Comparison

Sonic Player vs Wavepocket

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

Wavepocket

This pocket studio app combines a synthesizer, drum kit, sampler, and 4-track tape recorder for music creation on your device. It offers multi-touch controls, various sound engines, and a clip-based timeline for easy track arrangement. All your creations are saved locally, and the app works completely offline.

Highlights
  • Synthesizer with multiple sound engines
  • 8-pad drum kit with adjustable parameters
  • Sampler with chromatic playback and slicing
  • 4-track tape recorder with clip timeline
  • Versioned tweaks with undo/redo
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Wavepocket is a pocket studio: a synthesizer, drum kit, sampler and 4-track tape recorder that fit in your hand. Play it with your fingers: multi-touch chords, glissando slides across the keys, drum pads, and four color-coded encoders that always control what you're looking at. MAKE A SOUND: Analog (saw–square with sub), FM, and Cluster Engines • A sampler engine: play any recording chromatically across the keys • Slice samples on the waveform, name each slice, and flip between them • ADSR envelope, resonant filter, env→cutoff, LFO • Presets by category (bass, keys, strings, brass, lead, pad, pluck, bell). MAKE A BEAT: Synthesized 8-pad drum kit: kick, snare, hats, clap, tom, rim, bell • Kit-wide tune, decay, tone and level • Arpeggiator (up / down / up-down / random) and metronome MAKE A TRACK: 4-track tape with a clip timeline: record in any mode, then drag clips between lanes, trim their edges, and cut at the playhead • Everything shares one loop boundary, so your layers always line up • Mixer with per-track level, pan and mute • Filtered delay and spring-style reverb sends. KEEP EVERYTHING: Every tweak is versioned: undo, redo, or scrub the timeline of your session and annotate the versions worth keeping • Recordings and imports persist on your device between sessions • Save the whole project with settings, history, presets and audio as a single file, and render your mix to MP3 NO STRINGS: No account, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline • Nothing leaves your device

Screenshots

Sonic Player4 screens
Wavepocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wavepocket at 16.4 against Sonic Player's 18.0. On price, 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sonic Player versus Wavepocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonic PlayerWavepocket
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHasan SawaedMATTHEW RYAN SANDY

In-app purchases

None

Sonic Player

No in-app purchases

None

Wavepocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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