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.
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.
- Record and edit audio
- Cut, copy, paste audio
- Add audio effects (echo, amplify)
- Noise reduction
- Supports multiple file formats
- Cloud storage integration
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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
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.
- Capture high-fidelity live recordings
- Promote and sell music instantly
- Focus on music creation
- Easy recording process
- Publish recordings
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WavePad Music and Audio Editor | Set.fm Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NCH Software | DejaSet, INC |
Customer experience
WavePad Music and Audio Editor
Set.fm Studio
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
WavePad Music and Audio Editor
- All Effects Subscription$1.991 Month
- All Formats Subscription$1.991 Month
- All Features Subscription$2.991 Month
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Echo Effect$1.99
- MP3 Format$1.99
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- Unlock All Output Formats$4.99
- Unlock All Effects$4.99
- Pocket WavePad Plus$9.99
- All Current Features$9.99
Set.fm Studio
No in-app purchases
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