Comparison

ScaleJammer vs Airwave

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

Head to head
About

ScaleJammer

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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a responsive virtual guitar fretboard with ScaleJammer. Play notes with expressive synthesized tone, slide naturally across the neck, and explore scales and modes in a fluid, intuitive way. With Snap mode, your movement locks to the correct notes of the selected scale, so you can move freely across the fretboard and stay in key every time. ScaleJammer also includes a multi-layer looper, making it easy to build riffs, layer melodies, and jam over your own ideas. Whether you're warming up, practicing scales, studying theory, or sketching out a melody on the go, ScaleJammer puts the guitar neck at your fingertips. PLAY YOUR WAY - Play notes across a virtual guitar fretboard tuned to your chosen scale - Snap mode keeps your finger locked to scale tones, so every slide stays in key - Slide mode delivers smooth, continuous pitch movement - Pluck mode adds a more realistic pick-style attack and decay EXPLORE MUSIC THEORY - 13 scale types, including Major, Minor, Blues, Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, and more - Mode Explorer reveals all 7 diatonic modes that share the same notes - Color-coded intervals help you understand theory visually as you play - Instantly switch between all 12 root notes LOOP & JAM - Record ideas with the built-in looper - Overdub multiple layers to build riffs, textures, and melodic ideas - Solo over your own loops in real time - Export recordings as WAV files and share them easily MAKE IT YOURS - 6 tunings: Standard, Drop D, Open G, Open D, DADGAD, and Half Step Down - 4 tone presets: Warm Lead, Bright Lead, Bell, and Soft Pad - Adjust reverb, volume, and drone to shape your sound - Choose between 12 and 24 frets with zoom and scroll controls - Left-handed mode - Haptic feedback

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Airwave

Features
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Hovertone turns your screen into a theremin. Slide your finger across the full-screen pad โ€” left and right changes pitch, up and down shapes the volume โ€” and play continuous, gliding tones the way no keyboard can. AN INSTRUMENT, NOT A TOY โ€ข Continuous pitch across four octaves with true glide โ€ข Shaped volume curve down to true silence โ€ข Rock-solid single-touch tracking that ignores stray touches โ€ข Recovers gracefully from calls, route changes, and interruptions SHAPE YOUR SOUND โ€ข Waveforms: sine, square, triangle, sawtooth โ€ข Effects: reverb and delay โ€ข Scale snapping: major, minor, or pentatonic when you want to stay in key โ€” off when you want it raw ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN VoiceOver users get assistive pitch and volume sliders, and Reduce Motion is respected throughout. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no recordings, no tracking. Hovertone is an instrument โ€” it makes sound and keeps nothing. FREE TO PLAY The pad, sine waveform, and reverb are free forever โ€” a genuinely playable instrument. LIFETIME ACCESS One optional purchase unlocks all waveforms, delay, and scale snapping. One payment โ€” no subscription, ever. Best experienced with headphones or a decent speaker.

Screenshots

ScaleJammer4 screens
Airwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

ScaleJammer and Airwave are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ScaleJammer versus Airwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScaleJammerAirwave
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrcun KeskinRemi Herbiet

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ScaleJammer

One-time1
  • ScaleJammer Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Airwave

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is ScaleJammer free?
ScaleJammer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Airwave free?
Airwave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScaleJammer or Airwave have ads?
Neither ScaleJammer nor Airwave shows ads.

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