Comparison

Waverate vs Wave

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

Head to head
About

Waverate

Discover, rate, and catalog your favorite music with precision. This app offers a unique quantification system to track your listening history and compare tastes with friends through shared music boards.

Highlights
  • Precision rating on a 10.0 scale
  • Create shared music boards with friends
  • Compare music tastes and find matches
  • Secure and private user data
  • High-fidelity, minimalist interface
  • One-time Lifetime Premium upgrade
Features
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Discover the world's most advanced music rating app. Waverate is designed for audiophiles, reviewers, and everyday listeners who want to track, rate, and share their unique music taste with absolute precision. With a stunning, immersive vinyl aesthetic, Waverate transforms how you experience and document your musical journey. Whether you're analyzing a new album release or tracking your all-time favorite songs, Waverate is the ultimate companion for your music catalog. ULTIMATE RATING PRECISION Tired of basic 5-star rating systems? Waverate introduces an unparalleled 0.25 scaling system out of 10. Give that masterpiece a 9.75 or that guilty pleasure a solid 6.50. Your music taste is nuanced, and your ratings should be too. APPLE MUSIC & SPOTIFY INTEGRATION Connect your Apple Music or Spotify accounts for a seamless listening experience. Instantly play the tracks you're rating directly within Waverate, sync your current listening activity, and pull in high-quality album artwork without ever leaving the app. FUSED CATALOGUES & SOCIAL DISCOVERY Connect with friends to explore your shared music taste! Our unique "Fused Catalogues" feature seamlessly blends your ratings with your friends' profiles, allowing you to discover exactly where your musical tastes align and where they clash. REAL-TIME FRIEND ACTIVITY Never miss a beat in your social circle. View your friends' latest activity on the social feed to see what they are listening to, rating, and reviewing right now. Find your next favorite track by keeping up with the people whose music taste you trust the most. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Bring your music catalog right to your home screen! Waverate includes beautiful, dynamic widgets that showcase your daily rating streaks, top-rated albums, and recent activity, so your musical journey is always just a glance away. STUNNING VINYL PLAYBACK Experience your catalog in style. Waverate features gorgeous, tactile music playback centered around a beautiful vinyl aesthetic that makes browsing and listening to your favorite tracks an absolute joy. IN-DEPTH STATISTICS & STREAKS Track your listening habits like never before. Dive deep into your personal rating statistics to see your top artists, highest-rated albums, and overall rating trends. Keep the fire alive with daily rating streaks and watch your dynamic musical profile grow. CUSTOM CATALOGUES & PRIVATE REVIEWS Build your own custom catalogues to organize your music exactly how you want it. Want to keep your thoughts to yourself? Write detailed, private reviews for any track or album to capture exactly how a piece of music made you feel. KEY FEATURES: • Rate songs and albums on a precise 0.25 to 10.0 scale • Connect Apple Music and Spotify for seamless music playback • View real-time friend activity and discover new music • Fuse catalogues with friends to compare and analyze music tastes • Customize your home screen with dynamic Waverate widgets • Beautiful, interactive vinyl-inspired user interface • Build and curate custom, personalized music catalogues • Write and save private reviews for any track or album • Comprehensive rating statistics, insights, and analytics • Earn badges and maintain daily music rating streaks Join the community and start building your ultimate music catalog today. Waverate is the undisputed best music rating app available—built by music lovers, for music lovers. Download now and redefine your music taste! LEGAL By downloading and using Waverate, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), as well as our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://avlory.com/waverate/waverate_privacy.html Terms of Service: https://avlory.com/waverate/waverate_tos.html

About

Wave

This app allows users to rate albums, build a personal music collection, and discover new music through friends' recommendations. Log concerts and music videos to further personalize your listening profile. It focuses on the albums that have made a lasting impact.

Highlights
  • Rate albums out of 10
  • Build a personal album collection
  • Follow friends and see their music taste
  • Discover new music through friends
  • Log concerts and music videos
  • Create a musical identity profile
Features
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Wave is a place to track the albums you love and see what your friends are listening to. Rate any album out of 10, add it to your collection, and build up a record of your taste over time. Your profile becomes a real picture of your musical identity — not a playlist, not a queue, but the albums that actually stuck with you. The social side is simple: follow your friends, see their ratings and reviews in your feed, and find your next favorite record through someone who actually listened to it. No algorithms deciding what you should hear next. Just people with taste, sharing what they're into. Wave is for people who listen to albums the whole way through. Who care about the track order, the production, the moment an album clicks. If you've ever wanted to remember exactly when you first heard something — or find out what your friend has been obsessed with lately — this is where that lives. Wave also lets you log concerts and music videos, adding another layer to your listening profile. Free to download. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email.

Screenshots

Waverate4 screens
Wave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wave at none against Waverate's 2. Waverate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Waverate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Wave asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waverate against 5.0 for Wave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waverate ships an update every 4 days, Wave every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Waverate versus Wave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaverateWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB40 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSEAN DAVID WARDCARSON DAVID MILLER

Customer experience

Waverate

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wave

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Waverate

Subscriptions1
  • Waverate Premium$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Waverate Premium$4.99
None

Wave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Waverate free?
Waverate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wave free?
Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Waverate or Wave?
Waverate and Wave are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Waverate or Wave have ads?
Both Waverate and Wave show ads.
Which is updated more often, Waverate or Wave?
Waverate ships an update every 4 days, and Wave every 3 weeks. Most recently, Waverate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Wave on October 31, 2026.

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