Comparison

Sonic Player vs Longwave Ambience

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

Head to head
About

Sonic Player

Features
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Rediscover your music collection without ads, algorithms, or distractions. Whether you're an audiophile fine-tuning every detail or simply want a player that respects your library, SonicPlayer delivers pure, uninterrupted listening pleasure.

About

Longwave Ambience

Features
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Longwave is a living ambient audio environment that evolves as you listen. At its core is a real-time visualizer - a constellation of particles and waveforms driven by the music itself. Choose a preset and let it run: the sound shifts, breathes, and surprises. PRESETS Each preset shapes the sonic character of the experience. From the bright, structured counterpoint of Baroque Garden to the vast reverb tails of Cathedral to the slow textural drift of Deep Ambient. A customization panel lets you tune the balance to your own taste. NARRATIVE EPISODES Browse seasons of narrative audio โ€” immersive storytelling woven through the ambient bed. Episodes play in their own time, with long ambient stretches between segments. There's no feed to scroll, no algorithm to game. Just listen. THE COLLECTION Hidden within the ambient stream are rare sound clips: field recordings, processed textures, found sounds. Discover them as you listen. Each one is catalogued in your collection, a growing archive of sonic surprises across 83 possible entries. Longwave is free and contains no ads, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Sonic Player4 screens
Longwave Ambience4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sonic Player and Longwave Ambience are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sonic Player versus Longwave Ambience: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonic PlayerLongwave Ambience
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHasan SawaedSee-through Lab LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sonic Player

No in-app purchases

None

Longwave Ambience

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sonic Player free?
Sonic Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Longwave Ambience free?
Longwave Ambience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sonic Player or Longwave Ambience have ads?
Neither Sonic Player nor Longwave Ambience shows ads.

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