Hypnogram vs Waveloop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypnogram
Effortlessly transform your music into stunning, beat-reactive visualizers. Choose from 60 dynamic worlds and let AI craft a cinematic promo reel for your tracks. Export in multiple formats for social media.
- 60 music-reactive visualizers
- AI Director for automatic edits
- Cinematic looks and color grades
- Animated cover art scenes
- Kinetic text overlays
- Export for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube
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Hypnogram turns your track and cover art into a beat-reactive music video: gig loops, templates, spinning vinyl, live visuals and seamless loops, made on your iPhone. NEW IN 1.5: 26 MORE GIG LOOPS 34 psychedelic visuals made for looping at gigs. 1.5 adds 26: Whiplash Halo, a 60s concert poster in vibrating inks; Solid Light, projector beams that hang in the smoke; Girih Quasicrystal, a gilt rosette in an endless interlace; a pastel toy-machine world (Machine Dream, Mirror Machine, Cable Curtain, Clone Parade, Specimen Vats); and Flux Stepper, Linocut Stack, Peacock Wheel, Vega Swell, Infinity Room, Pulsar Relief, Chladni Sand, Etched Tesseract, Skeleton Calibre, Siphonophore Drift, Kumiko Lantern, Phosphor Scope, Tide Walker, Beam Comb, Bead Rain, Glitter Planet, Kirigami Lung and Gold Bus. They join the original eight: Aperture Stack, Rorschach Bloom, Ebru Engine, Moire Engine, Doyle Bloom, Circle Limit, Cryptex Shaft and Skyline Hourglass. • Built from your cover: it becomes the lens, the ink, the print, the screen or the specimen inside the visual • Hits on every kick: each kick moves the whole structure exactly one step • Loops seamlessly on 8 or 16 bars with no crossfade: the last frame flows straight into the first • Made for the booth, projectors and LED walls: the Live console's pads start as gig loops, and every roll of the dice onto a gig loop is a new variation • With Dim Flashing Lights or Reduce Motion on, the gig loops calm their flashes TEMPLATES, SPIN STUDIO AND LIVE • Templates: 25 one-tap edits made for your track, in Out Now, Spotify Canvas, Vinyl, Gig Flyer, DJ/VJ loop and Teaser styles. Each one starts on your song's drop, lands on whole bars at the real tempo and fills in your title, artist, date and venue. • Spin Studio: the spin video everyone posts. Press your cover as a full-print record, pinch to size it and drag it anywhere, spin it over your own photo or video, add your title in the font you like and export 1:1, 9:16 or 16:9. Turntable, sleeve-reveal and needle-drop shots too, with picture disc, splatter, marble, gold and glow pressings. • Live mode: a gig console with scene pads that switch on the bar, auto mode, blackout, flash, strobe, freeze, tap tempo and Line In from your mixer or mic. On iOS 27, send a clean picture to a projector or LED wall while your phone stays the controller. • Immersive Worlds: Chrome Relic, Laser Cathedral and Prism Bloom, real-time 3D built around your art. EVERYTHING ELSE • 150+ beat-reactive visuals built from your art: 34 gig loops, abstract tunnels, photoreal scenes with your cover on real objects, toon worlds, demoscene classics and Logo FX • Stem FX: the kick punches the camera, the snare pops the light, the hats sparkle and the vocal blooms • AI Director: describe the vibe and it builds the whole edit (it works offline too) • Film-grade looks with halation, bloom and grain • Kinetic text that moves on your song's timeline • Seamless, bar-locked loops for DJ/VJ sets and Spotify Canvas • Export 9:16, 16:9 and 1:1 in one go, at 60 fps, as ProRes for Resolume and VDMX, or at custom sizes for LED walls • Projects remember your look, record, template, gig loop and track Rendering happens on your device. No timeline, no keyframes: drop a track, pick a vibe, export. Made for artists, DJs, producers and labels: release reels, Canvas loops, gig flyers and visuals for the booth.
Waveloop
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Turn your audio into a video people actually watch. Waveloop makes audiograms — short videos with an animated waveform — so your podcast clips, voice notes, music snippets, and quotes get noticed in feeds that autoplay muted. Everything happens on your device. There's no account to create, and your audio is never uploaded to a server. A FAST, FOCUSED WORKFLOW • Import — pick an audio file, record a new clip right in the app, or share audio in from any other app. • Trim — scrub the waveform and drag two handles to grab exactly the moment you want (clips up to 5 minutes on Pro tier). • Style — choose a waveform color, pick a background, set the bar density, pick square or 9:16 vertical, and add an optional title. A live preview updates as you tweak. • Export — render a crisp MP4 video in Full HD 1080×1080 square or 9:16 vertical (or 4K Ultra HD on Pro tier). • Share — send straight to your favorite social and messaging apps, or save to your photo library. • Recents — every export is kept in an in-app gallery so you can re-share, save, or delete it later. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • 100% on-device processing — your audio and video never leave your phone • No sign-up, no account, no ads, no tracking • Works offline MADE TO LOOK GOOD • Smooth, hardware-accelerated export using your phone's native video encoder • A clean bar-style waveform with a moving progress fill and playhead • Color and background presets designed to read well on small screens (plus custom colors on Pro tier) PERFECT FOR • Podcasters promoting episodes • Musicians teasing a new track • Creators turning quotes and voice notes into shareable clips • Anyone who wants audio to stand out in a video-first feed Free to use, with a small watermark on exports. A one-time Waveloop Pro unlock removes the watermark forever — no subscription. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://funattic.studio/waveloop/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hypnogram at none against Waveloop's 1. Hypnogram also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Waveloop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hypnogram asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hypnogram ships an update every 2 days, Waveloop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypnogram | Waveloop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OB Data LLC | Funattic Studio Ltd |
In-app purchases
Hypnogram
No in-app purchases
Waveloop
- Waveloop Pro$4.99








