Comparison

Waxly vs Soup Audio

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

Head to head
About

Waxly

Features
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Waxly is a new vinyl marketplace, built by diggers for diggers. Swipe through the DigFeed and listen to records as you discover them. Build a wantlist with custom notifications when copies hit the marketplace. Add your collection and browse with joy. List your records with ease. Low fees. Embedded shipping. Showcase your store with a custom, swipeable DigFeed. Built in London. Questions, bugs, requests? Drop us a line.

About

Soup Audio

Features
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Soup is a music-sharing community for unreleased tracks, demos, works in progress and finished music, shared one track at a time by the people making it. Listen without an account. Discover independent and underground artists in a chronological feed, switch to Random, or search for artists and tracks. Open artist notes, follow playback through Soup's close-moving waveform, and join public conversations. There are no public likes, popularity charts or recommendation algorithms deciding what you should hear. Create one Soup account to follow artists, keep private Saves, comment and upload your own music. Uploading is open to every verified account. Keep up to two tracks you own live at once, invite collaborators, add detailed music credits and choose whether comments or downloads are available. Collaborations owned by someone else do not use your track slots. Share any track directly with anyone on the web, or listen in the Soup iPhone app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Waxly4 screens
Soup Audio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waxly at none against Soup Audio's 4. Waxly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Soup Audio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Waxly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waxly ships an update every 9 days, Soup Audio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Waxly versus Soup Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaxlySoup Audio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size78 MB6 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWaxlyMiles Mitchell

In-app purchases

None

Waxly

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Soup Audio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly support$2.991 Month
One-time3
  • Small support$1.99
  • Medium support$4.99
  • Large support$9.99

Questions

Is Waxly free?
Waxly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soup Audio free?
Soup Audio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Waxly or Soup Audio have ads?
Neither Waxly nor Soup Audio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Waxly or Soup Audio?
Waxly ships an update every 9 days, and Soup Audio fortnightly. Most recently, Waxly was updated on October 23, 2026 and Soup Audio on October 25, 2026.

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