Comparison

TONEX Control vs Cloudtape

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

Cloudtape

Features
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Cloudtape turns the music folders in your Dropbox into a proper music library on your iPhone. Pick the folders, let it sync, and it all plays from the phone itself: on a plane, underground, anywhere. Nothing streams. Every track is downloaded before it plays, so there's no buffering and no data used while you listen. PLAYS FROM YOUR PHONE • Syncs only the folders you pick, and keeps them up to date in the background • Notices when you move or rename a folder in Dropbox, instead of downloading it all again • Plays MP3, AAC, M4A, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF and audiobooks (M4B) • Disconnect Dropbox or let the trial run out, and everything already on the phone keeps playing PLAYS PROPERLY • Browse by album, artist and song, the way the Music app does • Picks up where you left off in long DJ sets and audiobooks, per file • A scrubber drawn from the track's own waveform • Playlists, lyrics from your files, a sleep timer and volume levelling STAYS OUT OF YOUR WAY • Only reads your Dropbox. It never writes, moves or deletes anything there • Shows the music already on your iPhone in the same library • Scrobbles to Last.fm if you want it, including plays made offline • No account, no ads, no tracking PRICE Free for 14 days, counted from your first sync. After that, one payment keeps syncing on for good. There's no subscription, and Family Sharing is included.

Screenshots

TONEX Control4 screens
Cloudtape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TONEX Control at none against Cloudtape's 1. Cloudtape's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). 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. Cloudtape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TONEX Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TONEX Control ships an update every 3 months, Cloudtape every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TONEX Control versus Cloudtape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTONEX ControlCloudtape
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIK Multimedia US, LLCBelieve Labs

In-app purchases

None

TONEX Control

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cloudtape

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is TONEX Control free?
TONEX Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloudtape free?
Cloudtape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TONEX Control or Cloudtape have ads?
Neither TONEX Control nor Cloudtape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TONEX Control or Cloudtape?
TONEX Control ships an update every 3 months, and Cloudtape every 2 days. Most recently, TONEX Control was updated on October 15, 2026 and Cloudtape on October 6, 2026.

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