Records and analyzes neurons and muscle activity from your Spikerbox
About Spike Recorder
Spike Recorder is an education app developed by Backyard Brains.
Download Statistics
Spike Recorder has been downloaded 21 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 98 times.
User Ratings
Spike Recorder is rated 2.60 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 75 ratings.
App Information
Spike Recorder is FREE to download. The APK download size is 10.75 MB. The latest version available is 1.9.0.1. The last update was on April 10, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Spike Recorder requires Android 4.2+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2011.
Description
When was the first time you heard the sound of a brain cell? Was it in elementary school, high school, or college? Chances are your answer is "never," as we neuroscientists have typically had to go to major research universities and use expensive equipment to learn about and investigate the brain.
With the SpikerBox (available open-source from http://backyardbrains.com) you can now listen to living neurons from insects. With this android app, you can view what the spikes of neurons look like and record it to your phone for later analysis. What used to take up a whole room you now have in your hand, and for cheap. Think of it!
Our first Android release includes both long continuous and threshold views, and you can also tell us about the first time you heard a neuron that updates directly on our website. Join the Neuro-Converts! Do let us know us know about your experiments.
Note: The application normally picks up input through your Android's built-in microphone. If you want to plug directly into your SpikerBox, or any audio device, you need a custom male-to-male headphone cable (a normal one won't work), available from our website. It has to do with routing an output channel to an input channel. We also have instructions if you want to build one yourself.
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Great app I was wondering if there are any other apps out there that are good for studying neuroscience?
★★★★★A Google User· May 1, 2012
Awesome!!! Really sweet, my kids love it!!!
★★★★★god like long arm man· Jun 24, 2012
Wonderful Useful app to go along with your product the Spikevax
★★★★☆A Google User· Aug 19, 2014
Super app I am using this app to visualize EMG muscle sensor output. They should include other features such as FFT and some basic features
★☆☆☆☆カッリ· Apr 2, 2023
App cannot import .wav files recorded on other devices and really clunky to use
★☆☆☆☆T Weissman· Jan 27, 2023
Trying to get this to work with Muscle Spiker Shield to work for a high school class, but the app keeps crashing as soon as it opens.
★★☆☆☆Robert Vallie· Mar 26, 2017
Doesn't tell you how what all the different functions mean and how to set different things. Resting potential for neurons is at about -60 mV, but starting threshold was at 0 and the amplitude scale is at .42 (in this photo, and doesn't show how to change that...)? Very vague, and a little frustrating.
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Technologies used by Spike Recorder
Spike Recorder is requesting 12 permissions and is using 8 libraries.
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