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Wavelet: headphone equalizer
pittvandewitt · 18,369 ratings · ★ 3.8
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18,369 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 36 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"doesn"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't work on Android 16 (Pixel 8). It cannot detect that music is playing on or through my phone. I tried everything. aidl mode & legacy mode. Tried tweaking various developer settings. Wavelet sees "Android System" but not music playing…" - Josh G.
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"work"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I had to buy this app twice The first time they refunded my money for no reason. The second time I bought the app it finally worked but this is the third time after updates that they have deactivated and locked me out of the pro features th…" - Aaron Johnson
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"settings"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't work on Android 16 (Pixel 8). It cannot detect that music is playing on or through my phone. I tried everything. aidl mode & legacy mode. Tried tweaking various developer settings. Wavelet sees "Android System" but not music playing…" - Josh G.
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"update"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I had to buy this app twice The first time they refunded my money for no reason. The second time I bought the app it finally worked but this is the third time after updates that they have deactivated and locked me out of the pro features th…" - Aaron Johnson
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"paid"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I had to buy this app twice The first time they refunded my money for no reason. The second time I bought the app it finally worked but this is the third time after updates that they have deactivated and locked me out of the pro features th…" - Aaron Johnson
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"does"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't work on Android 16 (Pixel 8). It cannot detect that music is playing on or through my phone. I tried everything. aidl mode & legacy mode. Tried tweaking various developer settings. Wavelet sees "Android System" but not music playing…" - Josh G.
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"working"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "no longer works after a good year of basic functionality working. also requires root but worked for so long without it." - Moe Saidi
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"wavelet"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Giant waste of time. Built in equalizer is better than wavelet. How sad." - Curt Cressi
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"music"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't work on Android 16 (Pixel 8). It cannot detect that music is playing on or through my phone. I tried everything. aidl mode & legacy mode. Tried tweaking various developer settings. Wavelet sees "Android System" but not music playing…" - Josh G.
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"auto"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Still no auto equalizer available for samsung galaxy buds4 pro🤏" - Jaydev Ghosh
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"nothing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Does nothing" - Sylvain Mino
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used to be the best as all other apps it's falling doom date has diverged
I had to buy this app twice The first time they refunded my money for no reason. The second time I bought the app it finally worked but this is the third time after updates that they have deactivated and locked me out of the pro features that I paid for and I am so freaking sick of it! do not buy this app it's not worth the pain and hassle
Giant waste of time. Built in equalizer is better than wavelet. How sad.
Doesn't work on Android 16 (Pixel 8). It cannot detect that music is playing on or through my phone. I tried everything. aidl mode & legacy mode. Tried tweaking various developer settings. Wavelet sees "Android System" but not music playing. I think the android audio HAL is blocking it. Going to try ADB for DUMP permissions next. YouTube Music primarily but doesn't see files played on vlc either. I'll send you an email after work. Thank you.
What the hell is this now it doesn't even recognize the spotify and tile doesn't work.
bad app kill original sound
when i turned on, it got so loud almost damaging my ears. why?
Still no auto equalizer available for samsung galaxy buds4 pro🤏
Just updated the app to find that EVERYTHING has been cleared to default. All of my settings are GONE. I don't know what I had them at. It took me a long time of tuning them over time to get them how I needed them. For MULTIPLE devices. This is trash. Yes I've cleared my cache. Yes I've opened it through play. I haven't changed the name of anything. This was not because of something I did, this was from an update. It happened IMMEDIATELY after I updated.
Does nothing
I have been using Wavelet for years, and have always considered it a "can't live without" app. However for some reason, seemingly overnight, this has turned into wasted space on my phone. Despite being "active" it no longer works for a single Bluetooth device, unless I disable HD audio which completely invalidates the need for this app because SD audio sounds like trash. I don't know what happened, but now the app is completely useless because I don't use wired audio.
Atn admin. i paid for pro. used for 2 days. then all pro features suddenly vanished! I'm stuck. The app is updated. no way to get back the pro features. my money is gone!!
probably great but says I need a computer with chrome installed to get it working... no thanks. refile this program under "almost mobile ready".
not working left right
Second time when I lost my custom presets after the update.
I bought this after reading in the description that I could test it and ask for a refund within 48 hours. Not true, says Google, who now refuse to refund me. I feel scammed twice
after the latest update nothing works. it doesn't detect music being played at all no matter what settings I use, and the issue persists after reinstalls and reboots.
Not working, I try to select a preset and it does not let me select
No parametric eq
it failed on me and won't let me use it all the sudden cant do anything about it now i cant reinstall nothing no matter what i do was just working fine
Does not work with Bluetooth hearing aids.
paid for pro mode used the correct Google account cleared cache,data ,opened through play store even uninstalled and reinstalled but I just cant seem to get my pro version back this is nonsense
doesn't allow me to choose what headphones I'm using in the auto EQa
Several glitches and does not its job anymore, the settings disappear and is set to 0/doesn't save everywhere when you change devices and when you switch apps
soud eq auto disabled error after 7hr offed i try on but not trun oning ?
The app was great till the last update. however after the latest update, the graphic EQ and limiter automatically gets disabled few minutes after I enable it. The app is not sleeping and background usage is active, but still it resets the settings everytime and it's frustrating. Will revise the rating once this issue is fixed.
Amazing app, keep up the good work! Edit: the new ui made the app almost unusable. Way too big and crowded. Feels like a cheap app. I kinda want a refund now.
Doesn't recognize Amazon Music playing on my Pixel.
La compré pensando que iba a ser una buena app y, aunque me gusta el ecualizador y las funciones como el bass tuner y otras, no entiendo por qué me borra (o no me carga) los perfiles cuando conecto mis dispositivos. Me pasa más con dispositivos bluetooth, tengo varios y cada semana por lo menos me encuentro la sorpresa de que el perfil ya no existe. Hay que mejorar eso. Habrá algún reembolso?
does nothing, utterly useless
It used to work like charm for my offline player but after the latest update it has stopped recognising music playback and so it won't trigger. I have a paid version, now its a waste.
no longer works after a good year of basic functionality working. also requires root but worked for so long without it.
only bought for the reverb setting and now it's gone. cool.
I paid for the app. It takes forever for me to get the app to work. A lot of closing the app itself and opening (even with legacy is enabled).doesn't recognize my headphones and labels it as a speaker, and when i use an actual speaker, it doesn't work. Sometimes, when I do get it to work, most of the features are missing. dealing with this on two different devices is very annoying.
This is hands down the best System-Wide EQ I've ever used. It balances volume across all apps, making voices consistently clear. I cannot praise it enough - it's an absolute must-have! 👍👍👍 Edit; new update causes glitches and automatic closing of the app...
Speaker settings auto reset to default after reboot. I've reinstalled the wavelet but it's the same.
Sentiment summary
67%
Positive (4-5★)
8%
Neutral (3★)
25%
Negative (1-2★)