Comparison

Selah Pads vs Dronewheel

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

Head to head
About

Selah Pads

Create warm, cinematic textures and evolving soundscapes with this ambient pad instrument. Easily build beautiful pad layers for music production, worship, or sound design. Features include a playable note grid, sound shaping filters, and preset saving.

Highlights
  • Playable 12-note pad grid
  • Layer multiple soundscapes
  • Dual filters for tone shaping
  • Movement controls for modulation
  • Save and browse presets
  • MIDI support
  • Standalone and AUv3 instrument
Features
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Selah Pads is an expressive ambient pad instrument for creating warm, cinematic textures, soft drones, and evolving soundscapes. Designed for musicians, producers, worship teams, composers, and sound designers, Selah Pads makes it easy to build beautiful pad layers without interrupting your creative flow. Play rich atmospheric pads from a simple note grid, shape the sound with layers and filters, add movement with modulation, and save your favorite combinations as presets. Features: - Playable 12-note pad grid - Built-in Default Pack included - Layer multiple soundscapes - Shape tones with dual filters - Add motion with movement controls - Reverb, stereo width, pad transition, and metronome settings - Save and browse presets - MIDI support - Works as a standalone app and AUv3 instrument Selah Pads is built for fast, musical inspiration: open the app, choose a preset, press a note, and start creating.

About

Dronewheel

Create sustained tones and chords in any key for practice, meditation, or songwriting. Offers a variety of sounds and scales, with a free version and an optional Pro upgrade for more features.

Highlights
  • Hold pure drones in 12 keys
  • Play chords and inversions
  • Deep sound library with synth and instrument tones
  • Lock intonation against reference pitch
  • Set scales and modes
  • Build grooves with beat engine
  • Metronome for timekeeping
Features
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Dronewheel is a looping studio built on a wheel. Hold a perfectly tuned drone, finger drum a beat, chop a sample, loop your voice, or mix a song. Five decks share one clock, so everything stays in time. • Drone in any key, with chords and scales • Drums with pitch and level on every pad • Chop any sound or video into twelve pads • Loop your mic right on the beat • Mix any song: sync it to your tempo and split out the vocals, drums or bass • Launch clips, mix, add effects, and record the session Your projects sync to your account and across your devices automatically. Free includes the drone, chords, a drum kit, the mic deck, SampleWheel with a starter library, and cloud backup. Pro adds every sound and kit, all scales and modes, your own samples and video, the Pro effects, and recording with export. Dronewheel Pro: 3 day free trial, then $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Questions? support@wheelverseaudio.com Privacy Policy: https://dronewheelprivacy.netlify.app/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Selah Pads4 screens
Dronewheel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Selah Pads at 100% against Dronewheel's 40%. Selah Pads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). Dronewheel's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Selah Pads sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Dronewheel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Selah Pads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Selah Pads's written reviews are positive against 40% of Dronewheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selah Pads ships an update daily, Dronewheel every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Selah Pads versus Dronewheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelah PadsDronewheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB304 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin D'ursoJOSEPH LEE ALLEN

Customer experience

Selah Pads

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dronewheel

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Selah Pads

One-time4
  • Strings Pack$4.99
  • Voices Pack$4.99
  • Waves Pack$4.99
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  • Selah Bundle$9.99
2 purchases

Dronewheel

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Selah Pads free?
Selah Pads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dronewheel free?
Dronewheel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Selah Pads or Dronewheel?
Selah Pads is rated higher. Selah Pads averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Dronewheel averages 3.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Selah Pads or Dronewheel have ads?
Neither Selah Pads nor Dronewheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selah Pads or Dronewheel?
Selah Pads ships an update daily, and Dronewheel every 8 days. Most recently, Selah Pads was updated on October 28, 2026 and Dronewheel on November 5, 2026.

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