Comparison

Koshiba vs WaveCloud

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

Head to head
About

Koshiba

This audio effect transforms sustained sounds into rhythmic phrases with a 16-step sequencer. Adjust volume, pan, and filter at each step to craft intricate sound designs.

Highlights
  • 16-step gate sequencer
  • Adjustable volume per step
  • Adjustable pan per step
  • Adjustable filter per step
  • Transforms sustained sounds
  • Creates rhythmic phrases
Features
Currently charting
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Koshiba is a 16-step gate sequencer effect that transforms sustained sounds into rhythmic phrases. Each step features numerous adjustment options for volume, pan, and filter, making it a tool for engineers to create complex sound designs. For more detailed information about the product, please visit the website. The website offers detailed product descriptions, manuals and videos, as well as important notices. https://icegear.net/

About

WaveCloud

This app offers advanced tools for manipulating audio samples into unique sounds. It allows for precise control over tiny audio fragments, enabling the creation of diverse textures, effects, and soundscapes. Features include a morphing oscillator, LFOs, filters, and unique movement modules.

Highlights
  • Granular synthesis engine
  • Morphing oscillator
  • Orbit and WaveGlide modules
  • MPE support
  • Built-in effects suite
  • Audio editor and managers
  • 200+ presets
Features
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WaveCloud is an innovative granular synthesizer that offers powerful tools for manipulating and playing sounds. Granular synthesis divides an audio sample into tiny fragments, called grains, each typically a few milliseconds in length. These grains are then manipulated independently in terms of pitch, duration, position in time, and amplitude. Unlike traditional synthesis, the capability to manipulate tiny grains of audio offers enormous precision of sound control, transformation, and compositional possibilities. WaveCloud offers a wide range of tools for experimentation – oscillator, LFOs, filters, envelopes, routing matrix, innovative WaveGlide and Orbit modules for grain movement, effects, MPE support, extensive waveform editing, customizable themes, MIDI CC control, aftertouch, audio pool manager, and 200+ presets to get you started. Granular synthesis is extremely versatile and can produce a vast range of sounds and textures, from subtle, atmospheric sounds to complex, dynamic ones. WaveCloud offers dozens of parameters, enabling you to sculpt the sound grains in any way you wish – textural pads and atmospheres, time-stretched effects, glitchy and stutter effects, vocal and instrumental manipulations, granular synthesis percussive sounds, experimental effects, as well as microtonal and harmonic soundscapes. WaveCloud features a drag and drop system for importing and exporting of audio files and presets. It has its own built-in Preset and Audio Managers to help keep everything in order. WaveCloud even features a fully-fledged zoomable audio editor along with a suite of tools to crop, fade, cut, copy, paste, and normalise your samples. We include a morphing 3-state Oscillator to support the granular engine. The granular engine allows up to 50 grains per second per note, with grain lengths up to a second in length. Grains can be sculpted with our morphing envelope generator, manipulated with our LFOs, FEGs and VCFs, and passed through lots of randomisation to keep things continually evolving. WaveCloud also features two unique features for adding movement to audio grains. Orbit mode allows you to play sweeping patterns tied to the physical host tempo of your DAW, and WaveGlide is a sequencer with glides and fades from one location to another. To top it all off, we include 7 built-in effects, delay, reverb, chorus, overdrive, phaser, resonator, and 8-band EQ. The resonator controls per-note feedback and dispersion for amazing MPE effects. WaveCloud is not only a deep and powerful granular synth but also a fun way to create many incredible sounds. Features • Over 200 presets • 3-state morphing oscillator (sine, square, saw) • Morphing grain shapes • 2 low-frequency morphing oscillators • 4 multistep envelope generators • 2 visual filters (series and parallel modes) • Per-channel feedback resonators with dispersion • MPE Support (per-channel pitch bend, aftertouch, and CC74) • Orbit mode • WaveGlide sequencing • Fully Featured Mod-Matrix • Direct record and playback of samples • Built-in sample editor with editing tools • 7 built-in effects • Built-in Audio Manager with drag and drop support • Preset Manager with easy import/export, drag and drop • Colour scheme editor

Screenshots

Koshiba4 screens
WaveCloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Koshiba at $4.00 against WaveCloud's $14.99. Koshiba also leads on chart position (#193 vs unranked). WaveCloud's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Koshiba costs $4.00 and WaveCloud $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WaveCloud holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Koshiba's written reviews are positive against 69% of WaveCloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Koshiba ships an update every 6 weeks, WaveCloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Koshiba versus WaveCloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoshibaWaveCloud
Price$4.00 — better$14.99
Rating4.7 (17 ratings)4.9 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1726 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB286 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopericeWorks, Inc.4Pockets.com

Customer experience

Koshiba

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

WaveCloud

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

Koshiba

No in-app purchases

None

WaveCloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Koshiba free?
Koshiba costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is WaveCloud free?
WaveCloud costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Koshiba or WaveCloud?
WaveCloud is rated higher. Koshiba averages 4.7 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while WaveCloud averages 4.9 from 26 ratings.
Do Koshiba or WaveCloud have ads?
Neither Koshiba nor WaveCloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Koshiba or WaveCloud?
Koshiba ships an update every 6 weeks, and WaveCloud every 3 weeks. Most recently, Koshiba was updated on October 2, 2026 and WaveCloud on September 19, 2026.

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