Naad Box vs Waveguide Flute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Waveguide Flute
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Waveguide Flute turns your iPad or iPhone into a physically modeled wind instrument โ a Cook/STK-style waveguide flute you play from an on-screen piano roll or a MIDI wind controller (EWI). FEATURES โข Authentic waveguide physical modeling โ not a sample library โข Deep Sound page: shape jet ratio, reflection, loop damping, noise, and more โข Expression controls for live performance: blow intensity, breathiness, pitch bend, auto-vibrato โข Built-in reverb with 7 factory spaces โข On-screen piano roll with velocity and breath control โข Full MIDI support โ notes, breath (CC#2), pitch bend โข Compatible with Akai EWI and other MIDI wind controllers that send breath and pitch bend โข Remembers your last settings, with one-tap reset to defaults โข 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 โ all rendered by a genuine physical model, not recordings.
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Verdict
Naad Box and Waveguide Flute 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Naad Box | Waveguide Flute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sukhpal GiLL | Tomonori Yamasaki |
In-app purchases
Naad Box
No in-app purchases
Waveguide Flute
No in-app purchases








