# Vibration vs Recordings

The clearest difference is price: Recordings at Free against Vibration's $9.99. Vibration's advantage is chart position (#132 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Recordings is free to download; Vibration costs $9.99 up front. Vibration sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Recordings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

## The numbers

| Metric | Vibration | Recordings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $9.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | **[4.5 (11 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vibration/id301097580/reviews)** | — |
| Number of ratings | **11** | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | **#132** | — |
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | **16.0** |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch** | iPhone |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Diffraction Limited Design LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/294410307) | [HONGKONG BANCHUAN CATERING CHAIN MANAGEMENT CO., LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1696084736) |

## What reviewers say

### Vibration

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vibration/id301097580)

**Currently charting:** #132 Top Paid · Business (US App Store)

This app analyzes vibration spectrums using your device's sensors. It can process time-series data, remove DC bias, apply windows, and perform FFT for frequency analysis. Results can be emailed for documentation.

**Highlights:** Built-in accelerometer and gyroscope analysis, Internal microphone and external Digiducer support, Adjustable sample rates and data lengths, FFT and frequency spectrum plotting, DC bias removal and Hamming window, Data export via email and iTunes, Apple Watch companion app for triggering

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Apple Watch app, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enable full Digiducer functionality | $19.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔬 Accurate measurements
- 💡 Useful for research
- 📊 Data exportable (CSV)
- 🚀 Fast analysis

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Randomly cuts recordings
- 🐛 Locks up
- 🐛 Tried to text data file
- 🐛 Cancel button greyed out
- 🐛 Stopped working

**Reported bugs**

- Randomly cut recordings short
- Locked up and tried to text data file
- Cancel button greyed out
- Stopped working
- No longer records, saves or allows contact with developer

**Requested features**

- Spectrum analysis labels
- Continuous sampling option
- Higher sample rate
- Extend sample rate to 1kHz
- Measure mm/s


### Recordings

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recordings-audio-memos/id6758372534)

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (2)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly Advantage | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Yearly Advantage | $39.99 | per year |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Vibration free?

Vibration costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.

### Is Recordings free?

Recordings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Do Vibration or Recordings have ads?

Neither Vibration nor Recordings shows ads.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*