Resolve vs GENOME Amp Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resolve
This app offers a structured video course and a practice tool to develop a direct connection between your ear and your instrument. It generates random chord voicings for you to play along with, enhancing musical instincts and harmonic understanding.
- Integrated video course and practice tool
- Random harmonic voicings
- Harmonic complexity slider
- Train real musical instincts
- Designed for use with your instrument
- Complements functional ear training
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Resolve is a powerful ear training system, developed by Tom Quayle and David Beebee, combining a structured video course with a custom practice tool. The course and practice tool are designed to work together: the videos explain the concepts and exercises, while the practice tool generates the harmonic material you use to train your ear on your instrument. Reactive Ear Training focuses on developing a direct connection between your ear, your fingers, and your instrument. Resolve generates random, non-functional chord voicings for you to react to by playing over each chord using the exercises taught in the inlcuded course. The Harmonic Complexity Slider lets you tailor the sounds to your ability, from simpler, more consonant voicings at lower settings to increasingly complex and dissonant sounds at higher settings. Practicing this way strengthens the connection between your ear, your fingers, and your instrument. Over time, this develops stronger musical instincts and a deeper, intuitive understanding of harmony that maps directly to your instrument and translates to real musical situations. Key Features ‣ Created by Tom Quayle and David Beebee Resolve was developed as a complete Reactive Ear Training system, combining a structured video course with a practice tool designed to work together. ‣ Integrated Video Course and Practice Tool The course explains the method and demonstrates the exercises, while the practice tool generates the harmonic material you react to on your instrument. ‣ Random Harmonic Voicings Generate non-functional chord voicings to react to in real time. This approach strengthens the connection between your ear, your fingers, and your instrument. ‣ Harmonic Complexity Slider Tailor the sounds to your ability, from simpler, more consonant voicings at lower settings to increasingly complex and dissonant sounds at higher settings. ‣ Train Real Musical Instincts Resolve is designed to be used without naming or labelling chords, scales, or intervals. By focusing purely on sound, you learn to respond directly on your instrument. With some familiarity of major and minor sounds, you can begin immediately. ‣ Complements Functional Ear Training Designed to support your ongoing study of harmony, scales, chords, and functional ear training. ‣ Designed for Use With Your Instrument Built for active playing, helping connect what you hear directly to movement on your instrument. Resolve works for: ‣ Guitarists ‣ Bassists ‣ Pianists ‣ Any instrumentalist developing their ear Whether you’re improvising, composing, or learning music by ear, Resolve – Reactive Ear Training helps you develop faster and more reliable musical instincts.
GENOME Amp Simulator
This app offers a comprehensive suite for guitarists, featuring amp modeling, effects, and virtual cabinets. It allows for precise sound shaping and customization of signal chains for both studio and live use.
- All-in-one amp modeler
- FX suite and virtual cabinet engine
- Customizable signal chain routing
- TSM™-Ai Amplifiers
- Extensive pedal collection
- DynIR™ Virtual Cabinets
- Studio-grade FX
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GENOME iOS is an all-in-one amp modeler, FX suite and virtual cabinet engine, engineered to deliver the pinnacle of end-to-end tone shaping. Bringing together an ever-expanding roster of amplifiers, pedals, class-leading virtual cabinets and essential studio FX, GENOME iOS is your first—and final—destination for the ultimate in-the-box or hybrid backline. Whether you’re building from scratch or refining an existing setup, GENOME IOS gives you everything you need to construct a fully customised signal chain and shape your sound with precision, flexibility and control. Start Free. Build Your Backline. GENOME is available in three versions: GENOME Intro iOS (Free): A free entry point into the GENOME iOS ecosystem — start building your rig and explore the platform. GENOME iOS (in app purchase): Unlock the full platform via an in-app purchase with an expanded stock arsenal of amplifiers, pedals, DynIR™ cabinets and studio FX GENOME Suite iOS (in app purchase): Dive into the complete GENOME iOS experience. Featuring the full GENOME iOS stock component arsenal plus every current — and future — non-FairTone and non-Artist Series premium Component included as standard, GENOME Suite iOS is ready to build your virtual backline without limits. Core Technology At the heart of GENOME iOS lies a suite of advanced tone-shaping technologies, designed to deliver realism, flexibility and control: TSM™-Ai Amplifiers: Next-generation amp modelling designed to capture the feel, response and behaviour of real amplifiers across their full operating range. Pedals: An extensive collection of drive, modulation, dynamic, EQ, Reverb, Delay, Stereo Enhancement and utility pedals, all modelled for precision, character and control. DynIR™ Virtual Cabinets: Two notes’ proprietary cabinet simulation technology, delivering studio-grade realism with precise microphone positioning and mix-ready control. Studio-Grade FX: Essential processing tools for shaping, refining and finalising your sound, from subtle enhancement to full production-ready tone sculpting. PARADEX (Available in GENOME iOS or GENOME Suite iOS only) Available in GENOME iOS and GENOME Suite iOS, PARADEX is a next-generation component designed to play industry-first multi-parametric AmpNet captures — preserving how an amplifier responds across its full control range, not just a fixed snapshot. Built to work with captures created in Two notes Capture Studio, PARADEX enables dynamic, control-aware tone shaping, allowing you to adjust gain structure, tone controls and response in real time with a level of realism that goes beyond traditional capture workflows. Total Control. Built In. Shape your rig your way with fully flexible signal chain routing, studio-grade processing and real-time control. From simple setups to complex backlines, GENOME iOS gives you the tools to refine, adapt and take complete control of your sound. MIDI GENOME iOS puts MIDI firmly under your control — with comprehensive mapping and intuitive MIDI Learn facilities to bind parameters instantly and take full command from external hardware. No bottlenecks — just pro control that responds when you need it! MIXFIT MIXFIT is GENOME iOS’ integrated tone-shaping and refinement tool, designed to precisely tailor a RIG from input response through to final output. From dynamic feel and tonal character to adaptive enhancement and level maximisation, it delivers a cohesive path to balanced, mix-ready results every time. Global Transpose (Available in GENOME iOS or GENOME Suite iOS only) Shift GENOME iOS’ source input across a ±12-semitone range with ultra-low latency and minimal artifacts harnessing Global Transpose. Engineered to preserve feel, clarity, and articulation, alternate tunings and rapid key changes remain seamless. GENOME is a platform built without compromise — designed to evolve, expand and adapt to your sound, whether you're working in-the-box or integrating into a hybrid setup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GENOME Amp Simulator at Free against Resolve's $17.99. GENOME Amp Simulator also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Resolve's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
GENOME Amp Simulator is free to download; Resolve costs $17.99 up front. GENOME Amp Simulator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Resolve asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Resolve against 4.6 for GENOME Amp Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Resolve's written reviews are positive against 100% of GENOME Amp Simulator's.
Resolve ships an update every 9 days, GENOME Amp Simulator every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resolve | GENOME Amp Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #160 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 562 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trio Software Ltd | Two notes Audio Engineering |
Customer experience
Resolve
GENOME Amp Simulator
In-app purchases
Resolve
No in-app purchases
GENOME Amp Simulator
- GENOME iOS Sub$8.991 Month
- GENOME Suite iOS Sub$19.991 Month
- Access Pass$49.99
- Dirty Boy All Access$99.99
- GENOME iOS$129.99
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- GENOME Suite Upgrade iOS$179.99
- GENOME Suite iOS$299.99
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