Comparison

Ferrite Recording Studio vs Recording Studio Pro!

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

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About

Ferrite Recording Studio

This app offers a professional audio recording and multi-track editing studio for podcasts, journalism, and voiceovers. It combines simple recording with powerful editing tools, effects, and automation for polished audio production.

Highlights
  • One-tap recording
  • Multi-track editing
  • Bookmark moments during recording
  • Undo/Redo history
  • Automatic ducking
  • Strip Silence
  • Noise Reduction & EQ effects
Features
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Ferrite is the award-winning app you need for creating podcasts, radio journalism, or other professional voice production work — lectures, speeches, voice-overs and more. It combines the ease-of-use of a “voice memo” audio recorder, with a versatile multi-track editing studio. Powerful tools like effects and automation are available when you need them. With time-saving features and a UI designed to get out of your way, people around the world are switching to Ferrite. — Streamlined Recording — Open Ferrite and with just one tap you’re recording. No fuss, and it won't break a sweat even with hours-long sessions. Just make sure your device has enough free space! Recording an interview and you want to highlight a few quotes? Have to take out some inappropriate language? Or just fluffed a sentence and need to fix it? Bookmark moments during your recording and they’ll be flagged up during edits, so you can jump right to them. Monitor levels with live recording meters, or listen through headphones. Tag your audio to find it quickly later. And of course you can import audio from your Music Library, iCloud, and other services such as Dropbox. Please note: the free version has limited duration for recording & editing projects. Upgrade to Pro and you can edit projects up to 24 hours long! — Editing is a Snip — Ferrite features full multi-track editing, from quick cuts, to producing a complete podcast or broadcast package. Zoom out to see hours at a glance, or zoom in all the way down to individual samples. Take a single clip, or a bunch, and arrange them in an editing project: move, crop, slice, fade in and out, or crossfade between clips just by overlapping them. You have full control over each track’s volume and panning, and can Mute or Solo as needed. And best of all, you needn’t fear trying out changes: Ferrite has great Undo/Redo — even if you quit the app and come back a month later, you can still undo all the way back to the moment you created your project! — Advanced Features — Need more? Ferrite also includes: • Automatic ducking: set tracks to “duck under” others (e.g. ducking music behind voiceovers). • Strip Silence: Carves away all the silent sections from a recording, making it easy to edit the remaining audio. • (iPad only) Split View and Slide Over support: Use Ferrite side-by-side with other apps. Recording a narration? Open another app with your script and place Ferrite down the side of the screen. Or open the User Guide in Safari on one side while you learn Ferrite on the other. With a single In-App Purchase, you can unlock many additional tools, including: • Preview at up to 2× speed • Prepare your audio for production with Noise Reduction and Auto Levelling. • Add professional effects to your tracks such as EQ, Noise Gate and Dynamic Range Compression, for projects that sound clean and engaging. • Automate volume, panning and effects settings so they vary over time, both on individual tracks and the final mix. • Tighten Audio can automatically take out awkward pauses and gaps. • Producing a podcast or series? Create a template to get each new episode off to a flying start. • Add cover art, chapters and more. • Found the perfect settings for an effect or tool? Save them as a Preset for re-use in other projects. • Audio Unit Extensions: if you have other apps installed that provide effects as Audio Unit Extensions, they’ll show up in Ferrite, where you can add them to tracks or projects. • Advanced search, smart folders, and template folders.

About

Recording Studio Pro!

This app is a powerful multitouch sequencer for creating music. It allows users to record and edit audio and virtual instrument tracks, mix them with various effects, and even simulate playing a guitar.

