Comparison

Record vs Wavepocket

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

Head to head
About

Record

Capture song ideas instantly with a 4-track audio recorder. Overdub, mix, and export your creations, making it the perfect tool for songwriting on the go.

Highlights
  • 4 tracks of clean audio recording
  • Overdubbing with existing tracks
  • Per-track volume, pan, and delay
  • Stereo mix export
  • Individual stem export
  • Save and reload sessions
Features
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Your song ideas don't wait. Record-o-matic doesn't either. No mics to set up. No session to configure. Just pick up your phone, hit record, and catch the idea before it's gone. Record-o-matic is a 4-track recorder built for the way songs actually start — humming in the kitchen, strumming on the couch, hearing something in your head at 2am. Lay down a first take, overdub a harmony, add a rhythm, build it out. All from the phone already in your pocket. Version 5 allows for endless bounce down of mixed tracks to tracks 1 and 2. Now you can continue adding ideas. What you get: 4 tracks of clean audio recording Overdub while listening to your existing tracks Per-track volume, pan, and delay for tight alignment Stereo Mix — export your full mix as a stereo WAV Export individual stems to bring into Logic, GarageBand, or any DAW Save and reload your sessions Record-o-matic isn't a studio. It's the thing you use before the studio — the place where the song begins.

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

Record4 screens
Wavepocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wavepocket at Free against Record's $1.99. Record's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On ratings volume, 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

Wavepocket is free to download; Record costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Record holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Record versus Wavepocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecordWavepocket
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1716.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey CoppageMATTHEW RYAN SANDY

Customer experience

Record

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wavepocket

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Record

No in-app purchases

None

Wavepocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Record free?
Record costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wavepocket free?
Wavepocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Record or Wavepocket?
Record is rated higher. Record averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Wavepocket averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Record or Wavepocket have ads?
Neither Record nor Wavepocket shows ads.

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