Comparison

WavePad Music and Audio Editor vs TwistedWave Remote

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

TwistedWave Remote

Control audio playback and recording on your Mac from your iOS device. Start/stop playback and recording, and place markers remotely over WiFi.

Highlights
  • Remote playback control
  • Remote recording control
  • Place markers remotely
  • WiFi connectivity
  • Control Mac audio software
Features
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This application is a remote control for the TwistedWave application for mac. Connect to a running TwistedWave application on the local WiFi network, and you can: - Start and stop playback. - Start and stop recording. - Place markers when recording or playing back audio.

Screenshots

WavePad Music and Audio Editor4 screens
TwistedWave Remote1 screens

Verdict

The call

WavePad Music and Audio Editor and TwistedWave Remote both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TwistedWave Remote's written reviews are positive against 61% of WavePad Music and Audio Editor's. TwistedWave Remote also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). WavePad Music and Audio Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 90 months) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 5). On price, rating, 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. WavePad Music and Audio Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. TwistedWave Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TwistedWave Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WavePad Music and Audio Editor has 4.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of WavePad Music and Audio Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of TwistedWave Remote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WavePad Music and Audio Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, TwistedWave Remote every 90 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WavePad Music and Audio Editor versus TwistedWave Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavePad Music and Audio EditorTwistedWave Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.5K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.5K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 90 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareTwistedWave Software Ltd.

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%

TwistedWave Remote

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

TwistedWave Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

TwistedWave Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WavePad Music and Audio Editor free?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TwistedWave Remote free?
TwistedWave Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or TwistedWave Remote?
TwistedWave Remote is rated higher. WavePad Music and Audio Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while TwistedWave Remote averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do WavePad Music and Audio Editor or TwistedWave Remote have ads?
Neither WavePad Music and Audio Editor nor TwistedWave Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or TwistedWave Remote?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, and TwistedWave Remote every 90 months. Most recently, WavePad Music and Audio Editor was updated on November 10, 2026 and TwistedWave Remote on November 1, 2026.

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