Sound Meter

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good

Nice

it works well inside stadium

exactly what I was looking for, well done.

sound level are not increase when artificial noise is created

very good.

hard to use

useful for work

does not follow gdpr

Very useful. Graph is a nice feature also as it great visual history of the peaks.

super !

nice user interface. clear and easy to understand.

not working, just ads

excellent

good to experience...!!

Readily usable app.

Just works! Definitely worth the purchase. thanks people for a good app

good interface. minimal ad interception.

agood work keep it up

I I used the app to track vibrations in my room; the vibrations are caused by a kitchen extractor connected to my building. For court, I hired a professional to measure the dB. The app compared with the measurement of the professional dB meter is almost identical!

worked once

perfect for what I need it for.

app uses bottom mic; should offer choice of mic to user in settings. most phones have 3 mics, one for hands-free, one for normal, and one for noise cancellation. otherwise a simple and pleasing app to use

very easy to use. speech therapist recommended it.

So simple to elegant to use

gives me a good estimate of how loud areas are that I'm in

easy to use and works well

It is a great app and measures sound with accurate sensitivity. Thanks

Great app to calculate sound in my class

no adverts, does the job

love this app

Nice

good

💯 not sure but work good 90% likely

very good app

average working

ad wrost

Please stop begging for a review.

helps set the church sound system.

Excellent!

good

working well

Easy to use..

Good job

Nice app

so far so good...

one word - handy.

Quick and easy

I only needed a basic meter & this works very well.

Good 👍 thanks to your team 🙏

Unobtrusive banner ad st the top. Good stuff dev. 👍

Very useful app. Well designed and easy to use.

Awesome

thanks my study help my study room

Good

works marvelously, I work as sound engineer for my church, and I use this to measure the sound levels works good for me..👍

works well.. easy to operate

This was exactly what I needed, measuring how loud my wife speaks, as to my level. She, having a 24db louder speaking, I have proven my point, that her level of (speaking) is borderline yelling.

Why would this need to record my data and pass it on to third parties?

this is the best app i have ever seen

nonsense app3

Lots of vendor data collectors

does what it says. no account needed

great tool. I need to send copy of display as text. 4 stars.

good

very bad experience, there is a train noise in the room, and other noises and the app is not able to record these signals.

need to improve more than what it is now

works good.

great!

very bad

great app to prove to the neighbours that listening to Radio 4 on a Sunday evening at 60db is not unreasonably loud

good...pretty accurate

good useful

Very convenient!

good 👍. charts the DB if you need it.

Easy to use. Great tool for peace of mind in noisy environments, like my listening room;)

bad😔😔😔

fake

An excellent app. It does just what you want without any bloat.

great! wish it would also record

very useful and easy to use

A very useful productivity app for Sound engineers and a very helpful tool in the field of accoustica

good

nice app

A very handy tool to have and there is no intrusive ads

good

om

really impressed

not aqurate

not sure how to interpret data.

Ok

A very acurate meter, works well and simple to read. Excellent.

Easy to use, free, and unobtrusive ads.

works as it should

easy to use and precise readings

good app to have around

Great meter

great!

I think this is one of the worst "sound meter" I have used. The dB measurements, is much lower then it actual is.

They have opened a Disco tech near my house and the information hopefully will aid me in talking with the municipality nearby.

great for showing the kids how loud they are!

cool app. Performs better than my expectations. I will 5 star it when it gives me the ability to save the data and associate it to the source GPS location.

Doesn't work. The readings are meaningless. Android is just not able to measure the loudness.

user friendly and comparitively accuracy level is good.

it seems to be a decent app. especially for those that don't know just how loud and pressure busting ya like your music. 😀

need furter use to rate properly. but good so far.

I use this several times a week checking household appliances, a/c, car noise etc

A great app when you are a DJ and wanting to check sound levels.

-2 stars for Inaccurate readings. Installed 3 decibel readers and ran them all in the same environment (to measure a bathroom fan) this one was 5 dB lower than the other two. +1 star for ease of use / UI, +1 star for free install.

