Comparison

Wave vs Beacon Scout

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

Head to head
About

Wave

Features
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Wave-USB Recorder Professional 8-channel audio recorder designed for laser show production. Record directly from USB audio interfaces at 48kHz/24-bit to standard WAV files. Features β€’ 8-channel simultaneous recording (X, Y, R, G, B, AUX/SMPTE, L, R) β€’ Real-time laser preview with Metal-accelerated rendering β€’ Live VU metering for all 8 channels β€’ ADC zero-point calibration to null DC offset noise β€’ Audio pass-through monitoring β€’ Record to device storage or external USB drives β€’ Playback with full preview visualization β€’ Adjustable preview controls: position, scale, RGB gain/offset, sample window β€’ Pause and resume recording Designed For Laser show professionals who need a portable, reliable field recorder for capturing multi-channel ILDA audio signals from USB audio interfaces. Preview your laser content in real time while recording, verify levels across all channels, and save standard WAV files ready for production use.

About

Beacon Scout

Features
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Search and find your missplaced BLE or Bluetooth devices with this simple scanner app. Simply scan for devices in the environment and select the oine you want to locate. It will then show signal strength and the direction you are facing in a "Radar screen look" allowing you to see where the signal ius strongest. Usually when the signal gets stronger, you get closer to the device until its directly infront of you. You never had this issue? You put your wireless in-ear headphones somewhere and can't remember where. They are even connected to your phone, but playing music would not work because those modern erapΓΌhones only play while ion your ear. Also they would not be very loud... At this point, this app is very usefull. Just select the device and follow the signal. You can even mark a device as favourite so you can find it faster when it happens again. Otherwise the devices you connected to will be persistently stored in a list. Long press on a device in the list to get some additional information about it. All this functionality without the need to be online, without payment or hidden fees, without registration and without advertisement.

Screenshots

Wave4 screens
Beacon Scout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Beacon Scout at 16.4 against Wave's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Wave versus Beacon Scout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaveBeacon Scout
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.216.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid ZurcherNext Level Order Engineering UG (haftungsbeschrankt)

In-app purchases

None

Wave

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon Scout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wave free?
Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon Scout free?
Beacon Scout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wave or Beacon Scout have ads?
Neither Wave nor Beacon Scout shows ads.

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