Spike Recorder vs NUS Timesheet
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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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.
NUS Timesheet
This application helps NUS students track their work hours for the NUS Student Work Scheme. It allows for easy recording of hours, submission for payment, and monitoring of claim status. Supports both hourly and task-based jobs.
- Start/Stop timer for hour tracking
- Weekly hour monitoring
- Real-time claim status updates
- Support for hourly and task-based jobs
- Submission for payment processing
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NUS Timesheet is an easy-to-use application that you can use to track your hours worked as part of the NUS Student Work Scheme (NSWS). Available to all NUS full-time students hired under the NSWS, NUS Timesheet allows you to quickly record the hours worked and submit the entries to the hiring department for payment processing. Key Features: - Start/Stop Timer with one tap to record hours worked. - Keeps track of your weekly hours worked to keep within your maximum working hours during term time/vacation period. - Real-time information on the status of your claims so you know when you will be paid. - Support both hourly-paid jobs as well as task-based jobs with multiple deliverables. Download the NUS Timesheet now and enjoy the benefit of the new automation process! Support email - careers@nus.edu.sg
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NUS Timesheet at 5.0 against Spike Recorder's 3.4. NUS Timesheet also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Spike Recorder's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
NUS Timesheet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spike Recorder has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spike Recorder ships an update every 4 months, NUS Timesheet every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spike Recorder | NUS Timesheet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backyard Brains | National University of Singapore |
Customer experience
Spike Recorder
NUS Timesheet
In-app purchases
Spike Recorder
No in-app purchases
NUS Timesheet
No in-app purchases
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