Reviews of Spike Recorder

By: Backyard Brains App

List of user reviews and ratings for Spike Recorder

Total ratings

3.40 (Rating count: 17)

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Review summary

Users praise Spike Recorder for easy use, strong educational value, and its ability to turn iPads into an oscilloscope, especially when paired with SpikerBox, at an affordable price. However, several drawbacks are noted: reliability glitches that can affect data, compatibility and feature gaps on iOS and other platforms, and missing in-app features like the experiments tab. Overall, it’s a valuable educational tool with notable platform and stability caveats.

Pros

Easy to use interface and overall usability (appears across multiple reviews).
Strong educational value as a teaching tool for neuroscience and lab activities.
Turns iPad/iPhone into a useful oscilloscope/ lab instrument, enabling hands-on experiments.
Inexpensive option for classroom use and accessible to younger learners.
Good integration with the SpikerBox hardware, enhancing classroom demonstrations.

Cons

Reliability issues including glitches and occasional data-point loss.
Platform compatibility and feature gaps on iOS (older/newer iOS versions, headphone-jack considerations, limited functionality) and cross-platform limitations.
Missing features such as the experiments tab/section within the app, indicating incomplete functionality.

User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.00

All time rating average: 3.40

5 star

20% (2)

Date	Author	Comment
2021-10-07	Wh*****	The app is really just not great. It has frequent glitches, and often fails to hold data points.
The app is really just not great. It has frequent glitches, and often fails to hold data points.
2021-02-27	ge*****	i am using this app for a project i'm doing but it only shows the recording button on IOS and i the spiker box does not have a plug in for the newer IOS versions that do not have a headphone plug in i then tried getting the app on Chromebook and it only showed the recording button the only solution was looking for my old android phone which has all the options and setting and recording so i guess this app only works for android phones. PLEASE WORK ON YOUR APP i spent hours trying to figure something out terrible and stressful experience and please add a ios plug in for the newer versions that do not have a headphone plug in thank you...
i am using this app for a project i'm doing but it only shows the recording button on IOS and i the spiker box does not have a plug in for the newer IOS versions that do not have a headphone plug in i then tried getting the app on Chromebook and it only showed the recording button the only solution was looking for my old android phone which has all the options and setting and recording so i guess this app only works for android phones. PLEASE WORK ON YOUR APP i spent hours trying to figure something out terrible and stressful experience and please add a ios plug in for the newer versions that do not have a headphone plug in thank you...
2019-08-13	Jo*****	Hi! To whom this may concern, my professor and I were hoping to do an experiment as outlined on the Backyard Brains Experiments website, which uses grasshoppers and this app to create a fixation cross/dot etc. etc. you can find the outline via their website. However, the “experiments” tab as shown the website is not present in the app. We were hoping to find out why this “experiments” function is missing, and whether it might be implemented/added back in so that we may perform this experiment! Thanks, -Joon
Hi! To whom this may concern, my professor and I were hoping to do an experiment as outlined on the Backyard Brains Experiments website, which uses grasshoppers and this app to create a fixation cross/dot etc. etc. you can find the outline via their website. However, the “experiments” tab as shown the website is not present in the app. We were hoping to find out why this “experiments” function is missing, and whether it might be implemented/added back in so that we may perform this experiment! Thanks, -Joon
2017-02-17	Sh*****	This interface is incredible and we are using the Backyard Brains Spikerboxes in a kinesiology lab for visual feedback on neural stimulation. So very cool!
This interface is incredible and we are using the Backyard Brains Spikerboxes in a kinesiology lab for visual feedback on neural stimulation. So very cool!
2013-11-14	Do*****	This little gizmo is not only an excellent teaching tool, but it is an inexpensive device that can convert your iPad into a very useful oscilloscope! Thank you folks very much for your efforts to bring hands on complicated education to a younger audience whose brains can handle it. You are spot on! Peace, Mark
This little gizmo is not only an excellent teaching tool, but it is an inexpensive device that can convert your iPad into a very useful oscilloscope! Thank you folks very much for your efforts to bring hands on complicated education to a younger audience whose brains can handle it. You are spot on! Peace, Mark
2013-08-16	Ni*****	Unbelievable science at your fingertips!
Unbelievable science at your fingertips!
2011-12-05	jr*****	Neuroscience on your iPhone! Nothing better!
Neuroscience on your iPhone! Nothing better!
2011-03-24	ja*****	Combined with the spiked box, this app is amazing. Easy to use while still effective. My students thank you!
Combined with the spiked box, this app is amazing. Easy to use while still effective. My students thank you!
2011-02-14	ch*****	The app is easy to use and a great addition to making an iphone a useful recording device and instrument for lab experiments.
The app is easy to use and a great addition to making an iphone a useful recording device and instrument for lab experiments.
2010-07-13	Br*****	Great app when combined with the SpikerBox.
Great app when combined with the SpikerBox.