Ferrite

Ferrite is a multitrack recorder and editor for iPhone and iPad. Wooji Juice makes it. It is not a host. Open the app, tap once, and you are recording, like a voice memo that can take several mics. You bookmark flubs while you talk. Later you assemble clips on up to 32 tracks, strip silence, duck music, then export a file to your host, Dropbox, or Mail. Pro adds noise reduction, auto levelling, EQ, compression, templates, and chapters. There is no Mac or Windows version.

It is for journalists and field reporters who finish a package on the train. It is for weekly hosts who ditched a computer and edit on an iPad, often with an Apple Pencil. It is not for a remote guest who only clicks a browser link. It is not for a Windows desk. Phone calls can interrupt a take. That is an iOS limit, not a Ferrite bug.

What people praise is speed on speech. Jason Snell at Six Colors has edited The Incomparable in it for years and still prefers it to Logic for podcasts. Strip silence, tighten gaps, and 2x playback while you cut come up again and again. The Sweet Setup and MacStories writeups treat it as a full production bench, not a toy. App Store regulars say version 3 cleaned the layout. Features can hide until you read the in-app guide.

The later pain is the island. Free recordings and projects are duration-capped. Pro is a one-time buy, then a paid bump when a major version lands. Projects live on the device. Moving to a second iPad means an archive export. You still upload the finished file to a host. Built-in iPad mics are mono. Several mics need a real interface, and Pro.

Install from the App Store, record a short real take, then make a project. Try strip silence on that take before you pay. If it fits, buy Ferrite 3 Pro. Build a template for the show. Turn on Airplane Mode and Do Not Disturb before a serious interview. Export the full-quality file, and keep a project archive.

Ferrite is a spoken-word studio in your pocket. The deal is one paid unlock and no monthly rent. If you needed a computer editor or a publisher, people already stay elsewhere. If the iPad is the desk, this is the usual vote.