Comparison

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 vs WaveCloud

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

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About

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2

Easily create professional-sounding acoustic guitar backing tracks for any song. Select styles, input chords, and instantly generate royalty-free music, even without musical experience. Export your creations to other music apps.

Highlights
  • Chord-based loop creation
  • 7,000+ precision-cut loops
  • 14 Acoustic Guitar styles
  • Auto-transpose and mixing
  • Export to other music apps
  • Offline functionality
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Create stunning Acoustic Guitar backing tracks for any song in minutes with Volume 2 of the award-winning SessionBand app - the world’s only chord-based loop app. SessionBand Acoustic Guitar – Volume 2 is a unique app for songwriters, singers, producers and anyone who wants to quickly create professional, royalty-free Acoustic Guitar tracks to their own chords on the move and without compromise. “Remarkably polished“ Forbes “Create like a master“ Engadget “The loops in SessionBand are actually recorded by real people. This means even better and more natural sounding loops“ Ipad Music Ed “Select tempo...insert chords...and ratz fatz even the absolute beginner has finished a guitar track played live“ Guitar-TV “If you're trying to cover an existing song, SessionBand makes it easy“ Tidbits.com With another 7,000 precision-cut, chord-based Acoustic Guitar loops (included in the download) recorded exclusively for SessionBand by one of the world's top session guitarists Adam Goldsmith (Brian May, Meat Loaf, Elton John...), SessionBand Acoustic Guitar - Volume 2 instantly converts the chords you select into great-sounding audio - wherever you are and whatever your ability. Volume 2 has an even wider range of chord variations than Volume 1. And with a host of pro features like auto-transpose, automated mixing, one-touch live recording and a wide range of export features – allowing you to seamlessly export your tracks into other top music apps like GarageBand – it has never been easier to create your own studio-quality music – even if you can't play a note! Watch the video at sessionbandapp.com The world's only chord-based loop app is the fastest way to create real studio-quality music... • Simply pick one of 14 Acoustic Guitar styles • Choose your chords • Stretch or shorten loops in seconds • Build up a full track in minutes • Instantly hear your track across all 14 playing styles and tempos • Auto-transpose your entire track (not electronic pitch shift!) • Mix your track (manual or automated) • Adjust track tempo (+/- 15%) • Record direct to audio • Copy straight to other music apps (if you want to) • Share with the world! Anyone can make and release professional Acoustic Guitar tracks with SessionBand... • No musical experience required • Simple, intuitive interface • Audition loops as you go • Build a full track in minutes with all-new 'Track Builder' • Highly educational • “Perfect for songwriters, singers, producers and music newbies“ 148 Apps Make great sounding real Acoustic Guitar tracks on the move... • All loops reside within the downloaded app • No internet access required once the app is downloaded • Create studio-quality music absolutely anywhere! • “This app makes it seem like you have a studio in your hand“ AppPicker Artist Information Guitars – Adam Goldsmith Adam is one of the world's most sought-after session guitarists. His playing is featured on numerous best-selling albums and his TV appearances are seen by tens of millions. His performing credits are diverse: from Brian May, Meat Loaf, Robbie Williams and Elton John, through Will Young, Ronan Keating, Gloria Estefan and Beverley Knight all the way to Katherine Jenkins, Barry Manilow and the London Symphony Orchestra. Detailed Product Information • Over 7,000 chord-based loops • 14 more popular Acoustic Guitar strumming and picking styles • Tempos from 60bpm to 194bpm • 14 chord variations for every root note in all 14 styles: maj; min; 7; maj7; m7; sus2; sus4; 9; m9; m6; 7(#5); 7(b5); 7(#9); 13 • Live and automated block mixing • Metronome plus 1 and 2-bar count-in functions • Instant one-touch recording • Share finished tracks instantly as audio or as track file for other users to import • The exclusive musical content in this app is not duplicated in any of the other SessionBand apps • All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works

About

WaveCloud

This app offers advanced tools for manipulating audio samples into unique sounds. It allows for precise control over tiny audio fragments, enabling the creation of diverse textures, effects, and soundscapes. Features include a morphing oscillator, LFOs, filters, and unique movement modules.

