Comparison

OUTSIDIFY vs Relic Waves

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OUTSIDIFY

Explore and manipulate ambient sounds using your smartphone's microphone and speaker. Create unique audio effects, capture environmental resonances, and experiment with sound in real-world spaces. Unleash your creativity and discover new sonic possibilities.

Highlights
  • Create feedback loops
  • Manipulate external sounds
  • Use phone as resonant filter
  • Capture impulse responses
  • Explore real-world acoustics
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Outsidify allows you to manipulate and explore the sounds happening around your smartphone. The microphone and speaker of your phone are hiding exciting potential: create feedback, manipulate resonances, use your mouth as a resonant filter, capture the impulse responses of your coffee cup or the pipe at the construction site you're accidentally passing by. Just have fun. Your imagination is the only limit. Early electronic music was full of exploration of what you can do with just a microphone and speaker. Now it's your time to explore! Go outside and make sounds outside of your phone. What would you Outsidify? Features - create feedbacks from your phone´s microphone and speaker - play sounds from the speaker and influence them with outside conditions - the world is your resonator - capture impulse responses of any space you can fit your phone into - anytime!

About

Relic Waves

Generate unique Lo-Fi sounds, pads, and effects using advanced synthesis algorithms. Explore billions of sonic possibilities with intuitive controls and real-time recording. Perfect for musicians and sound designers seeking experimental audio.

Highlights
  • Billions of unique Lo-Fi sounds
  • Random sound generation with search
  • Multiple keyboard input options
  • Real-time audio recording to WAV
  • Export to WAV, SunVox, and clipboard
  • MIDI control and processing
  • iOS Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)
Features
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Relic Waves is a generator of Lo-Fi noises, pads and effects based on unique synthesis algorithms from NightRadio. More than 4 billion samples from the depths of the Mathematical Universe! Features: * search for new sounds with three buttons: next random set, edit code, previous set; each set of 12 sounds corresponds to a code of 8 characters; * three types of keyboards for live performing: on-screen buttons, PC keyboard, MIDI input; * several processing parameters + control via MIDI; * real-time audio recording to WAV (32-bit); * export to: WAV (one file or a set), SunVox (samples + effects in one file), text clipboard; * the LCK button freezes individual samples - they will not change during the search for new sets; * iOS Audio Unit Extension (AUv3). Double clicking on a parameter opens a window for setting the exact value. If you enable the Hold option, the notes will play endlessly, without reacting to key release (noteOff) events; turning the note on again works like turning it off; there are two ways to enable this option: 1) using the Hold parameter in the "MIDI Mapping" window; 2) by pressing the HOLD button, which appears in place of LCK while playing the musical keyboard: press HOLD, release the desired notes - then the released notes will continue to play.

Screenshots

OUTSIDIFY4 screens
Relic Waves1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OUTSIDIFY at weekly against Relic Waves's every 11 months. Relic Waves's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

OUTSIDIFY costs $5.99 and Relic Waves $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for OUTSIDIFY against 5.0 for Relic Waves. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 42 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of OUTSIDIFY's written reviews are positive against 100% of Relic Waves's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OUTSIDIFY ships an update weekly, Relic Waves every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
OUTSIDIFY versus Relic Waves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOUTSIDIFYRelic Waves
Price$5.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (15 ratings)5.0 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1542 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#175 — better#200
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.212.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBASTL INSTRUMENTSAlexander Zolotov

Customer experience

OUTSIDIFY

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Relic Waves

All ratings42 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OUTSIDIFY

No in-app purchases

None

Relic Waves

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OUTSIDIFY free?
OUTSIDIFY costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Relic Waves free?
Relic Waves costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OUTSIDIFY or Relic Waves?
Relic Waves is rated higher. OUTSIDIFY averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Relic Waves averages 5.0 from 42 ratings.
Do OUTSIDIFY or Relic Waves have ads?
Neither OUTSIDIFY nor Relic Waves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OUTSIDIFY or Relic Waves?
OUTSIDIFY ships an update weekly, and Relic Waves every 11 months. Most recently, OUTSIDIFY was updated on October 8, 2026 and Relic Waves on October 14, 2026.
Which is more popular, OUTSIDIFY or Relic Waves?
OUTSIDIFY currently peaks at #175 in the App Store charts, and Relic Waves at #200. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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