Comparison

Longwave Ambience vs Naad Box

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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 โ€” 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

Naad Box

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Naad Box is a multi-instrument music studio for your phone โ€” play authentic Indian and Western instruments, drive a full beat sequencer, layer tanpura drones, and build loop arrangements, all in one app. INSTRUMENTS Play 10 richly-sampled instruments on an on-screen keyboard or your own MIDI controller: Harmonium, Piano, Flute, Trumpet, Violin, Tumbi, Sarangi, Sitar, Banjo, and Organ. Shape the sound with reed stacking, octave and transpose controls, and real-time reverb. TANPURA DRONE Set your sruthi (pitch) and let a continuous tanpura drone play behind you โ€” the traditional backdrop for practice and performance. BEATS An 11-pad drum kit plus a 16-step sequencer with adjustable tempo. Trigger pads live or program a full pattern, save it, and reload it any time. LOOPS A library of dholak and percussion loops ready to play, with an arrangement builder to chain loops into a sequence with custom repeat counts. Import your own audio files, or download more loops from our growing online catalog โ€” no app update required. MIDI SUPPORT Plug in a class-compliant USB MIDI keyboard or pad controller and it's detected automatically. Use MIDI Learn to map your controller's pads to drum sounds or loops, and your mappings are saved automatically. Pitch bend and mod wheel are both live โ€” bend notes in real time and dial in reverb depth on the fly. Whether you're practicing, composing, or just exploring the sound of these instruments, Naad Box brings a full studio into your pocket.

Screenshots

Longwave Ambience4 screens
Naad Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

Longwave Ambience and Naad Box 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Longwave Ambience versus Naad Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongwave AmbienceNaad Box
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSee-through Lab LLCSukhpal GiLL

In-app purchases

None

Longwave Ambience

No in-app purchases

None

Naad Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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