Comparison

TONEX Control vs GuitarTech

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TONEX Control

This free companion app provides guitarists and bassists with wireless control over their TONEX Plug. It offers real-time editing, extensive preset management, and access to a vast online community of tone models and presets. Practice tools like a tuner and metronome are also included.

Highlights
  • Real-time amp, cab, and effect editing
  • Unlimited user preset management
  • Access to ToneNET community
  • Bluetooth streaming for practice
  • Built-in tuner and metronome
  • Instant device connectivity
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Play beyond limits. Real amps. Total freedom. Take full control of your tone from your mobile device with TONEX Control, the official free companion app for TONEX ONE+ and TONEX Plug. Edit, manage, and expand your rig in real time with seamless access to ToneNET, deep tone shaping tools, and complete preset control. Whether you're practicing, recording, or building a pedalboard rig, TONEX Control keeps everything connected and within reach. KEY FEATURES Full Real-Time Editing Shape your sound with intuitive control over amps, cabs, effects, IRs, and EQ. Complete Preset Management Access and edit onboard presets or store unlimited presets on your mobile device. Organize, assign, and back up your sounds with ease. ToneNET Access Explore over 60,000 Tone Models and presets from the global TONEX community. Search, demo, and download new tones instantly. Wireless Control for TONEX ONE+ Connect via Bluetooth for real-time editing, tone transfer, and full control of your pedal. Seamless TONEX Plug Integration Manage and organize your tones on the go while keeping your library synced. Advanced Tone Shaping Edit amps, cabs, VIR and IRs, EQ, noise gate, compression, modulation, delay, and reverb. Built-In Practice Tools Stay in tune and in time with a built-in tuner and metronome. Fast, Connected Workflow Instantly connect and sync presets and settings across the TONEX ecosystem. TONEX Control is your mobile command center for tone. Download now and take full control of your rig, anywhere you play.

About

GuitarTech

Catalog, tune, and practice your entire guitar rig. Organize guitars, amps, and pedals with detailed specs, build virtual pedalboards, and access practice tools like a metronome and ear training. Pro features include scale references, maintenance logs, and songwriting tools.

Highlights
  • Gear cataloging with detailed specs
  • Virtual pedalboard builder
  • Strobe tuner with custom tunings
  • Practice hub with metronome and ear training
  • Maintenance and service log
  • Songwriting tools and setlists
Features
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Every guitar, amp, pedal, and piece of studio gear you own: cataloged, valued, and gig-ready. GuitarTech is the all-in-one home for your whole rig. Track your gear, see what it is worth, build your board, pack it for the show, bring your songbook on stage, and actually practice. Built by an indie developer who plays. Private by design: no account required, no ads, no third-party tracking. YOUR SONGBOOK (STAGE) - Real chord charts, not text notes: type or paste ChordPro or plain chords-over-lyrics and get a parsed chart with chord diagrams drawn inline - Transpose in one tap, or set a capo and read the shapes you want while the chart keeps its true key - Nashville numbers for session-style charts - Bring your book across: ChordPro, OnSong, and OpenSong files, or a whole exported archive in one tap - Per-show key, tempo, and arrangement that never touch the master copy - On stage: a hands-free teleprompter with section jumps and a click that starts with the scroll - Export a chart, a set sheet, or the whole book as a PDF GIG-READY - Upcoming shows with venue search, set times, a countdown, and one-tap directions - Add a gig to your calendar and let iOS tell you when to leave. The app never asks for your location - Pack the rig from gear you already own and check off the load-out list piece by piece (Stage) - Share a flyer for every show, with your own logo and backdrop at the Stage tier - One upcoming gig free, unlimited with Stage PRACTICE & PLAY - Strobe tuner with custom and alternate tunings - Record yourself with a front camera that counts you in and keeps time - Chord library, scales, and a full arpeggio reference with CAGED positions up the neck - Progressions built from the key's own chords, plus borrowed chords and secondary dominants - A practice hub with metronome, daily drills, streaks, ear training, Programs, and a BPM logbook CATALOG YOUR GEAR - Guitars, basses, amps, pedals, studio and recording gear, drums, keys, and live sound - Smart entry autofills specs from built-in catalogs of thousands of real models - Add photos with one-tap background-removal cutouts - Decode serial numbers to estimate the year (major brands) - Bring your spreadsheet: CSV import is free for everyone KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH (STAGE) - Estimated market ranges for thousands of researched models, beside your replacement values - Condition history, receipts, and documents on every piece - A claim-ready PDF schedule of the whole collection, receipts attached BUILD YOUR RIG - Pedalboard Builder: lay out your board to scale with a jack-aware patch-cable cut list - Signal-chain suggestions with reasons, and power supplies that fit your board's draw KEEP IT PLAYING - Maintenance and service log with reminders (Player) - Find your exact string set in the built-in catalog and log every change with one tap - A string odometer counts real playing hours and tells you when to restring (Player) FREE, PLAYER, & STAGE Every new install starts a 14-day free trial of the top tier, no card required. - Free: catalog everything you own, the tuner, video recorder, capo and transposer, chords, progressions, the daily practice loop, CSV import, one pedalboard with its cut list, one gig with a flyer, iCloud sync and backup - Player: the practice tier. Scales and Arpeggios, every drill and Programs, CAGED chord shapes, the A-B slow-down looper, Progress Clips, the maintenance log with reminders, string-life stats, unlimited pedalboards, and CSV export - Stage: everything in Player, plus the songbook with Setlists and Songwriter, unlimited gigs with the load-out list, your own logo on flyers, saved rigs, replacement values and market estimates, condition history and documents, claim-ready exports, and custom themes PRIVACY Your collection lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud, so we cannot read it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mccabetechlabs.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

TONEX Control4 screens
GuitarTech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GuitarTech at 100% against TONEX Control's 18%. GuitarTech also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). TONEX Control's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GuitarTech sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TONEX Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TONEX Control ships an update every 6 weeks, GuitarTech every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TONEX Control versus GuitarTech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTONEX ControlGuitarTech
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIK Multimedia US, LLCMcCABE Technologies LLC

Customer experience

TONEX Control

Written reviews33 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral27.3%
Negative54.5%

GuitarTech

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TONEX Control

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

GuitarTech

Subscriptions4
  • GuitarTech Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Gear Aficionado14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • GuitarTech Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Gear Aficionado14 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is TONEX Control free?
TONEX Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GuitarTech free?
GuitarTech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TONEX Control or GuitarTech have ads?
Neither TONEX Control nor GuitarTech shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TONEX Control or GuitarTech?
TONEX Control ships an update every 6 weeks, and GuitarTech every 4 days. Most recently, TONEX Control was updated on October 24, 2026 and GuitarTech on October 7, 2026.

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