Comparison

Wavepocket vs CrispTone

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

Head to head
About

Wavepocket

This pocket studio app combines a synthesizer, drum kit, sampler, and 4-track tape recorder for music creation on your device. It offers multi-touch controls, various sound engines, and a clip-based timeline for easy track arrangement. All your creations are saved locally, and the app works completely offline.

Highlights
  • Synthesizer with multiple sound engines
  • 8-pad drum kit with adjustable parameters
  • Sampler with chromatic playback and slicing
  • 4-track tape recorder with clip timeline
  • Versioned tweaks with undo/redo
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Wavepocket is a pocket studio: a synthesizer, drum kit, sampler and 4-track tape recorder that fit in your hand. Play it with your fingers: multi-touch chords, glissando slides across the keys, drum pads, and four color-coded encoders that always control what you're looking at. MAKE A SOUND: Analog (saw–square with sub), FM, and Cluster Engines • A sampler engine: play any recording chromatically across the keys • Slice samples on the waveform, name each slice, and flip between them • ADSR envelope, resonant filter, env→cutoff, LFO • Presets by category (bass, keys, strings, brass, lead, pad, pluck, bell). MAKE A BEAT: Synthesized 8-pad drum kit: kick, snare, hats, clap, tom, rim, bell • Kit-wide tune, decay, tone and level • Arpeggiator (up / down / up-down / random) and metronome MAKE A TRACK: 4-track tape with a clip timeline: record in any mode, then drag clips between lanes, trim their edges, and cut at the playhead • Everything shares one loop boundary, so your layers always line up • Mixer with per-track level, pan and mute • Filtered delay and spring-style reverb sends. KEEP EVERYTHING: Every tweak is versioned: undo, redo, or scrub the timeline of your session and annotate the versions worth keeping • Recordings and imports persist on your device between sessions • Save the whole project with settings, history, presets and audio as a single file, and render your mix to MP3 NO STRINGS: No account, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline • Nothing leaves your device

About

CrispTone

Features
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Make your iPhone sound like you. CrispTone turns your own music, videos and recordings into ringtones — right on your phone, no computer needed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a source: an audio file from Files (MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC and more), a video from your Photos library or Files (we extract the sound), or record something with the microphone. 2. Trim the best part on a real waveform: drag the markers, pinch to zoom, fine-tune with 0.1-second precision. Preview your fragment on loop while you edit. 3. Add polish: smooth fade in and fade out, one-tap volume boost for quiet recordings. 4. Install: on iOS 26 tap “Set as Ringtone” and choose “Use as Ringtone” in the standard share menu — that's it. On older iOS versions the app guides you step by step through the free GarageBand flow. WHY CRISPTONE • Works fully offline. Your files never leave your iPhone — no accounts, no analytics, no tracking. • Honest about the process: iOS doesn't let apps set ringtones silently, so we make the official way as fast as possible and never promise magic. • Precise editor with waveform, zoom and 0.1 s accuracy. • Ringtone library: rename, search, sort, favorites, share. • Bonus: bright contact avatars you can download and set for your favorite people. • Localized in 10 languages. Full dark mode and VoiceOver support. CRISPTONE PRO The core app is free: make ringtones from audio files and microphone recordings. CrispTone Pro unlocks video import — extract the soundtrack from videos in your Photos library or Files. • Weekly: 3-day free trial, then $7.99 per week • Yearly: $29.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/crisptone/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/crisptone/privacy

Screenshots

Wavepocket4 screens
CrispTone3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wavepocket at none against CrispTone's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Wavepocket versus CrispTone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavepocketCrispTone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMATTHEW RYAN SANDYBernd Weber

In-app purchases

None

Wavepocket

No in-app purchases

None

CrispTone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wavepocket free?
Wavepocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrispTone free?
CrispTone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wavepocket or CrispTone have ads?
CrispTone shows ads; Wavepocket does not.

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