Highlights
  • Granular synthesis engine
  • Morphing oscillator
  • Orbit and WaveGlide modules
  • MPE support
  • Built-in effects suite
  • Audio editor and managers
  • 200+ presets
Features
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WaveCloud is an innovative granular synthesizer that offers powerful tools for manipulating and playing sounds. Granular synthesis divides an audio sample into tiny fragments, called grains, each typically a few milliseconds in length. These grains are then manipulated independently in terms of pitch, duration, position in time, and amplitude. Unlike traditional synthesis, the capability to manipulate tiny grains of audio offers enormous precision of sound control, transformation, and compositional possibilities. WaveCloud offers a wide range of tools for experimentation – oscillator, LFOs, filters, envelopes, routing matrix, innovative WaveGlide and Orbit modules for grain movement, effects, MPE support, extensive waveform editing, customizable themes, MIDI CC control, aftertouch, audio pool manager, and 200+ presets to get you started. Granular synthesis is extremely versatile and can produce a vast range of sounds and textures, from subtle, atmospheric sounds to complex, dynamic ones. WaveCloud offers dozens of parameters, enabling you to sculpt the sound grains in any way you wish – textural pads and atmospheres, time-stretched effects, glitchy and stutter effects, vocal and instrumental manipulations, granular synthesis percussive sounds, experimental effects, as well as microtonal and harmonic soundscapes. WaveCloud features a drag and drop system for importing and exporting of audio files and presets. It has its own built-in Preset and Audio Managers to help keep everything in order. WaveCloud even features a fully-fledged zoomable audio editor along with a suite of tools to crop, fade, cut, copy, paste, and normalise your samples. We include a morphing 3-state Oscillator to support the granular engine. The granular engine allows up to 50 grains per second per note, with grain lengths up to a second in length. Grains can be sculpted with our morphing envelope generator, manipulated with our LFOs, FEGs and VCFs, and passed through lots of randomisation to keep things continually evolving. WaveCloud also features two unique features for adding movement to audio grains. Orbit mode allows you to play sweeping patterns tied to the physical host tempo of your DAW, and WaveGlide is a sequencer with glides and fades from one location to another. To top it all off, we include 7 built-in effects, delay, reverb, chorus, overdrive, phaser, resonator, and 8-band EQ. The resonator controls per-note feedback and dispersion for amazing MPE effects. WaveCloud is not only a deep and powerful granular synth but also a fun way to create many incredible sounds. Features • Over 200 presets • 3-state morphing oscillator (sine, square, saw) • Morphing grain shapes • 2 low-frequency morphing oscillators • 4 multistep envelope generators • 2 visual filters (series and parallel modes) • Per-channel feedback resonators with dispersion • MPE Support (per-channel pitch bend, aftertouch, and CC74) • Orbit mode • WaveGlide sequencing • Fully Featured Mod-Matrix • Direct record and playback of samples • Built-in sample editor with editing tools • 7 built-in effects • Built-in Audio Manager with drag and drop support • Preset Manager with easy import/export, drag and drop • Colour scheme editor

Screenshots

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 24 screens
WaveCloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 at $5.99 against WaveCloud's $14.99. WaveCloud's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, 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

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 costs $5.99 and WaveCloud $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WaveCloud holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2's written reviews are positive against 69% of WaveCloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 ships an update every 4 months, WaveCloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 versus WaveCloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2WaveCloud
Price$5.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.4 (22 ratings)4.9 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2226 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB286 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUK Music Apps Ltd4Pockets.com

Customer experience

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

WaveCloud

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2

No in-app purchases

None

WaveCloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 free?
SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WaveCloud free?
WaveCloud costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 or WaveCloud?
WaveCloud is rated higher. SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while WaveCloud averages 4.9 from 26 ratings.
Do SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 or WaveCloud have ads?
Neither SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 nor WaveCloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 or WaveCloud?
SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 ships an update every 4 months, and WaveCloud every 3 weeks. Most recently, SessionBand Acoustic Guitar 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and WaveCloud on October 20, 2026.

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