Amplitube or Ampkit for iPhone?

[Skol303]

I'm thinking of picking up either Amplitube or Ampkit for the purpose of 'quiet' practicing at home:

Amplitube:
[url="http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitube/features/"]http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitube/features/[/url]

Ampkit:
[url="http://www.agilepartners.com/apps/ampkit/"]http://www.agilepartners.com/apps/ampkit/[/url]

My question is: which one's best?

From Googling, it seems as though the Ampkit LiNK is a better product than Amplitube iRig connector, and works with both products.

Ampkit also seems like a more stable piece of software, but is more costly in terms of buying the necessary add ons. Whereas amplitube is more user-friendly, but suffers a bit in terms of sound quality (according to people's reviews).

If anyone here has experience of using both (or either), then I'd be interested to hear your opinion.

Cheers!

[dave_bass5]

There are a couple of thread on here, one started by me, on the Amplitube kit but ive not read anything about the Ampkit.

For what its worth i had the iRig adapter and didn't get on with it. Using passive basses i just couldn't get a clean enough sound, even though the levels seemed ok on the screen.
I know others find its ok so maybe i was just expecting too much or mine was faulty.

It seems like a good idea but i much prefer my Korg Pandora for silent practising at home/gigs.

Edited November 25, 2010 by dave_bass5

[Shire]

I was considering both options you mentioned but in the end went for the Vox Amplug:

[url="http://www.voxamps.com/amplug/"]http://www.voxamps.com/amplug/[/url]

[tayste_2000]

Personally I really like the Amplitube kit, I'm using it on an Ipad I got the free version and then bought the Bass amp and it was on offer so was around £1.50.

I think it sounds better than the Korg PX3b and 4b i've owned, true this is just as a practice headphone amp and not as an effects processor but it's just handy having everything in one device that I can take everywhere with me.

[Skol303]

Thanks for your comments here folks, appreciated.

Having weighed up the different options on offer, I've ended up buying a Vox Amplug (Bass): so far I'm finding it very convenient and the sound is surprisingly good, though the build-quality is on the shoddy-side, to be honest (I wouldn't want to drop it, put it that way!).

What swayed me is that I can use it in conjunction with my pedals, by plugging the Amplug into the last pedal in the chain (where I'd normally output to an amp). I'm sure there's a danger of overloading it this way, but so far I've yet to break it...

Well worth the £30 in my opinion, especially if you need something for quiet practice at home.