Wave Audio Editor vs Audacity Hearing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Edit audio files
- Cut audio segments
- Modify audio properties
- Import from iCloud
- Import from music library
- Import from Downloads folder
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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.
Audacity Hearing
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This is an app that helps users use hearing aid devices more easily
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Audacity Hearing at every 5 days against Wave Audio Editor's every 3 weeks. Audacity Hearing also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, Audacity Hearing every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wave Audio Editor | Audacity Hearing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (51 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Hrebeniuk | Huizhou Jinghao Medical Technology Co.,Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Wave Audio Editor
No in-app purchases
Audacity Hearing
No in-app purchases
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