Guitar Scales 3D vs WaveFolder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Scales 3D
Visualize and learn guitar scales in 3D, matching your view on the fretboard. Hear notes highlighted in real-time, adjust tempo, and practice picking exercises. Explore different keys, scales, and guitar sounds.
- 3D guitar scale visualization
- Real-time note highlighting
- Adjustable tempo and looping
- Picking exercise library
- Multiple guitar sounds
- Interactive 3D neck rotation
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See and learn from guitar scales on screen exactly as you are seeing them on your guitar, in 3D. Hear the notes played and highlighted in real time as you play along, change the tempo, loop, reverse, 1 or 2 octaves. Select the picking pattern used for playing the scales, ramp up the bpm, play along and nail those exercise patterns. Select from different guitar sounds, Acoustic, Electric, Pam Muted. Many beginners find it difficult to translate the flat image of a guitar scale diagram from the page on to what they are seeing as they look down at their own hand on the guitar neck from above. With Guitar Scales 3D you can adjust the view to exactly match what you are seeing. Includes a growing library of Picking Exercises to build up your Alternate Picking Chops. Start off slow and crank up the bpm until you're shredding with the best of them. The exercise work on left-right hand synchronisation as well as common positions and patterns Touch/Drag with 1-finger to rotate the guitar neck in 3D space. Touch/Drag with 2-fingers to change position up/down, pinch/zoom, and rotate. With the Key/Scale Dial at the bottom left of the screen you can change the key and select from the available scales. Seeing the scale notes move on the neck gives an extra insight into the diffences between the scales. When selecting a scale you will see the note names, the scale formula, and the note intervals of the scale. This is the start of a much larger project vision, give me feedback of features you would love to see, what works well, and what doesn't. Features to come include: more scales, animated exercise patterns, more guitar body styles, chord library.
WaveFolder
This audio effect app adds harmonics to sound by folding waveforms. It's ideal for enhancing synth leads, transforming drum loops, and creating ambient drones. Customize folding thresholds and modulation for unique sound design.
- Wave folding distortion
- Harmonic addition
- Adjustable folding thresholds
- Modulation of folding amount and symmetry
- Tempo-based or free-running modulators
- Built-in wave shaper
- Color themes
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WaveFolder is a simple Wave Folding Audio Unit Extension. Wave Folding is an interesting distortion effect that adds harmonics to the original signal by folding the waveform back on itself when it exceeds a clipping threshold. WaveFolder is great for adding spice to monophonic synth leads and rhythmic, tempo based modulations can turn drum loops into totally new entities, while long, slow, free running modulations are perfect for dirty ambient drones. WaveFolder lets you set the folding thresholds and modulate the folding amount and symmetry with tempo based or free running modulators. WaveFolder also includes a wave shaper to add even more interest. There is also a short built-in manual and a selection of colour themes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Guitar Scales 3D at Free against WaveFolder's $4.99. Guitar Scales 3D also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). WaveFolder's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Guitar Scales 3D is free to download; WaveFolder costs $4.99 up front. Guitar Scales 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WaveFolder asks for nothing beyond the download.
WaveFolder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Guitar Scales 3D's written reviews are positive against 75% of WaveFolder's.
Guitar Scales 3D ships an update every 8 days, WaveFolder every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Guitar Scales 3D | WaveFolder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philip Broder | Living Memory Software |
Customer experience
Guitar Scales 3D
WaveFolder
In-app purchases
Guitar Scales 3D
- Upgrade & Remove Ads$0.99
WaveFolder
No in-app purchases
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