Comparison

Field Recorder Pro vs FALSE MEMORY

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

FALSE MEMORY

This app transforms any sound into a decaying audio effect, simulating tape degradation or digital corruption. Explore various destruction parameters to create unique sonic textures and atmospheres. It can also evolve the sound automatically over time.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio disintegration
  • Analog/Digital destruction engine
  • Pitch and timing destabilization
  • Frequency spectrum smearing
  • Past audio bleed-through
  • Automatic evolution over time
  • Randomize parameters
Currently charting
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FALSE MEMORY is a real-time audio disintegration effect. Feed it any sound and watch it decay. A tape left in the sun. A corrupted file half-recovered from a dead drive. A memory dissolving as you try to hold onto it. Turn up MEMORY and the destruction begins. Everything else shapes how the sound falls apart. DESTRUCTION ENGINE The Analog / Digital slider is the soul of the effect. Slide left for warm, organic decay: Cassette wobble, Reel-to-reel saturation, VHS tracking errors. Slide right for cold, precise corruption: Lo-fi aliasing, Circuit-bent glitches, Data-mosh block artifacts. Drift destabilizes pitch and timing. At low settings it breathes. Cranked up, the signal loses its grip on reality. Damage controls how aggressively the signal gets torn apart. ATMOSPHERE Fog smears the frequency spectrum into clouds. Three modes: Tonal keeps harmonic structure intact, Inharmonic scatters it, Evolving slowly morphs between the two. Ghosts lets past audio bleed through the current signal. Echoes repeat rhythmically. Imprints leave residual traces. Granular scatters fragments across time. TEXTURE Hiss adds tape noise, from subtle warmth to a roaring floor. Crackle introduces vinyl pops and surface damage. SET IT AND FORGET IT Evolve lets the destruction deepen automatically over time. Pick a duration from 1 to 64 minutes. Walk away. Come back to something completely different. The Randomize button rerolls all destruction parameters instantly. Hit it until something clicks. AUv3 plugin for iOS. Runs in AUM, GarageBand, Logic, and any AUv3 host. Standalone app for iPhone and iPad. From All The Machines.

Screenshots

Field Recorder Pro4 screens
FALSE MEMORY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FALSE MEMORY at 100% against Field Recorder Pro's 50%. FALSE MEMORY also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Field Recorder Pro's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99). On ratings volume, 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; FALSE MEMORY costs $3.99 up front. Field Recorder Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FALSE MEMORY asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FALSE MEMORY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Field Recorder Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of FALSE MEMORY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Field Recorder Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, FALSE MEMORY daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Field Recorder Pro versus FALSE MEMORY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterField Recorder ProFALSE MEMORY
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnor O'SullivanStephan Bolch

Customer experience

Field Recorder Pro

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

FALSE MEMORY

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Field Recorder Pro

One-time1
  • Field Recorder Pro Unlock$8.99
None

FALSE MEMORY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Field Recorder Pro free?
Field Recorder Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FALSE MEMORY free?
FALSE MEMORY costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Field Recorder Pro or FALSE MEMORY?
FALSE MEMORY is rated higher. Field Recorder Pro averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while FALSE MEMORY averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Field Recorder Pro or FALSE MEMORY have ads?
Neither Field Recorder Pro nor FALSE MEMORY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Field Recorder Pro or FALSE MEMORY?
Field Recorder Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and FALSE MEMORY daily. Most recently, Field Recorder Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and FALSE MEMORY on October 11, 2026.

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