Yoguitar vs AmbientWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoguitar
Discover custom curated playlists designed to help you slow down, de-stress, and unwind. This app offers uplifting music to bring instant calm and relaxation, created by a human for a heartfelt experience.
- Custom curated playlists
- De-stress and unwind
- Instant calm and relaxation
- Heartfelt and uplifting music
- Human-created music
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Welcome to the Art of Slowing Down! Yoguitar is your home for custom curated playlists to help you slow down, de-stress and unwind. With playlists for any time of the day, this heartfelt and uplifting music can bring you into an instant state of calm and relaxation. What began as an album project a decade ago emulating the serene environment of a yoga studio, continues on with the mission of bringing comfort through joyful music. Yoguitar features no AI or algorithms, just a human being playing for you hoping it makes you feel a little bit better. Enjoy your experience!
AmbientWave
Create personalized ambient soundscapes for focus, relaxation, or sleep. Mix various environmental sounds like rain, wind, and ocean with individual volume controls for a seamless listening experience.
- Mix multiple ambient sounds
- Continuous loop playback
- Individual sound volume control
- Unlockable sound variations (Pro)
- White/Pink/Brown noise (Pro)
- Sleep timer (Pro)
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AmbientWave is a completely free app to generate continuous loops of soothing ambient sounds for focus, relaxation, sleep. Layer rain, wind, ocean, fire, nature, and city ambiance to create your perfect continuous background. Free features: - Mix multiple environments at once - Smooth playback designed for long listening sessions - Individual volume controls per sound AmbientWave Pro (one-time purchase): - Unlock all sound variations - Unlock White / Pink / Brown noise - Unlock Sleep Timer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Yoguitar at free against AmbientWave's freemium. AmbientWave's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yoguitar against 5.0 for AmbientWave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Yoguitar ships an update every 2 weeks, AmbientWave every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Yoguitar | AmbientWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoguitar LLC | Paul Crowley |
Customer experience
Yoguitar
AmbientWave
In-app purchases
Yoguitar
No in-app purchases
AmbientWave
No in-app purchases
