Comparison

AudioGrafik vs Wave Box

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

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About

AudioGrafik

Transform music into dynamic visual experiences with a real-time audio visualizer. Explore 24 unique scenes and 20 effects that evolve with the rhythm and energy of your chosen audio source. Organize your listening and immerse yourself in a captivating audio-visual journey.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio visualization
  • 24 visual scenes
  • 20 customizable effects
  • 8 composition methods
  • Multiple audio sources (online, files, microphone)
  • Playlist and queue management
  • Full-screen immersion mode
Features
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AudioGrafik is a real-time audio visualizer and VJing space for iPhone and iPad. Turn music into moving images with 24 scenes, 20 effects and compositions that evolve with sound. Play a track, choose a visual world and let the music shape what happens next. SEE YOUR MUSIC MOVE Bass, percussion, melodies and changes in energy bring the image to life. An impact can shake a material, a musical phrase can guide a flowing shape, and a build can change the composition. This music visualiser gives your listening a visual presence, from quieter passages to more intense moments, with forms and movement that respond to the audio. EXPLORE 24 VISUAL SCENES Electric Filaments brings vibrations and percussive flashes into view. Spectral Prism refracts coloured beams by day or night. Photon Race follows glowing bikes through turns, boosts and collisions. Herbarium grows an ink-drawn 3D garden with twirling leaves. Discover fluids, architecture, Fibonacci and Bloom too. RESHAPE THE IMAGE WITH 20 EFFECTS Work with Glass, Curved Glass, Prisms, Caustics, Webs and Rose. Try the panel divisions of Comics, the relief of Emboss, the patterns of Weave and the transformations of Polarisation. Change an association to see a familiar scene differently: move between organic forms and graphic structures, explore colour and depth, or bring out another texture in the music. 8 WAYS TO COMPOSE YOUR VISUALS Choose Scenes, Effects and Mixers independently. Explore Overlay, Fusion, Territories, Inlay, Erosion, Relay, Black Key and Imprint. Black Key reveals a scene through another’s dark areas; Imprint retains traces of their relief. Territories spreads up to three scenes across the screen, holds their positions longer, then moves them on a musical event. Choose the allowed methods and let the music shape the composition. No more than three scenes coexist, including during transitions. CHOOSE YOUR AUDIO SOURCE Search for a track in the online catalogue, import an audio file from Files or enable the microphone to respond to ambient sound. Bring your own compositions into the audio visualizer and discover how their changing energy translates into motion. In microphone mode, the picture reacts to sound around your device without playing that microphone input through its speakers. KEEP YOUR LISTENING ORGANIZED Find your favourites, recently played tracks and playlists. Add tracks to the queue and prepare what comes next. Open the expanded player to rearrange upcoming songs by dragging them into a different order. Keep the listening session moving while you explore your chosen scenes and effects. MAKE ROOM FOR THE PICTURE Immersion lets the controls move out of the way so the visualizer can fill the screen. Tap the image to bring them back, adjust your choices and continue listening. The interface adapts to portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad, with a control panel suited to larger windows. Move between music, visuals and settings as part of the same session. RECORD AND SHARE A VIDEO Record the visuals together with sound. Stop recording to open the standard iOS share sheet, then share the video or keep it in Photos or Files using the available actions. Compare several combinations on the same passage to find a look that fits your music, from geometric scenes to more organic motion. The catalogue requires an Internet connection. Microphone access needs your permission and stops when the app goes into the background. Files must be accessible on your device before they can be opened. All scenes and effects in this version are available without in-app purchases. No AudioGrafik account is needed to get started. The online catalogue is provided through the SoundCloud API. AudioGrafik is an independent app. GIVE EACH COMPOSITION TIME TO UNFOLD Off-centre scenes hold their positions before a new musical impulse moves them. Watch contours, leaves and beams develop in depth, then try another combination to explore a different visual atmosphere.

About

Wave Box

This music plugin offers a dynamic dual waveshaper for creating symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion. Design unique sound curves by combining 12 pre-defined functions, ranging from subtle overdrive to extreme digital harshness.

Highlights
  • Dual waveshaper
  • Symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion
  • Customizable waveshaping curves
  • 12 pre-defined shaping functions
  • Modulation via LFOs and Envelope Follower
  • Wide range of distortion effects
Features
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Wave Box is a dynamic dual waveshaper plugin that can be used for both symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion. A waveshaper is a type of distortion in which the input signal is mapped to the output by applying a fixed or variable shaping function. Wave Box features two separate waveshapers that can be mixed together while being modulated by 2 LFOs and 1 Envelope Follower. You can design your own waveshaping curves by combining and adjusting 12 pre-defined functions (tanh, erf, sinh, sin, linear, abs, invert, floor, round, ceil, gauss 1, gauss 2). Wave Box can range from mild tube-flavoured overdrive to extreme digital harshness.

Screenshots

AudioGrafik4 screens
Wave Box1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AudioGrafik at Free against Wave Box's $14.99. Wave Box's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AudioGrafik is free to download; Wave Box costs $14.99 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 — 5.0 for AudioGrafik against 5.0 for Wave Box. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wave Box has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AudioGrafik versus Wave Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudioGrafikWave Box
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperManuel ReismannAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

AudioGrafik

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wave Box

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AudioGrafik

No in-app purchases

None

Wave Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AudioGrafik free?
AudioGrafik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wave Box free?
Wave Box costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AudioGrafik or Wave Box?
AudioGrafik and Wave Box are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do AudioGrafik or Wave Box have ads?
Neither AudioGrafik nor Wave Box shows ads.

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