Comparison

Wave Audio Editor vs Audio Tools

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

Audio Tools

This app offers comprehensive audio editing capabilities, including cutting, merging, format conversion, and playback speed adjustment. It also features a built-in recorder and a local file server for easy file management. Advanced tools allow for accompaniment creation and noise reduction.

Highlights
  • Cut, copy, paste, fade in/out audio
  • Merge multiple audio files
  • Adjust playback speed
  • Convert audio formats
  • Record audio with quality settings
  • Local file server for uploads/downloads
  • Create accompaniment by reducing vocals
  • Reduce noise by filtering frequencies
Features
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AudioTools is a professional, free, simple, and fast audio editing program. Whether you're making music or just playing it, give AudioTools a try! Audio Editing Cut, copy, paste, add silence, fade in, fade out for any audio Detailed editing history panel for quick undo/redo to specific steps Millisecond-level editing precision Audio Merging Merge multiple audio files into one Flexibly adjust the merging order Audio Playback Speed Change the playback speed of audio Preview modifications anytime Audio Format Conversion Convert audio to acc, mp3, wav, m4a, flac, opus, ogg No loss of quality in format conversion Specify the desired output quality Recorder Simple operation Specify the recording quality Upload, Download AudioTools has a built-in local file server Other devices can download your edited audio within the local network or upload audio to AudioTools on your phone Note!! This is only a local file server; AudioTools will not upload your audio or share it with any third-party servers!" Making Accompaniment It can eliminate or reduce the singer's voice to make accompaniment. Reducing Noise It can remove sounds below a specified Hz to reduce the impact of noise. 3D Sound Effects Achieve 3D sound effects by rotating the left and right channels.

Screenshots

Wave Audio Editor4 screens
Audio Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wave Audio Editor at none against Audio Tools's 3. Wave Audio Editor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (27% vs 0%). Audio Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Audio Tools sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Wave Audio Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, Audio Tools every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wave Audio Editor versus Audio Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWave Audio EditorAudio Tools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB63 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDmytro Hrebeniuk治燐 王

Customer experience

Wave Audio Editor

All ratings51 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative73.3%

Audio Tools

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wave Audio Editor

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Audio Tools

Subscriptions2
  • monthly member$4.001 Month
  • annual member$12.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime member$15.00

Questions

Is Wave Audio Editor free?
Wave Audio Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Tools free?
Audio Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wave Audio Editor or Audio Tools have ads?
Audio Tools shows ads; Wave Audio Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Wave Audio Editor or Audio Tools?
Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, and Audio Tools every 5 weeks. Most recently, Wave Audio Editor was updated on October 7, 2026 and Audio Tools on October 6, 2026.

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