I recently purchased the iRig, a small preamp adapter that allows you to connect your guitar to your iPhone, iPad, and Macbook. iRig works with a software package called “Amplitube” (by IK Multimedia) that simulates many different guitar amplifiers and guitar effects. While the sound quality of the amps is not as good as my Line 6 gear, the program comes in very handy when some simple guitar “noodling” is in order, or you just want to record a riff you just came up with so you won’t forget it. In-app purchases allow you to purchase additional amps and effects, which is neat, however I discovered the following the hard way, and ended up wasting money by purchasing amps on my iPhone when the iPad is going to end up being my device of choice.<\/p>\n
From iLounge.com :<\/p>\n
“We were also less than thrilled that the iPad and pocket iOS device apps are sold separately, with in-app purchases similarly specific to the app and platform they were purchased on. This means that a user who wants to use AmpliTube on both her iPad and iPhone will either pay $40 for both apps, or worse yet re-purchase the same gear in the free versions of the app. Since the two apps provide essentially the same features, a universal app that could share in-app purchases would have been preferable here. As it stands, users with both an iPhone and iPad are really better off purchasing only the iPad version and not really being able to use the app at all on their iPhone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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