Comparison

Speecap vs Wave Audio Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Speecap

This utility app records your voice with automatic background noise cancellation. It ensures clean speech recordings without the need for professional equipment, allowing for background recording and easy sharing. It is best suited for quiet environments and close-range voice capture.

Highlights
  • Automatic hissing noise cancellation
  • Sound monitoring while recording
  • Background recording
  • Share recordings via Airdrop/cloud
  • iTunes file sharing
  • Slide Over and Split View support
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Speecap is a high-quality voice recorder. Speecap automatically detects and eliminates background hissing noise while recording. No need of expensive professional microphone. Easily make clean speech recordings with any microphone. Main features: • Automatic hissing noise cancellation • Sound monitoring while recording • Recording in the background Additional features: • Share your recordings using Airdrop or cloud apps • iTunes file sharing • Slide Over and Split View *** SPEECAP IS INTENDED ONLY FOR RECORDING OF SPEAKING VOICE IN QUIET ENVIRONMENT. *** *** SPEECAP IS NOT INTENDED FOR LONG DISTANCE RECORDING AND HAS A DISTANCE LIMIT OF 8 INCHES (20 CENTIMETERS). ***

About

Wave Audio Editor

Edit, cut, and modify audio files from various sources including iCloud, your music library, and the Downloads folder. This utility provides essential tools for audio manipulation.

Highlights
  • Edit audio files
  • Cut audio segments
  • Modify audio properties
  • Import from iCloud
  • Import from music library
  • Import from Downloads folder
Features
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AudioEditor is a simple but powerful audio editor for iPhone and iPad. Record, cut, trim, split, move, and combine audio across multiple tracks. The waveform editor makes precise changes easy, while the landscape layout gives you more room for detailed work. Clean up recordings with noise reduction, voice enhancement, normalization, compression, limiting, and automatic pause removal. You can also transcribe speech and remove words or phrases directly from the transcript. Keep listening while using other apps or when your device is locked. Playback controls let you pause, seek, and switch between projects from the Lock Screen or Control Center. Export your work as WAV, AIFF, CAF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, M4R, or MOV. You can also create shareable videos with an animated waveform, timecode, and subtitles. AudioEditor is useful for podcasts, interviews, voice notes, music, narration, and everyday audio editing. Key features: • Multitrack editing • Noise and voice cleanup • Automatic pause removal • Transcript-based editing • Background playback • Batch project processing • Professional audio formats • Waveform video export • Effects for vocals, podcasts, music, and more • No artificial track limit Edit quickly, keep your audio private, and export in the format you need.

Screenshots

Speecap4 screens
Wave Audio Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speecap at 71% against Wave Audio Editor's 29%. Speecap also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Wave Audio Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speecap holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Speecap's written reviews are positive against 29% of Wave Audio Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speecap ships an update every 3 months, Wave Audio Editor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speecap versus Wave Audio Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeecapWave Audio Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings) — better4.1 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2651 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman AliyevDmytro Hrebeniuk

Customer experience

Speecap

All ratings26 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Wave Audio Editor

All ratings51 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

Speecap

No in-app purchases

None

Wave Audio Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speecap free?
Speecap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wave Audio Editor free?
Wave Audio Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speecap or Wave Audio Editor?
Speecap is rated higher. Speecap averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Wave Audio Editor averages 4.1 from 51 ratings.
Do Speecap or Wave Audio Editor have ads?
Neither Speecap nor Wave Audio Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speecap or Wave Audio Editor?
Speecap ships an update every 3 months, and Wave Audio Editor every 3 weeks. Most recently, Speecap was updated on September 9, 2026 and Wave Audio Editor on September 10, 2026.

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