Comparison

ToneWave Pro vs Choppa

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

Head to head
About

ToneWave Pro

Features
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ToneWave Pro is a powerful and intuitive tone generator that delivers precise audio frequencies with stunning visual feedback. Whether you're a musician tuning instruments, a sound designer creating effects, a meditation practitioner, or an audio engineer testing equipment, ToneWave Pro offers the tools you need in a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. Key Features: • Precision Tone Generation: Generate frequencies from 20Hz to 20,000Hz with decimal precision • Multiple Waveforms: Choose between sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waves • Beautiful Visualizations: See your sound come to life with responsive, real-time waveform displays • Extensive Preset Library: Access over 30 carefully crafted presets for music, meditation, sound design, and testing • Custom Presets: Save your own frequency configurations for quick access • Background Audio: Continue playback when using other apps or when your device is locked • Inter-App Audio Support: Use ToneWave Pro with other audio apps • Adjustable Amplitude: Fine-tune the volume level of your tones • Dark Mode Support: Enjoy a sleek interface that's easy on the eyes Perfect For: • Musicians: Tune instruments with precision using reference tones • Sound Designers: Create and test audio effects with different waveforms • Meditation & Sound Healing: Access Solfeggio frequencies, binaural beats, and other healing tones • Audio Engineers: Test speakers, microphones, and room acoustics • Education: Demonstrate sound wave principles and frequency concepts ToneWave Pro combines professional audio capabilities with an intuitive interface, making it accessible for both professionals and enthusiasts. Generate the perfect tone for any situation with just a few taps.

About

Choppa

Record audio, chop it into playable pads, and manipulate it like an instrument. This app offers advanced features like vinyl scratching, chord progressions, and wireless DAW integration for musicians and producers.

Highlights
  • Record and chop audio to pads
  • Vinyl scratching and pitch bending
  • Chord progressions and layered harmonies
  • Auto-chop by transient or pitch
  • Wireless DAW integration (Ableton Link)
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Multiple input sources
Features
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Record into your mic. Chop it to pads. Play it like an instrument. Now scratch them like vinyl and play in chord progressions. Choppa is a lightning-fast audio sampler and slicing tool built for songwriters, beatmakers, and live performers. Record through your mic and instantly map audio across playable trigger pads. Auto-chop on transient or pitch detection — switch between 4 / 8 / 16 pad layouts without losing any of their per-chop settings. PERFORMANCE GESTURES Tap to trigger. Hold to sustain. Drag a single finger up and down on a pad to slide pitch in real time — ±2 octaves without lifting. Drop a second finger anywhere on the screen and any held chop slows like a record being touched. Move the second finger and you scratch in either direction. Lift to release the platter — a force-based exponential inertia model (modeled on real turntable physics, not a linear fade) ramps back to nominal speed. Spread your fingers wider and the scratch responds more gently — a "grip pressure" metaphor borrowed from real decks. The chop view and minimap both work as scrub surfaces. The minimap ignores chop boundaries entirely — drag freely across the whole loop as one continuous tape. CHORD PLAY PERF mode has two flavours: SCRATCH for turntable gestures and CNFG for chord play. CNFG's MONO/POLY toggle controls whether each pad press chokes the previous (one voice at a time) or lets multiple voices stack while held — piano-key hold-to-play for chord progressions, sustained harmonies, and layered counter-melodies. CHOPPING Auto-chop detects transients or pitch boundaries automatically when you record or import a sample, with sensitivity knobs for each. Drag chop edges manually, set per-section pitch and gain, enable reverse, and pick between off / forward loop / ping-pong on any chop. Three pad-count layers (4 / 8 / 16) are fully independent — switch between them and all per-chop settings stay intact. INPUT SOURCES Pick what feeds Choppa: any mic capsule (front / back / bottom / USB / AirPods), the two royalty-free streams that ship with the app, or any HTTPS audio URL you paste in. Record from any of them. RECORD MODE A dedicated REC mode for capture work, with an ARM safety pin — destructive full re-record requires a deliberate ARM tap so a stray REC press can't write over a take. Punch-in records into a single chop's region only, with single-level undo — perfect for fixing a flubbed beat without losing the rest. WIRELESS TO YOUR DAW Ableton Link Audio — Choppa's master mix appears as a track-input source in Live, Loopy Pro, AUM, GarageBand iOS, and any Link 4 peer on the same Wi-Fi. Tempo syncs at the same time. No USB cable, no virtual audio device. PLUGIN INSIDE YOUR DAW Full AUv3 plugin support — load Choppa inside GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, Loopy Pro, or any Audio Unit host as either an Instrument (play chops via host MIDI) or an FX (capture the host's audio for chopping). MIDI mappings persist per host. LIBRARY + SHARE Every recording auto-saves into an App Group library shared between Choppa standalone and the AUv3 plugin — record a sample on your phone, load it in your DAW the next time you open it. Share to Choppa from any other app and pick which bank receives the sample, plus the chop count, before it lands. EXPORT Export source WAV, individual chops, .choppa single-bank presets, or full .choppap multi-bank projects. Import from other Choppa users or any audio file. Built by WaveLoop. Get off the grid.

Screenshots

ToneWave Pro4 screens
Choppa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Choppa at every 2 weeks against ToneWave Pro's every 2 months. Choppa also leads on chart position (#189 vs unranked). ToneWave Pro's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

ToneWave Pro costs $0.99 and Choppa $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ToneWave Pro ships an update every 2 months, Choppa every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ToneWave Pro versus Choppa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToneWave ProChoppa
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating—4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#189 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaila Consulting Inc.Elijah Lucian

In-app purchases

None

ToneWave Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Choppa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ToneWave Pro free?
ToneWave Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Choppa free?
Choppa costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ToneWave Pro or Choppa have ads?
Neither ToneWave Pro nor Choppa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ToneWave Pro or Choppa?
ToneWave Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Choppa every 2 weeks. Most recently, ToneWave Pro was updated on October 13, 2026 and Choppa on October 17, 2026.

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