Spike Recorder vs Neuronify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spike Recorder
Explore neuroscience with this app, allowing you to view, hear, record, and analyze neural signals from neurons and muscles. It provides tools for students of all ages to conduct hands-on electrophysiology experiments and understand brain communication.
- View neural signals
- Hear neural signals
- Record neural data
- Analyze neural spike trains
- Measure reaction times
- Calculate neuroscience statistics
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Let’s face it. The brain is complex, but it is extremely fascinating. To study the brain, you typically have to be a graduate student at a major university. But not any more! Backyard Brains enables everyone to be a neuroscientist! Coupled with our SpikerBox you can order at: http://backyardbrains.com this app allows you to view, hear, record and analyze actual neural signals. Both from individual neurons and muscles. Backyard Brains provides affordable neuroscience experiment kits for students of all ages to learn (hands-on) about electrophysiology. Now everyone from schoolchildren to grad students and every grade in between can experiment with similar tools used by real neuroscientists worldwide! By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience first-hand how the brain communicates with our senses, memories, hopes, and desires. Our iOS application includes both long continuous and threshold views, and once you have recorded your data, you can analyze the neural spike trains, measure reaction times, and calculate statistics just like professional neuroscientists! Do let us know us know about your experiments. Note: The application normally picks up input through the the iPhone's built-in microphone. If you want to plug directly into your SpikerBox, or any audio device, you need a custom male-to-male headphone cable (a normal one won't work), available from our website. It has to do with routing and filtering an output channel to an input channel.
Neuronify
Explore the behavior of neurons and neural networks by combining different cells and connections. This educational tool allows you to observe how changes in individual neurons impact larger network behaviors. Build and experiment with your own simulations or use pre-made examples.
- Combine neurons with different connections
- Observe behavioral changes in networks
- Drag neurons and measurement devices
- Explore pre-made simulations
- Create custom neural network models
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Version 1.0 is finally released! Neuronify is an educational tool meant to create intuition for how neurons and neural networks behave. You can use it to combine neurons with different connections, just like the ones we have in our brain, and explore how changes on single cells lead to behavioral changes in important networks. To build and explore neural networks, you drag neurons and measurement devices onto the screen. In addition, the app comes with several ready-made simulations for inspiration. If you like Neuronify, please leave a review :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neuronify at 4.9 against Spike Recorder's 3.4. Neuronify also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). 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.
Neuronify holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Spike Recorder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Neuronify's.
Spike Recorder ships an update every 4 months, Neuronify every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spike Recorder | Neuronify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backyard Brains | Anders Hafreager |
Customer experience
Spike Recorder
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In-app purchases
Spike Recorder
No in-app purchases
Neuronify
No in-app purchases
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