Comparison

Odio vs Wavepaths Player

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

Head to head
About

Odio

Immerse yourself in a personal sound environment with spatial audio. Create, customize, and explore ambient soundscapes for focus, relaxation, or sleep. Design your own audio experiences by arranging sounds spatially and sharing them.

Highlights
  • Immersive spatial audio soundscapes
  • Nature recordings and synth compositions
  • Customizable sound positioning
  • Create and import your own audio
  • Spatial soundstage arrangement
  • Share custom soundscapes
Features
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step into sound Odio is an Apple Design Award-winning spatial soundscape app that turns sound into a place you can enter. Settle into a soundscape as it was composed, or move its individual sounds to shape how it surrounds you. Place rain behind you, move a pulsing synth to your left, or let ocean waves settle across the room. With supported AirPods or Beats, Dynamic Head Tracking keeps the soundstage in place as you turn your head. The environment feels fixed around you rather than locked inside your headphones. artist-made audiovisual worlds Explore spatial albums built from tranquil nature recordings, ambient textures, rich synth compositions, and original visual work. Each album is created as a place to enter, with sound and image forming an atmosphere you can settle into. Odio is completely independent and works with sound and visual artists from around the world. We don’t use AI-generated catalog content: every visual and 3D audio soundscape is made by artists. listen your way Odio rewards attention without demanding it. Listen closely and explore every spatial detail, reshape the soundstage to make it personal, or let the composition settle into the background. Find soundscapes for deep work, meditation, winding down, quiet mornings, late nights, or simply experiencing sound in a different way. create with composer Composer gives you a spatial soundstage for your own audio. Import sounds from your favorite DAW or record directly in Odio, then trim, preview, and arrange them in space. Share your finished soundscapes with others. Odio includes a curated selection of soundscapes to explore right away, with new artist-made albums released throughout the year. --- Terms of Use: https://odio.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://odio.app/privacy-policy

About

Wavepaths Player

This music player generates unique, real-time musical experiences for therapeutic purposes. It allows for dynamic adjustments to instrumentation, intensity, and emotionality, supporting person-centered care and improved therapy outcomes.

Highlights
  • Generates unique music experiences
  • Real-time parameter adjustment
  • Therapeutic templates
  • Person-centered care model
  • Improves therapy outcomes
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A complementary music player to the Wavepaths platform, designed for therapeutic work. Unlike playlists, Wavepaths generates the music experience in-the-moment by mixing unique phrases, tones and compositions. This allows for each session to be unique and for certain parameters of the music to be easily and smoothly changed in real time to support the dynamic nature of music-assisted therapeutic work, such as instrumentation, intensity and emotionality. Set-and-forget using one of many Therapeutic Templates, or play an active role in guiding and manoeuvring the music experience according to the evolving needs of a session. Wavepaths actualises a person-centred model of care, to improve the patient experience and therapy outcomes.

Screenshots

Odio4 screens
Wavepaths Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wavepaths Player at 5.0 against Odio's 4.5. Wavepaths Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Odio's advantage is ratings volume (208 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Odio sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Wavepaths Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wavepaths Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Odio has 208 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Odio ships an update every 3 weeks, Wavepaths Player fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Odio versus Wavepaths Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOdioWavepaths Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (208 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings208 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size386 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOdio MediaWavepaths Ltd.

Customer experience

Odio

All ratings208 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.2%

Wavepaths Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Odio

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Soundscapes disappearing after calls
  • Difficulty adding and manipulating sounds
  • Accessibility issues with screen reader

Requested features

5 requests
  • More nature-based soundscapes
  • Ability to save custom soundscapes
  • Landscape mode support
  • Offline listening option
  • Integration with other audio apps

Wavepaths Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Odio

Subscriptions2
  • Odio Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Odio Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • H2O$3.99
  • Alliage$3.99
  • Unlimited Access$3.99
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  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Odio Premium Lifetime$69.99
None

Wavepaths Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Odio free?
Odio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wavepaths Player free?
Wavepaths Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Odio or Wavepaths Player?
Wavepaths Player is rated higher. Odio averages 4.5 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while Wavepaths Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Odio or Wavepaths Player have ads?
Neither Odio nor Wavepaths Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Odio or Wavepaths Player?
Odio ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wavepaths Player fortnightly. Most recently, Odio was updated on September 29, 2026 and Wavepaths Player on September 27, 2026.

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