Spike Recorder vs eduquality
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.
eduquality
This app provides equitable access to technology resources through engaging short-form video content. It aims to make tech education accessible to everyone.
- Short-form video content
- Equitable access to tech resources
- Promotes tech education
- Accessible learning
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Eduquality utilizes short-form video content to promote equitable access to tech resources for all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eduquality at 5.0 against Spike Recorder's 3.4. eduquality also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Spike Recorder's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
eduquality holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Spike Recorder's written reviews are positive against 100% of eduquality's.
Spike Recorder ships an update every 4 months, eduquality every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spike Recorder | eduquality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backyard Brains | MHS Innovations LLC |
Customer experience
Spike Recorder
eduquality
In-app purchases
Spike Recorder
No in-app purchases
eduquality
No in-app purchases
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