auGEN X vs WaveCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
auGEN X
This app generates a wide variety of audio signals for both creative sound design and precise audio system testing. It features a versatile oscillator, noise generator, and impulse generator, functioning as a standalone app or an AUv3 Audio Unit Extension.
- Full-featured audio oscillator with 4 wave shapes
- High-quality noise generator (white and pink)
- Impulse generator for reverb testing
- AUv3 Audio Unit Extension and Stand-Alone App
- MIDI In and BPM Sync support
- Precise signal control with intuitive UI
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auGEN X bridges the creative musical world of artists with the exacting scientific world of audio engineers. What started as a precision audio test utility has grown into a fun experimental sound design instrument. On one end use auGEN X to help set up, test, calibrate, and optimize your audio system. On the other use it to create a wide variety of interesting sounds. auGEN X has a full-featured audio oscillator, a high quality noise generator, and an impulse generator. The simple yet powerful user interface is designed for fast, precise, intuitive control over your signals. auGEN X works both as a Stand-Alone App and as an AUv3 Audio Unit Extension responding to MIDI In and BPM Sync from Hosts. I started making this app because as an audio electronics engineer I could not find a single audio generator that does everything that I require AND is an AUv3 Audio Unit. auGEN X has expanded into a musical tool for exploring and learning sound design. Our goal is for auGEN X to be an Essential in your audio toolbox. We hope you enjoy it and we’re excited to hear the cool things that you do with auGEN X! "I really see this app becoming a standard and a must have component in one's iOS audio app arsenal." - Paul Henry, Paul Henry Pro Audio FEATURES - Oscillator - 3 Modes: Fixed, Frequency or Level Sweep - 4 Wave Shapes: Sine, Triangle, Rectangle, & Saw - Tri & Rect have a Duty Cycle control (1.0% to 99.0%) - Tri, Saw, & Rect are alias-suppressed yielding virtually alias-free performance at musical fundamental frequencies - 10 to 20,480 Hz extended audio frequency range (great for testing subwoofers!) - Full-featured Frequency or Level Sweep with 5 Types, settable Direction, & selectable Repeat or 1-Shot Mode - Sweep Period has a wicked wide range from 1/10,000th of a second to 100 seconds and can alternatively be set as a Sweep Rate in Hz or BPM - Wide sweep range allows for FM & AM style sounds - Noise Generator - 2 Modes: Fixed or Level Sweep - White or Pink Noise - Pink Noise conforms to SMPTE Standard 2095-1:2015 Calibration Reference Wideband Digital Pink Noise Signal - Impulse Generator (useful for checking reverb algorithms) - Impulse Width can be set in samples - AUv3 Audio Unit Extension or Stand-Alone App - Verified to work great in AUv3 Hosts such as GarageBand, Cubasis, AUM, apeMatrix, BeatMaker 3, & Auria Pro - As a Stand-Alone App audio is sent to iPad's built-in speakers, Headphone/Line Out, or to any iOS-compatible USB audio interface connected to the Lightning jack APPLICATIONS - Creative experimental sound design - Sound effects for film, TV, & games - Great chiptune style sounds - Synthesize sirens or alarms - Test, characterize audio equipment - Set up or dial in a home theater - Tune car audio systems - Test subwoofers - Hearing tests - Ear training - Vibration analysis SPECIFICATIONS - Audio signal path uses state of the art Double Precision 64-bit Floating Point for maximum accuracy - Stereo out - Selectable Pan Laws include Linear & Constant Power Panning - Supports 44.1, 48, 88.2, & 96 kHz sample rates - User Guide embedded in App - no internet connection required to read it SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iOS 9.0 & up (iPad 2, iPad mini (1st Generation), & up) - Support way back to iOS 9 means auGEN X works on every iPad model (except the very first iPad). Breathe new life into your old iPad by using auGEN X to make it a dedicated, precision audio source. - AUv3 Audio Unit Extensions require iPad 4, iPad mini 2, and up - 88.2 & 96 kHz sample rate require iOS-compatible USB audio interface connected to the Lightning jack Watch demos & tutorials on auDSPr's YouTube channel. Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCRZm2cKWVJVfK-l9zrnMeFg Like Us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/AUDSPr-1392948064183211 Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/auDSPr Keep your ears and eyes open for more upcoming auDSPr audio apps!
