Potential Deal Breaker: Compatibility with some screen sizes/ratios.This is handy for editing or for recording longer passages one section at a time in a single file. New audio can be recorded or inserted into any location on the timeline of an existing file.All of the power, features, and capabilities are there if you want to use them, but they are not in the way if you just want to do simple recording with no editing.You don’t have to guess what is happening or what you selected.

Clear visual indicators whenever audio is being recorded, played, selected, edited, etc.You can apply edits and effects to selected passages with great precision (even adjusting the selected area to 1/100th of a second). A good array of tools and effects are available to finalize audio recordings.In fact, editing audio on WavePad Mobile is geared for the kind of speed and precision found in desktop editing software, using just taps and gestures, rather than a mouse and keyboard.

Audio editing functionality is excellent.

The waveform and file manager screens include menus with a robust set of tools and settings to adjust. This lists recorded files and allows selecting them for simple playback or to launch them for editing in the waveform screen. This is where editing work is done and effects can be applied. This displays a recorded file as sound waves along a timeline. A simple row of buttons controls the starting and stopping of recording while a meter indicates the strength of the sound source being captured. WavePad features three main screens where work is done. It is not a multi-track recording and mixing app (NCH offers MixPad as a multi-track mobile app). WavePad is designed for recording, editing, and effects-processing single-track mono or stereo files. Users with experience recording and editing audio on laptop or desktop computers will find WavePad Android outfitted with familiar tools, capabilities, and interfaces. It is very well equipped with adjustments and menu options that give the user a significant degree of control over settings that influence recording quality, editing, and sharing of audio files. Wavepad Free is a mobile audio app designed for recording, editing, and adding effects to audio files. This review was written by Brad Harrington. Cost: Free, with in-app purchases for upgraded features

Wavepad audio editing software review