AudioShare vs R
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AudioShare
Manage all your sound and MIDI files with this comprehensive audio document manager. Organize, record, trim, convert, and transfer audio files between apps and your computer. It's an essential tool for music creators.
- Organize audio and recordings
- Record external input
- Record live output of other apps
- Import/Export via Document Pickers
- WiFi Drive file transfer
- Convert between sound file formats
- Trim and normalize audio
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A sound file manager with powerful import and export abilities. If you are using music-making apps, then this tool is a must-have! Organize all your soundfiles and midifiles on your device, and manage your AUM recordings. Record, trim, convert, normalize, transfer, export, import, zip, unzip. Create folders, rename and move files and folders around, put everything where you can find it. Use it to transfer files between apps and between your device and computer. For example, transfer your new track from your favorite music-making app and import into the AudioShare library, then share it on your SoundCloud account, or transfer it into other apps. Or record your live-jam from other IAA or Audiobus apps. You can record directly in the app, from microphone, external audio interfaces, Inter-App Audio, or other Audiobus compatible apps. Preview and play soundfiles with waveform display and looping, trim and normalize soundfiles, and convert to other file formats such as M4A AAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless), WAV, AIFF, CAF with options for bit rate or bit depth and sample rate. FEATURES • Organize audio and recordings in files and folders • Record external input (such as microphone) directly in app • Record the live output of other Audiobus-compatible apps • Record Inter-App Audio node apps • Plays and records in 96k, 48k, 44.1k, 22k, 11k and 8k sample rates • Plays and records 16, 24 and 32 bit files • General pasteboard Audio Copy/Paste • Import/Export through standard iOS Files system • AudioShare FileProvider extension allows direct access to your sound file library from within other apps • Built-in Dropbox client • Use "Open in" from other apps or to open a file in other apps • WiFi Drive: transfer files from/to any computer on your local network • Import songs from your on-device Music library • Easy Import/Export from/to AudioShare-compatible apps • Access files through iTunes File Sharing • Playback of almost any kind of soundfile • Add notes with the built-in text editor • Trim, apply fade ins and fade outs • Convert between sound file formats • Normalize • Send your sounds by email
R
Control your Roland R-07 Hi-Res Audio Recorder remotely via Bluetooth from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Manage recordings, adjust levels, add markers, and select scenes even when the recorder is out of reach.
- Remote record/playback control
- Input/output level adjustment
- Marker creation and navigation
- Scene selection and settings editing
- Song selection for playback
- Link settings management
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R-07 Remote is an application that can remotely control Roland’s Hi-Res Audio Recorder "R-07" from iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch via Bluetooth. R-07 Remote allows you to manage recordings and ensure what’s being recorded is exactly what you want, even while the R-07 is in its prime recording location, and out of reach. Main Functions • Control record/playback • Check and adjust input/output levels • Add markers and move between markers • Select scenes and edit settings • Select a song for playback • Make link settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AudioShare at 89% against R's 13%. AudioShare also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (857 vs 5). R's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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
R is free to download; AudioShare costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AudioShare holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AudioShare has 857 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of AudioShare's written reviews are positive against 13% of R's.
AudioShare ships an update every 5 months, R every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AudioShare | R |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (857 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 857 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kymatica AB | Roland Corporation |
Customer experience
AudioShare
R
Bugs and requests
AudioShare
Reported bugs
4 issues- SoundCloud upload button not working
- Inability to rename files easily
- Crashes when using the pasteboard feature
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add MP3 conversion option
- Implement iCloud sync and sharing
- Improve editing tools (e.g., timeline, markers)
- Introduce a metronome and tempo tools
- Add support for more cloud storage services
R
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AudioShare
No in-app purchases
R
No in-app purchases









