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Accurate and Easy to use
Once calibrated correctly this SPL meter is easy to use and accurate, worth every dollar!That.. App.. Guy
Amazing
Oh no! A disastrous update!!!
They finally took the horrible, battery-draining background operation so-call "feature" out of RTA, but they put it into SPL. Now, when you exit this app in the conventional way, it keeps running and draining your battery!!!
Why they think this is a good idea or should be the default operation is just beyond me. Please, please, make this behavior optional and default it to operate in the way that most iPhone apps do, to exit the app when you press the home button.
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I have recently had the opportunity to compare with a very calibrated instrument and was very favorably impressed. This thing works very well.
I also checked my Radio Shack meter at the same time and it's good right around 1KHz which is where -- if you read its instructions -- it is calibrated. The Radio Shack SPL meter, by the way, while a bargain for the price and quite good for what it is, is not a good tool for tuning subwoofers at all. This iPhone ap, while better, still isn't the best for subs either with the built-in mic, but worked much better with an external.
Also, this ap's A-weight filter is better than Radio Shack's.
In conclusion, this ap is a bargain for the price and so handy to have with you.
A+.
My one suggested improvement: a logging mode which logs SPL at selectable intervals -- minutes and seconds -- and then can e-mail the log out in csv format with time and SPL reading.Show lessGollnick
Excellent
I tried a few similar apps before trying this one, and found it the best so far. Many options, and accurate settings.pabsie74
Enthusiastically recommended
After accidentally losing the calibration of my subwoofer, I discovered that my trusty Radio Shack SPL meter was no longer accurate with sub-100-Hz test tones. I bought SPL and found it agreed stably within 1 dB of my main channel measurements using the old hardware and wideband pink noise. This is more than enough to validate it as a replacement for the RS meter, while it is a lot more cost-effective -- I spent the same amount today on a 9-V battery for the meter as the app cost!Show lessjeliotb
Inaccurate after iOS 8 update
Spl does not read correctly after updating to iOS 8Wheezie_24
UI elements do not scale correctly on iPad
I've found that UI elements do not scale correctly on iPad such as "74.5" would show up as "74..." for the peak dB value. This makes it unusable on iPad.N2LLC
Developer Response
Hi Please update to the latest version to correct this issue. --AndrewHorrible color scheme
I have loved this app previously. In fact, I would have always given this app five stars until this version. I have been using this app for years now and I have always used the 'dark metal' color scheme. Now the only option is white. The white color option is TERRIBLE!!!!!
As a foh guy, I use this app a lot. But I think I will be looking for another app because the white color scheme adds extra light to foh and the white is extremely harsh on the eyes.
If you have not updated to the newest version, don't. It's not worth it.Show lessBryanacarter
SPL
Big battery drainArtsonic
Crash at 66.6db
Like the title says this app apparently likes heavy metal or satan or both. It has crashed several times frozen on 66.6db. \m/Sarlac
SPL App hangs when iPhone rings, otherwise cool
I emailed Mr. Smith and got an instant reply (gee I luv that). Did as he suggested, deleted and redownloaded and installed the SPL APP. Still same issue. I did some testing and if my iPhone (mine is a 3GS iOS4.3) rings, the SPL app dB readings get hung and all you can do is reboot the phone to get SPL working again. Since I have provided a repeatable senerio to aggevate this bug I have not heard back from Mr. Smith. All I can hope is he is working on it. Seems thousands (he claims) are not having trouble. Do they get calls when using it? Are they on iOS4.3?? The App says tested with iOS4.2.
Otherwise, the app is nice to use and will help me in my job of measuring paging volumes over industrial noise levels.
In the end, I can't give it 5 stars with a repeatable bug that hangs the SPL App and no email reply that says I'm working on it and BTW thanks for the info. So was my support issue of 1 in a 1000+ treated as junk or is it being looked at? There has to be a first I figure and not everyone will call for support, so there are likely more than just me. At $8.99 (higher than average cost) I'd expect proffesional support (don't feel the comment that I'm the only one and no email back is a professional support). All I can hope for is a patched version shortly.Show lessBmP999
