Impact by Focusrite vs Mobile HandyShare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impact by Focusrite
Easily create professional-sounding music videos on your iPhone. Apply high-quality audio mastering effects and edit video clips directly within the app. Share your polished creations instantly to platforms like YouTube and Facebook.
- High-quality audio mastering effects
- Plug and play audio interface support
- Direct video trimming
- Instant YouTube sharing
- Instant Facebook sharing
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Impact is the quickest and easiest way to create truly exceptional sounding music videos on your iPhone, then upload them directly to YouTube. Instantly Improve Your Sound Apply high quality post production audio mastering effects, which instantly improve the sound of your recording Use with Just About Anything Plug and play support for Core Audio Compliant iPhone audio interfaces (including Focusrite audio interfaces) Directly Edit Video Easily trim the start and end points of your video directly in the app, for a polished finish Share with the World Instantly share your recording on Facebook and YouTube – Compatible with iOS 10 and above
Mobile HandyShare
Capture high-quality stereo audio and video with your iOS device. This app is optimized for specific microphones, offering real-time monitoring and waveform display. Easily share your recordings directly to cloud services.
- Stereo high-quality audio capturing
- Real-time waveform display
- Direct cloud service uploading
- Direct monitoring function
- Input signal channel reversal
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The Mobile HandyShare app allows you to record video + high-quality audio with your iOS device. Use it with a ZOOM iQ series mic, which are designed to capture audio of the best quality with iOS devices. Moreover, you can directly upload/share your recordings from Mobile HandyShare to the Cloud file-sharing site, allowing you to bring your creations to the world over the Internet. Features ■ Stereo high quality audio capturing using with ZOOM iQ series mic. ■ Detailed and accurate audio level meter and real time waveform display. ■ Uploading / sharing to Cloud Services ■Optimized for the iQ series - Use the DIRECT MONITOR function to monitor the input signal through the headphones jack on the iQ series without latency - The left and right channels of the iQ series input signal can be reversed. For more information, please visit our website. https://zoomcorp.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mobile HandyShare at 4.0 against Impact by Focusrite's 3.1. Impact by Focusrite's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mobile HandyShare holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Impact by Focusrite has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Impact by Focusrite's written reviews are positive against 25% of Mobile HandyShare's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Impact by Focusrite ships an update every 3 months, Mobile HandyShare every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impact by Focusrite | Mobile HandyShare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (40 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focusrite Audio Engineering | ZOOM Corporation |
Customer experience
Impact by Focusrite
Mobile HandyShare
Bugs and requests
Impact by Focusrite
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when saving/exporting videos
- Video rendering gets stuck mid-process
- Screen rotation not working properly
- Record button disappears or not visible
- Audio not detected or recorded
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- External microphone causes rendering failure
- App stuck on 'rotate phone' screen
- Incompatibility with iOS 11 and later versions
- Audio/video sync issues after 1-2 minutes
- Effects not saved when exporting video
- Wireless earphone connection drops
- App freezes during normalization process
- Files cannot be accessed or opened
- Gyroscopic sensor integration failure on some devices
- Screen goes black when external mic connected
Requested features
13 requests- Portrait/vertical video recording mode
- Import videos from camera roll for editing
- Bluetooth/wireless headphone support
- Higher video resolution (1080p, 4K)
- Background recording capability
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- Video trimming/cropping improvements
- Ability to delete recorded videos
- Support for iPad recording
- Multi-track audio editing
- Custom AU effects support
- Audio-only recording option
- Audiobus integration
- Better file management and export options
Mobile HandyShare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Impact by Focusrite
No in-app purchases
Mobile HandyShare
No in-app purchases
Questions
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