Cantus vs Audio Interface Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Cantus
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Cantus - Voicing Lab is an interactive harmony and chord-voicing tool by Nathaniel School of Music for pianists, composers, producers, and music theory students. Explore how notes move inside chords, hear voicings in context, and study color, tension, and modal relationships from the keyboard. Cantus is designed as a focused practice lab: pick a sound, inspect the voice leading, and build intuition for how harmony feels under your hands. FEATURES * Interactive chord and voicing explorer * Piano keyboard visualization * Modal and scale-based harmony practice * Voice-leading movement and pinboard-style comparison * Tone.js audio playback * Self-hosted fonts and bundled web assets * Works without an account BY NATHANIEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Built for practical harmony learning, composition practice, and deeper chord fluency.
Audio Interface Recorder
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AudioRecorder turns your iPhone or iPad into a clean, no-nonsense recorder for your USB audio interface - in the studio, at home, or on stage. Plug in your interface, choose your inputs, and capture uncompressed 24-bit WAV at your hardware's native sample rate. No conversion, no color - just your signal. Built for musicians and home studios who want a dependable capture tool without launching a full DAW. RECORD ⢠Works with any class-compliant USB audio interface ⢠Uncompressed 24-bit PCM WAV at the interface's native sample rate - never resampled ⢠Mono, stereo, or mono-sum capture ⢠Choose exactly which inputs feed Left and Right, so a multi-input interface lets you pick any two ⢠Live level meters with a peak readout and clip indicator for dialing in gain ⢠Preview the input before you commit to a take ⢠A big, unmissable record button and elapsed timer STAY IN CONTROL ⢠Live "time remaining" estimate from your free space, with a low-space warning ⢠The screen stays awake while recording, so the meters never dim ⢠Interrupted takes - a phone call, an unplugged cable - are saved as partial recordings, not lost LIBRARY ⢠Play back with scrubbing ⢠Rename, delete and organize your takes ⢠Share via AirDrop or Files, or export straight to a USB drive SETUP HELP ⢠A built-in connection guide shows exactly how to wire things up, with diagrams for both USB-C and Lightning devices WHAT YOU NEED ⢠A class-compliant USB audio interface ⢠If your iPhone or iPad has a USB-C port, then the Audio Interface will work without external power ⢠On Lightning devices, an Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter is needed and the Audio interface needs a source of external power AudioRecorder does one thing and does it cleanly: get the signal from your interface onto your device, uncompressed and intact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cantus at 15.0 against Audio Interface Recorder's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cantus ships an update every 5 days, Audio Interface Recorder every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cantus | Audio Interface Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.6 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Zachariah | RAIMONDS BLUMS |
In-app purchases
Cantus
No in-app purchases
Audio Interface Recorder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Cantus or Audio Interface Recorder have ads?
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