Comparison

Longwave Ambience vs KAGARIBI

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

Head to head
About

Longwave Ambience

Features
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Longwave is a living ambient audio environment that evolves as you listen. At its core is a real-time visualizer - a constellation of particles and waveforms driven by the music itself. Choose a preset and let it run: the sound shifts, breathes, and surprises. PRESETS Each preset shapes the sonic character of the experience. From the bright, structured counterpoint of Baroque Garden to the vast reverb tails of Cathedral to the slow textural drift of Deep Ambient. A customization panel lets you tune the balance to your own taste. NARRATIVE EPISODES Browse seasons of narrative audio — immersive storytelling woven through the ambient bed. Episodes play in their own time, with long ambient stretches between segments. There's no feed to scroll, no algorithm to game. Just listen. THE COLLECTION Hidden within the ambient stream are rare sound clips: field recordings, processed textures, found sounds. Discover them as you listen. Each one is catalogued in your collection, a growing archive of sonic surprises across 83 possible entries. Longwave is free and contains no ads, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases.

About

KAGARIBI

This music creation tool allows users to shape and understand sound with a powerful synthesizer and an integrated sound anatomy feature. It offers extensive sound design capabilities, MIDI support, and advanced tuning options for both standalone use and as an AUv3 instrument.

Highlights
  • Dual oscillators with analog waveforms and wavetables
  • Extensive modulation matrix and effects suite
  • Integrated Sound Anatomy for sound explanation
  • Support for MPE and MIDI 2.0
  • Advanced tuning systems beyond 12-TET
  • Offline WAV export
  • Live Safe mode for reduced audio dropouts
Features
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Play a sound. Shape it. Understand why it sounds that way. KAGARIBI is a free synthesizer for iPhone and iPad with no ads, tracking, account, or network connection required. Play it standalone or load it as an AUv3 instrument. CREATE YOUR SOUND • Two oscillators with analog waveforms and six wavetable families • Up to seven-voice unison, FM, ring modulation, and hard sync • Six filter types, three envelopes, two LFOs, and an eight-slot modulation matrix • Drive, phaser, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor, and limiter • Arpeggiator and four performance macros UNDERSTAND IT — SOUND ANATOMY Sound Anatomy reads the patch you are playing and explains why it sounds the way it does. Connect what you hear to unison, filters, envelopes, LFOs, effects, and more—without leaving the instrument. PLAY AND PRODUCE • 30 factory presets • Multitouch keyboard, Hold, and Arpeggiator • MPE and MIDI 2.0, plus USB and Bluetooth MIDI input • AUv3 host automation for 95 parameters • One preset library shared between the app and AUv3 • A/B comparison, search, favorites, and a recoverable trash • Offline 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV export BEYOND 12-TET Explore 16 included tunings—from just intonation and Pythagorean to Japanese scales, 19/24/31-EDO, and Bohlen–Pierce. Import Scala .scl and .kbm files and set reference pitch from A=415 to 466 Hz. READY FOR LIVE PLAY Live Safe watches real-time processing headroom and adjusts the voice limit when needed to reduce the risk of audio dropouts. Choose Studio or Offline HQ when the session calls for more detail. Your data stays on your device. KAGARIBI includes no third-party ad SDKs, tracking, or network transmission.

Screenshots

Longwave Ambience4 screens
KAGARIBI4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Longwave Ambience versus KAGARIBI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongwave AmbienceKAGARIBI
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSee-through Lab LLCCode and DESIGN inc

In-app purchases

None

Longwave Ambience

No in-app purchases

None

KAGARIBI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longwave Ambience free?
Longwave Ambience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KAGARIBI free?
KAGARIBI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Longwave Ambience or KAGARIBI have ads?
Neither Longwave Ambience nor KAGARIBI shows ads.

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