Sonic Player vs Longwave Ambience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Sonic Player
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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.
Longwave Ambience
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Sonic Player | Longwave Ambience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hasan Sawaed | See-through Lab LLC |
In-app purchases
Sonic Player
No in-app purchases
Longwave Ambience
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sonic Player free?
Is Longwave Ambience free?
Do Sonic Player or Longwave Ambience have ads?
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