Top Mobile Apps for Guitar Effects: An In-Depth Review
OK, connected. Now, how to generate guitar effects with the phone?
There are mobile apps for it! Do you want to play the guitar without an amp? It’s super easy. Today, mobile applications may simulate your favorite Fender Amp, your dream stage gear, your broken Marshall Cab, the Mesa-Boogie that you were saving money to buy someday, or your favorite delay pedal which just had its battery drained.
History of guitar effects apps
Mobile applications were mimicking and imitating real guitar gear in the last decade. However, most of them did it in a poor manner and they disappointed analog lovers with their noticeable digital sound. Even if they sound good, they had latency issues which caused a delay while processing the sound and caused the sound of the guitars to come late after the pluck.
Nowadays, the increasing power of smartphones and the developments in the audio technologies; guitar effects apps on mobile are getting better every day and they are being used by millions of guitarists.
Here’s our “Top 5 Mobile Guitar Amps Mobile Apps” list:
Deplike Guitar FX
Pros:
- The only app without latency on Android (USB audio interface support)
- The most realistic sound on iOS and Android (Tube amp profiles and analog pedals)
- Huge preset content (Hundreds of new presets arrive every day)
- Works with accessible interfaces such as iRig
- Multi-platform access on Windows, macOS, Android & iOS
- Plug-in support for recording: Windows(VST), macOS (AU/VST), iOS (AUv3)
Cons:
- No direct recording feature yet, but it’s on its way 🙂
Amplitube
Pros:
- A high variety of processors
- Cab simulations with microphone positioning
- Works with accessible interfaces such as iRig
Cons:
- Very Expensive (Each item is sold alone)
- No social preset sharing dynamics
- Only on iOS
Mobile POD
Pros:
- Simplistic design
- Easy to use with one hand
Cons:
- Expensive
- No social preset sharing dynamics
- Only on iOS
BIAS FX
Pros:
- Realistic and High-Quality sound
- Cab simulations with microphone positioning
- Tone sharing feature
- Bias fx works with accessible interfaces such as iRig
Cons:
- Hard to use and master
- Only on iOS
Tonebridge
Pros:
- Provides large preset content with their riffs to hear
- Easy to use and simplistic design
- Free to use
Cons:
- High Latency on Android (No USB audio interface support)
- Does not get updated
Deplike Guitar FX
Pros:
- The only app without latency on Android (USB audio interface support)
- The most realistic sound on iOS and Android (Tube amp profiles and analog pedals)
- Huge preset content (Hundreds of new presets arrive every day)
- Works with accessible interfaces such as iRig
- Multi-platform access on Windows, macOS, Android & iOS
- Plug-in support for recording: Windows(VST), macOS (AU/VST), iOS (AUv3)
Cons:
- No recording feature yet, but it’s on its way 🙂
Thanks to the new generation guitar application, Deplike, many problems were solved! Deplike profiled real guitar amps and analog guitar pedals with its own recipe and it offers the most realistic sound in the digital world, ever! Deplike also solved the latency issue, especially in Android, by being the only application with USB interface support. Because, it has its own USB driver. Therefore, it can give your input signal straight into your output device, without any delay, it’s instant and real-time.
Deplike features 15 super realistic guitar amplifier simulations and 21 FX pedals for any needs of a modern guitar player. Plus, Deplike offers more than 10,000 presets made by the community and every day hundreds of new presets arrive for the ones who are less experienced in dialing their desired tone. You can simply search for Led Zeppelin, Metallica or Jimi Hendrix and reach their tones with a single tap.