RØDE Reporter 4+

This app is good, but one thing I have a huge problem with is the delete icon being just under the play button. When I record audio out in the cold or if my fingers are shaky it’s way too easy to delete the audio recordings when you try to play them back. It needs either a ‘recently deleted’ section or an ‘are you sure you want to delete this file?’ prompt. I can’t seem to send feedback via the Rode website either.

This was my favourite iOS recording app until this update. I would use it to instruct remote podcasts guests with a mailout TRRS Lav mic to record themselves. However the latest update has made the manual gain control when using external mics way too hot, I’m having to turn my deity v.lav down to zero gain and at that setting the app has introduced a brickwall limiter at -12dB which looks fine until you listen to the audio afterwards, lots of clipping and distortion. Hopefully they can fix this and it’s not an ‘intentional’ ‘improvement’ because there’s no way I can rely on this in its current state.

I’ve just bought a Rode SC6-L Interview kit and got this app as it’s the recommended one. Recording 2 voices, it’s super clear but every 10 seconds or so there’s a crackle that lasts for a second or so. It sounds a bit like the distortion you get if the input gain is too high on a desk. In this case it doesn’t matter whether the voice is loud or quiet. So I’ve tried three other apps and the recordings are great - which is a relief as I can now check out the hardware for its intended purpose. As it stands the app is unusable. I’ve mentioned the iPhone model (XSMax) as someone on Rode’s site said it didn’t work with an iPhone XR. I wonder if it’s the app in that case too.