WaveFlower vs Decibel Display
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WaveFlower
This app uses your microphone to visualize sound by drawing intricate shapes. Explore the hidden visual patterns in music, your voice, or any ambient noise. It offers a unique and engaging way to experience audio.
- Visualize sound with intricate shapes
- Uses microphone input
- Works with music, voice, and ambient sounds
- Discover hidden patterns in audio
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WaveFlower gives you a fun way to discover hidden shapes in sound. It will use your microphone to draw intricate shapes from the sound around you. Try it with music, your voice, or any other sounds you can think of!
Decibel Display
This companion app displays audio metering data from its desktop counterpart on your smartphone or tablet. Design custom multi-meter presets with various meter types, colors, and shapes for real-time audio analysis.
- Real-time audio metering
- Customizable meter presets
- VU Meter, LUFS, RMS
- Spectrum Analyzer
- Phase-scope
- Modular design
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Decibel Display app is only a viewer, it works with Decibel Desktop which is an audio Plug-in (VST3, AAX, AU) and standalone app (Mac, Windows) that can be broadcast to any smartphone or tablet device using this app. It is a modular multi-meter on which you can design the preset you want including color, size, shape, choosing between several VU Meter, LUFS Meters, RMS Meter, Spectrum Analyser, Phase-scope and so on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Decibel Display at every 5 weeks against WaveFlower's every 24 months. Decibel Display also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). WaveFlower's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Decibel Display holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of WaveFlower's written reviews are positive against 40% of Decibel Display's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WaveFlower ships an update every 24 months, Decibel Display every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WaveFlower | Decibel Display |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dag Agren | Process Audio |
Customer experience
WaveFlower
Decibel Display
In-app purchases
WaveFlower
No in-app purchases
Decibel Display
No in-app purchases
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