AudioShare vs SideBand
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
SideBand
This app helps musicians learn songs by ear. It allows users to slow down music, loop sections, and change the key to match their voice or instrument. Import music from various sources like the Music app or iCloud.
- Adjust tempo
- Transpose key
- Change tuning
- Loop sections
- Import unprotected music
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Learn tunes by ear - slow down and loop sections of a tune. Change the key to fit your voice or instrument. Import any unprotected music from the Music app, from the iCloud Files application or drag tunes from your desktop. Support for all iPhone screen sizes as well as iPad. Use slide-over while listening to your Music files to quickly import on iPad Use split screen to listen while viewing music • Adjust tempo - change the speed from half-speed to double speed • Transpose - change the key by semi-tones up to an octave higher or lower • Change the tuning - Adjust the pitch of an out-of-tune recording • Import from any other app that can export an audio file - wav, mp3 and AAC files are supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AudioShare at 4.7 against SideBand's 4.0. AudioShare also leads on ratings volume (849 vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 22 months). SideBand's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
AudioShare costs $4.99 and SideBand $2.99 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AudioShare has 849 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 80% of SideBand's.
AudioShare ships an update every 5 months, SideBand every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AudioShare | SideBand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (849 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 849 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #71 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kymatica AB | Wil Macaulay |
Customer experience
AudioShare
SideBand
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
SideBand
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AudioShare
No in-app purchases
SideBand
No in-app purchases









