Land Waves vs Teraverse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Land Waves
This app generates sound waves from a 1D reaction-diffusion system simulation. It translates pixel brightness into audio frequencies, creating complex soundscapes from simple mathematical models found in nature.
- 1D reaction-diffusion system simulation
- Sonification of pixel brightness
- Generates complex soundscapes
- Mathematical models of natural fluid behaviors
- Translates pixel values to audio frequencies
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Raw sonification of a 1D reaction diffusion system. Reaction diffusion systems are mathematical representations of the behaviours of fluids that can be found in nature. A key characteristic of these systems is that the initial parameters are simple but the resulting process can be extremely complex. Here, each pixel brightness affects the brightness in the corresponding pixel line. Frequencies of the sound waves are the sonification of these pixel values.
Teraverse
Explore and manipulate sounds from a powerful polysynth. This companion app allows you to adapt existing sounds with simple parameters or discover entirely new sonic territories using a unique morphing engine. It offers extensive sound design capabilities for musicians.
- Sound exploration and adaptation
- Unique morphing engine
- Access to all Tera Pro sounds
- 128 voice polysynth
- MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
- 1800+ factory presets
- Standalone, AUv3, and IAA compatible
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Teraverse - The companion player for Tera Pro Explore the vast sound universe of Tera Pro sounds with this companion App. Have access to all sounds of Tera Pro and adapt them to your taste with a couple of parameters defining the primary attributes of its defining inner structure without being distracted from the complex modular polysynth beneath. Expand Tera Pro's sound universe with the unique morphing engine capable of extruding all subtleties in between two arbitrarily chosen sounds by using the modulation wheel or dragging your finger across the onscreen keyboard. Use the dice button to beam yourself into another part of the sound universe and enter territory no one else was there before. - 128 voice Polysynth - Tera Pro engine inside - All Sounds of Tera Pro - MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) - Vintage voice modelling for organic warm sound character - 1800+ Factory presets included - Standalone, AUv3 and IAA compatible - Ableton Link - Bluetooth MIDI
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Land Waves at Free against Teraverse's $2.99. Land Waves also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Teraverse's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 31 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Land Waves is free to download; Teraverse costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Teraverse holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teraverse has 112 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Land Waves's written reviews are positive against 83% of Teraverse's.
Land Waves ships an update every 31 months, Teraverse every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Land Waves | Teraverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agoston Nagy | Harry Gohs |
Customer experience
Land Waves
Teraverse
In-app purchases
Land Waves
No in-app purchases
Teraverse
No in-app purchases
