Comparison

iRig Recorder vs AudioShare

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iRig Recorder

This app provides a streamlined interface for recording and editing audio and video on mobile devices. It offers professional-grade effects, waveform editing, and easy sharing options. Enhance your recordings with intelligent processing and creative tools.

Highlights
  • One-touch audio/video recording
  • Waveform editing
  • 16 studio-quality effects
  • Text and photo markers
  • Non-destructive editing tools
  • Multiple sharing options
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iRig Recorder 3 is a flexible and easy-to-use audio and video recording app for iPhone or iPad. Use its recording, editing and export features to create and share great sounding audio and video while on the go. iRig Recorder is extremely simple to use: click on the “record” button at the bottom of the screen to immediately start recording. To capture and monitor video, simply click on the camera icon then tap record. But don’t let the streamlined design fool you… iRig Recorder is a full-fledged, professional audio and video recorder. You can edit audio waveforms, apply creative and professional effects and share your recordings in many different ways. It offers a wide range of creative and professional effects with intelligent processing for instantly great results. iRig Recorder is also Inter-App Audio and AudioBus compatible, so you can use other apps like AmpliTube or VocaLive when capturing audio or video, for even more flexibility. Want to add a reference marker to your audio? No worries! iRig Recorder lets you add photo and text markers that can be applied in real time or in the editing timeline for quick access to important content. iRig Recorder is the perfect companion to IK Multimedia’s full line of digital microphones and audio interfaces for iPhone and iPad. Use iRig Recorder with an IK microphone or interface and you'll have everything you need to get that Hollywood-style stereo sound — iRig Recorder automatically activates the stereo option whenever a stereo recording interface is connected. Once you've captured your audio, you can use iRig Recorder’s intuitive editing tools to cut, crop or loop it. You can even do Waveform editing, using 16 studio-quality effects to optimize sound for speech, clean up background noise, increase clarity and presence, change speed without altering the pitch, apply creative effects, fades and a whole lot more. iRig Recorder organizes your recordings by date and time and also tags them with geolocation for easy and reliable file management. You can now share your audio and video files via Airdrop, Messages, DropBox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SoundCloud, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, E-mail, Wi-Fi, FTP, SoundCloud or iTunes File Sharing in a variety of sizes and formats. iRig Recorder 3 features: • Convenient, easy-to-use stereo audio and video mobile recording and editing app • Completely redesigned, streamlined elegant interface • Perfect companion for all IK Multimedia microphones and mobile audio interfaces • One-touch recording/capture with real-time monitoring • Landscape and portrait mode • Intuitive, non-destructive editing tools: cut, crop and loop your recordings • Waveform editing • Text and Photo marker support with real time application • 16 intelligent effect processors to automatically optimize or creatively manipulate your recordings — Clean up, Brighten Voice, Smooth Voice, Speed Up, Speed Down, Pitch Shift, Morph, Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Normalize, Compressor, Stereo Imager, 3-Band EQ, Fade, Optimize Tone • Organize your recordings by creation date and geolocation tags • Export files as compressed .m4a or uncompressed .wav export • Inter-App Audio and AudioBus Support • Audio Copy/Paste For more information: www.ikmultimedia.com/irigrecorder

About

AudioShare

Manage all your sound and MIDI files with this comprehensive audio document manager. Organize, record, trim, convert, and transfer audio files between apps and your computer. It's an essential tool for music creators.

Highlights
  • Organize audio and recordings
  • Record external input
  • Record live output of other apps
  • Import/Export via Document Pickers
  • WiFi Drive file transfer
  • Convert between sound file formats
  • Trim and normalize audio
Features
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A sound file manager with powerful import and export abilities. If you are using music-making apps, then this tool is a must-have! Organize all your soundfiles and midifiles on your device, and manage your AUM recordings. Record, trim, convert, normalize, transfer, export, import, zip, unzip. Create folders, rename and move files and folders around, put everything where you can find it. Use it to transfer files between apps and between your device and computer. For example, transfer your new track from your favorite music-making app and import into the AudioShare library, then share it on your SoundCloud account, or transfer it into other apps. Or record your live-jam from other IAA or Audiobus apps. You can record directly in the app, from microphone, external audio interfaces, Inter-App Audio, or other Audiobus compatible apps. Preview and play soundfiles with waveform display and looping, trim and normalize soundfiles, and convert to other file formats such as M4A AAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless), WAV, AIFF, CAF with options for bit rate or bit depth and sample rate. FEATURES • Organize audio and recordings in files and folders • Record external input (such as microphone) directly in app • Record the live output of other Audiobus-compatible apps • Record Inter-App Audio node apps • Plays and records in 96k, 48k, 44.1k, 22k, 11k and 8k sample rates • Plays and records 16, 24 and 32 bit files • General pasteboard Audio Copy/Paste • Import/Export through standard iOS Files system • AudioShare FileProvider extension allows direct access to your sound file library from within other apps • Built-in Dropbox client • Use "Open in" from other apps or to open a file in other apps • WiFi Drive: transfer files from/to any computer on your local network • Import songs from your on-device Music library • Easy Import/Export from/to AudioShare-compatible apps • Access files through iTunes File Sharing • Playback of almost any kind of soundfile • Add notes with the built-in text editor • Trim, apply fade ins and fade outs • Convert between sound file formats • Normalize • Send your sounds by email

Screenshots

iRig Recorder4 screens
AudioShare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AudioShare at 89% against iRig Recorder's 28%. AudioShare also leads on price ($4.99 vs $14.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On update cadence, ads, chart position and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iRig Recorder costs $14.99 and AudioShare $4.99 up front. iRig Recorder sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. AudioShare asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iRig Recorder ships an update every 8 months, AudioShare every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
iRig Recorder versus AudioShare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRig RecorderAudioShare
Price$14.99$4.99 — better
Rating—4.7 (858 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—858 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#170#95 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIK Multimedia US, LLCKymatica AB

Customer experience

iRig Recorder

Written reviews177 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral14.1%
Negative57.6%

AudioShare

All ratings849 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews525 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.8%

Bugs and requests

iRig Recorder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

AudioShare

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • SoundCloud upload button not working
  • Inability to rename files easily
  • Crashes when using the pasteboard feature
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add MP3 conversion option
  • Implement iCloud sync and sharing
  • Improve editing tools (e.g., timeline, markers)
  • Introduce a metronome and tempo tools
  • Add support for more cloud storage services

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iRig Recorder

One-time4
  • Fading$0.99
  • Creative Bundle$4.99
  • PRO Bundle$14.99
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  • All functionality bundle$14.99
None

AudioShare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iRig Recorder free?
iRig Recorder costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is AudioShare free?
AudioShare costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iRig Recorder or AudioShare have ads?
Neither iRig Recorder nor AudioShare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iRig Recorder or AudioShare?
iRig Recorder ships an update every 8 months, and AudioShare every 5 months. Most recently, iRig Recorder was updated on November 8, 2026 and AudioShare on November 7, 2026.
Which is more popular, iRig Recorder or AudioShare?
iRig Recorder currently peaks at #170 in the App Store charts, and AudioShare at #95. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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