Wave Audio Editor vs AudioLab
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.
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.
- 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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Wave Audio Editor | AudioLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (52 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Hrebeniuk | 虹 张 |
Customer experience
Wave Audio Editor
AudioLab
In-app purchases
Wave Audio Editor
No in-app purchases
AudioLab
- Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- AudioLab Lifetime Membership$9.99
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