Comparison

AmpGate vs Set Clock

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

Head to head
About

AmpGate

This app provides a real-time amplifier simulator for mobile devices, featuring exact digital captures of real amplifiers and full rigs. It allows users to browse and audition a vast library of tones, load custom impulse responses, and import their own captures. It also functions as an AUv3 plugin for use in music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time amp simulation
  • Vast tone library access
  • Cabinet section with IR loader
  • Noise gate and gain controls
  • Low-latency processing
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
Features
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Every amp ever, in your pocket. AmpGate is a Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) player for iPhone and iPad: a real-time amp sim that plays exact digital captures of real amplifiers and full rigs, including the new Architecture 2 (A2) models, the most accurate generation of neural captures yet. BROWSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONES Connect your free TONE3000 account and the world's largest tone library opens right inside the app. Search by amp, gear or genre, audition any capture through your own guitar before saving it, and build your collection with one tap. - NAM engine with A2 model support - Cabinet section with impulse response loader, browse TONE3000 IRs or import your own WAV files - Tone stack (bass / mid / treble), noise gate, input and output gain - Low-latency processing tuned for live playing - Import your own .nam captures from the Files app AUv3 PLUGIN INCLUDED Load AmpGate inside GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM, Loopy Pro, Cubasis and any other AUv3 host. The app and the plugin share one library: save a tone and it's already in your session. Neural Amp Modeler is an open-source project by Steven Atkinson. TONE3000 is a free third-party service; an account is optional.

About

Set Clock

Features
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Set Clock combines your setlist with a clock and a metronome. For every song you enter its length, tempo and time signature. At the gig, the stage view shows the time left in the song, and the metronome switches to the new tempo with every song change. • Setlist with song lengths to the second, tempo and time signature. You can also tap the tempo in • Stage view with the time left in the song and whether the set is ahead of or behind schedule • Metronome with eighths, triplets, sixteenths, quintuplets, sextuplets and swing, sample-accurate • Bars of 1 to 16 beats over 2, 4, 8 or 16, odd metres in their usual groupings (7/8 as 2+2+3). Every beat can be accented, softened or muted • Separate sounds for click and accent, each with its own pitch: stick, wood, beep, cowbell, hi-hat • Song structure as a moving bar: intro, verse, chorus, counted in bars • One tap moves on to the next song. All other controls are hidden during the gig • Pause for announcements: clocks and click stop, and the break does not count as being late • If the iPhone restarts during the gig, the set continues in the right song once you open the app • Share the setlist as text, for example in the band chat • Dark backgrounds and a brightness below the iOS minimum. The click plays alongside backing tracks from other apps Free: one set with all features. One-time purchase "All Your Sets": as many sets as you like, and duplicating sets. No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. Works without an internet connection.

Screenshots

AmpGate3 screens
Set Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AmpGate at none against Set Clock's 1. AmpGate also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Set Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AmpGate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AmpGate versus Set Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmpGateSet Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMATTEO DEMETRIO ZANARDIChristian-Conrad Knorr

In-app purchases

None

AmpGate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Set Clock

One-time1
  • All Your Sets$5.99

Questions

Is AmpGate free?
AmpGate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Set Clock free?
Set Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AmpGate or Set Clock have ads?
Neither AmpGate nor Set Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmpGate or Set Clock?
AmpGate ships an update every 3 weeks, and Set Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, AmpGate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Set Clock on November 13, 2026.

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