Best Tool In My Toolbox
I have a very old Seth Thomas 30 day gallery clock and I was able to easily set the beat and calibrate the time. Thanks for the great app.
Response from developer
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Good but very frustrating
The app performs beat measurement very well. That said, the app does have some very frustrating aspects, which, in my opinion, call into question the value of paying extra for the spreadsheet export.
At the top of my list of frustrations is the way data is handled. It appears to be streamed to memory rather than saved directly to a file. As a result, if the app stops unexpectedly, all recorded data from the current session is lost. This is utterly infuriating after one or two weeks of measurement, and it could be easily avoided by streaming data to a file rather than relying on a memory dump at the end. I cannot emphasise enough how frustrating this is. A far better approach would be to open a new file for each measurement and continuously write to it, with the option to append to the most recent file when starting a new session.
The spreadsheet exported has its own minor issues., the units are undocumented leaving you to guess (at least, I couldn't find them), and the export would be significantly more useful if each measurement row included the actual time.
A major issue is that any iPhone notification immediately stops measurements. Putting the phone into airplane mode helps, but it’s nearly impossible to prevent an iPhone from displaying a notification at some point. Ideally, the app should be able to continue running in the background, but I suspect that may not be possible on iOS. A workaround would be an option to manually restart a measurement and append it to an existing dataset.
In conclusion, the base price of the app is well worth it, but the additional spreadsheet export and long-term measurement functionality come with significant frustrations. These could easily be resolved by continuously streaming data to a file rather than relying on volatile memory storage (assuming that’s how it’s done).
At the top of my list of frustrations is the way data is handled. It appears to be streamed to memory rather than saved directly to a file. As a result, if the app stops unexpectedly, all recorded data from the current session is lost. This is utterly infuriating after one or two weeks of measurement, and it could be easily avoided by streaming data to a file rather than relying on a memory dump at the end. I cannot emphasise enough how frustrating this is. A far better approach would be to open a new file for each measurement and continuously write to it, with the option to append to the most recent file when starting a new session.
The spreadsheet exported has its own minor issues., the units are undocumented leaving you to guess (at least, I couldn't find them), and the export would be significantly more useful if each measurement row included the actual time.
A major issue is that any iPhone notification immediately stops measurements. Putting the phone into airplane mode helps, but it’s nearly impossible to prevent an iPhone from displaying a notification at some point. Ideally, the app should be able to continue running in the background, but I suspect that may not be possible on iOS. A workaround would be an option to manually restart a measurement and append it to an existing dataset.
In conclusion, the base price of the app is well worth it, but the additional spreadsheet export and long-term measurement functionality come with significant frustrations. These could easily be resolved by continuously streaming data to a file rather than relying on volatile memory storage (assuming that’s how it’s done).
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Very good
I came upon this app after years of using a free, but very limited beat tracker. This app is exactly what I wanted, nicely designed, good resources, seems to work very well. Even using the built-in mic on an iPhone, or the microphone on Apple EarPods, it can track a movement very well, even with other distracting noises as there is a selectable filter. Yes it has a cost but I believe it is fair, at least so far and sometimes you have to pay for the best there is. It is certainly a good alternative to buying a much more expensive dedicated instrument.
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Response from developer
Glad you like it! Thanks!
Waste of Money
Simply doesn’t work. The free app for cuckoo clocks works better!!!!
Clockmaster regulator analyzer
The manual clearly shows a setting for external mic operation yet my version only gives me the option of internal iPhone mics. Have sent 3 messages to support for help, and they ignore me. Can only assume the app is flawed.
Don Brown/ frustrated customer
Don Brown/ frustrated customer
Response from developer
Hello, we haven't received any messages from you, please contact us at apps@onyx3.com The app works with external microphones and sensors, it requires an adapter as described in the documentation. This is explained in the documentation and clearly shown in the videos here: https://clockmasterapp.com/
