Decibel Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience65.8% of reviews
Neutral3.7% of reviews
Negative experience30.5% of reviews

~ Based on 512 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Decibel

Is Decibel Safe?

Decibel : dB sound level meter appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Decibel is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 36,156 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

92.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 36,118 App Store ratings for Decibel.

Is Decibel Legit?

Decibel : dB sound level meter appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Decibel is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Looks good, but…

Looks good and has lots of options. But I do not like the way it try’s to get you to sub, looking like there is no option to take a free trail before the auto sub afterwards, and just about made out the ‘cross on the top left of page, almost grayed out, very difficult to see, and that was on my iPad, was almost about to delete at that point. Got into the free version but pretty much any setting you want to change, no matter how small, it will only work with paid version. So thought I would leave this to warn others. I’m sure it is a good app as had lots of options for subscription but the predatory tactics ruined it for me sadly. Review - Delete - Move on to the other ones that are either free or paid versions that don’t try and fool you into making a decision.
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Cunning survice

I wanted it only for one week to try out/test and they have somehow misguided me to pay for the whole year!

Be careful if you get the app and get the free trail version. After trial it auto renews to the whole year, not even for just one month. They have done this internationally!

Support bouncebacks

On a week’s trial, have a question about timestamps on saved files.
“Button at the bottom” on Help section of the app isn’t there and emails to support bounced back “Unable to deliver message after multiple retries, giving up.”

Good app

Useful without a subscription Five stars for you guys

Excellent

Great app to learn about sound and sound level effects

Use this app to check the decibels surrounding you

One if you use plus you can actually check everything and also I actually recommend you getting plus I mean not plus premium, and plus download this app because this app is the best app to check your decibels

App no longer useable

I bought this app before it went to subscription service and now it will not work unless I subscribe. Is there a way to gain access for those of us who bought this app before it was subscription? I believe we should be grandfathered in since we agreed to pay for the use of the app at the time of purchase. This feels like breach of contract.
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제작자님 부탁드려요!!

이 앱을 사용할 때 카메라라는게 있는데, 동영상으로 하고 싶었습니다. 근데 자기 반대편만 할 수 있어서 불편했습니다. 제작자님 제 리뷰를 보신다면 업데이트 할 때 참고해주세요!!

Doesn’t work with AirPods Pro even after buying Premium Pack.

I bought the Premium Pack - supposedly with all features included - because I saw it had a lot of potential use for me. Really wanted to use it with my AirPods Pro but the app always said they weren’t connected even though they were. No response from dev after logging an issue a few days ago.

At this price I expect both that it works without hassle and if there’s issue a prompt response from the dev team.
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Keeps freezing up

I recently purchased the one year membership as things were working good, all of a sudden it will freeze up and stay at zero or whatever DB number it’s at.
Next, I have to unplug, the microphone restart the app plug everything back in and sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
There are times I don’t have time to do that during a service. I need the DB information as soon as it hits the meter. Please fix the bug or I will request a refund.
With Respect,
Professor Bobby Glass
Navy Veteran (AW/SW)
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Forced to pay to save

Can no longer save videos without paying

Not free

Not cool to advertise it as if its free…

love it

the user experience has been exceptional!!

Countless Features, No Greed

This app is a diamond in the rough for a hobbyist or enthusiast. Even the free version offers more customizability and options than most other audio visualizers, with an FFT plot, spectrogram, dB reader, etc., and it can all be recorded and transferred.

It’s a great all-in-one audio analysis tool with a low skill floor and high skill ceiling.
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Not fit for purpose

Reports dBZ values below dBA or dBC, and so is inherently incorrect and unreliable

Requires paid subscription

"Free with in-app purchases" is a fun technicality, isn't it?

This App Is Great

If you want to pay £25 a year. You can’t use the app without paying at least £25. So for an app that used to be free this is *****

Very good

Because I can seee how loud it is

Delusional developer

The app tries to lock you in a subscription without even letting you try it. The developer is clearly desperate to make a buck. There are apps that are free on appstore, they do the same thing. Don’t feed the machine.

Works so much better than the old one

This is the best DB app