Not scientific but excellent for an idea. And you could calibrate it of course.

nice but not showing peak and average, this is good for the realtime puepose

great app, visually simple to understand. But must be able to record, review & timestamp and must be able to geo locate in recording. must be able to save output as a file on my device. Also must have schedule so it automatically starts at desired time & automatically measures and records with statistics available at end. Auto time stamping the loudest sounds in time range according to level i choose and then count the iterations duringthe time period. I am trying to measure traffic noise at 4am

Completely inaccurate.first of all it starts recording immediately so it catches things you didn't want it to catch. Secondly it picks up way too much, to the point where background movement blocks out larger sounds that you are trying to measure. Needed this for a project and it was garbage

This app seems to work but certainly gives different results than other sound measuring apps on the phone. I guess none of them are professional grade. However, for relative comparison I guess this works well. I have to press the buttons to pause and restart slightly below the actual icon on the phone on S24 (?) - took some time to figure that out. When you reset it I wish it would not just start immediately and rather let you start it vs just starting by itself immediately, or have that option.

seems okay except that the calibration is probably wrong, the sound I was measuring was coming in low mid 70s when it should have been low 90s. tried calib but wouldn't go high enough to measure test at 90+- should be "A weighting". the interface looks nice but I cannot trust it because of this calibration issue.

Works great. I can calibrate the microphone, pause the sample, and it also gives an average dB value. Unfortunetely though, it is a bit aggressive in the ads, polluting the interface and snagging about "rate me". I was also once redirected to an ad site without touching the ad bar. Two stars lost for uncomfortable ads.

We had installed 3-75 Ton air rotation units @ 30,000 cfm each, in a large mfg plant. I used the Sound Meter app to check decibels at each filter rack (filter racks were inside the building) while running full speed. All three were within a 2-3 decibel range, letting me know all were performing as designed when on high speed.

Nice app. Used two days in a row for 8 hour/day and no crashes, unlike another app I tried. Two improvement ideas...a timer that goes beyond 59:59. As is cannot prove that data was derived over an 8 hour period. The other is the ability to save the data.

Does what it says. Plus it has a nice feature that gives a comparison for the sound level (like "quiet office" or "conversation") which gives a neat, quick benchmark for noise level. Minimal ads, not intrusive. Huge bonus.

Very accurate. I did one of the tractors and it read 75 - 85db in cab as per specifications. I'm going to use it at the cinema next time I'm at a noisy flick. It used to leave a coloured dot showing the highest decibel but since the last review they've removed that. When something is working to perfection, leave it alone. This lot would try to better the wheel.

It does what you'd expect. But, it's usually 10db different then the other sound app I have on my phone. I'm not sure which is correct, especially since this app mentions manual calibration which you wouldn't need if it was correct. Right? I haven't read their security policy yet to see what they do with their recordings.

Need more graph /dB data display control. Adjust scale and duration. Possibly have a data collection option for longer review in a spreadsheet at a later time. Add ability to insert comments into data collection. Use long data collection to analyze sleeping and snorimg overnight.

Wish they'd tell us what's in the updates. , I hate Blindly updating apps. Very nice little sound meter. Once I calibrated it to read 0 in a totally noise free atmosphere, it seems to work fairly well. It's not a super high tech sound meter, but for a quick reference of sound levels, it does the job very nicely. I like that you can pull a list of noise levels up for reference and it has a dark theme / skin. keep up the good work.

It needs a way to tare or zero out constant background noise like fans so that they do not affect the average. Also would be nice have a larger stop vs on setting so that conversation can take place between captures of the sound. There is a reset function, but the button is tiny on a phone.

This is a handy (very) app to measure sound pressures in everyday situations. You may find damaging levels of noise where you'd least suspect it and safe (sometimes just borderline) where you'd think it would be harmful. I carry earplugs 24/7 and have good hearing at 66 in site of years of construction and noisy kids. This is handy tool to point out to others how to protect their one set of personal microphones.

Measures sound. Doesn't try to be anything else. Perfection Odds are that you aren't getting absolute calibrated audio levels from this app but the relative values that it returns are accurate and consistent with itself. A distant church bell will always have the same audio level when measured from the same place. If you want something with a lot more functionality try "Spectroid" by Carl Reinke which is fully functional audio spectrum analyzer.

