# Magnetic Detector LITE — user reviews

> 45 indexed App Store user reviews of Magnetic Detector LITE by AEXOL SP Z O O SPOLKA KOMANDYTOWA, rated 4.32/5 from 1,009 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnetic-detector-lite/id1436975681/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnetic-detector-lite/id1436975681.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 733 · 4★ 97 · 3★ 50 · 2★ 28 · 1★ 100

## What do users think of Magnetic Detector LITE?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Works as expected
- 🚀 Effective for finding metal objects
- ⭐ Surprisingly good performance
- 💡 Useful for specific tasks like finding studs

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💸 Excessive ads that disrupt usage
- 🔧 Unreliable detection and inconsistent performance
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Sound feature not working
- App locking up and freezing
- Incorrect detection of non-magnetic materials

**Most requested features**

- Audible alarm option instead of constant beeping
- Paid version without ads
- Improved accuracy and sensitivity
- Compatibility updates for newer iOS versions

## Newest reviews (10 of 45)

### 3/5 — Good

*2022-05-02, version 1.1*

Seems to work well, would be nice to just have a auditable alarm when field is higher than normal instead of constant beeping

### 3/5 — Good app

*2021-12-16, version 1.1*

Too many ads

### 4/5 — Anyone try it on a mattress

*2021-09-04, version 1.1*

My mattress from IKEA hits over 200 ! What’s inside it ??

### 2/5 — Needs work - could be a good app

*2021-01-01, version 1.1*

The operation semi-works and has a nice GUI, but the pop-up ads cause the app to crash.  
   Upon start-up, you get “ad starts in Xx sec”.  50% of the time, the ad doesn’t start, the screen is grayed out and controls are locked.  The app does however basically continue to detect.     If you survive the boot-up ad, another ad pops up a short time later.  If you ‘X’ out of that ad, the app will not return, necessitating a restart of the app (and dealing with the boot-up ad).
   When the app did work, it appeared functional on metal items ran across the iPhone magnetometer, but I could not keep the app running long enough to test for wires/nails in a wall.  
   I was going to purchase the no-ads version, but I’m not certain the app won’t keep crashing.  
   With some developer debugging, the app would show promise.

### 4/5 — Having fun it’s a good app

*2020-06-29, version 1.0*

A new app it takes 2 or more days to see how good it works maybe needs 5Straz

### 5/5 — This app saved me 120$

*2020-04-05, version 1.0*

I lost my Apple Pencil, and I’m broke so I was... pretty distraught. I tried Bluetooth finders but to no avail, as the devices battery had died and wasn’t putting a signal out at all. I almost accepted defeat until while on the toilet taking a pee I had an en epiphany: the side of the pencil is magnetic! If I could play, more or less, a game of hot and cold with this app, I may find my beloved Apple Pencil. 

It took 20 minutes but I found it between the cushion of a chair in my nieces room where I was sitting over a week ago. Bless the devs!

### 4/5 — magnet fishing

*2020-03-28, version 1.0*

I lost a magnet in some shallow waters and I plan to use this app to find it. So far it pings from 2 FEET AWAY with my magnet. I am excited to use this to find the lost magnet.

### 1/5 — It works but it doesn’t work.

*2020-03-26, version 1.0*

It doesn’t seem to be any way to get past the adds. It’s sticking face book and won’t go past that.

### 5/5 — Stud finder

*2020-03-21, version 1.0*

I was on a project that had 2 layers of drywall and this app work great to find the metal studs.

### 1/5 — Unable to open app

*2019-12-12, version 1.0*

When I try to open the app it just crashes. IOS 13.1.3

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Awful

*2022-03-29, version 1.1*

Awful just awful

### 1/5 — Sound doesnt work, app locks up

*2021-09-20, version 1.1*

App sometimes vibrates for metal. Sound has never worked. Frequent ads and frequent lockup, freezing before loading ad. When it does load, it usually wont indicate my keys an inch away.

### 1/5 — Title says MAGNETometer but when it starts it says METAL DETECTOR

*2021-09-10, version 1.1*

Does this mean all metal is magnetic? I needed an app to test electromagnetic interference and this app said 40 as I turned away from my PC, 50 on my keyboard, 0 when pressed against my monitor and nearly deafened me when I placed it on my rubber mouse pad. 

When I saw it is a metal detector it made sense why my monitor’s glass had no electromagnetic signal and my rubber mousepad next to the table’s metal frame went so berserk. 

I don’t need a metal detector. I need a magnetometer.

### 1/5 — Opening Ad only works

*2021-08-23, version 1.1*

After the Ad, when the app opens, it does not work saying “Ad will appear in 0……” accompanied by a darkened screen. 
Not that useful when it does not work.

### 1/5 — Unusable - Nothing but ads

*2021-07-04, version 1.1*

I haven’t been able to use it even once.  It comes up, ads pop up in seconds.  Whether I let the ad play out completely or close it when it first pops up, what remains is a dark screen with the app barely visible, and I can’t manipulate the controls at all.  Is there a fix for this?  Paid version without ads?  This one is useless as is!

### 1/5 — Ads every few seconds

*2021-03-29, version 1.1*

Great functionality; incessant advertisement pop-ups render it useless half the time I am using it.

### 1/5 — DO NOT GET THIS APP

*2021-01-30, version 1.1*

ITS A TERRIBLY BAD APP 
DO NOT RECOMMEND

### 1/5 — What ?

*2021-01-13, version 1.1*

Does absolutely nothing. Hold a magnet right on the sensor and no response at all.

### 1/5 — Worst app ever

*2020-08-04, version 1.0*

I literally am either using this wrong or it’s so retarded because I placed my phone on my laptop and it did absolutely nothing

### 1/5 — Review

*2020-05-28, version 1.0*

Not reliable

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Works.!.

*2023-06-10*

For the DYIT person looking for what they need this app did the best of jobs for me.  I give it 5 stars.!.

### 5/5 — Amazing app

*2023-05-21*

Works just like it says

### 5/5 — Egypt

*2022-08-31, version 1.1*

Verygood

### 5/5 — It works

*2021-09-14, version 1.1*

I’m surprised

### 5/5 — Wow i love this

*2021-06-01, version 1.1*

My phone has a built in wallet and it has a metal clip.                       So...     i thought, wait, what would happen if i put this next to my phone?            So i put it next to my phone, and could you guess what happened? The app froze. The magnetic field was at max, and the power was 6157. PLEASE HELP (hey devs please fix this i dont know if this is a bug, or if this little metal chip is Insanely powerful. Im just surprised that my phones screen isnt destroyed!)

### 5/5 — crazy

*2021-01-18, version 1.1*

idk how but it works

### 5/5 — Excellent for finding metal drywall screws.

*2020-12-18, version 1.1*

first found the magnometer on ipad pro by moving a screw around the edge and seeing when the signal spikes.

then found two aluminum studs by finding and marking two drywall screws per stud at the spot where the magnometer is.

It worked better than my actual $30 stud finder!

### 5/5 — Awesome app! I just downloaded and 3 minutes I found 7 studs to install my closet

*2020-06-26, version 1.0*

I highly recommend it!

### 5/5 — Perfecto

*2020-06-05, version 1.0*

Pero me gustaría que fuese más preciso

### 5/5 — Review

*2020-05-15, version 1.0*

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!

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