Spike Recorder vs Neuronify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spike Recorder
This app allows students, educators, and researchers to record and analyze electrical signals from nerves and muscles using compatible hardware. It offers various workspaces for examining data, measuring spike counts, and comparing frequency bands. Users can customize channel settings, create named events, and save recordings for later analysis.
- Record nerve and muscle electrical signals
- Save and analyze recordings
- Signal, Spike, Events, and Spectrum workspaces
- Measure spike counts and rates
- Create and mark named events
- Customize channel settings and filters
- Browse and share saved recordings
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Spike Recorder brings hands-on neuroscience recording and analysis to students, educators and researchers. Use compatible Backyard Brains hardware to explore electrical signals from nerves and muscles. Record signals from multiple channels, save recordings, and open them for playback and analysis. Use the Signal, Spike, Events and Spectrum workspaces to examine your data. Measure spike counts and rates for each selected spike train, or compare average power in frequency bands such as alpha. Create named events with colors and keyboard shortcuts. Mark events with on-screen buttons while recording, and keep their names visible on the signal. Adjust channel types, names, colors and filters to suit your experiment. Browse saved recordings with waveform previews, then open, rename or share a recording. New NWB recordings preserve supported channel settings, spike selections, event details and each screen’s scales. Hardware compatibility and connection options vary by device. Explore Backyard Brains experiment kits and learning resources at https://backyardbrains.com.
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 3 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 3 months, Neuronify every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 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 3 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 | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 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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