Comparison

AudioZone vs Vibrain Waves

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

Head to head
About

AudioZone

Organize and play audio files with advanced playback controls and effects. Create rich-text notes for each track and capture recordings with a built-in studio mixer. Sync across devices with optional cloud services.

Highlights
  • Audio library organization with groups
  • Audiophile-grade playback effects
  • Rich-text notes per track
  • Multi-take recording studio
  • Live waveform with looping
  • Cross-device cloud sync
Features
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AudioZone is a fast, beautiful audio library, player, and notes app for producers, engineers, artists, and anyone who lives in their files. Organize tracks into groups, take rich-text notes, and play back with audiophile-grade effects — speed, pitch, EQ, reverb, delay, and an A-B loop. Capture quick recordings, then layer takes in a built-in studio that mixes everything sample-accurate on iOS. Highlights • Library + groups with custom sort, swipe actions, and multi-select • Live waveform with zoomed timeline and gapless looping • Effects: speed, pitch, 5-band EQ, reverb, delay, A-B loop, export with effects baked in • Rich-text notes per track, auto-saved • Recording with a studio-style mini DAW — multi-take, per-take effects, draggable timeline • Link mode: open your library in any browser on the same Wi-Fi • Free iCloud backup that merges every device on your Apple ID — nothing is overwritten • Optional Cloud Sync (Pro): sign in with Apple or Google to sync audio files across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Pro Cloud Sync of your full library — including audio files — for $9.99 / month. Subscription auto-renews; manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.

About

Vibrain Waves

Features
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Vibrain V1 is a complete audio environment for creating, shaping, processing and enjoying sound. A beautiful music player and a full studio in one app, and every feature runs entirely on your device. When you listen, it's your player. When you produce, it's your studio. THE PLAYER • Smooth playback of the music on your device and any audio files you import • Full-screen player with a live audio visualizer • Vibe Rain: an immersive, glowing rain mood that moves with your music • 8D audio for a sound that travels around your head • Tempo and pitch control, changed independently • Advanced Studio Mixer: 12-band equalizer with genre presets, plus echo, chorus, flanger, distortion, tape saturation, bit crusher, lo-fi and stereo width • Playlists, favorites, shuffle and repeat, and tag editing with artwork • Lock screen and Control Center controls THE STUDIO TOOLS • Studio: a multi-track editor to arrange, trim and mix your audio, then export • Advanced Studio: a professional DJ-style mix with a full effects rack and live mic recording • Vocal Booth: record your voice over a backing track with on-device noise reduction • Instruments: a playable piano keyboard and drum pads, with MIDI import • Mixer Pads: a loop pad grid for building beats • Format Studio: convert audio between formats and extract audio from files • Music Notation: open sheet music files and see them engraved, offline • Smart Library: on-device analysis of your songs to help you organize them LOCAL CAST Host a listening session and invite up to 7 guests, so up to 8 devices play together on the same Wi-Fi. iPhone, iPad and Mac can all host or join, in any mix. Guests can request songs, and anything they want to keep needs your approval. It is device to device on your own network. Nothing goes through a server. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN Vibrain adapts to iPhone, iPad and Mac, in portrait and landscape. WHY OFFLINE MATTERS Playback, effects, recording, conversion and sheet music all run on your device. Your music and recordings never leave it unless you choose to share them with another Vibrain device on your own Wi-Fi. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. PRIVACY, PLAINLY No ads. No tracking. No selling data. Crash reports and an anonymous count of active users are off by default and only turn on if you say yes. You can change your mind anytime in Settings. Create. Process. Perform.

Screenshots

AudioZone4 screens
Vibrain Waves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vibrain Waves at none against AudioZone's 1. AudioZone's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. AudioZone sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Vibrain Waves asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AudioZone versus Vibrain Waves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudioZoneVibrain Waves
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB27 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMarcus McCallumTecHub

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AudioZone

Subscriptions1
  • AudioZone Pro$9.991 Month
None

Vibrain Waves

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AudioZone free?
AudioZone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vibrain Waves free?
Vibrain Waves is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AudioZone or Vibrain Waves have ads?
Neither AudioZone nor Vibrain Waves shows ads.

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