Highlights
  • Multitouch sequencer
  • Record up to 32 audio/virtual instrument tracks
  • Over 200 included instruments
  • Integrated sample and key editors
  • 3D Touch Guitars
  • Real-time guitar effects and amplifiers
  • Guitar Arpeggiator
Features
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Recording Studio Pro! is a multitouch sequencer for iOS devices. Designed for quick and easy operation, Recording Studio Pro! makes recording, editing and mixing a breeze and is the perfect way to begin crafting great sounding music productions. You can record up to 32 audio and/or virtual instrument tracks with the choice of over 200 instruments included in the app, or by using your SoundFont library. The audio tracks can be recorded using the built-in microphone or by connecting an external microphone. The virtual instrument tracks can be recorded using the multitouch keyboards optimized for high performance and responsive touch or using a MIDI keyboard. After recording your tracks, you may want to edit them in the integrated sample editor (copy/paste, split, loop, fader, reverb...). Recording Studio Pro! is the first app with 3D Touch Guitars (3D Touch device required), you will have the feeling of playing a real guitar! With Recording Studio Pro's mixer you can create superb mixes in astonishing quality just like you imagined your song to be. You can import mp3 and wav audio files. In addition to playing the guitar or bass directly on the touch screen, you can connect your real guitar directly to your device and use all effects and amplifiers in real time. Included in Recording Studio Pro! there is the Guitar Arpeggiator a true life realistic guitar simulator! Recording Studio Pro! is constantly being updated and continually improved with new features. Main features: · More than 200 Instruments. · Mixer with built-in immersive reverb effect and equalizer (with indipendent settings on each track). · 3D Touch Guitars (3D Touch device required). · Right handed and left handed touch guitars with bending, capo and chords. · Key Editor (delete, modify, move, copy/paste each single note). · Sample editor: copy/paste, split, loop, fade-in/fade-out, normalize each audio recording session. · Guitar amplifiers. · Stereo Flanger. · Stereo Chorus. · Stereo Echo/Delay · Stereo Compressor/Gate/Limiter. · Quantization. · Drums loops. · Offline mixdown: stereo mix, individual tracks. · Keyboard with 96 keys and 8 selectable octaves. · Stereo VU displays for each channels. · Imports MIDI files. · Exports to MIDI files. · Connects to MIDI devices. · Import Soundfont audio samples. · FM/Additive synthesizer. · Guitar Arpeggiator. · Pitch/Bend and Modulation on touchscreen and external keyboards. · Muted guitar customization. Video Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTyr7hsgCLsSG1HD5jgUZQ

Screenshots

Ferrite Recording Studio4 screens
Recording Studio Pro!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ferrite Recording Studio at 69% against Recording Studio Pro!'s 8%. Ferrite Recording Studio also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and rating (4.6 vs 2.8). Recording Studio Pro!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ferrite Recording Studio is free to download; Recording Studio Pro! costs $7.99 up front. Ferrite Recording Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Recording Studio Pro! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ferrite Recording Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ferrite Recording Studio has 976 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Ferrite Recording Studio's written reviews are positive against 8% of Recording Studio Pro!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ferrite Recording Studio ships an update every 2 months, Recording Studio Pro! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Ferrite Recording Studio versus Recording Studio Pro!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerrite Recording StudioRecording Studio Pro!
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (976 ratings) — better2.8 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better8.1% of reviews
Number of ratings976 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#193 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB846 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWooji Juice LtdGlauco Percopo

Customer experience

Ferrite Recording Studio

All ratings976 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.4%

Recording Studio Pro!

All ratings29 ratings
Positive37.9%
Neutral17.2%
Negative44.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive8.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative78.4%

Bugs and requests

Ferrite Recording Studio

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when opening the app after recent updates
  • Recording sometimes does not work with external mics
  • Inconsistent behavior when deleting or trimming recordings

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for 24-bit or 32-bit audio export
  • Implement a pause/resume recording feature
  • Introduce a text-based AI editing tool
  • Allow recording directly into smart folders
  • Add the ability to set custom playback speeds
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  • Improve file organization and management options

Recording Studio Pro!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ferrite Recording Studio

One-time2
  • Ferrite 2 Pro to Ferrite 3 Pro$14.99
  • Ferrite 3 Pro$29.99
None

Recording Studio Pro!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ferrite Recording Studio free?
Ferrite Recording Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recording Studio Pro! free?
Recording Studio Pro! costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ferrite Recording Studio or Recording Studio Pro!?
Ferrite Recording Studio is rated higher. Ferrite Recording Studio averages 4.6 out of 5 from 976 ratings, while Recording Studio Pro! averages 2.8 from 29 ratings.
Do Ferrite Recording Studio or Recording Studio Pro! have ads?
Neither Ferrite Recording Studio nor Recording Studio Pro! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ferrite Recording Studio or Recording Studio Pro!?
Ferrite Recording Studio ships an update every 2 months, and Recording Studio Pro! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ferrite Recording Studio was updated on October 21, 2026 and Recording Studio Pro! on October 20, 2026.

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