My PC fans were making noise, so I decided to test the noise level on each fan using this app. Suddenly, my phone started to play music. I checked and the only app that was playing music was this sound level app. When I closed the app, the music stopped. When I opened the app, the music started again. I suspect that this was due to ads. What I'm trying to test noise levels I can't have music playing. So I uninstalled.

The app pop-ups are annoying. There should be a way to pay to remove all the adds. It is very good other than that. I prefer to test apps with adds to see if it would be worth paying for, there should be that option.

Complete garbage app. The update frequency is slower than competing apps and the sound level is totally wrong, usually 15-25 dB lower than reality. plus at lower volumes it fails to detect any sound. Install two or three other similar apps and compare the sound levels if you are in doubt.

Originally purchased for simple curiosity, the app has provided an unexpected benefit. With the app, I can tell when certain pieces of equipment are running properly, or maybe not running at all -- even through adjacent walls. The difference of 10-15 dB can be significant. Some contractors are starting to agree with me. Thanks.

I used this app at place of work to check the sound level of a new Machine on a floor above a dictating room. It works great. Also I used it to check the sound level of a work environment where workers thought their machines made to much noise and they needed hearing protection.

Okay this app used to work fine and had a pretty decent interface, but now it just keeps playing some stupid royalty free song, like a song that would be in a Disney movie? I have no idea why it's doing this, can't record the sound levels like this. Deleting the app now

This is a great app. I tend to speak too loud, always have. I am getting worse as I get older. Lol. This is not over burdened with ads, just discrete banner ads at top of screen. There are various options to consider, one records sounds on moving graph, another has analog speedometer type, which conveniently shows a high spot, and an average, I think, but allows a quick glance at sounds recorded. There is also a reset and pause, and the screen can be locked on. All in all a great app.

I am very deaf and use a hearing aid which can vary it's effectiveness. I often have conflicts with others in our household on how high the sound is set on radio or TVs. The sound meter setles the problem. Would like to have a standard reference included but that may be too much to expect.

I'm a sound guy who uses this app to make sure my hands output is reasonable and that is different for every venue they play. When we're playing a venue....bar it's about the customers being able to have a good time and converse! Not about the band. You make customers happy, you make owners happy! We are on our 5th appearance at this particular venue, Bottomless Brewery (Finger Lakes Region!) We are invited back for 3 more this season! Thanks to you my new favoritis tool Sound Meter App!

This app rocks. Being an instrument technician with process control, This sound app has really opened my eyes to the measurement of sound. Frequency levels and amplification of sound will definitely be the lead to victory with any forms of communication. any language (?) translated inverted or converted via sound communication. Analog to digital or visa versa Don't be afraid to find me. And if You know how to. I am here to help. What you don't hear someone else can. 🙉

I don't need 500 characters to tell you that this app is horrible. But since I have some characters left I shall explain, when I was yelling at the phone it thought I was in a library. Another instance was when my friend sitting right next to the phone whistled very loudly and it said that that was the sound of silent talking. Clearly this app just makes up a decibel and roll with it, not to mention they asked me to rate their app every time I've closed it! Which is only been three times!!! #500

It's off by a lot. Doesn't help that it's using a cellphone mic, but still, it's a bit ridiculous to see a reading of 41 dB ("quiet library") in a tiled bathroom with the fan on. I'd estimate it's about 25 dB too low, but I don't know for sure... if I did know how much it's off by, I wouldn't be using this app.

Overall it did what it said on the tin, and worked perfectly for what I needed it for if you need a sound meter to check your dB's or whatever sound you want to measure you will be happy with this app. And it's totally free if you don't mind a small banner advert at the top of your screen, I hardly noticed it. Great sound measurement app totally recommend it if you need it lol.

Awesome app !!! I was considering buying a sound level meter to measure the noise of my motorcycle exhausts and horns... Many of the reviews mentioned that a simple app on your phone was more accurate, so I figured it was worth a try.....very happy with the way this works .....I also downloaded their digital compass and it's so much better than the last one that I tried it's hard to believe how much better it is... !!!

I did a test comparing multiple decibel meter apps (including this one) and it is duly noted that this app in particular was off by at least 10 decibels. For the test, I sat in the same spot, with machines running constantly. This app appears to be one of the outliers. No disrespect towards the developer, but the meter seems to be inaccurate, at least in accordance with the process of elimination.

