OX | Amp Top Box vs Eventide Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OX | Amp Top Box
Control your tube amp's legendary tone from anywhere with this companion app. Access a virtual studio of speaker cabinets, microphones, and effects to craft album-quality guitar sounds. Store your custom presets directly to your hardware.
- Full Rig control via Wi-Fi
- 120+ Rig presets
- 22 classic speaker cabinets
- Boutique mic combinations
- Studio amp tone effects
- Custom preset storage
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Legendary Album Tone from your Tube Amp — Anywhere, at Any Volume. This is the companion application for OX Amp Top Box by Universal Audio. Install the Rig Control app on your iPad or computer, then pair over Wi-Fi to your OX hardware and tap into a full virtual studio of speaker cabinets, microphones, and effects for getting legendary amp tones. Features • Full control of OX Amp Top Box Rigs via Wi-Fi on iPad, macOS, and Windows • Access 120+ carefully-crafted Rig presets for instant album-quality guitar tones • Choose from 22 classic speaker cabinets with vintage, NOS, and modern speakers • Choose from 7 boutique close mic and 6 room mic combinations • Perfect your studio amp tones with EQ, Compression, Delay, and Plate Reverb • Store your custom presets to OX’s RIG knob Requirements • OX Amp Top Box Hardware • Internet connection via Wi-Fi for OX hardware registration • iPad with iOS 12 or higher
Eventide Control
This app offers remote control for specific effects pedals, allowing users to manage parameters, presets, and settings through an intuitive interface. It enhances the user experience for musicians using compatible hardware.
- Remote control for H90 and H9 Gen 2 pedals
- Manage parameters
- Access and manage presets
- Adjust settings
- Easy-to-use interface
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The Eventide Control app provides remote control access of the H90 and H9 Gen 2 effects pedal. With it you can manage parameters, presets and settings with an easy-to-use interface.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OX | Amp Top Box at 3.8 against Eventide Control's 2.8. OX | Amp Top Box also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Eventide Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
OX | Amp Top Box holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of OX | Amp Top Box's written reviews are positive against 25% of Eventide Control's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OX | Amp Top Box | Eventide Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (20 ratings) — better | 2.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universal Audio | Eventide |
Customer experience
OX | Amp Top Box
Eventide Control
In-app purchases
OX | Amp Top Box
No in-app purchases
Eventide Control
No in-app purchases
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