COLBOR STUDIO vs TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COLBOR STUDIO
This app offers a novel solution for managing lighting fixtures, allowing users to easily adjust parameters, pair devices, and share scene settings. It provides advanced control over color temperature, effects, and hues for photography and videography.
- Easy-to-operate interface with slider adjustment
- One-button automatic pairing of lighting fixtures
- Generate QR codes to share scene settings
- Adjust INT and CCT in White mode
- GEL mode for CTB and CTO color changes
- Visual HSI palette for color selection
- Multiple color effects for specific shooting scenarios
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COLBOR presents applicable and superior products for users on every level to improve photos and videos. Therefore, let us present the COLBOR Studio to pair with COLBOR lighting fixtures, providing a novel solution for lighting fixtures management. ● The interface is clearly displayed and easy to operate. Slider design can provide steady and smooth adjustment so that users can regulate the parameter at will; ● The powered-on lighting fixtures would automatically pair after users tap the one-button on the interface, saving the complicated pairing process; ● After a scene is set, users can generate a QR code to share the scene with others. The joining effort of all would greatly improve the efficiency; ● Under White mode, users can adjust the INT and CCT of fixtures, and in the SOURCETYPE, users can find some daylight types that are commonly used, such as Day, Filming, Modeling, Dysprosium 5600K,White Halogen, Short-arc Xenon, etc; ● Based on Tungsten and Dysprosium, the GEL mode offers CTB and CTO modes, with more flexibility in color changing in variety of levels; ● COLBOR Studio presents a visual HSI palette, where all the colors are optional. Users can enter the values manually, or drag to select/delete a color block; ● Multiple color effects build a special circumstance for each specific shooting, for example, Flash, Faulty Bulb, Lightning, Pulsing. This wireless control system allow users to control multiple lighting fixtures with one mobile device. Whether it’s indoor or outdoor environment, COLBOR Studio will assist users to control their fixtures in pursuit of the most satisfying result for photography or videography.
TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT
This utility app allows simultaneous remote control of up to five compatible recording devices. Users can monitor device status, view real-time waveforms, and assign custom names and colors for easy identification. It also facilitates the recording of metadata directly into audio files.
- Simultaneous remote control of up to five units
- Real-time waveform monitoring
- Device status checking
- Customizable device names and colors
- Metadata recording (BEXT, iXML)
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The TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT is an app that provides remote control up to five units simultaneously. This app enables to check device status and view the recorded waveforms real time for operation confirmation. Names and colors can be applied to individual devices for easy identification. Also, Metadata (project name, scene name, take number) can be recorded in the recording file (BEXT, iXML). ※The AK-BT1/2 Bluetooth adapter (separately sold) is needed to be able to control the unit via the TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT app. For more information on how to connect AK-BT1/2 or how to use TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT, please refer to the instruction manual. ※This app does not support monitoring of the main unit’s input sound. To monitor this, please use the headphones output. Please carefully read the license agreement below before using this application. http://tascam.jp/content/downloads/products/862/license_e_app_license.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT at 2.0 against COLBOR STUDIO's 1.7. COLBOR STUDIO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (11% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of COLBOR STUDIO's written reviews are positive against 0% of TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
COLBOR STUDIO ships an update every 2 weeks, TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | COLBOR STUDIO | TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (12 ratings) | 2.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moman Technology Limited | TEAC CORP. |
Customer experience
COLBOR STUDIO
TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT
In-app purchases
COLBOR STUDIO
No in-app purchases
TASCAM RECORDER CONNECT
No in-app purchases
Questions
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