Comparison

WavePad Music and Audio Editor vs Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

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

Head to head
About

WavePad Music and Audio Editor

Edit and record music, voice, and other audio with a professional suite of tools. Features include cut, copy, paste, and a variety of audio effects like echo and noise reduction. Supports numerous file formats and cloud storage integration.

Highlights
  • Record and edit audio
  • Cut, copy, paste audio
  • Add audio effects (echo, amplify)
  • Noise reduction
  • Supports multiple file formats
  • Cloud storage integration
Features
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WavePad Music and Audio Editor is a full-featured professional audio and music editor. With WavePad you can edit and record music, voice, and other audio recordings. You can edit audio files with tools like cut, copy, paste. You can also add audio effects including echo, amplify, and noise reduction. WavePad Audio Editor supports a number of formats including vox, gsm, and more! Whether you are a professional or an at-home enthusiast, WavePad has all of the tools you need to edit audio files. Typical applications include ringtones, voice-overs, trim sound bits, and many more! WavePad features: • 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 auto-trim 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 WavePad contains optional in-app purchases and subscriptions. • Subscriptions are billed monthly while purchases are one time payments (these are not subscriptions) • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and cost depends on your chosen package • Payments will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable For assistance using WavePad: http://www.nch.com.au/support/supportcontact.html?software=WavePad Terms of service: https://www.nch.com.au/general/legal.html Privacy Policy: https://www.nch.com.au/general/privacy.html

About

Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

This app is a comprehensive audio studio for creating podcasts, music, and voice recordings. It offers multitrack recording, extensive editing tools, and a variety of audio effects to enhance your sound. Save your work in multiple formats and manage projects efficiently.

Highlights
  • Multitrack recording and editing
  • Unlimited high-quality recording
  • Basic and advanced editing tools
  • Pitch and speed changer
  • Stereo expander and normalization
  • Various audio effects and 12-band equalizer
  • Project saving and multiple export formats
Features
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It's not just an audio editor, it's a powerful recording, mixing and editing studio. Create your own podcasts, record music and voice, add sound effects, background noise and save to various audio formats. We tried to keep only the essentials functions. Key features: ◆ Multitrack recorder Add, edit files and move between tracks ◆ Unlimited recording Record voice and instruments in high quality without limits ◆ Basic editing tools Do you need to cut part of a file, copy or paste? Easily! ◆ Video to audio Add any video from your camera roll and easily extract sound to work on ◆ Adding third party files Add files and background noise to tracks from iCloud Drive, your purchased tracks from iTunes or other sources ◆ Pitch changer Easily change altitude and speed ◆ High precision zoom Convenient movement around the work area - zoom in and out work quickly and accurately ◆ Stereo expander Make your recordings sound truly up-to-date with stereo surround sound ◆ Normalization With an automatic track volume amplifier you can raise the volume of quiet sections and average the overall volume ◆ Tags Label parts of the track or make notes to easily navigate. You can choose the color of the tag and edit it ◆ Saving Export files in many formats, adjust bitrate, delete silence ◆ Working with projects Save your work in the form of projects and return to them at any convenient time ◆ Working with long files (1 hour or more) We have put a lot of effort into making it possible for you to record and add files of various lengths and work with them ◆ Various audio effects Add variety and depth to your recordings: Reverb (with room presets) Delay, Distortion, Chorus, Filters and more effects are available for you ◆ 12-band equalizer It allows you to remove unwanted frequencies from the overall mix or add missing ones ◆ Support for the most popular audio formats WAV, Mp3, Mp4, AAC, AIFF, m4a and more ----------------------------------------- * Subscription Audio Lab : Get access to all features of the application. * You can turn off the auto-renewal at any time: you'll find the option to do this change to a different payment plan in the settings of your device and App Store account. * The first time you can try the free trial for 3 days. After that, your account will be automatically charged for the subscription if you will not stop it before the end of the free trial. * The length of the subscription is 1 month, this subscription is auto-renewing. You can stop the subscription at any moment; * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the and of the current period, and identity the cost of the renewal. ATTENTION: before you subscribe please read: Terms Of Use (https://tinyurl.com/3xba3zmx ) Privacy Policy (https://tinyurl.com/379vxkbe)

Screenshots

WavePad Music and Audio Editor4 screens
Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: WavePad Music and Audio Editor at free with in-app purchases against Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab's subscription. WavePad Music and Audio Editor also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (61% vs 45%). 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 Music and Audio Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WavePad Music and Audio Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.5K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of WavePad Music and Audio Editor's written reviews are positive against 45% of Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WavePad Music and Audio Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WavePad Music and Audio Editor versus Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavePad Music and Audio EditorAudio Editor, Multitrack Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.5K ratings) — better4.3 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews — better44.8% of reviews
Number of ratings4.5K — better1.3K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareTsovinar Popova

Customer experience

WavePad Music and Audio Editor

All ratings4,433 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews337 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral10.1%
Negative28.5%

Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

All ratings1,273 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral15.5%
Negative39.7%

User reviews

WavePad Music and Audio Editor

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Excellent sound quality
  • 💡 Lots of features
  • 🙌 Great for podcasts
  • 👌 Works well on iPad

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Paywall for core features
  • 🤔 Confusing UI changes
  • 🔍 Difficult to find saved files
  • 📦 Takes up a lot of storage

Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 💡 Useful audio editing features
  • 👍 Good quality of exported audio

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔧 Confusing and unintuitive interface
  • 💰 Expensive premium features

Bugs and requests

WavePad Music and Audio Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Playback sync issues
  • Inability to save/export files
  • Unreliable recording functionality
  • Unexpected audio quality degradation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add spectrogram view
  • Improve file management
  • Increase accessibility
  • Expand AUv3 plugin support
  • Streamline subscription model

Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Music and files disappearing from the app
  • Static noise and audio distortion
  • Inability to save or export recordings

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to adjust individual track speeds
  • Better tutorial and documentation
  • More free audio effects and tools

In-app purchases

10 purchases

WavePad Music and Audio Editor

Subscriptions3
  • All Effects Subscription$1.991 Month
  • All Formats Subscription$1.991 Month
  • All Features Subscription$2.991 Month
One-time7
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Echo Effect$1.99
  • MP3 Format$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Unlock All Output Formats$4.99
  • Unlock All Effects$4.99
  • Pocket WavePad Plus$9.99
  • All Current Features$9.99
1 purchases

Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab

Subscriptions1
  • Edit Song - Mixer & MP3 Cutter3 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is WavePad Music and Audio Editor free?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab free?
Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor is rated higher. WavePad Music and Audio Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab averages 4.3 from 1.3K ratings.
Do WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab have ads?
Neither WavePad Music and Audio Editor nor Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, and Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab every 3 weeks. Most recently, WavePad Music and Audio Editor was updated on November 10, 2026 and Audio Editor, Multitrack Lab on November 11, 2026.

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