Comparison

Audio Visualize vs TripWave

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

Head to head
About

Audio Visualize

Transform your music listening into a vibrant visual experience. This app creates dynamic displays of waveforms, spectrums, and patterns that pulse with your music's rhythm. Perfect for music lovers who want to see their favorite songs come to life.

Highlights
  • Dynamic music visualization
  • Customizable waveforms
  • Vibrant spectrum displays
  • Pulsating patterns
  • Transforms listening into sensory experience
Features
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Turn music into light that breathes. Audio Visualize brings immersive listening, moving visuals and music video creation together. From rolling musical landscapes and flowing ink to particles and vinyl turntables, find a new setting for your favorite music. Bring lyrics and album art into the scene, enjoy the moment and make the look your own. HEAR MUSIC, SEE LIGHT Explore 3D scenes, colorful light and particle effects. Travel through star fields and tunnels, watch audio rings rise and fall, and find a scene for gentle melodies or driving beats. Enjoy expansive landscapes in horizontal view or immerse yourself in portrait. A NEW WAY TO ENJOY YOUR SONGS Switch to a vinyl player with a turntable, tonearm and lyrics. Turn album art into particles or add depth with 3D lyrics. Browse songs, albums, artists and playlists, and manage your queue to keep listening flowing. YOUR MUSIC, DIFFERENT SCENES Import local audio without digital copy protection, play built-in tracks, or browse Apple Music and listen to available previews. Eligible Apple Music subscribers can play full songs. Use the microphone to let music from speakers and sounds around you animate the visuals. MAKE THE LOOK YOUR OWN Choose colors and adjust sensitivity, speed, glow and particles. Change the viewpoint, rotate and zoom in supported effects. Settings are remembered separately for each effect, ready for your next listening session. RECORD THE LIGHT AS A VIDEO Record and preview your visualizations. Upgrade to Pro to save and share them, giving your music a visual work of its own. Capture a melody or experiment with scenes and colors, moving naturally from listening to creating. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN PACE Enjoy playback history, repeat, shuffle, a sleep timer and visual effects linked to playlists. From choosing a song to setting your phone down to listen, enjoy music your way. USE AND PURCHASE INFORMATION • Some effects and advanced features require Pro, available through a subscription or lifetime purchase. Saving and sharing videos require Pro. • Full Apple Music playback requires the appropriate subscription and authorization. Music and preview availability vary by region and track. • Full Apple Music songs are digitally protected and cannot be recorded directly into videos. Their visuals can use microphone input or pre-analyzed rhythms. To record sound, use local audio, available previews or microphone mode. Feedback: proxima.centauri0@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TripWave

Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a full-screen music visualizer. tripwave brings music to life with colorful, beat-reactive waves, tunnels, particles, liquid patterns, glowing shapes, and thousands of visual combinations. Choose a live radio station, react to sound through the microphone, or visualize audio playing on your device where supported. Explore live radio from around the world across genres including chillout, ambient, electronic, jazz, rock, classical, pop, dance, metal, trance, funk, reggae, and more. Save your favorite stations, add a custom stream or .pls playlist, switch stations quickly, and hide stations you do not want to see again. Privacy first: This app collects absolutely no data On iOS and iPadOS 27 or later, Listen to Device Audio lets the visualizer react to audio playing in another app. Select the source, approve the system's Share Entire Screen prompt, then play your music. tripwave processes the audio for visualization while discarding the captured screen frames. On iPad, Spotify listeners can open the Spotify source and select tripwave from Spotify's device picker on another device connected to the same local network. You can also use the microphone to make the visuals respond to nearby sound. Microphone access is requested only when you choose that source. Highlights: - Full-screen, beat-reactive music visualizations - Worldwide live internet radio - Device-audio visualization on iOS and iPadOS 27 or later - Microphone-reactive visualization - Spotify Connect receiver on iPad - Favorite, custom, and blocked-station controls - Manual visual switching and automatic change timers - Background radio playback - No tripwave account or registration required Pick a sound. Fill the screen. Make the music move.

Screenshots

Audio Visualize4 screens
TripWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TripWave at none against Audio Visualize's 3. TripWave also leads on ads (none vs shown). Audio Visualize's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Audio Visualize sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. TripWave asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Audio Visualize versus TripWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio VisualizeTripWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB180 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer博 彭Ajit Dhiwal

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Audio Visualize

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro User$9.99
None

TripWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Visualize free?
Audio Visualize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TripWave free?
TripWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Audio Visualize or TripWave have ads?
Audio Visualize shows ads; TripWave does not.

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