Spike Recorder app icon with the Backyard Brains wheelbarrow brain

Free app

Spike Recorder

Connect any SpikerBox and watch live neural spikes appear on screen. Record, replay, and analyze electrical signals from real biological tissue.

Capabilities

Record and analyze in real time

Every platform, one app

Spike Recorder connects to every SpikerBox and streams live electrode data at up to 10 kHz. Built-in spike detection and spectrogram tools.

Illustration of a neural spike train

Yes. Spike Recorder is completely free to download and use on all supported platforms. There are no subscriptions or in-app purchases.