Seems fine. Has a graph and the actual number. Not sure how frequently it samples, seems 2 or 3 times a second. Nice description of the different sound levels. 60 decimal shows as normal conversation. I'm using it to check alarm clock volumes so far they're all 60-decibel; seems pretty low. Already returned two clocks as too quiet to disturb my slumber. Hope this one works better.

Works as advertised and seems accurate. I like how it gives reference points for sounds so you can gauge just how loud or quiet your ambient sounds are. Our minds are good at blocking out sound, so it's difficult to tell when noise levels get to dangerous limits and this app definitely helps. It even has a oscilloscope to show rhythmic variation in noise levels, and it comes in handy for ear safety when I use heavy machinery.

Great implementation of a fantastic idea. Would be good to see lyrics of songs if noise is music so you can see which part of the song is registering.. perhaps with the word being sung highlited as it is sung . But that'll probably be taxing on the processing power. It would make an excellent marker for what instantaneous sound is actually being shown on the metre.

The app is just amazing, I would recommend using an external microphone for more accurate reading, but without it also it is quite accurate. User interface is also simple and user friendly. Great for you if you want to maintain healthy ears. You can monitor what all sounds are you hearing daily and at what intensity.

Constant Google ad but that's a small price to pay for the added functionality this app provides my brief testing shows it to be accurate enough for personal use on my note10+. The graphing, polling interval option and background colour options are valuable all that's missing for me is a raw text output to file and the option to keep logging in the background

Less than a ⭐: Because, Absolutely incorrect readings showing either at source or away from it. We checked randomly, even at high level noise it was showing less than 80db. At where one can't listen to other person with in a meter, there also it was showing 70db. Totally not calibrated one. Rebuild this app otherwise doesn't make sense. Some receives might have given ven by Those who don't know about noise measuring.

Inaccurate. I downloaded several apps that measure sound level. They were all within 2-3dB of each other except for this one. This one was consistently 10dB lower than all the others. I don't know for sure this one is wrong and the others are right, but it's the outlier.

Exactly what I needed. For some online classes, I needed to check my background noise level. The sound level descriptions were much more meaningful for me than just numbers. The live graph was also helpful, to get a sense of how common noises might affect the audio too. I wanted to make sure I was respectful of others in the class, and now I have better confidence in that.

App is good but there are many like these, if developer could ring an alarm Bell or Beep and/or flash light when the sound meter detects sounds above certain configurable value by the user then it becomes really helpful and I believe there are no such apps by far having this USP feature... In a house when people talk loudly, this should remind that volume need to be kept low so others in house/vicinity are not disturbed...

This app has totally failed me. I wanted to be a big nerd at the drag races & measure the sound level of the cars. I was standing no more than 30ft from the starting line and probably less than 20ft from the burnout line. The cars were loud enough to shake your insides, but the meter never went past 85.11dB. I guess this app works for quiet things and moderate noise but not for hearing damaging things. I'm disappointed.

Good that the app is free and ads are non intrusive, but I seriously question the accuracy of the app though, especially considering different models of device have different microphone configurations and calibrations. On my Samsung, 70db is probably closer to 85db. I know there is an option to change the calibration which is a good thought, but since dB is exponential, you can't simply add/subtract a set amount of dB.

While this sound meter has a calibration option, it comes with no instructions on how to calibrate it. I took it outside to measure the insane volume of the cicada swarm around my house... and it told me they were like a "quiet office". Lol! Um... No. I don't have to shout to people a few feet away from me in a quiet office.

Works great with one BIG exception: it maxes out around 88 db. This is even when I know the level is exceeding 100 db. (As verified by a real audio meter) The main reason I downloaded this app was to check the actual levels in my car for example and in factories with excessive noise levels. Up to around 84 db it appears reasonably accurate.

The app is very simple to use and has a clear readout. As a former Noise and Vibration engineer (Weir Pumps, Glasgow), I would agree with other reviews that it under-reads somewhat. I tried it on some plumbers channeling the wall with a power tool and it reported 80db - I'd have estimated it a bit higher than that - closer to 90db (beyond the range at which you could've held a shouted conversation). But useful nonetheless for comparing noise levels.

