Comparison

Wave Audio Editor vs AudioLab

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

AudioLab

Easily create custom ringtones from videos and audio files. Convert music and sound to various formats, trim clips, and set personalized alerts for calls, messages, and alarms. Enjoy a versatile audio editing experience on your device.

Highlights
  • Extract audio from videos
  • Create custom ringtones
  • Convert audio to multiple formats
  • Trim and cut audio clips
  • Set custom notification sounds
  • Import from photo library and folders
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Do you want to make your own ringtone? Do you want to extract your favorite music from videos? From now on, the AudioLab allows you to edit any music or audio easily. You can create custom ringtones and set ringtones to enjoy the fun of ringtones on your phone; you can also turn music into other formats for use in videos or anywhere else. The AudioLab can make ringtones by extracting audio from recorded videos or from popular videos you have saved. You can trim or cut music and songs, convert audio and video file formats, and currently can convert files to mp3, ac3, wav, m4a, caf, eac3 and other formats. Selected features - Import videos from photo library to extract audio - Import videos from folders and make ringtones - Import your favorite pop music, songs, popular videos - Export as different audio format you want - Automatically convert audio and video formats and share to any platform - Make your phone full of fun, you can set incoming call ringtones, text message ringtones, message ringtones, alarm clock ringtones, silent ringtones, reminder ringtones, and notification sounds AudioLab PRO Unlimited Subscription: You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchase within AudioLab. Subscriptions are billed annually, monthly, weekly by different payment choose. You can check on the subscription plan. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: http://www.gcygg.top/AudioLab/TermsofService.html Privacy Policy: http://www.gcygg.top/AudioLab/PrivacyPolicy.html If you have other favorite features, please contact us and we will try our best to meet your needs. Contact email: samllbean430@gmail.com

Screenshots

Wave Audio Editor4 screens
AudioLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AudioLab at 100% against Wave Audio Editor's 27%. AudioLab also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Wave Audio Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. AudioLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Wave Audio Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, AudioLab every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wave Audio Editor versus AudioLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWave Audio EditorAudioLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDmytro Hrebeniuk虹 张

Customer experience

Wave Audio Editor

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

AudioLab

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wave Audio Editor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AudioLab

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • AudioLab Lifetime Membership$9.99

Questions

Is Wave Audio Editor free?
Wave Audio Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioLab free?
AudioLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wave Audio Editor or AudioLab have ads?
Neither Wave Audio Editor nor AudioLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wave Audio Editor or AudioLab?
Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, and AudioLab every 3 months. Most recently, Wave Audio Editor was updated on October 27, 2026 and AudioLab on October 24, 2026.

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