Comparison

SL Tune vs Waveguide Flute AUv3

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

Head to head
About

SL Tune

This app offers vocal pitch and tone effects for iPad, providing quick corrective or creative processing. It features fast pitch correction, modern vocal tone shaping, and mix control for flexible audio manipulation. It supports AUv3 for integration with compatible music hosts.

Highlights
  • Fast pitch correction
  • Modern vocal tone shaping
  • Mix control
  • Factory and user presets
  • AUv3 support
Features
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SL Tune is a focused AUv3 vocal pitch and tone effect for quick corrective or creative processing on iPad. • Fast pitch correction controls • Modern vocal tone shaping • Mix control for flexible processing • Factory presets and local user presets • AUv3 support for compatible iPad music hosts Works as a standalone preview app and as an AUv3 effect in GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, BeatMaker 3 and other compatible hosts.

About

Waveguide Flute AUv3

Transform your device into a physically modeled wind instrument. Play melodies using an on-screen piano roll or a MIDI wind controller, with deep sound shaping and expression controls for authentic performance.

Highlights
  • Physically modeled wind instrument
  • AUv3 plugin for GarageBand, Logic, AUM
  • On-screen piano roll and MIDI controller support
  • Deep sound shaping controls
  • Expression controls for performance
  • Built-in reverb
  • Full MIDI support
Features
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This is the AUv3 version — everything in the free Waveguide Flute app, plus the Waveguide Flute AUv3 instrument plug-in you can load in GarageBand, AUM, Logic, or any AUv3 host to play the same physical model inside your own projects. Waveguide Flute turns your iPad or iPhone into a physically modeled wind instrument — a Cook/STK-style waveguide flute you play from an on-screen piano roll or a MIDI wind controller (EWI). FEATURES • Authentic waveguide physical modeling — not a sample library • Waveguide Flute AUv3 instrument plug-in for GarageBand, AUM, Logic, and other AUv3 hosts • Deep Sound page: shape jet ratio, reflection, loop damping, noise, and more • Expression controls for live performance: blow intensity, breathiness, pitch bend, auto-vibrato • Built-in reverb with 7 factory spaces • On-screen piano roll with velocity and breath control • Full MIDI support — notes, breath (CC#2), pitch bend • Compatible with Akai EWI and other MIDI wind controllers that send breath and pitch bend • Remembers your last settings, with one-tap reset to defaults • Bluetooth MIDI support, plus a configurable Breath Control input (Mod Wheel or custom CC) for keyboard players without a wind controller Play it like a real wind instrument: breathe into the sound, bend pitch, add vibrato — all rendered by a genuine physical model, not recordings.

Screenshots

SL Tune3 screens
Waveguide Flute AUv32 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Waveguide Flute AUv3 at $2.99 against SL Tune's $7.99. Waveguide Flute AUv3 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). SL Tune's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

SL Tune costs $7.99 and Waveguide Flute AUv3 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SL Tune ships an update weekly, Waveguide Flute AUv3 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SL Tune versus Waveguide Flute AUv3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSL TuneWaveguide Flute AUv3
Price$7.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIACHESLAV ZHILTSOVTomonori Yamasaki

Customer experience

SL Tune

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Waveguide Flute AUv3

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SL Tune

No in-app purchases

None

Waveguide Flute AUv3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SL Tune free?
SL Tune costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waveguide Flute AUv3 free?
Waveguide Flute AUv3 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SL Tune or Waveguide Flute AUv3 have ads?
Neither SL Tune nor Waveguide Flute AUv3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SL Tune or Waveguide Flute AUv3?
SL Tune ships an update weekly, and Waveguide Flute AUv3 every 2 days. Most recently, SL Tune was updated on October 15, 2026 and Waveguide Flute AUv3 on October 8, 2026.

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