Comparison

basketweave vs Wave Slicer

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

Head to head
About

basketweave

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A simple Apple Music player designed for children. basketweave turns your Apple Music library into a child-friendly music player focused on the playlists you choose. Children can browse albums, start playback with a single tap, and enjoy their favorite music without navigating the complexity of a full music streaming app. FEATURES • Play music directly from your Apple Music library • Show only the playlists you choose • Browse music by album and artist • Simple, distraction-free interface • Large artwork and easy-to-use controls • Continue listening where you left off • Fast access to current playback • Offline playback for downloaded Apple Music content • Supports Light Mode and Dark Mode • Designed for dedicated family devices and everyday use BUILT FOR FAMILIES Many music apps offer endless browsing, recommendations, and features that can be overwhelming for younger listeners. basketweave focuses on simplicity. Parents choose which playlists are available, while children get a clean and intuitive experience that makes it easy to enjoy music independently. PRIVACY basketweave does not collect or sell your data, display advertisements, or track your listening habits. Enjoy a simple way to share the music you love with the people you love. APPLE MUSIC REQUIRED basketweave works with your existing Apple Music library and requires an active Apple Music subscription. Music playback and library access are provided through Apple's MusicKit framework and respect your Apple Music account permissions.

About

Wave Slicer

Precisely cut audio samples by zooming to individual waveforms. Apply a full effect chain, draw custom amplitude envelopes, and create seamless loops. Export high-quality WAV files directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Precise waveform editing
  • Full effect chain
  • Custom amplitude envelopes
  • Seamless loop creation
  • High-quality WAV export
  • Direct microphone recording
Features
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Wave Slicer cuts a sound down to the piece you actually want. Load a track, record something, or send a file to it from anywhere on your phone — then zoom in until you can see the individual samples and cut exactly there. WHAT IT DOES A waveform that stays smooth on a ten-minute file and keeps going down to sample level. Drag the edges of a selection, slide the whole selection along, or draw a new one. Every edge snaps to a zero crossing, so a cut never clicks. A full effect chain that you hear while you turn it. Transpose by semitones, high-pass and low-pass with resonance, tanh saturation, bitcrush and sample rate reduction, echo with feedback, and a reverb that can ring out for eight seconds past the end of the slice. An amplitude envelope you draw by hand. Tap to add a point, drag to move it, bend the curve between two points. The same envelope drawing as the pitch curve in Drum Rack. Fades on both ends, and a loop crossfade that folds the tail over the head so a loop comes round without a seam. Export as a 16 or 24-bit WAV, with TPDF dither on 16-bit. The file lands where you choose to save it, named so you can find it again in a DAW browser. Record straight from the microphone when you want to sample something in the room. Echo cancellation and noise suppression stay off, because those are built for speech and ruin anything worth sampling. Twelve sounds are built in to start with, including two drum loops on the grid, so there is something to cut the moment you open it. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account. No sign-in. No advertising. No analytics. No tracking. Audio you load, record or export never leaves your device. The app asks the internet for exactly one thing: a small text file holding the current links shown on the last screen. FROM THE LAB Wave Slicer is part of Lumlux Art Lab, a set of free browser tools for people who make music. The same slicer runs on the website, so you can try it before installing anything. Made in Antwerp by FDR-Sound.

Screenshots

basketweave4 screens
Wave Slicer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wave Slicer at 15.0 against basketweave's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

basketweave ships an update every 8 days, Wave Slicer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
basketweave versus Wave Slicer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbasketweaveWave Slicer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReinhard EckerFrank De Rop

In-app purchases

None

basketweave

No in-app purchases

None

Wave Slicer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is basketweave free?
basketweave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wave Slicer free?
Wave Slicer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do basketweave or Wave Slicer have ads?
Neither basketweave nor Wave Slicer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, basketweave or Wave Slicer?
basketweave ships an update every 8 days, and Wave Slicer every 4 days. Most recently, basketweave was updated on October 28, 2026 and Wave Slicer on October 29, 2026.

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