RadioactivityCounter User Reviews

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works well

detects uranium glass and microwave

Failed me in my time of need

I am in an intro to nuclear engineering class and I had to detect the number of gamma counts that a smoke detector would give off. I used this app, thinking nothing of it, but the second I put the tape on the cameras, I was greeted by 0 CPM constantly. It never deviated from that, which makes me believe that this was never a good app, and the reviews saying it was are lying. Either that or it worked on past phone builds but something has changed in the technology. I had to write my report on if this worked or not instead of finding the quantitative values I had to. Just very disappointed in it.
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None of this made sense!

I tried to use the app to check to see if any of the rocks I have been collecting show any signs of radiation. This description made this app look like what I needed. I dropped the $7, and have NEVER been so disappointed.

Nothing is in any sort of easy to decipher on the app. No idea how to use it, or even what it is for.

I would like a refund please!
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Did not work for me on iPhone 11 Pro

I believe the app needs updating to Support iPhone 11 Pro. I tried multiple ways it did not work as expected to me.

Zero stars

It does NOT work! Iโ€™ve just had I-131 treatment. I put my phone right next to the pill and there was no reaction whatsoever. The nuclear medicine technician told me that phone cameras cannot detect gamma rays. So donโ€™t waste your time and money.

Awesome information

I just had radiation treatment for my thyroid and it has been helpful to know how much radiation remains in my neck and watch it as it dissipates. It provides warning quite well when the phone is near my neck.

Radiation therapy patient is impressed.

I doubted the validity of this app, so I tested in the linear accelerator room during my morning radiation therapy. 10 feet off to the side, It worked and actually sounded alarms when the beam was activated.

Seems legit

I learned of this app from James mahaffeyโ€™s book, atomic adventures. I work inside a nuclear power plant and have tested this app a few times in front of known and unknown sources. It seems to function as described and I look forward to comparing its results to that of other calibrated detection equipment.
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Amazing sensor usage; not fake

Hats off to the developer for implementing a real measurement tool for radioactivity. Visit his website to see his calibration data, I know that measurements from my iPhone 6p matched my 'real' instrument by detecting faint radiation from my granite countertops.

Tyler

Waste money and it doesn't even open. I've even done two resets and it still won't work. Don't buy

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