Comparison

Vibration Meter, seismograph vs Miscalculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vibration Meter, seismograph

This application uses your phone's accelerometer to measure and record vibrations from various sources, including earthquakes and everyday objects. It displays ground motion on a graph and uses an instrumental intensity scale for analysis. You can also monitor and share your measurement results.

Highlights
  • Measures vibration strength
  • Detects seismic waves
  • Uses accelerometer for analysis
  • Displays ground motion graph
  • Utilizes instrumental intensity scale
  • Monitors and shares results
Features
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Vibration meter is an app called seismograph or seismometer, which measures the strength of vibration, quakes, earthquakes, vibrations of the human body or any other objects around you. Our app allows for detecting and recording of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches and other sources of vibration and shocks. Accelerometer in your mobile phone is used for detection of vibrations and measurement analysis. Graph presents a record of the ground motion at a measuring point. Ground movement or an object is presented as a function of time in the three Cartesian axes, with the z axis perpendicular to the Earth's surface and the x- and y- axes parallel to the surface. Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. It measures the effects of an earthquake and it is distinct from the moment of magnitude. Richter Scale assigns a magnitude number to quantify the energy released by an earthquake. Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at location. PGA is equal to the amplitude of the largest absolute acceleration recorded on an accelerogram at a site during a particular earthquake. In this app we use Instrumental Intensity Scale (developed by The United States Geological Survey) which maps peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity on an intensity scale similar to the felt Mercalli Scale. These values are used to create shake maps by seismologists on around the world. Mercalli Intensity Scale distinguishes the following levels of vibration and impact damage: I. Instrumental - Not felt. Recorded by seismographs. II. Weak - Felt only on top floors of high buildings. III. Slight - Felt indoors, like a passing light truck. IV. Moderate - Windows, doors rattle. Like passing train. V. Rather Strong - Felt by all. Small objects upset. VI. Strong - Books off shelves. Trees shake. Damage. VII. Very Strong - Difficult to stand. Buildings damaged. VIII. Destructive - Significant damage. Trees broken. IX. Violent - General panic. Serious damage. Cracks. X. Intense - Most buildings destroyed. Rails bent. XI. Extreme - Rails bent greatly. Pipelines destroyed. XII. Catastrophic - Near total damage. This app allows you monitor and share the results of your measurements with other users. Measure and monitor all vibration and shocks using smartphone or tablet!

About

Miscalculator

Features
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Miscalculator looks like a perfectly trustworthy calculator. It isn't one. Every single answer is deliberately scrambled to land somewhere within about 20% of the real result — sometimes close, sometimes not, always shown with total, unshakable confidence. WHY WOULD YOU WANT THIS You wouldn't. It's a joke. Prank a friend, settle a bet the wrong way, or just enjoy watching a calculator lie to your face with a perfectly straight one. LOOKS COMPLETELY LEGIT Full-size retro LCD calculator, right down to the ghost segments on the display. The only tell is the equals button, which reads "≈" instead of "=". Fair warning. FIND OUT THE REAL ANSWER Don't like being lied to? Watch a short ad and Miscalculator will admit the actual answer — just for that one calculation. Then it goes right back to making things up. WRONG, BUT CONSISTENTLY WRONG Full calculator functionality — chained operations, percentages, sign toggle, the works — computed correctly under the hood and then reliably, deliberately misreported on screen. Built as a joke. Please don't use it for your taxes.

Screenshots

Vibration Meter, seismograph4 screens
Miscalculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Miscalculator at none against Vibration Meter, seismograph's 1. Vibration Meter, seismograph's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vibration Meter, seismograph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Miscalculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vibration Meter, seismograph versus Miscalculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVibration Meter, seismographMiscalculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (732 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings732 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExaMobile S.A.Liam Todd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vibration Meter, seismograph

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

Miscalculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vibration Meter, seismograph free?
Vibration Meter, seismograph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Miscalculator free?
Miscalculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vibration Meter, seismograph or Miscalculator have ads?
Miscalculator shows ads; Vibration Meter, seismograph does not.

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