Comparison

Ferrite Recording Studio vs SongBase

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

Head to head
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

SongBase

Features
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Du hast 40 Songs gelernt – und spielst am Ende doch immer dieselben fünf. SongBase merkt sich dein komplettes Repertoire und sagt dir jeden Tag, welche Songs eine Auffrischung brauchen. DEIN TAGESPLAN Wissenschaftlich bewährte Wiederholung (Spaced Repetition): Songs, die du sicher spielst, kommen selten zurück. Wackelige Songs öfter. Nach jeder Session bewertest du in zwei Sekunden, wie sicher es saß – den Rest übernimmt SongBase. Zehn Minuten am Tag reichen. ALLES ZU EINEM SONG AN EINEM ORT • Tabs und Noten als PDF importieren • YouTube-Tutorials verlinken und direkt in der App ansehen • Eigene Fotos und Videos anhängen • Notizen zu Kapo, Griffen und Stolperstellen • Tonart, Tempo und Schwierigkeit festhalten LERNEN IN KLEINEN SCHRITTEN Zerlege jeden Song in Teilziele: „Intro sauber", „Wechsel Am–C", „Solo halbes Tempo". Du siehst jederzeit, wie weit du bist – statt nur „kann ich noch nicht". FÜR DEN NÄCHSTEN AUFTRITT Bündle Songs in Ordnern für Gig, Band oder Event – mit Datum. SongBase zeigt dir, wie viele davon schon sitzen, und übt gezielt die unsicheren durch. Mit Ziel-Datum an einem Song rücken die Wiederholungen automatisch enger zusammen. WERKZEUGE FÜRS ÜBEN • Stimmgerät für Gitarre, direkt über das Mikrofon • Metronom mit einstellbarer Taktart • Übungs-Timer, der die Session danach gleich einträgt DEIN FORTSCHRITT Streak, Übungstage, gespielte Minuten und wie viele Songs wirklich sitzen – ehrliche Zahlen ohne Schönfärberei. DEINE DATEN BLEIBEN BEI DIR Kein Konto, keine Anmeldung, keine Cloud. Alles liegt auf deinem iPhone. Du kannst jederzeit alles als JSON exportieren oder komplett löschen. KOSTENLOS NUTZBAR Bis zu 25 Songs, 1 PDF und 2 YouTube-Links pro Song sowie 3 Ordner – dauerhaft gratis, mit dezenter Werbung. SONGBASE PREMIUM • Unbegrenzt Songs, PDFs, YouTube-Links und Ordner • Keine Werbung • Als Abo (monatlich/jährlich) oder einmalig als Lifetime Für Gitarre, Klavier, Bass, Ukulele und Gesang. Nutzungsbedingungen (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ferrite Recording Studio4 screens
SongBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ferrite Recording Studio at none against SongBase's shown. SongBase's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Ferrite Recording Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SongBase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ferrite Recording Studio versus SongBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerrite Recording StudioSongBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (956 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings956 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperWooji Juice LtdArthur Hardy Kotsch

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

SongBase

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
3 purchases

SongBase

Subscriptions2
  • Songbase Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Jahresabo$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Ferrite Recording Studio free?
Ferrite Recording Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SongBase free?
SongBase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ferrite Recording Studio or SongBase have ads?
SongBase shows ads; Ferrite Recording Studio does not.

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