AudioTools - dB, Sound & Audio App Reviews

Being for the ipad it is very convenient and easy to use. Fast and easier than pulling out the old laptop. Using the internal mic of my iPad 3 it appears to be very accurate. Easily save graphs to compare later. Hopefully Andrew comes out with a waterfall graph soon. Using the FFT module to adjust and flatten out my sub as it has the 1/12 and lower octave measurement to eq my sub more precisely.

I am amazed at the capabilities in this package. Great support when I had a minor problem. Keep up the great work Andrew!

The tools are very useful. The recorder however is completely and utterly unreliable. I am unable to save the recordings and have now lost some critical audio recordings. If you want an audio recorder, is is NOT the app to use. Its ability to effectively save files is not there, I just lost a recording now again...so not impressed! Some of the other tools I like and are useful. Unfortunately as an all round fully functional app this doesnt quite capture it for me!

The basic app will set you back $5. After that everything is extra and not inexpensive. Poor value.

I was very disappointed to see that after spending $10 on the app that most additional features over the lite version and other similar apps powered by studio6 software are still only available through in app purchases. Stay away and use the lite versions unless you intend to fork over a lot more money.

Im a professional sound technician who tunes cinema sound systems. This app saved me carrying an RTA and SPL meter and it was amazing. Thats no more, now they constantly update the app with very expensive in app purchases and new calibrations. The updates wipe your calibrations and replace them with settings that wont work, unless you buy their EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE mic. The SPL in particular needs to be set with another meter after EVERY UPDATE!!!!!! Picture this, you fly to a remote location, start testing sound and notice the readings are way off. Then you notice there was an automatic update that reset your calibration and your meter is now wrong. Its not just SPL, the RTA curve shows bass levels 12db high at 30hz. Try setting up a dozen sub woofers in cinemas with no way to measure the output. I was a huge fan of this app and company but now I have to tell you, save your money! There are other sound apps out there, they are so much cheaper and wont leave you hanging.

Smaart live is working perfectly and is killing it specially now that I can use the split screen on my iPad Pro!! Keep up the great work (maybe a favorite app fast access thing would be nice)

New version never opened on ios7. Crashes on startup. Not useful when you need it everyday. App was ok with some problems, now its not even working anymore !!!

An exquisite package! Sweet for ears and worth each penny.

Generator Cracks sound, use air play apple tv, check problem plz

It doesnt work fine with alesis io dock Very slow graphic response time

This is an incredibly handy suite of software, well put together, great attention to technical detail, and can solve all kinds of problems from adjusting the tone of PA systems to finding feedback and judging acoustics. The tone generator has almost everything you can imagine short of an impulse tick…and that’s included in the Delay Finder section. Even the included “Radio Shack” SPL meter is right on the money. Clearly, these guys know what they’re doing. I used to work with Audio Precision System One test sets, Audio Control RTAs, and Sound Technology testers, and if you had told me you could get this much power for this money and fit it in your pocket, I would have thought you were dreaming. Particularly nice they can bypass the high-pass filter in an iPhone 4S and adjust gain…too bad Apple isn’t letting them do that in the 6S, apparently.

The best application for sound treatment and analysis for iOS. Professional grade. Better than the competition by far. Easy to use. Excellent price for the bundle.

