My Microphone vs BenchBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Microphone
Transform your device into a live microphone or a portable karaoke machine. Easily connect to sound systems or Bluetooth for amplified voice, presentations, or singing along to synced lyrics with various audio effects.
- Live microphone functionality
- Karaoke mode with synced lyrics
- Audio output options (AirPlay, headphones)
- Equalizer and audio effects
- Multiple microphone types
- Portable megaphone
- AI voice enhancement
- Cloud file import
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Turn your iOS device into a live microphone or a portable karaoke system with My Microphone. Our app connects easily to stereo systems or via Bluetooth, delivering high-quality audio for presentations, recording, or amplifying your voice wherever you need it. Want to switch from recording your voice to recording a song? Our app is perfect as a karaoke microphone! The built-in KARAOKE MODE allows you to upload any track and sing along with perfectly synced lyrics in any language! - Main features - ONE-TAP RECORDING > Record audio instantly with our simple, one-click button. OUTPUT OPTIONS > Select your preferred audio output source – connect to external speakers and headphones via AirPlay, or use your device’s built-in audio. EQUALIZER & EFFECTS > Achieve perfect sound with our equalizer (15 kHz - 300 Hz); > Add depth and dimension with concert hall reverb, echo, choir, flanger, and distortion; > Customize effects with adjustable settings like delay time, repetitions, depth, and frequency. MICROPHONE VARIETY > Choose from a wide range of microphone types with unique settings – dynamic, condenser, stage, valve, studio, and vintage. PORTABLE MEGAPHONE > Boost your voice for clear communication in any environment. AI ENHANCEMENT > Improve recording quality by reducing noise and enhancing vocals with AI. SONG COLLECTION > Enjoy a handpicked collection of popular songs as background music for your speech recordings and other creative projects. IMPORT FROM CLOUD > Record over your favorite music! Upload audio files directly from your device storage, or access your recordings from popular cloud service: - iTunes - Google Drive - Dropbox - OneDrive - Yandex Disk Speak, sing, record, amplify – download My Microphone now! https://peakygroup.com/privacy https://peakygroup.com/tos
BenchBuddy
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BenchBuddy bundles the calculations you reach for every day at the molecular-biology and biochemistry bench — from reagent weighing to PCR, gels, and pipetting steps — fast, in one place. Tools included • Reagent mass — how much to weigh from concentration × volume × molecular weight, with optional solvent correction from the actual mass weighed. • Dilution — the volumes you need from stock concentration, target concentration, and final volume. Supports multi-component mixes. • Serial dilution — build a serial dilution series from a stock; see per-tube transfer and diluent volumes, with a warning when transfers get too small to pipette accurately. • PCR master mix — build a master mix from reaction volume, reaction count, and overage, including per-tube additions. • Tm (melting temperature) — compute Tm and a suggested annealing temperature from a primer sequence, via the basic rule or the nearest-neighbor (NN, SantaLucia) method, with Na⁺ and oligo concentration. • OD260 → nucleic-acid concentration — concentration from A260 and nucleic-acid type (dsDNA/ssDNA/ssRNA), with A260/A280 purity. • Mass ↔ moles — convert amount (pmol) ↔ mass (µg) and copy number from length (bp/nt) or molecular weight. • Ligation ratio — insert amount (ng) needed for a target molar ratio (1:1–5:1) from vector/insert lengths and vector mass. • Hemocytometer — from your cell counts, compute cell concentration, viability (trypan blue), and seeding volume. Pick the chamber type (Neubauer improved / Bürker-Türk / Fuchs-Rosenthal / Thoma / custom) to auto-set the chamber factor. • OD600 → cell density — estimate density from OD600 with an organism preset (E. coli / yeast / custom) and dilution; editable factor; reverse to the OD600 for a target density. • Doubling time — doubling time, population doublings, and specific growth rate from initial/final counts and elapsed time (hours or days). • Confluency → cell number — estimate cell number from confluency (%) and vessel area (T25–T175, 6–96-well). • Passage planner — toggle seeding-density / split-ratio; computes suspension volume, medium to add, and the number of new vessels. • Gel predictor — preview how bands migrate from your ladder, agarose percentage, and sample band sizes. • Plate layouts — design 6–384-well (6/12/24/48/96/384) plate maps: group samples/conditions, set per-well concentrations and serial-dilution gradients down columns, and export as an image, CSV, or Markdown. • Bench steps — create pipetting steps over well ranges (e.g. A1:A12) and track progress in row- or column-major order. • Recipe saving & sharing — save the calculations you use often and recall them with one tap; export/import recipes as .benchbuddy.json files to share with labmates. • Result sharing — copy or share any calculation result as text, ready to paste into Notion, Slack, or your ELN. All calculations run on your device. The app is free and supported by ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BenchBuddy at none against My Microphone's 10. BenchBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. My Microphone sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. BenchBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Microphone ships an update every 3 weeks, BenchBuddy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Microphone | BenchBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 12.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peaky Group | HKraft Labs |
In-app purchases
My Microphone
- 1 Week Premium Subscription$6.997 Days
- 1 month subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- My Studio Singing Recorder3 Days trial$14.991 Month
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- My Studio Singing Recorder1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- 1 Month Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- 1 Month Subscription$19.991 Month
- 3 months subscription3 Days trial$19.993 Months
- Microphone Live Streaming Tool3 Days trial$24.993 Months
- Microphone Live Streaming Tool3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Recording Studio: Song Maker$31.99
BenchBuddy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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