Stud Finder® User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 283 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of Stud Finder®. Based on 23K reviews and a 4.4/5 average, it highlights the 3 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.
Positive things
- 🚀Accurately detects metal objects
- 💡Innovative use of phone sensors
- 👍Helpful for specific use cases
Negative things
- 🔒Aggressive monetization with constant upgrade prompts
- 🐛Inconsistent and unreliable performance
- 👎Limited functionality in free version
- 🕰️Extremely short usage time before lockout
Is Stud Finder® Safe?
Stud Finder® appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Stud Finder® is 88/100.
This assessment is based on 22,893 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 22,198 App Store ratings for Stud Finder®.
Is Stud Finder® Legit?
Stud Finder® appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Stud Finder® is 90/100.
Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
You only get to use for 5 seconds before you have to wait 10 seconds to use again. The constant pausing make this app unusable
There is zero way to cancel if you upgrade.
Studs are made of wood
This app is a joke, it kept popping up adds for $1.99 upgrade every .10 seconds. All I need is to find a stud once why would I pay a fee from a free app?
You can only use the app for about 5 seconds before being prompted to upgrade or wait 10 seconds to continued followed by the same pop up only 5-10 seconds later
This app does not find studs. Waste of time.
Only get a short timer or pay $2. Doesn’t even work
I tried to use this app just for some helping finding studs to hang wall art and literally every 10 secs it pauses … says you need to pay $1.99 to remove the time feature. Makes the app pretty unusable. Unless you’re willing to pay that price just just a different stud finder app
Dialog box pops up ever few seconds
Not great, won’t alert in the same place twice on the same wall. Because of the delay or pay thing it’s hard to tell if it works, I refuse to pay for apps unless they actually function properly.
It’s annoying. I’ll give my $2 to harbor freight.
Well, this app may work, you are not given enough time to even find a stud before a window pops up for you to pay for an upgrade then you press continue after 10 seconds and it pops up again. Useless. Deleted.
Not even joking don’t bother with this
Constant pop up to upgrade to premium for 1.99. It’s inconsistent even when working due to its metal sensitivity being messed with everyday objects.
Opened this up just to test it out so I could try to mount my TV. I had it pressed against the wall for 5 seconds and then all of a sudden got a pop-up that said I either had to pay $2 or wait 10 seconds before using app again. Just buy an actual stud finder: it costs just as much and doesn’t require you to update or pay more to use it for more than 5 seconds.
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Calls itself "stud finder" but can only detect metal...studs are wood by definition.
Waste of time and money
Doesn’t let you search for more then a second
Can’t go more than 10 seconds without it asking you to upgrade. And it didn’t seem trustworthy.
What my title saying, I can’t even work with the app