WaveCloud
This app offers advanced tools for manipulating audio samples into unique sounds. It allows for precise control over tiny audio fragments, enabling the creation of diverse textures, effects, and soundscapes. Features include a morphing oscillator, LFOs, filters, and unique movement modules.
- Granular synthesis engine
- Morphing oscillator
- Orbit and WaveGlide modules
- MPE support
- Built-in effects suite
- Audio editor and managers
- 200+ presets
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WaveCloud is an innovative granular synthesizer that offers powerful tools for manipulating and playing sounds. Granular synthesis divides an audio sample into tiny fragments, called grains, each typically a few milliseconds in length. These grains are then manipulated independently in terms of pitch, duration, position in time, and amplitude. Unlike traditional synthesis, the capability to manipulate tiny grains of audio offers enormous precision of sound control, transformation, and compositional possibilities. WaveCloud offers a wide range of tools for experimentation – oscillator, LFOs, filters, envelopes, routing matrix, innovative WaveGlide and Orbit modules for grain movement, effects, MPE support, extensive waveform editing, customizable themes, MIDI CC control, aftertouch, audio pool manager, and 200+ presets to get you started. Granular synthesis is extremely versatile and can produce a vast range of sounds and textures, from subtle, atmospheric sounds to complex, dynamic ones. WaveCloud offers dozens of parameters, enabling you to sculpt the sound grains in any way you wish – textural pads and atmospheres, time-stretched effects, glitchy and stutter effects, vocal and instrumental manipulations, granular synthesis percussive sounds, experimental effects, as well as microtonal and harmonic soundscapes. WaveCloud features a drag and drop system for importing and exporting of audio files and presets. It has its own built-in Preset and Audio Managers to help keep everything in order. WaveCloud even features a fully-fledged zoomable audio editor along with a suite of tools to crop, fade, cut, copy, paste, and normalise your samples. We include a morphing 3-state Oscillator to support the granular engine. The granular engine allows up to 50 grains per second per note, with grain lengths up to a second in length. Grains can be sculpted with our morphing envelope generator, manipulated with our LFOs, FEGs and VCFs, and passed through lots of randomisation to keep things continually evolving. WaveCloud also features two unique features for adding movement to audio grains. Orbit mode allows you to play sweeping patterns tied to the physical host tempo of your DAW, and WaveGlide is a sequencer with glides and fades from one location to another. To top it all off, we include 7 built-in effects, delay, reverb, chorus, overdrive, phaser, resonator, and 8-band EQ. The resonator controls per-note feedback and dispersion for amazing MPE effects. WaveCloud is not only a deep and powerful granular synth but also a fun way to create many incredible sounds. Features • Over 200 presets • 3-state morphing oscillator (sine, square, saw) • Morphing grain shapes • 2 low-frequency morphing oscillators • 4 multistep envelope generators • 2 visual filters (series and parallel modes) • Per-channel feedback resonators with dispersion • MPE Support (per-channel pitch bend, aftertouch, and CC74) • Orbit mode • WaveGlide sequencing • Fully Featured Mod-Matrix • Direct record and playback of samples • Built-in sample editor with editing tools • 7 built-in effects • Built-in Audio Manager with drag and drop support • Preset Manager with easy import/export, drag and drop • Colour scheme editor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WaveCloud at every 3 weeks against auGEN X's every 3 months. WaveCloud also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). auGEN X's advantage is price ($9.99 vs $14.99) and review sentiment (86% vs 69%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
auGEN X costs $9.99 and WaveCloud $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WaveCloud holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of auGEN X's written reviews are positive against 69% of WaveCloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
auGEN X ships an update every 3 months, WaveCloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | auGEN X | WaveCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | auDSPr | 4Pockets.com |
Customer experience
auGEN X
WaveCloud
In-app purchases
auGEN X
No in-app purchases
WaveCloud
No in-app purchases









