Speecap vs Black Audio Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speecap
This utility app records your voice with automatic background noise cancellation. It ensures clean speech recordings without the need for professional equipment, allowing for background recording and easy sharing. It is best suited for quiet environments and close-range voice capture.
- Automatic hissing noise cancellation
- Sound monitoring while recording
- Background recording
- Share recordings via Airdrop/cloud
- iTunes file sharing
- Slide Over and Split View support
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Speecap is a high-quality voice recorder. Speecap automatically detects and eliminates background hissing noise while recording. No need of expensive professional microphone. Easily make clean speech recordings with any microphone. Main features: • Automatic hissing noise cancellation • Sound monitoring while recording • Recording in the background Additional features: • Share your recordings using Airdrop or cloud apps • iTunes file sharing • Slide Over and Split View *** SPEECAP IS INTENDED ONLY FOR RECORDING OF SPEAKING VOICE IN QUIET ENVIRONMENT. *** *** SPEECAP IS NOT INTENDED FOR LONG DISTANCE RECORDING AND HAS A DISTANCE LIMIT OF 8 INCHES (20 CENTIMETERS). ***
Black Audio Tool
This app is a versatile sound generation tool for exploring audio. It allows users to create and control a wide range of sounds, from classic waveforms to various noise colors, with built-in effects for further shaping. Designed for audiophiles, sound designers, and musicians, it offers precise real-time control for creative experimentation.
- Precise waveform generation
- Multiple noise colors
- Built-in reverb and distortion
- Real-time parameter control
- Infra sonic and ultra sonic modes
- Audio recording to file
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Black Audio Tool – B.A.T. Black Audio Tool (B.A.T.) is a powerful and versatile sound-generation app for anyone who enjoys exploring audio. Whether you are an audiophile, sound designer, musician, engineer, or simply curious about the physics of sound, B.A.T. turns your device into a compact laboratory for tone creation, noise shaping, and experimental listening. Create and control a wide range of sounds with precision. Generate classic waveforms such as sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, then fine-tune them in real time with responsive controls for frequency, tuning, fine tuning, amplitude, and wet/dry mix. B.A.T. goes beyond standard tone generation. Explore interference, layered signal combinations, and a rich collection of noise colors, including white, pink, brown, blue, violet, green, and black noise for everything from soft ambience to unpredictable textures and randomized bursts. To shape your sound even further, B.A.T. includes built-in audio effects such as reverb and distortion, with the option to combine them for more complex and aggressive sonic results. The interface is designed for fast experimentation, precise adjustment, and smooth real-time control. From clean reference tones to abstract soundscapes, from audible frequencies to infra sonic and ultra sonic ranges, B.A.T. is built for discovery, testing, and creative play. Key Features: * Precise waveform generation * Sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle waves * Interference and overlay sound generation * Multiple noise colors, including black noise * Reverb, distortion, and mixed effects * Infra sonic and ultra sonic tone modes * Real-time parameter control * Audio recording to file * AirPlay support Private by Design: * No ads * No in-app purchases * No trackers * No data collection B.A.T. is a focused utility app made for pure sound experimentation — clean, direct, and fully yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Speecap at Free against Black Audio Tool's $1.99. Speecap also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 7). Black Audio Tool's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads, 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
Speecap is free to download; Black Audio Tool costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Black Audio Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Speecap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Black Audio Tool's.
Speecap ships an update every 3 months, Black Audio Tool every 24 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Speecap | Black Audio Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Aliyev | Philippe Zay |
Customer experience
Speecap
Black Audio Tool
In-app purchases
Speecap
No in-app purchases
Black Audio Tool
No in-app purchases
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