Great app! I've relied on it plenty over the years to give me accurate results. I've used it for measuring sound decibels I'd like to mask while shopping for a white-noise machine, like YogaSleep's "Marpac Dohm Sound Machine," which I desperately needed to drown out barking dogs that keep me up at night. Or I'll use it when testing appliances out, like our dehumidifier I checked the noise level of before deciding to keep it.

I got this sound pressure meter app to check on sound levels in my home, @ my church & @ several other places that I frequent. It works very well, shows both analog & digital scales. The apps language is English. I don't recall seeing any ads while the app was running.

This a very useful Sound Meter. It could be a great detector if the data could be logged in a spread sheet and tagged with date and time. I especially appreciated the writer's honest caution regarding microphone calibration. For my use that is a capability I don't need as I am interested only in a relative record. (I am not collecting evidence.)

●●This is a G▪R▪E▪A▪T APP! The "left handed" controls option feature IMPRESSED ME beyond belief. NEVER GET RID OF THIS & Keep this for other products. Could YOU could make it so the INPUT can be changed to switch BETWEEN Mic & Internal Sources. Even if the phone/tablet mic wasn't as accurate (could be separately calibrated??) It could turn into a PROFESSIONAL TOOL that could be used on the job. Also, LANDSCAPE MODE for use on a tablet is a absolute MUST. This would make it much more USEFUL!

This sound meter is extremely sensitive to sound. If you've always wondered how loud is this, how loud is that ? Or you feel that the neighbors music is way too high or that neighbor down the street, their party is too loud, or before embarrassing yourself by calling the police for a noise complaint. Use this meter to get a idea on just how loud any and all sounds are. I simply love this app, for its simplicity and accuracy when sound really counts. No intrusive Ads !

Trying to find a noise meter that worked every time, worked consistently & quickly was difficult, but here it is. Several of these utilities are good. The bad ones outnumber the good. Then there's the group this app is in. Well, not sure if you can call it a 'group' since this one is sitting alone on top of the gold medal platform where the apps that out-perform all others are and ain't no one else very close! THANK YOU!

It would be perfect if it combined everything that is displayed in the decibel list and graph view into just one view. For example, place the low, average and high coloured dots on the meter also in the graph view. Why is it only in the list view? Weird design choice. Another smaller issue is that the elapsed time position changes between the two views for no reason also, just keep it to the left under the meter, in the list view it is obscured by the meter needle. Also, let us pay for no ads

This is the only sound monitoring app I use on any phone. Others seem like they "adjust" to the level of sound, and even if I add noise they'll stay around 40-50db. This is the only one that doesn't seem to do that, and it will show me the peaks which seem to be quite accurate. This will definitely help protect you from hearing damage. Plus, the UI is the best I've seen; nice, basic, and easy to read quickly.

Does a decent job. The chart graph is useful. It is limited by the precision of the small microphone inside the smartphone though. It goes down to only 20 dB. Useful for getting an idea of how loud traffic or subway is. Useful for checking noise in car at highway speed or in plane with seat near wing turbine. Ok for trying to diagnose what is the noisy cooler inside PC. Overall OK and useful.

A great decibel meter, I love it. I would like to suggest an upgrade to the plot; Could the plot be colored white when the decibel level is below the red threshold (0-80dB) and red otherwise. It would be a great visual representation since the absolute red color doesn't clearly represent the analog meter color coding.

Great! Movie theater advertisements/previews were loud! Downloaded and installed this app to see if it was louder than what's recommended for hearing safety (it wasn't that loud; under 80 decibels--I must just be old). Worked like a charm! Would like to see historical data, if only just max decibels for a day when used, if possible, for future updates. Great app! Thanks, dev team!

Inaccurate and invasive: It seemed like it works ok, but readings seem a bit high- I can speak (not shouting) at 85dB? Maybe my phone lacks sensitivity. Also it's giving me push ads. I don't mind ads when I go to use app, but monitoring my activity to advertise to me in a pop up every half hour or so is going a bit too far.

