Microphone vs Simple Microphone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microphone
Record high-quality audio with a variety of music and sound effects. Enhance podcasts with echo and scene simulation. Save recordings in multiple formats and share them easily.
- Background recording
- Stereo channel recording
- Scene simulation
- Music and sound effects
- Echo function
- Multiple recording file formats
- File sharing
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Microphone, a special effects recording software, in the recording can add a variety of music effects (applause, screaming, color, drums, etc.), podcast recording must app. The following features are available: 1, (background) recording; 2, around the channel, stereo channel; 3, scene simulation; 4, music effects (applause, cheering, screaming, etc.); 5, echo function; 6, a variety of recording file format (wav, m4a, caf, aiff); 7, recording file sharing function;
Simple Microphone
Transform your phone into a functional microphone that can connect to Bluetooth speakers. It also includes recording capabilities and automatic text transcription for your audio.
- Use phone as a microphone
- Bluetooth speaker connectivity
- Audio recording
- Automatic text transcription
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Simple microphone is the app your phone can be used as a microphone with Bluetooth speaker. This app has functions are Microphone, Recorder, and Text automatic transcription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Microphone at 3.6 against Simple Microphone's 2.6. Microphone also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (119 vs 14). Simple Microphone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Microphone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Microphone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Microphone holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microphone has 119 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Microphone's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple Microphone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Microphone ships an update every 4 months, Simple Microphone every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microphone | Simple Microphone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (119 ratings) — better | 2.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 学成 黄 | Briswell, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Microphone
Simple Microphone
In-app purchases
Microphone
- Upgrade Pro$4.99
Simple Microphone
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Microphone free?
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