Comparison

MP3Gain vs QAudioEditor

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

Head to head
About

MP3Gain

This app normalizes the volume of your audio files, ensuring consistent loudness across songs, podcasts, and uploads. It offers multiple analysis modes and presets for easy use, with batch processing for multiple files. Listen to comparisons before exporting to maintain audio quality and metadata.

Highlights
  • Volume normalization
  • Multiple analysis modes (Peak, RMS, EBU R128)
  • Built-in and custom presets
  • Batch processing
  • Listen before export
  • Preserves metadata and album art
  • Supports MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, OGG
Features
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Make all your audio the same volume β€” without touching the volume dial. Ever jump from one song to the next and grab for the volume button? Or finish a podcast that's twice as loud as the one before? MP3Gain fixes that. It measures the true loudness of your audio and applies exactly the right amount of gain, so everything you listen to, share, or upload sounds even and professional. Quick for everyday fixes. Precise for creators. Three measurement modes cover every job: β€’ Peak β€” match tracks to a target peak level (in dB). β€’ RMS β€” match the average energy of your tracks for consistent perceived volume. β€’ EBU R128 (LUFS) β€” the international loudness standard used by streaming and broadcast platforms, with true-peak limiting. Built-in presets Start in one tap with presets tuned to real-world targets, and save your own for repeat jobs. β€’ Music β€” RMS -20 dB β€’ Podcast β€” EBU R128 -16 LUFS β€’ Voice β€” EBU R128 -18 LUFS β€’ Streaming Video β€” EBU R128 -14 LUFS β€’ Default β€” EBU R128 -23 LUFS Batch processing Import a whole album, playlist, or batch of files and normalize them all at once. Adjust one file and apply the same settings to every file in your list. Progress is shown per file, and you can cancel anytime. Hear it before you export Play the original and the processed version side by side in the app, so you know it sounds right before you save or share it. Keep your music intact MP3Gain preserves embedded album art and metadata. Lossy formats keep their original bitrate; lossless files are processed without additional lossy compression. Import from anywhere β€’ Select files from the Files app β€’ Pull tracks straight from your Music Library β€’ Open an audio file in MP3Gain from any app Note: DRM-protected tracks β€” for example, Apple Music subscription titles β€” can't be imported or processed. Supported formats MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, and OGG. MP3Gain Pro The free plan processes up to 3 files per day β€” perfect for quick fixes. Upgrade to MP3Gain Pro for unlimited processing: β€’ Yearly β€” $9.99/year β€’ Lifetime β€” pay once at $19.99 and unlock forever Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://getseasoft.com/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://getseasoft.com/legal/terms-of-service

About

QAudioEditor

Features
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QAudioEditor is a lossless audio editor for iPhone (including iPhone Duo) and iPad. Open an MP3, AAC (.aac), M4A (.m4a), Apple Lossless, FLAC, or WAV file - or a video (MP4, MOV, M4V) to edit just its audio - see its waveform, and cut, crop, fade, normalize, copy/paste, or append audio - then save without re-encoding. Untouched audio is preserved byte-for-byte; only faded or normalized regions are adjusted, and always losslessly - MP3 and AAC by rewriting the codec's gain fields, and WAV, ALAC and FLAC in the sample domain - so there is no generation loss. SUPPORTED FORMATS - MP3 (MPEG-1/2 Layer III, constant or variable bitrate) - AAC - AAC-LC, HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2 - in ADTS (.aac) - AAC in MP4 (.m4a) - Apple Lossless / ALAC in M4A (.m4a) - FLAC (.flac), 16- and 24-bit - WAV / PCM (.wav), 8- to 32-bit and 32-bit float - Video (.mp4, .mov, .m4v) - the audio track is extracted losslessly for editing FEATURES - Frame-accurate cut, crop, and trim - Split markers - drop markers anywhere, drag them to fine-tune, and name them; split a long recording into files in one step, each named and tagged after its marker (Pro) - Markers at Silences - finds the pauses between the tracks of a recording, such as an album saved as one file, and drops a marker in each, ready to split (Pro) - Chapters (Pro) - save markers as chapters in MP3 and M4A/M4B, for podcasts and audiobooks; chapters in a file you open become named markers - ReplayGain tags - measure the loudness and tag the file so players level the volume, with no change to the audio (MP3, M4A, FLAC) - CUE sheets - import a .cue file as markers, or export your markers as .cue - Loudness - LUFS, peak and loudness range in File Details - Trim Silence (Pro) - cut the silence at the start and end in one step - Export Selection - save just the selected part as a new file - Very large recordings - multi-gigabyte WAV and FLAC files open, edit and save smoothly; the audio is kept on disk instead of in memory - Lossless fades and one-tap normalize - Pull the audio out of a video (MP4, MOV, M4V) - open it, or insert it at the playhead; AAC and ALAC tracks are extracted with no re-encoding - Cut, copy, paste, and insert or append other files of the same format - Hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad - Playback follows the view - scroll to another part while playing and it plays from there - Rich waveform with peak + RMS view, zoom that stays centered on the playhead, and an overview navigator - Spectrogram view - see the frequency content over time on a log scale; toggle it with the waveform - File details, unlimited undo, and crash-safe session restore - Edit tags - title, artist, album and cover artwork - saved losslessly (MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC) - Export raw AAC as a seekable .m4a - Record Stream (Pro) - record an internet audio stream (Icecast, SHOUTcast or HLS; MP3, AAC or FLAC) without re-encoding, until you stop it or for a set time, then edit the recording, with a marker named after each song - it keeps recording with the screen locked - Shortcuts actions - Normalize, Write ReplayGain Tags, Trim Silence, Split at Silences and Record Stream Free to edit and to save results up to 5 minutes long. QAudioEditor Pro (a one-time purchase) removes the length limit so you can save recordings of any length, and adds Split at Markers, Markers at Silences, Chapters, Trim Silence and Record Stream - and one purchase unlocks Pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

MP3Gain4 screens
QAudioEditor4 screens

Verdict

The call

MP3Gain and QAudioEditor are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MP3Gain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and QAudioEditor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MP3Gain versus QAudioEditor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMP3GainQAudioEditor
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews13.8% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB3 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSEASOFT LTD.JAKUB KAPRZYK

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MP3Gain

Subscriptions2
  • MP3Gain Premium Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
  • MP3Gain Pro(Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • MP3Gain Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
1 purchases

QAudioEditor

One-time1
  • QAudioEditor Pro$3.99

Questions

Is MP3Gain free?
MP3Gain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QAudioEditor free?
QAudioEditor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MP3Gain or QAudioEditor have ads?
Neither MP3Gain nor QAudioEditor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MP3Gain or QAudioEditor?
MP3Gain ships an update weekly, and QAudioEditor weekly. Most recently, MP3Gain was updated on November 6, 2026 and QAudioEditor on November 1, 2026.

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