Comparison

SetFlow vs TripWave

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

Head to head
About

SetFlow

Manage live music events with real-time stage scheduling. Track artists, set times, and receive overrun alerts. Organize your event library and keep every performance on track.

Highlights
  • Real-time stage scheduling
  • Live countdown timers
  • Overrun alerts with haptic feedback
  • Multi-stage overview
  • Detailed schedule view
  • Event library for saving and reusing schedules
Features
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SetFlow — Stage Manager for Live Events Keep every stage on schedule. SetFlow is a real-time stage management tool built for music promoters, event coordinators, and anyone running a multi-artist music festival lineup. Set up your event in minutes: add stages, assign artists, define set times. Once the night starts, SetFlow gives you a live overview of every stage at a glance — who's on, how long they have left, and who's next. LIVE COUNTDOWNS Real-time countdown timers for every active set across every stage. Glanceable from across a dark room. OVERRUN ALERTS Configurable warnings when a set is ending soon and alerts when an artist runs over. Haptic feedback so you feel it even when you can't hear it. MULTI-STAGE OVERVIEW See all your stages on one screen with artist names, time remaining, and progress bars. Know exactly where the night stands at any moment. SCHEDULE VIEW Dive into any stage for a full timeline — completed sets, current artist, and what's coming next. EVENT LIBRARY Save events and reuse them. Build a library of every show you run. No accounts. No cloud. No ads. Everything runs on your device. SetFlow Pro unlocks unlimited stages, unlimited saved events, and priority overrun alerts — for promoters running bigger nights. Terms of Use: beachdevllc.com/setflow/terms.html Privacy Policy: beachdevllc.com/setflow/privacy.html

About

TripWave

Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a full-screen music visualizer. tripwave brings music to life with colorful, beat-reactive waves, tunnels, particles, liquid patterns, glowing shapes, and thousands of visual combinations. Choose a live radio station, react to sound through the microphone, or visualize audio playing on your device where supported. Explore live radio from around the world across genres including chillout, ambient, electronic, jazz, rock, classical, pop, dance, metal, trance, funk, reggae, and more. Save your favorite stations, add a custom stream or .pls playlist, switch stations quickly, and hide stations you do not want to see again. Privacy first: This app collects absolutely no data On iOS and iPadOS 27 or later, Listen to Device Audio lets the visualizer react to audio playing in another app. Select the source, approve the system's Share Entire Screen prompt, then play your music. tripwave processes the audio for visualization while discarding the captured screen frames. On iPad, Spotify listeners can open the Spotify source and select tripwave from Spotify's device picker on another device connected to the same local network. You can also use the microphone to make the visuals respond to nearby sound. Microphone access is requested only when you choose that source. Highlights: - Full-screen, beat-reactive music visualizations - Worldwide live internet radio - Device-audio visualization on iOS and iPadOS 27 or later - Microphone-reactive visualization - Spotify Connect receiver on iPad - Favorite, custom, and blocked-station controls - Manual visual switching and automatic change timers - Background radio playback - No tripwave account or registration required Pick a sound. Fill the screen. Make the music move.

Screenshots

SetFlow4 screens
TripWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TripWave at none against SetFlow's 2. SetFlow's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
SetFlow versus TripWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetFlowTripWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB180 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBeachDevLLCAjit Dhiwal

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SetFlow

Subscriptions2
  • SetFlow Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • SetFlow Pro Annual$9.991 Year
None

TripWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SetFlow free?
SetFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TripWave free?
TripWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SetFlow or TripWave have ads?
Neither SetFlow nor TripWave shows ads.

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