Comparison

WavePad Master's Edition vs SteveSamply

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

Head to head
About

WavePad Master's Edition

This audio editing tool lets you record, modify, and enhance voice or music. It offers professional editing features like cutting, pasting, and applying effects to achieve high-quality sound. Ideal for on-the-go professionals needing to store and share audio.

Highlights
  • Record voice or music
  • Cut, copy, paste, trim audio
  • Apply effects like amplify and echo
  • Supports multiple file formats
  • Autotrim and voice activated recording
  • Background recording
  • Google Drive/Dropbox integration
Features
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A professional sound editor for recording, editing, adding effects, and sending audio, WavePad allows you to record voice or music, then edit the recording and add effects to achieve high quality audio recordings. Work within audio waveforms to make selections for quick editing, such as inserting recordings from other files, or apply effects like the high pass filter to clarify audio quality. For journalists and other professionals making recordings on the go, WavePad makes it easy to store or send recordings so they are readily available wherever they are needed. • Supports a number of file formats including wave and aiff • Editing capabilities include cut, copy, paste, insert, trim and more • Effects include amplify, normalize, echo and more • Work with multiple files • Supports autotrim and voice activated recording • Select sample rates from 8000-44100hz, 8-32 bits • Recording runs in the background and when the screen turns off • Upload to and download from your Google Drive and Dropbox account This version of WavePad is under a 7-day free trial. Once the trial expires, you will have to pay for the subscription in order to access the full features.

About

SteveSamply

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SteveSamply is your private audio app for spontaneous ideas, samples, and voice notes. Capture what's happening right now, before it's gone. Note: SteveSamply is free to download. Using the recording, trimming, playback, and management features requires a separate, paid, auto-renewing annual subscription as an in-app purchase. With this small annual fee, you support ongoing development and get continued access. It's designed to stay fair and never be a burden. The developer welcomes feedback from the community and is happy to implement good ideas. Whether you're a musician, producer, podcaster, content creator, or simply someone who wants to capture good ideas quickly: SteveSamply helps you record audio effortlessly, save it locally, and find it again later. Many ideas appear exactly when you're not prepared: a quick rhythm, a hummed melody, a sound you hear on the go, a sentence, a rehearsal take, or a spontaneous thought. SteveSamply is built to capture these moments quickly. The app focuses on the essentials: record, save, organize, reuse. No cluttered interface, no complicated workflow. Open the app, start recording, save your idea to your local library. For selected recordings, you can optionally start a transcription. SteveSamply uses Apple's Speech framework with on-device speech recognition on iPhone, provided your device and language support it. Before subscribing, the app shows whether local transcription is available for your language. Use cases: - Capture song ideas and melodies - Collect samples and sound effects - Organize voice memos and rehearsal takes - Save notes and thoughts as audio - Save short takes for content, podcasts, or music production - Optionally display spoken content as text Your recordings stay on your device. SteveSamply uses no ads, no tracking, no external analytics services, and no external AI providers. External actions like sharing or opening a website only happen if you trigger them yourself. SteveSamply is also transparent about AI: the app does not use generative AI services such as ChatGPT, OpenAI, Gemini, or Claude. The only AI-adjacent feature is the optional speech recognition via Apple's system technology, used to transcribe your own recordings. Highlights: - Quick audio recording right on your iPhone - Local sample and recording library - No ads, no tracking, no external AI services - No unnecessary accounts - Privacy and AI information available directly in settings SteveSamply includes an auto-renewing annual subscription as an in-app purchase. Price, duration, and renewal information are shown in the app before purchase. The subscription can be managed or canceled anytime in your App Store account settings. Subscription: SteveSamply Annual Subscription Duration: 1 year Price: Shown in the app before purchase and may vary by country/region. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.stevetronic-labs.de/datenschutz.html

Screenshots

WavePad Master's Edition4 screens
SteveSamply3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WavePad Master's Edition at 12.0 against SteveSamply's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WavePad Master's Edition sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SteveSamply sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WavePad Master's Edition ships an update every 5 weeks, SteveSamply every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WavePad Master's Edition versus SteveSamply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavePad Master's EditionSteveSamply
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareStephan Thiel

In-app purchases

4 purchases

WavePad Master's Edition

Subscriptions3
  • Full monthly subscription$2.991 Month
  • Full Features (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Full monthly subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock All Features$14.99
1 purchases

SteveSamply

Subscriptions1
  • SteveSamply Jahresabo7 Days trial$0.991 Year

Questions

Is WavePad Master's Edition free?
WavePad Master's Edition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SteveSamply free?
SteveSamply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WavePad Master's Edition or SteveSamply have ads?
Neither WavePad Master's Edition nor SteveSamply shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WavePad Master's Edition or SteveSamply?
WavePad Master's Edition ships an update every 5 weeks, and SteveSamply every 3 weeks. Most recently, WavePad Master's Edition was updated on October 24, 2026 and SteveSamply on October 10, 2026.

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