Spike Recorder vs BergConnect
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.
BergConnect
This app serves as a central hub for college students, providing access to essential systems, campus notifications, and a directory of people and resources. It helps users manage their tasks, stay informed about announcements, and discover campus events.
- Access campus systems (Canvas, Gmail)
- Receive campus notifications
- Search people and resources
- Connect with departments and organizations
- Manage to-do lists
- View personalized content
- Find campus events
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BergConnect is your one-stop-shop connecting you with the systems, information, people and updates you'll need to succeed at Muhlenberg College Use BergConnect to: - Access Canvas, Gmail, and other everyday systems - Receive key non-emergency campus notifications - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations and peers - Stay focused on your most important to-dos - View personalized resources and content - Find and join campus events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spike Recorder at 62% against BergConnect's 0%. Spike Recorder also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 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.
Spike Recorder holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Spike Recorder's written reviews are positive against 0% of BergConnect's.
Spike Recorder ships an update every 3 months, BergConnect every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spike Recorder | BergConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (17 ratings) — better | 1.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Backyard Brains | Muhlenberg College |
Customer experience
Spike Recorder
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In-app purchases
Spike Recorder
No in-app purchases
BergConnect
No in-app purchases
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