AMPLIFi Remote vs Marshall Gateway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMPLIFi Remote
This app offers a revolutionary guitar experience by wirelessly controlling your Line 6 AMPLIFi device. Explore and download free tones, match song tones from your music library, and share your own creations. Apple Watch integration provides convenient control on your wrist.
- Wireless control of AMPLIFi device
- Download free jam tracks and tones
- Match song tones from music library
- Edit, save, and publish tones to cloud
- Apple Watch integration for control
- Access over 70 amps and 104 effects
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AMPLIFi Remote connects with your Line 6 AMPLIFi device for a revolutionary guitar experience. Control your tone wirelessly, download free tones or share your own creations. Get tones that match songs in your music library, then edit, save and publish tones to the cloud. Download FREE jam tracks and tones to get jamming right away. Explore dozens of tracks and tones in various styles: rock, blues, metal, jazz, funk and country. Each set of tracks comes with a hand-picked list of tones to play around with. Apple Watch integration allows you to tune your guitar, access your tone library, search the Line 6 Tone Cloud, and control Master and instrument levels — all on your wrist. Download AMPLIFi Remote today and take a tour of the AMPLIFi experience. KEY FEATURES • Take command of your AMPLIFi –all 70+ amps, 104 effects, 20 speaker cabinets using 8 simultaneous guitar effects • Download FREE jam tracks and guitar tones from the Music tab • Remotely control AMPLIFi device parameters • Control select features via Apple Watch • Match the tones of songs in your music library • Search thousands of user-created tones online in the Tones tab • Share and rate tones in the cloud • Store unlimited tones in the cloud • Share tones via Twitter and Facebook from within AMPLIFi Remote • Made for iPhone® 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad Air® 2, iPad Air, iPad® (3rd and 4th generation), iPad 2, iPad mini™ 3, iPad mini 2, iPad mini, and iPod touch® (5th generation) Whether you want to jam, practice or create, AMPLIFi Remote delivers incredible guitar tones and effects with award-winning Line 6 modeling—all in an intuitive, easy-to-use app.
Marshall Gateway
Control your Marshall CODE Series guitar amplifier wirelessly via Bluetooth LE. Save and access your amplifier presets from the cloud, and discover new sounds from the community.
- Bluetooth LE amplifier control
- Real-time setting adjustments
- Cloud preset saving
- Preset sharing
- Online preset discovery
- Community preset access
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Take control of your Marshall CODE Series guitar amplifier with Marshall Gateway. Connect using Bluetooth LE for real-time control of your amplifier settings. Save all of your presets to the Marshall Cloud for access on any of your devices and share them with friends or publish them to the Marshall CODE community. Search and play on-line presets directly in Gateway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marshall Gateway at 3.7 against AMPLIFi Remote's 2.0. AMPLIFi Remote's advantage is ratings volume (156 vs 33) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marshall Gateway holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 156 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of AMPLIFi Remote's written reviews are positive against 30% of Marshall Gateway's.
AMPLIFi Remote ships an update every 2 months, Marshall Gateway every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AMPLIFi Remote | Marshall Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (156 ratings) | 3.7 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews | 29.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Line 6 | Marshall Amplification plc |
Customer experience
AMPLIFi Remote
Marshall Gateway
User reviews
AMPLIFi Remote
From 156 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great concept
- 👍 Flexible and practical
- 👍 Intuitive and well-organized
- 🚀 Responsive app
- 👍 Awesome tones and features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unreliable Bluetooth connection
- 🐛 Disconnects often
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with iOS updates
Marshall Gateway
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface when working properly
- 🎛️ Comprehensive amp parameter customization
- 💾 Ability to save and manage multiple presets
- 📱 Convenient mobile control of amp settings
- 🎵 Built-in tuner feature (in earlier versions)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Persistent Bluetooth connection issues
- 🔌 Unreliable app-to-amp connectivity
- ❌ Frequent disconnections during use
- ⚠️ App crashes and freezes
- 🔄 Requires constant reconnection attempts
Bugs and requests
AMPLIFi Remote
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on startup
- Fails to connect to amp
- Loses connection randomly
- Incompatible with latest iOS versions
- Firmware update bricks the amp
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- App freezes when trying to sync
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to rearrange signal chain
- Ability to override presets
- Improved Bluetooth range
- Ability to use without app
- PC/Mac version of the app
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- Ability to save volume settings
- Ability to use as a Bluetooth speaker without issues
Marshall Gateway
Reported bugs
14 issues- Bluetooth connection drops frequently
- App fails to recognize amp despite Bluetooth connection
- Connection rejected error messages
- App won't launch on certain iOS versions
- Preset settings reset randomly when saved
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- Firmware update compatibility issues
- App crashes on iPad Air and other tablets
- Pairing requires manual 'forget device' process every session
- Email verification not working for account creation
- Preset data loss after disconnection
- Unreadable text display after reinstallation
- App freezes during preset editing
- Incompatibility with iPhone 12 and iOS 14+
- Bluetooth range extremely limited (2 feet)
Requested features
13 requests- Landscape mode orientation support
- iPad compatibility and multitasking features
- Bulk preset synchronization between amp and phone
- Auto-sync feature for amp and phone banks
- EQ controls in the app
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- Ability to use compressor with distortion/overdrive
- Footswitch programming from app
- Restore tuner and playback features
- Better documentation and pairing instructions
- Preset organization by numerical or alphabetical order
- Improved visual identification of amp models and effects
- VoiceOver accessibility support
- Separate Bluetooth playback volume control
In-app purchases
AMPLIFi Remote
No in-app purchases
Marshall Gateway
No in-app purchases
Questions
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