BuddyWave vs Greef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BuddyWave
Record and share audio diary entries with friends and family. Preserve daily events and emotions as voice memos, create private sharing spaces, and react to friends' recordings. Ideal for those who find writing tedious or want to share moments easily.
- Record audio diary entries
- Create private sharing spaces (WaveRooms)
- Post short audio clips (Waves)
- React to friends' recordings
- Schedule audio posts
- Receive notifications for activity
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【Who Will Love This App?】 ・People who want to preserve their daily events and emotions. ・Those looking to transform their routine daily life into memorable experiences. ・People who tried keeping a diary but gave up because writing was too tedious. ・People who want to share little everyday events through voice with family or friends who live far away. ・Busy couples who want to exchange short, heartfelt messages. ・People who want to share fun and interesting daily happenings with friends. ・Parents who want to share their children's cute behaviors and milestones with grandparents. ・Anyone who wants to express gratitude easily in the midst of a busy life. ・Language learners practicing new words and phrases and wanting to share their pronunciation. ・People who want to share quick thoughts or ideas with friends and colleagues. ・People who want to keep their ideas as voice memos. ・People who want to send a message to their future selves. 【What You Can Do With This App】 ■ Recording Wave Diary You can preserve daily events and emotions as audio data. The audio data is stored only on your device, ensuring privacy protection. Easily see the days you’ve journaled in a calendar format and the reminder feature also helps prevent forgetting to make diary entries. ■ Create a Private Space (WaveRoom) You can create a new WaveRoom or join a friend's WaveRoom to have a private space. Of course, you can also make a room just for yourself. ■ Post Audio Clip (Wave) Use your smartphone's microphone to record audio clips of about 10 seconds. Capture cherished moments and keep them as audible memories! ■ React to Waves Show that you've received a friend's Wave by pressing the heart icon. ■ Scheduled Posts You can schedule the time to post your audio (Wave). It will fulfill your wish to send a birthday message right as the date changes, without having to fight sleep. ■ Notification Feature Receive notifications when someone joins a WaveRoom or makes a post, allowing you to play the voice without missing it.
Greef
This app offers a safe space for individuals navigating the challenges of grief. It provides communal support and a sense of protection during difficult times.
- Communal support
- Safe space for grief
- Protection from waves of grief
- User-friendly interface
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Find protection in Greef from the waves of grief Special thank you to Hilary Karls, Josh Clemm, Par Trivedi, Ryan Sokol, and Thomas So.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Greef at none against BuddyWave's shown. Greef also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). BuddyWave's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BuddyWave against 5.0 for Greef. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
BuddyWave ships an update weekly, Greef every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BuddyWave | Greef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tsubasa ichiba | Justin Lee |
Customer experience
BuddyWave
Greef
In-app purchases
BuddyWave
No in-app purchases
Greef
No in-app purchases
