Comparison

Layers Capture vs OUTSIDIFY

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

Head to head
About

Layers Capture

This app connects music creators to a community feed of musical ideas. Users can download audio and video stems to remix and share their own creations. It also offers a unique capture mode to record and auto-sync video of the music-making process directly to a DAW.

Highlights
  • Explore musical sketches from artists
  • Download stems for remixing
  • Record auto-synced video of creation process
  • Connect phone camera to DAW
  • Edit and add visual effects
  • Community sharing and collaboration
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Layers is redefining the social experience for music makers. Explore a feed of musical sketches from some of the best musicians and producers in the world. Download any post from the Layers feed and get high quality audio and video stems to make your own original flip to share back to the community. Toggle to “Capture” mode in the app and connect your phone camera to your DAW to quickly and seamlessly film auto-synced video of your own process, while you’re creating. Videos recorded with Layers Capture are automatically synced to your project session, saving you countless hours of tedious and painful editing. Fire up Layers Edit to splice together a final cut and add sidechained visual effects in minutes. Note Capture mode is only compatible with Ableton Live and requires the Layers Record VST. Join the community at http://makelayers.com

About

OUTSIDIFY

Explore and manipulate ambient sounds using your smartphone's microphone and speaker. Create unique audio effects, capture environmental resonances, and experiment with sound in real-world spaces. Unleash your creativity and discover new sonic possibilities.

Highlights
  • Create feedback loops
  • Manipulate external sounds
  • Use phone as resonant filter
  • Capture impulse responses
  • Explore real-world acoustics
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Outsidify allows you to manipulate and explore the sounds happening around your smartphone. The microphone and speaker of your phone are hiding exciting potential: create feedback, manipulate resonances, use your mouth as a resonant filter, capture the impulse responses of your coffee cup or the pipe at the construction site you're accidentally passing by. Just have fun. Your imagination is the only limit. Early electronic music was full of exploration of what you can do with just a microphone and speaker. Now it's your time to explore! Go outside and make sounds outside of your phone. What would you Outsidify? Features - create feedbacks from your phone´s microphone and speaker - play sounds from the speaker and influence them with outside conditions - the world is your resonator - capture impulse responses of any space you can fit your phone into - anytime!

Screenshots

Layers Capture4 screens
OUTSIDIFY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OUTSIDIFY at 89% against Layers Capture's 0%. OUTSIDIFY also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Layers Capture's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.2). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Layers Capture is free to download; OUTSIDIFY costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OUTSIDIFY holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Layers Capture's written reviews are positive against 89% of OUTSIDIFY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Layers Capture ships an update every 3 months, OUTSIDIFY weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Layers Capture versus OUTSIDIFY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLayers CaptureOUTSIDIFY
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings815 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLayers Media, LLCBASTL INSTRUMENTS

Customer experience

Layers Capture

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

OUTSIDIFY

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Layers Capture

No in-app purchases

None

OUTSIDIFY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Layers Capture free?
Layers Capture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OUTSIDIFY free?
OUTSIDIFY costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Layers Capture or OUTSIDIFY?
OUTSIDIFY is rated higher. Layers Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while OUTSIDIFY averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do Layers Capture or OUTSIDIFY have ads?
Neither Layers Capture nor OUTSIDIFY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Layers Capture or OUTSIDIFY?
Layers Capture ships an update every 3 months, and OUTSIDIFY weekly. Most recently, Layers Capture was updated on June 5, 2026 and OUTSIDIFY on September 21, 2026.

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