Comparison

AmpGate Pro vs ManifesTone

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

Head to head
About

AmpGate Pro

This app offers a comprehensive neural rig for guitar and bass, featuring high-quality effects, creative routing options, and a full Live mode. It supports the latest Neural Amp Modeler standard and allows users to import their own audio unit plugins.

Highlights
  • Neural rig for guitar and bass
  • High-quality effects suite
  • Creative signal routing
  • Full Live mode
  • Supports Neural Amp Modeler A2
  • Import custom IRs and AUv3 plugins
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AmpGate Pro is AmpGate reimagined: a complete neural rig for guitar and bass, with a suite of high quality effects, creative routing, a fully fledged Live mode and much more. Now supporting the latest Neural Amp Modeler A2 standard. Try it free for 48 hours. No card, no account, no subscription. TONE3000, BUILT IN - Sign in once and browse the whole catalog of amps, pedals, IRs and full rigs, with search, sorting and endless scrolling - Tap a tone to play through it immediately, tap the heart to keep it in your library - Download cabinet IRs the same way, or import your own .wav IRs from Files THE CHAIN - Up to 64 blocks per preset: drag to reorder, one tap to bypass - Amp, Pedal and Cab blocks that hold as many neural captures and IRs as your device can run, anywhere in the chain - Effects modeled after real hardware: LA, FET and OTA compressors, tube and tape saturation, graphic EQ with Tone Match, envelope filter, ring mod, lo-fi, stereo widener and doubler - 8 modulation modes: Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Tremolo, Vibrato, Ensemble, Uni-Vibe, Rotary - 7 delay modes: Digital, Analog, Tape, Diffuse, Shimmer, Multi-tap and Reverse, with ducking and tempo sync - 5 reverbs: Plate, Room, Convolution, Cloud and Haze - High quality pitch shifting: three engines, up to 24 semitones either way, polyphonic and fast enough to play - A noise gate ahead of the whole chain and a transparent limiter after it - Load your own Audio Unit plug-ins as blocks in the chain ROUTING - Split your signal into up to 4 parallel lanes, each with its own level, pan and gain compensation - Or divide it by frequency band through 2, 3 and 4-way Linkwitz-Riley crossovers - Lane latency is aligned for you, so parallel paths stay in phase PRESETS AND SCENES - Store unlimited presets with search, tags and favourites, and keep 6 of them on the hotswitch bar - Up to 8 scenes per preset, recalled gaplessly, with no reload and no dropout - Full preset and scene tail spillover: delays and reverbs ring on across the change - Export and import presets as files to back them up or share them LIVE - Full screen Live mode with large scene tiles, transport, tuner and click always in reach - Setlist mode: build setlists where every song carries its preset, starting scene, tempo and backing track, and switches automatically - Playlist mode: import your own backing tracks and play them for practice and jamming - Chromatic tuner, metronome and tap tempo, with delays, modulations and reverbs locked to the tempo in note values CONTROL - MIDI learn: map any CC or Program Change to any knob, bypass, preset slot, scene or setlist step - Bluetooth MIDI pairing and MIDI 2.0 support - Siri Shortcuts to recall a scene, step through your setlist and jump straight into Live mode PLUG-IN - AUv3 effect for any host on your iPad or iPhone - Same engine, same library, same presets as the app SOUND AND SETUP - Input calibration, so captures see the level they were recorded at - Mono or stereo output, sample rate and buffer size, input channel and output pair selection on multi channel interfaces - Background audio and a live DSP load meter - Light and dark themes with nine accent colors, resizable blocks, tone curve on or off AmpGate Pro is a one time purchase. No subscription, ever. The 48 hour trial covers the app; the AUv3 plug-in comes with the unlock. Everything runs on your device. Your models, IRs and presets stay yours. Neural Amp Modeler and TONE3000 are trademarks of their respective owners.

About

ManifesTone

This app identifies songs and then constructs a complete guitar rig based on the music. It selects appropriate amp captures and effects, arranging them logically and explaining its choices. Users can then fine-tune the rig with simple voice commands or swap out individual components.

Highlights
  • AI song-based rig generation
  • Automatic amp and pedal selection
  • Voice-controlled tone adjustments
  • Swappable rig components
  • Neural amp and pedal captures
  • Cross-platform rig syncing
Features
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Name the song. ManifesTone builds the whole rig. Not a preset — a rig. The right amp capture, the right pedals in the right order, the delay, the EQ. Then it tells you exactly what it chose, and why. HOW IT WORKS Type a song, or tap Shazam and it names the record playing in the room. Say what you're playing — rhythm, lead, clean verse — and CAPO goes to work. Capture, Amp, Pedal, Output: the four links of a guitar rig. It searches thousands of neural captures of real amps and pedals, picks gear that suits the song, sets the gain and EQ for the part you're actually playing, and places the effects in the order they belong in. Gate on the high-gain. Slapback on the lead. A room for the cleans. Then it writes out what it did, and credits whoever made the captures. SAY WHAT YOU WANT "Bit more bite." "Kill the reverb." "Tighter." Say it plainly and the rig changes. Most tweaks land instantly, on device. SWAP ANY PART Not sold on the amp it picked? Open the block, browse the capture library right there, and drop in a different one. The chain updates and the credits follow it. REAL CAPTURES, REAL MAKERS The amps and pedals are neural captures from TONE3000 — made by people who owned the gear and put the work in. ManifesTone connects to your own TONE3000 account. PLAY ANYWHERE Plug a USB audio interface into your iPhone or iPad and you're playing. The whole rig, pocket-sized, no laptop and nothing to boot up. Hear a tone you love out in the wild? Shazam it on the spot, CAPO builds the rig, and it saves to your library. Every rig syncs. Sit down at the desk and the same rig is waiting in the ManifesTone plugin for macOS and Windows — free with every account, including the free one. WHAT IT COSTS Free — one rig build a month, one guitar in your arsenal. No card. Plus — 18 builds a month, 5 guitars. $9.99/month or $89.99/year. Pro — 40 builds a month, 20 guitars, and an unlimited rig library. $19.99/month or $179.99/year. Prefer not to subscribe? Build packs are bought outright — 8, 18 or 40 builds. They never expire and there's nothing to cancel. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://manifestone.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AmpGate Pro4 screens
ManifesTone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ManifesTone at 5.0 against AmpGate Pro's 3.7. ManifesTone also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). AmpGate Pro's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. AmpGate Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ManifesTone sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ManifesTone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AmpGate Pro ships an update every 2 days, ManifesTone daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
AmpGate Pro versus ManifesTone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmpGate ProManifesTone
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMATTEO DEMETRIO ZANARDIBIGSOFT LLC

Customer experience

AmpGate Pro

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

ManifesTone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AmpGate Pro

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$8.99
7 purchases

ManifesTone

Subscriptions4
  • ManifesTone Plus$9.991 Month
  • ManifesTone Pro$19.991 Month
  • ManifesTone Plus$89.991 Year
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  • ManifesTone Pro$179.991 Year
One-time3
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Plus Pack$9.99
  • Power Pack$19.99

Questions

Is AmpGate Pro free?
AmpGate Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ManifesTone free?
ManifesTone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AmpGate Pro or ManifesTone?
ManifesTone is rated higher. AmpGate Pro averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ManifesTone averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AmpGate Pro or ManifesTone have ads?
Neither AmpGate Pro nor ManifesTone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmpGate Pro or ManifesTone?
AmpGate Pro ships an update every 2 days, and ManifesTone daily. Most recently, AmpGate Pro was updated on October 15, 2026 and ManifesTone on October 10, 2026.

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