Comparison

Field Recorder Pro vs BattleFX

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

Head to head
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.

About

BattleFX

This app provides dedicated plugins for delay, reverb, and maximization effects, allowing users to apply signature sounds from another application to any track. It offers comprehensive mix controls, solo/mute functions, and advanced features like automatic buffer choking with Euclidean patterns for creative sound design.

Highlights
  • Shatter Delay plugin
  • Headspace Reverb plugin
  • Mix controls with Solo/Mute
  • Maximize and EQ section
  • Automatic delay/reverb choking
  • Euclidean pattern control
  • Tempo sync and free control
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BattleFX was created to satisfy the common request of a dedicated plugin for the send effects in Battalion. The famous "Shatter Delay" and "Headspace Reverb" can now be used on any track. We have included a fully-featured set of mix controls, as well as Solo and Mute, so that you can hear or use each portion individually. Included is the Maximize and EQ section from the Master portion of Battalion, which have quickly become a signature sound of the device, and something fans have requested to use elsewhere. Versatile enough to be used as both a utility-tool and full creative effect, it is the right squad-partner to keep always at your side in the field and trenches. In addition, we have added a system for automatically choking the delay and reverb buffers at repeating intervals, including a Euclidean pattern knob. These can be tempo synced or free, controlled independently on reverb and delay, and even nudged slightly off of the beat in either direction. You can use this to create complex, organic ducking patterns, especially in conjunction with a noisy input and the Maximize knob turned up. If this is your first introduction to a piece of Battalion, be sure to check out the full drum synth itself, which includes everything here besides the automatic choke system (as this can be done directly by sidechaining drum hits).

Screenshots

Field Recorder Pro4 screens
BattleFX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BattleFX at 100% against Field Recorder Pro's 50%. BattleFX also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Field Recorder Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BattleFX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BattleFX holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Field Recorder Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of BattleFX's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Field Recorder Pro versus BattleFX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterField Recorder ProBattleFX
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings515 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnor O'SullivanUnfiltered Audio

Customer experience

Field Recorder Pro

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

BattleFX

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Field Recorder Pro

One-time1
  • Field Recorder Pro Unlock$8.99
None

BattleFX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Field Recorder Pro free?
Field Recorder Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BattleFX free?
BattleFX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Field Recorder Pro or BattleFX?
BattleFX is rated higher. Field Recorder Pro averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BattleFX averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do Field Recorder Pro or BattleFX have ads?
Neither Field Recorder Pro nor BattleFX shows ads.

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