Decibel Meter App Reviews

This app as far as I can tell is actually on the money when it comes to it being accurate I tested it with a real DB meter and they matched. Also be warned cell phone microphones can sustain damage when exposed to levels above 100DB for extended periods of time.

Really handy for my work! Tested it against our very high end meters and every thing is bang on considering the limits of the iPhone microphone! Nice work.

I use this app whenever I am running sound, for a band, or when I need to check the levels of my own band. I recently tried this at two outdoor concerts. In both cases, the levels were compared between this application, and a real decibelmeter (in one case two decibelmeters, simultaneously). This application was within 1 decibel of the calibrated decibelmeters. Great work, Future Apps!

This app cost $2.00 more than it should, very innaccurate. Get free meter much more accurate.

i bought two apps that do basically the same, and i find them both very good. I always use them both to check the noise level and they both agree

This thing has decent graphics but doesnt work. A finger snap at 12" from microphone yielded 105 decibels. This program doesnt work. I did like the peak average and hold features. Too bad it just aint working.

there needs to be a way to calibrate this meter. other spl meters provide a method to adjust the reading with an offset setting and are easy to calibrate. if this meter were enhanced with an offset feature it would be worth buing, otherwise it is not.

This app is consistently showing 10-15db higher than A weighting. It could be using flat which would show higher than what your ear is hearing. Not worth buying until it can be calibrated and select the weighting.

I have tried ALL the decibel meter apps, usually I compare one to the other re: the levels, unfortunately no two have ever read the same. How is one to know which is more accurate? I suppose buying a real decibel meter and comparing to that. I like the display, the lock in of highest and lowest levels, the graph is easy to read and helps if youre in a dark environment ( I manage rock bands), often the lighting is dim. This is my favorite so far, just not sure of the accuracy though.

NOT accurate at all. A mild voice will peak the meter at 105db when that should be around 60-70

This is a horrible app! Cannot measure real decibels. Needed for a night club to measure but peaks at 105.6 limit. Feel violated for buying it....

Simple put: doesnt work. At all.

according to future-apps.net, this app, "...should only be used for entertainment purposes; the iPhones built in mic is not sensitive enough for professional level sound mete[ring]" So, yeah. Essentially it moves a needle around when you yell in the mic.

How come the meter reads 50dB in a perfectly quiet room (obviously with no one speaking or making music!) I could understand a reading of 10dB for any ambient noise in a non-sound proof room, but 50? Im disappointed.

This app uses to be very good, now it just crashes when I try to open it.

This was a great app, but unfortunately the app developer has abandoned updates and the latest iOS version doesnt let it run.