Comparison

F3 Control vs OUTSIDIFY

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

Head to head
About

F3 Control

Control your ZOOM F3 Field Recorder wirelessly from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Manage recording, playback, file naming, and monitor vital information like waveforms and battery life.

Highlights
  • Wireless remote control
  • Start/stop recording and playback
  • Add marks to recordings
  • Set device parameters
  • Monitor input waveforms
  • Check battery and recording time
  • Change file names
Features
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F3 Control is an app that enables wireless control of the ZOOM F3 Field Recorder. An iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can be used as a remote control for an F3. In addition to the fundamental operations of starting/stopping recording/playback and searching forward/backward, this app can be used to add marks and to set various parameters. The app can also be used to check the waveforms of input signals and the remaining battery charge as well as to monitor the remaining recording time. Moreover, you can input text to change the file name used for recorded files. Note: A BTA-1 wireless adapter is necessary to operate an F3 with F3 Control.

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
Currently charting
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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

F3 Control3 screens
OUTSIDIFY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OUTSIDIFY at 89% against F3 Control's 11%. OUTSIDIFY also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and chart position (#174 vs unranked). F3 Control's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

F3 Control 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 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of F3 Control's written reviews are positive against 89% of OUTSIDIFY's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
F3 Control versus OUTSIDIFY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterF3 ControlOUTSIDIFY
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings415 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#174 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZOOM CorporationBASTL INSTRUMENTS

Customer experience

F3 Control

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral22.2%
Negative66.7%

OUTSIDIFY

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

In-app purchases

None

F3 Control

No in-app purchases

None

OUTSIDIFY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is F3 Control free?
F3 Control 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, F3 Control or OUTSIDIFY?
OUTSIDIFY is rated higher. F3 Control averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while OUTSIDIFY averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do F3 Control or OUTSIDIFY have ads?
Neither F3 Control nor OUTSIDIFY shows ads.

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