Spike Recorder vs BergConnect
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.
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 1.4) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). 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.
Spike Recorder holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.4. 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 0% of BergConnect's.
Spike Recorder ships an update every 4 months, BergConnect every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spike Recorder | BergConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (17 ratings) — better | 1.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 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 | 9.2 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Backyard Brains | Muhlenberg College |
Customer experience
Spike Recorder
BergConnect
In-app purchases
Spike Recorder
No in-app purchases
BergConnect
No in-app purchases
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