Comparison

WavePad Music and Audio Editor vs Set.fm Studio

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

Set.fm Studio

This platform allows musicians to instantly capture, promote, and sell high-fidelity live recordings. Fans can enjoy the live music experience from anywhere. The studio app handles the recording process, letting artists focus on creating music.

Highlights
  • Capture high-fidelity live recordings
  • Promote and sell music instantly
  • Focus on music creation
  • Easy recording process
  • Publish recordings
Features
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Set.fm is a musician’s technology platform that enables artists to capture, promote and sell high-fidelity recordings instantly, so that music fans anywhere can enjoy the live music experience. Our Set.fm Studio is used to take care of all of the heavy lifting for your recordings so you can focus on making great music. Set.fm artists just login, select your show, hit record and publish and you're done!

Screenshots

WavePad Music and Audio Editor4 screens
Set.fm Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Set.fm Studio at none against WavePad Music and Audio Editor's 10. Set.fm Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). WavePad Music and Audio Editor's advantage is ratings volume (4.5K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Set.fm Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Set.fm Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WavePad Music and Audio Editor versus Set.fm Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavePad Music and Audio EditorSet.fm Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareDejaSet, INC

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%

Set.fm Studio

All ratings1 ratings
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

Set.fm Studio

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

Set.fm Studio

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 Set.fm Studio free?
Set.fm Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Set.fm Studio?
Set.fm Studio is rated higher. WavePad Music and Audio Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Set.fm Studio averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Set.fm Studio have ads?
Neither WavePad Music and Audio Editor nor Set.fm Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WavePad Music and Audio Editor or Set.fm Studio?
WavePad Music and Audio Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, and Set.fm Studio every 5 weeks. Most recently, WavePad Music and Audio Editor was updated on November 6, 2026 and Set.fm Studio on November 1, 2026.

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