I purchased v2.0 several years ago, and Ive added modules as I need. (Ive had years of amateur work in sound, and have no association w/ the developer: this is a Real Review of a remarkable, stable App.) This suite of sound measurement tools works very well, and replaces 2 cubic feet of gear that would cost about 10 times as much. You have to adapt to the tiny size of the control knobs if you use an iPhone rather than an iPad, but its top notch. The limitation is if you have to do sound measurements for a legal procedure that requires calibration: talk to the developer: Andrew Smith is really helpful.) AudioTools is reasonably priced for the basic unit, but the in-app purchase add-ons can quickly add up quickly over $100. With that stated upfront, its best to buy the basic kit for $19.99, and add tools as needed. Audiotools is a remarkably well-designed pro-grade set of audio tools. So far, (first on an iPhone 3G, now with a 5S, with the latest version of iOS 9.xx), its reliable with repeatable readings, and has never crashed or frozen. It is adjusted for the frequency response of the internal mic, and a calibrated external mic is available, at a fair price (about $200, I think. If that sounds like a lot of money, look up high quality sound level meters So, if you need and/or can use this variety of tools (with frequent improvements), go for it. If you just need a good SPL meter, Studio Six Digital sells a stand-alone analog or digital meter that are nice (included in the full set, so dont buy lots of the separate tools if you think you will want the $19.99 set). The RTA (Real Time Analyzer) tool is a graph of SPL levels in each frequency band. Yes, it costs more than 99 cents, but its a lot better and less expensive than any cheap apps Ive used. I used the RTA yesterday to measure the noise frequencies from a new refrigerator, to design sound absorption. We are talking Cool AND Useful, (impresses friends and professionals, and lets you track down and correct those funny sounds from the music system, fridge, car, furnace, ducts, AC unit, etc. that make you crazy). This is the Real Deal, and inexpensive enough to design home or professional sound systems and sound absorption/ correction. This is really useful, if you are anyway into sound production or sound control.

Dont get this app, its a waste of money. Most of the content you still have to pay to get and the stuff that you do have access to is terrible to navigate through. This app seems like a 5 year old developed it, definitely not anyone with experience in the audio industry. Smh. COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

From the screen shot to the poor rta that come stock this thing is a ruse. I would not trust my reputation on either of the stock modules you get. They may claim you get this that and the other thing. What you essentially get is their "analog" spl meter the (digital version costs more), lol. The rta using the built in mic is laughable. He does throw in a decent calculator though. So to recap so far, the big three he offers for sale can easily be had for free in the app store. Another ploy he pulls is giving you a free module that will only work with an outboard piece of gear. The cost of those couldnt be determined as the page would not come up on the site. Pretty big red flag to me anyway. I dont mind paying for quality. I do quality work and get paid quality wages. I dont have have one sound system displayed on my web page and show up with something else, and then say oh, you didnt read the fine print. You dont get that with your purchase, I call that deception. What he is selling is a gadget. If you want to get what you think you are getting, you had better open up your wallet wide because it is going to cost you. In summery, there is NOTHING in the initial purchase that cant be found elsewhere for less or free. If you are the sort that has to have everything, an app addict if you will, then you have found a bottomless honey hole.

After the latest update, my paid version now crashes when the paid FFT function is started. Cant recommend until this is fixed. Refund?

Had the app for about 9 months and the bugs seem to only get worse. Most annoying: cracks & pops passed to amp w/o the app even running, constant crashes, iaudiointerface 1 unable to sustain mic acceptance w/ iPhone. They seem to offer frequent updates but dont seem to correct the problems. Dont know if interface2 is any better.

When I bought this app over a year ago, it was pretty much the only one of its kind on the store. Now there are lots of competing ones, so I cant comment if this is the best or how it compares. I am a musician, and I use this app to gain a better grasp of the sounds around me. I quiz myself, guessing how many decibels a certain sound is, and checking my answer against the SPL meter, or trying to envision how the EQ is shaped when I listen to music, and checking it against the RTA. I use the pink noise generator with the RTA to get a flat sound from my PA when I am performing without a professional soundman. For all of these applications, this app has been an enormous asset. But the most helpful thing of all is in restoring my sanity-- about a year ago, I attended a very loud concert, and stupidly removed my ear plugs during the set. My ears were ringing for a few days, and I was afraid that I had given myself permanent tinnitus. Still hearing a faint high pitched noise at night in my bedroom a month later, I was convinced my hearing was done for. However, thanks to the RTA on this app, I was able to discover that there actually *is* a high pitched whine in my bedroom, and its not coming from my ears. It turns out that the frequency which is spiking, around 20khz, twice the volume of the nearby background noise frequencies, is precisely the pitch that I had feared was tinnitus. You cant imagine my relief, and for that, this app certainly deserves my highest rating! Now, if I could only figure out what is actually causing that annoying sound in my bedroom..

Love the functionality and usability which this app offers. Hands down, the best tool on the iOS platform for audio professionals. Accurate (given the limitations of the onboard mic, external interface makes all the difference!) and detailed, great reports and relatively easy to figure out interface make it a great tool!