Comparison

Wave Audio Editor vs Audacity Hearing

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

Head to head
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.

About

Audacity Hearing

Features
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This is an app that helps users use hearing aid devices more easily

Screenshots

Wave Audio Editor4 screens
Audacity Hearing3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wave Audio Editor versus Audacity Hearing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWave Audio EditorAudacity Hearing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro HrebeniukHuizhou Jinghao Medical Technology Co.,Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Wave Audio Editor

No in-app purchases

None

Audacity Hearing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wave Audio Editor free?
Wave Audio Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audacity Hearing free?
Audacity Hearing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wave Audio Editor or Audacity Hearing have ads?
Neither Wave Audio Editor nor Audacity Hearing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wave Audio Editor or Audacity Hearing?
Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, and Audacity Hearing every 5 days. Most recently, Wave Audio Editor was updated on October 7, 2026 and Audacity Hearing on October 14, 2026.

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