Impulso Architect vs LinnDAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impulso Architect
Measure the acoustic response of your room using your iPhone. Analyze reverberation time in key octave bands and simulate how to achieve target acoustics with specific product catalogs. Supports internal or external microphones and impulse sources.
- Acoustic response measurement
- Reverberation time analysis (500Hz-2kHz)
- Room dimension input
- Target RT calculation
- Product catalog simulation
- Internal/external microphone support
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With Impulso Architect you can take a quick and simple measurement of the acoustic response of your room using your iPhone. Reverberation time is given in the important 500Hz – 2kHz octave bands. You can enter the dimensions of your room and it’s general use. Impulso Architect will then give you a target RT and allow you to simulate how you can meet it with products from the artnovion catalogue. Compatible with built-in or external microphones, and you can either use an external impulse source such as a balloon or drive a loudspeaker system with the internal measurement signal.
LinnDAR
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LinnDAR is a standalone utility app designed to make setting up a room for Linn Space Optimisation quick, easy, and accurate. Using the LiDAR scanner and camera on compatible iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models, the app captures room dimensions and architectural features for use in the Space Optimisation room-design workflow. It provides a quick alternative to measuring and modelling a listening room manually, helping you create an accurate representation of the space for Space Optimisation on a Linn DSM network music player. Please note: LinnDAR is a setup utility compatible only with LiDAR-equipped iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models from 2020 onwards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LinnDAR at fortnightly against Impulso Architect's every 4 months. Impulso Architect's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Impulso Architect ships an update every 4 months, LinnDAR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impulso Architect | LinnDAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artnovion LDA | Linn Products Ltd |
In-app purchases
Impulso Architect
No in-app purchases
LinnDAR
No in-app purchases
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