parameters
- Allow for arbitrary setting of increment/decrement values for buttons
- Enable continuous change with long-press on buttons
- Implement gesture-based control similar to video playback
- Allow users to rename presets
- Add ADSR controls for synths
- Make password reset automated
- Update online tutorials to match current interface
- Develop an iPad-specific app with desktop-like functionality
- Improve reliability of USB connectivity
- Make app usable without internet connection for library access
- Allow knob adjustments on the pedal to reflect in the app
- Fix bug where negative numbers cannot be input on iPhone
In-app purchases
TonePrint
No in-app purchases
Source Audio Neuro 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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