Comparison

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder vs Timecode Tool App

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

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About

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder

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Record real spatial audio directly with your iPhone. Ambisonic Recorder transforms supported devices into a portable first-order ambisonics (FOA) recorder, allowing you to capture immersive sound fields using the built-in Apple microphone array. The app records B-format ambisonics in ACN channel ordering with SN3D normalization, making the recordings compatible with professional spatial audio workflows. Perfect for sound designers, VR/AR creators, field recordists, researchers, and anyone working with immersive audio. Key Features: • Record First-Order Ambisonics (FOA) directly on supported iPhones • Uses the built-in iPhone microphone array • Outputs B-format ambisonics • ACN channel ordering • SN3D normalization • High-quality multichannel recording • Export files for use in DAWs, spatial audio engines, VR/AR pipelines, and game audio • Lightweight and simple field recording interface Designed for Spatial Audio Workflows The generated ambisonics files can be used in professional tools such as: • Digital Audio Workstations • Spatial audio rendering engines • VR / AR content production • 360° video post-production • Game audio pipelines Device Compatibility: Ambisonic recording requires an iPhone 16 Pro or newer, which provides the necessary spatial microphone array. Privacy Policy: https://www.zylia.co/zylia-ambisonics-recorder-privacy

About

Timecode Tool App

Features
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Timecode Tool is a focused utility for live-show technicians who need to generate, monitor, convert, measure or calculate SMPTE timecode on iPad, iPhone, and Apple Silicon Mac. Five tools: GENERATE • Output LTC audio and Art-Net Timecode driven by system time-of-day, a free-running 1-hour block, or a custom Start Timecode you type in (e.g. 02:03:20:15) that free-runs from that point. • A media-player transport while running — previous block, back to start of block, play/pause, next block. (Hidden for time-of-day, which follows the wall clock instead of a block you can skip through.) • Pick FPS (24, 25, 29.97 NDF, 29.97 DF, 30) including correct SMPTE drop-frame counting. • Send to a specific Art-Net destination IP (unicast or broadcast). MONITOR • A large, glanceable timecode readout for monitoring. • Choose the source: decode LTC from an audio input, or receive Art-Net Timecode over the network. Frame rate and lock state are shown live. CONVERT • Route one timecode input to up to two simultaneous outputs, freely chosen: input is LTC audio, Art-Net, or MTC; each output is LTC audio, Art-Net, or MTC. • MTC: Timecode Tool publishes a virtual MIDI port, "Timecode Tool", that shows up as a MIDI input in every other app on your device — your DAW can chase it with no cable or MIDI interface. Output can also go to a real MIDI destination, and input can come from any MIDI source. • Warns up front about setups that would misbehave: Art-Net in and out sharing a UDP port, LTC in and out on the built-in speaker and mic, and MTC feeding back into itself. • Latency compensation per output, with drift tracking and a re-sync control. Auto-detects the source frame rate and the drop-frame flag, with an override for 29.97 non-drop versus 30 fps. MEASURE • A delay checker. Tap the pad twice — or keep tapping along to a beat — and read the interval in milliseconds, frames at the rate you choose, timecode, BPM, seconds, or audio samples. • Then hear it: two clicks exactly that far apart, a click every interval, or your own taps replayed, placed on the audio clock to the sample. • A tap far from the others — a double tap, a missed beat — is flagged as it lands and left out of the statistics. Save a measurement with its taps, rate and statistic, and bring it back later. • Last, average, min, max and jitter at a glance; every unit has Copy. CALCULATE • A timecode calculator. Add, subtract, multiply and divide timecode, frames, seconds, milliseconds and h:mm:ss clock time in any mix — for example "01:03:40:15, one minute thirty-five later". • Pick each operand's unit on a sliding switch under the field. Shorthand accepted: 95s, 1500ms, 1m35s, 40f, or just digits into a timecode field. Paste into any field; the unit follows the text. • A sentence above the result says what was done — "Added 1 min 35 s to timecode 01:03:40:15" — and the result appears in every form at once, each with its own Copy, chaining back into the next calculation. Drop-frame arithmetic uses the same frame counting as the generator. • Measure and Calculate also work at 59.94 and 60 fps. Cross-cutting features: • Background audio — keeps generating / decoding when the screen is locked or another app is foreground. • Phone calls and Siri don't break the timecode stream; it resumes. • Shows your device's IP addresses. Works with Class-Compliant USB audio interfaces. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French and German. Timecode Tool does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.

Screenshots

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder4 screens
Timecode Tool App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder at Free against Timecode Tool App's $1.99. Timecode Tool App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder is free to download; Timecode Tool App costs $1.99 up front. ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Timecode Tool App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder ships an update monthly, Timecode Tool App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder versus Timecode Tool App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZYLIA Ambisonics RecorderTimecode Tool App
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZYLIA SP Z O Ollcheesell Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder

Subscriptions2
  • ZYLIA Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • ZYLIA Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

Timecode Tool App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder free?
ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timecode Tool App free?
Timecode Tool App costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder or Timecode Tool App have ads?
Neither ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder nor Timecode Tool App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder or Timecode Tool App?
ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder ships an update monthly, and Timecode Tool App every 2 months. Most recently, ZYLIA Ambisonics Recorder was updated on September 26, 2026 and Timecode Tool App on September 30, 2026.

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