Great easy to use and fairly accurate app(depending upon the microphone of the device you are using). The thing I love the most is that it does not irritate you wuth ads, instead it gives you an option to see an ad. I know the devs have to earn money somehow, so its a great feature. I always watch the ad when available.

Outside a great deal of time so the air is filled with lots of music. App has a very cool black/white background & multi-color options which saves the eyes. Love the compact all in one design plus extra features.. you'll see once you download it. Love it! Highly recommended this sound meter.

App cannot override detection limits of microphone and sounds above ~67db as indicated on the meter. I got this app to test volumes in movie theaters and meter would remain pegged and failed to determine volumes beyond built in leveling limits of the phones recording delimiters. I suspect that this would be an issue with most, if not all phones.

Not accurate at all. Youre in a really loud bar with music & the needle only hits like 65db.(quiet conversation) this same app used to be very accurate; maybe the hearing aid companies got to them and convinced them to make every super loud noise register in the 'safe' Zone to make sure all of us need hearing aids in our 20s instead of 80s.

Perfect app for voice and guitar practice, and measuring my son's crying when he won't sleep. Interface is ugly but I dont care. Skins would be fun though. The best part is the real time line graph to monitor your progress (and improvement.) I do wish there was a notice on how decibels actually work, e.g sound intensity vs. sound pressure, limitations of the measurement. That educational component is fun and useful in contextualizing the data. Otherwise, A+ for this app!

I am impressed!! One thing that I ESPECIALLY like is that this app uses my phone's built-in microphone even if I have my Bluetooth headset turned on -- which saves me the inconvenience of having to turn off the headset to use the app. Good thinking, developers!! Now, if only it had the option to turn the display upside-down - that way the display would appear righside-up to me when I'm holding my phone to point the microphone outward.

It's easy to use and has a very clear display. It would be nice if it had some way of saving the readings, for example a screen shot capability. The developer notes that Android devices limit maximum values and that sounds over ~90dB may not be recognized, important to know.

The app is OK, for what it does. But it has been out since 2015, and should be fleshed out more. It needs selectable weighting curves, it needs to record samples to allow comparisons. Very good that it allows calibration, but should include a how to calibrate. With the above additions it would be worth a no ad paid version.

Could use an option for auto-calibrating devices with a test tone or something so it's more consistent from device to device. A calibration tool for a Bluetooth mic would be awesome as well. It would get 5 stars if it had those 2 things, but it would deserve 6 if it had environment settings and LPF/HPF that could focus the measurement on a specific range of frequencies .

Analog, digital, and graphic displays all together, very usable. Instructions in broken English, a little hard to parse. Notes meter accuracy dependent on the phone like. Does not suggest how bad, and no suggestions for calibration. If cap is important, need suggestions for non-professional users.

SO FAR I like this sound meter, however I have to run it next to my Amprobe SM-20(ANALOG) and my Fluke-945 (DIGITAL) to check its authenticity as relevant to reliability! In regards to ADS in the app, any ad is disruptive but these are really not in anyones way, but yes there are ads! What I REALLY DON'T LIKE in this tool is icons that lead me into other apps (compass, vibration meter) that I REALLY DON'T want added in my sound meter app!! BUT, I do like having this sound meter tool in my phone, that way as a professional audio engineer and drummer I always have a sound meter with me!!!😁

Very useful! Though I haven't checked the reading accuracy (though it states very clearly that it's not a perfect dB reader). I would like to measure sound levels with the screen off, and without it ruining the lowest recorded dB level. I would also love to be able to make and export basic logs of results. ...Thanks for a great app!

Great app, precise enough to hear the difference between my refrigerator running and not - from 20 feet away. I'll be using this at our next band practice to get ambient dB levels. Doesn't provide unnecessary/undesirable functions. A bare bones app that does exactly what it should, at a very tiny size, 1.43 MB if I recall

I think it's so cool. Last night I was in a very noisy but upscale restaurant. It was hard to have a conversation. So I took out my phone and opened this app. It was reading about 80 decibels! My only complaint is that there are no instructions on how exactly to calibrate this. I see the numerical reading and then I'm supposed to plus or minus a number. What number? And where do I go to do this calibration? An absolutely quit place like a closet?If you post the instructions in the app I will give a 5 star rating.