Comparison

Fields vs Field Recorder Pro

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

Head to head
About

Fields

Capture, organize, and edit audio recordings on the go. This app allows for high-quality sound capture with external interfaces, imports existing files, and offers a suite of editing tools. It features automatic location tagging and flexible storage options.

Highlights
  • High-quality audio capture
  • Import audio files
  • Comprehensive editing tools
  • Automatic location tagging
  • iCloud and local storage options
  • Pre-roll buffer
Features
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Fields is a portable field recording app for capturing, organizing, and editing sounds in one place. Record sounds wherever you are, organize them with photos, notes, and locations, and edit your recordings directly in the app. Capture new material with the built in microphone or an external audio interface, import existing audio files, and keep everything organized in one place. Fields includes useful editing tools such as cut, copy, crop, reverse, fades, gain, normalize, filter, pitch, speed, trim silence, and noise reduction. A pre roll buffer helps you save sounds that happened just before you pressed Record, while automatic location tagging and the built in map make it easy to remember where each recording was captured. Your recordings belong to you. Fields requires no account, uses no tracking, and lets you choose between iCloud and Local Storage.

About

Field Recorder Pro

Capture high-quality audio with advanced controls. Select built-in microphones, adjust gain, and monitor live waveforms and pitch. Offers multiple professional audio file formats and filtering options for pristine recordings.

Highlights
  • Selectable built-in microphones and polar patterns
  • Live waveforms and pitch detection
  • Adjustable mic gain and headphone monitoring
  • WAV, AIFF, CAF, and M4A file formats
  • Low-pass and high-pass filtering
  • Marker dropping and file management
Features
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Unlock Your iPhone's Recording Potential - Select built in microphones and polar patterns. Live waveforms, metering, and pitch detection. Adjustable mic gain and wired or wireless headphone monitoring — all in one beautiful app. One time purchase, no subscriptions, no ads, no accounts, no data collection. All your data stays on your device, completely private. Studio-grade recording Selectable file formats: WAV, AIFF, or CAF at 44.1 / 48 kHz sample rates, 8-bit, 16‑bit, 24‑bit, or 32‑bit float. M4A at 44.1 / 48 kHz sample rates at all available bitrates. Mono or stereo channels. Microphone & polar patterns Access all of your iPhone or iPad's microphones and their available polar patterns. Headphone monitoring Low-latency monitoring through wired headphones or AirPods via Bluetooth. Auto-engages on connect. In-app, independent monitoring gain. Live pitch detection Includes a built-in tuner ported from our StrobeTuner iOS app. Perfect for tuning reference while you're recording. Live waveform monitoring Always-on, even before you hit record. Touch filtering Drag a low-pass or high-pass filter curve to reduce rumble and wind noise, or for creative sampling and experimentation. Stereo level meters Independent L/R bars with peak-hold indicators and dB readout. Markers, gain & more Drop a marker mid-take with one tap. Adjust input gain. Browse, play, share, and swipe-delete recordings right from the app. Technical Specifications (Hardware dependent) File formats: WAV / AIFF / CAF / M4A Sample rates: 44.1 / 48 kHz Bit depth: 8 / 16 / 24 / 32-bit float Channels: Mono + Stereo beamforming Filtering: ±12 dB high- and low-pass Pitch detection: Always on, built-in tuner Monitoring: Wired · Bluetooth Requires: iOS 17+, iPhone or iPad Made for everyday people who want to make the most of their iPhone's native recording capabilities, musicians capturing rehearsals, demos, and ideas, and sound designers & experimentalists chasing texture out in the wild or in the studio. Did you know your iPhone & iPad has multiple microphones with polarity patterns that are all available under the hood? This app accesses all of them. Select a mic and a polar pattern (mono only) or choose stereo recording in Settings. Monitoring starts at app launch, hit Record, add a marker if you hear something cool. Then play your recordings back, share them, and use them in your creations. Input gain is adjustable and you can push it to distort if you'd like. If you plug in wired headphones you can listen to your environment and what you're recording, there's plenty of extra monitoring gain there too if you need it. Bluetooth monitoring is also available with latency, but with noise cancelling enabled it works pretty well. All your recordings are stored on device and accessible in the Recordings page, where you can see any cue markers you've made, scrub through long recordings, rename the file, and share the file outside the app.

Screenshots

Fields4 screens
Field Recorder Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Field Recorder Pro at Free against Fields's $9.99. Fields's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Field Recorder Pro is free to download; Fields costs $9.99 up front. Field Recorder Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fields asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fields holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Fields's written reviews are positive against 50% of Field Recorder Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Fields versus Field Recorder Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldsField Recorder Pro
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (17 ratings) — better3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Connor O'Sullivan

Customer experience

Fields

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Field Recorder Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fields

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Field Recorder Pro

One-time1
  • Field Recorder Pro Unlock$8.99

Questions

Is Fields free?
Fields costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Field Recorder Pro free?
Field Recorder Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fields or Field Recorder Pro?
Fields is rated higher. Fields averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Field Recorder Pro averages 3.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Fields or Field Recorder Pro have ads?
Neither Fields nor Field Recorder Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fields or Field Recorder Pro?
Fields ships an update every 6 weeks, and Field Recorder Pro every 6 weeks. Most recently, Fields was updated on October 25, 2026 and Field Recorder Pro on October 24, 2026.

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