Comparison

Aurec vs jd.Edit

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

Head to head
About

Aurec

Features
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Welcome to Aurec – the most intuitive audio studio for capturing, layering, and editing your voice and ideas. Whether you are sketching a song, recording a quick podcast, or building complex vocal arrangements, Aurec makes it effortless. Forget complicated setups. Aurec features smart Auto-Rec capabilities, allowing you to start recording the moment inspiration strikes. Build your project layer by layer, and edit everything on a beautiful timeline. KEY FEATURES • Smart Auto-Record: Never miss a beat. Start capturing audio instantly. • Multitrack Layering: Overdub vocals and instruments non-destructively. Build a full arrangement with ease. • Precision Editing: Split, trim, and move your audio clips directly on the timeline. • Mix & Arrange: Adjust volume, pan, mute, and solo for every single track to get the perfect balance. • Pro Audio Interface Support: Connect external microphones and USB audio interfaces for studio-grade inputs. • Lossless Quality: Save and share your work in pristine, high-quality audio formats. Build your vocal stacks, edit your podcasts, and capture your music with Aurec!

About

jd.Edit

Features
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jd.Edit is a waveform editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac — cut audio like on a desktop, one purchase for every device. On top of that, the app records through USB audio interfaces in true stereo and remembers your input choice. And it writes MP3 with its own encoder, calibrated against the reference encoder LAME. FREE — INCLUDED FOR EVERYONE • Opens WAV, AIFF, CAF, MP3, M4A/AAC, Apple Lossless, FLAC and Opus (mono and stereo) • Waveform with two-finger zoom all the way down to individual wave cycles • Select, listen, delete, trim to selection, silence — non-destructive, with unlimited undo; the original file is never touched • Linear fade-in and fade-out • Zero-crossing snap and a micro-fade at every cut edge: no clicks • Recording with the built-in microphone as uncompressed WAV (44.1 kHz / 24-bit) • File shelf with folders, search, preview playback and mini player — visible in the iOS Files app • Get audio from videos – from Photos or Files • Export as WAV and AAC EFFECTS – LIKE PLUG-INS, WITH LIVE PREVIEW • Fourteen effects, each on its own page with knobs, toggles and meters: Normalize, Fade, Stereo to Mono, NoiseFloor, High-pass, Equalizer, Leveler, Compressor, De-Esser, SoundsBetter, Limiter, Pitch, BetterVoice and DeClick • Presets: built-in and your own, shareable as files • Live preview: the play button loops the change instantly and every knob is audible as you turn it – only Apply writes it to the file. With a selection an effect applies only there • BetterVoice: a complete voice channel strip in six modules – preamp, high-pass, compressor, de-esser, enhancer, gate • Pitch: shift the pitch with formant preservation or as a tape effect • NoiseFloor removes the noise floor, learned from a selected passage or taken from a preset saved in the Record tab • Leveler evens out level changes like an engineer riding the fader, Compressor catches peaks, De-Esser tames sibilance, the true-peak limiter keeps every peak under the ceiling • Video export: audio as a video with cover art, title and equalizer – or as a turntable scene with spinning disc and tonearm STUDIO • Arrange several tracks on one timeline and play them together – mono and stereo mixed, every file at its own rate • Track heads with mute, solo and fader, drag clips, export the mix as a stereo WAV (up to two tracks free) THE PRO UNLOCK — ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • MP3 export with jd.Codec: constant, variable (V0–V9) or average bitrate, joint stereo, gapless • Freely shapeable fade curves with seven presets • Normalize to peak, RMS or LUFS with true peak • DeClick: remove clicks and crackle, with an AI check • Equalizer with up to 24 bands, analyzer, dynamics per band, mid/side, linear phase, presets and EQ match • Studio with more than two tracks • Recording through USB audio interfaces and in stereo — with a real-time spectrum analyzer and level meters • Wi-Fi transfer: upload and download files in a browser on your computer, with QR code and access code • Export in 24-bit and 32-bit float, with dither • Edit ID tags on MP3s: title, artist, album, cover and more Every Pro feature can be used twenty times for free — only then does the app ask for the purchase. ABOUT JD.CODEC In-house MP3 encoder with zero third-party libraries, verified with 116 round-trip checks and benchmarked against LAME. WAV import → export without edits is bit-identical. CONTROLS One finger pans the view, two fingers zoom, a double tap toggles selection mode. Only in this mode does one finger draw a range — recognizable by the colored frame. Dedicated layouts for iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac. PRIVACY The app sends nothing. No analytics, no account, no servers, no ads. Wi-Fi transfer runs only on your own network and only while it is switched on. LANGUAGES English and German.

Screenshots

Aurec4 screens
jd.Edit4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aurec and jd.Edit are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Aurec sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and jd.Edit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aurec ships an update every 2 weeks, jd.Edit every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aurec versus jd.Edit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAurecjd.Edit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikko Mottonenrefixo GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Aurec

One-time1
  • Aurec Pro$2.99
1 purchases

jd.Edit

One-time1
  • jd.Edit Pro$11.99

Questions

Is Aurec free?
Aurec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is jd.Edit free?
jd.Edit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aurec or jd.Edit have ads?
Neither Aurec nor jd.Edit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aurec or jd.Edit?
Aurec ships an update every 2 weeks, and jd.Edit every 4 weeks. Most recently, Aurec was updated on November 9, 2026 and jd.Edit on November 10, 2026.

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