Wave Audio Editor vs Pluck
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.
Pluck
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Pluck is a fast, friendly audio trimmer. Pick a song, a voice memo, or any audio file, or pull the audio straight out of a video. Cut it exactly where you want, add fades, and share it anywhere. Everything happens on your device. No ads, no accounts, no uploads, no tracking. AUDIO FROM ANYWHERE • Open MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, and other common audio files • Send audio to Pluck from Files or any share sheet • Pull the audio out of any video from your camera roll or Files • Recorded a video? Grab just the sound REAL WAVEFORM EDITING • See the whole track, scrub across it to listen • Pinch to zoom in for tight, precise cuts • Drag the handles or set start and end right at the playhead • Trim keeps your selection. Cut removes it and joins the rest • Preview the exact result before you export, fades and all FADES THAT SOUND RIGHT • Natural fade in and fade out • What you hear in the preview is exactly what exports EXPORT AND SHARE • Compact M4A for messages and social • MP3 that plays just about anywhere • Lossless WAV for editing and production • Standard share sheet: AirDrop, Messages, Files, anywhere WORKS EVERYWHERE • iPhone and iPad • Full keyboard support: Space plays, I and O set your points, arrows nudge the playhead • Made for trackpads and hardware keyboards too
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pluck at 5.0 against Wave Audio Editor's 4.1. Wave Audio Editor's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Pluck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wave Audio Editor has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wave Audio Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, Pluck every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Wave Audio Editor | Pluck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Hrebeniuk | Hernand Gonzalez |
In-app purchases
Wave Audio Editor
No in-app purchases
Pluck
No in-app purchases
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