Comparison

R vs BDAA

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

Head to head
About

R

Control your Roland R-07 Hi-Res Audio Recorder remotely via Bluetooth from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Manage recordings, adjust levels, add markers, and select scenes even when the recorder is out of reach.

Highlights
  • Remote record/playback control
  • Input/output level adjustment
  • Marker creation and navigation
  • Scene selection and settings editing
  • Song selection for playback
  • Link settings management
Features
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R-07 Remote is an application that can remotely control Roland’s Hi-Res Audio Recorder "R-07" from iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch via Bluetooth. R-07 Remote allows you to manage recordings and ensure what’s being recorded is exactly what you want, even while the R-07 is in its prime recording location, and out of reach. Main Functions • Control record/playback • Check and adjust input/output levels • Add markers and move between markers • Select scenes and edit settings • Select a song for playback • Make link settings

About

BDAA

This app serves as a digital companion for a convention focused on Slavic folk instruments. It provides attendees with a personalized schedule, sheet music for their instrument, reference audio, and important announcements. The app ensures offline access to content and offers timely notifications for program changes.

Highlights
  • Personalized event schedule
  • Instrument-specific sheet music
  • Reference audio recordings
  • Push notifications for announcements
  • Offline access to scores and audio
  • Full-screen score view with zoom and swipe
Features
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BDAA is the companion app for the BDAA Convention — the annual gathering of musicians who play domra, balalaika, bayan, and the rest of the Slavic folk-instrument family. The community is multicultural: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and other traditions, all in one room. Sign in with the email you registered with, and the app shows you what you came for: — THE SCHEDULE. Every rehearsal, masterclass, concert, and meal in one place. Updates as the program evolves. Bookmark sessions and the app notifies you when their time or room changes. — YOUR PART. Pick your instrument and the app shows the right sheet music for every piece. Open the score in full screen, pinch to zoom, flip pages with a swipe. New revisions arrive without you doing anything. — REFERENCE AUDIO. Most pieces include a reference recording so you can practice along with how the conductor wants the piece to feel. — ANNOUNCEMENTS. Quick messages from the organizers — "rehearsal moved to room B", "bus leaves at 9", "send your photos to this album". You get them as push notifications. — OFFLINE. Once you've opened a piece, the score and audio are cached on your device. The app keeps working in concert halls with no signal. The app is free, ad-free, and built for the convention by participants. We don't track you, don't show ads, and don't share your data with anyone outside what's needed to deliver email and push notifications. See the privacy policy for details. To use the app you have to be registered for the convention. If you haven't registered yet, head to bdaa.org first — once you're on the participant roster, your email unlocks the app.

Screenshots

R4 screens
BDAA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BDAA at 100% against R's 13%. BDAA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). R's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BDAA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: R has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of R's written reviews are positive against 100% of BDAA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

R ships an update every 6 months, BDAA every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
R versus BDAA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRBDAA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland CorporationIvan Vigasin

Customer experience

R

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral80.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral50.0%
Negative37.5%

BDAA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

R

No in-app purchases

None

BDAA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is R free?
R is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BDAA free?
BDAA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, R or BDAA?
BDAA is rated higher. R averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BDAA averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do R or BDAA have ads?
Neither R nor BDAA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, R or BDAA?
R ships an update every 6 months, and BDAA every 3 days. Most recently, R was updated on October 14, 2026 and BDAA on September 24, 2026.

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