SoundMeter X vs DUE AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoundMeter X
Transform your device into a professional sound measurement tool. Analyze audio levels, record data, and generate signals with advanced features like octave band analysis and noise dosimetry. Offers a free download with optional in-app purchases for expanded functionality.
- Sound level measurement (SLM)
- Noise dosimetry
- Octave band spectrum analysis
- Data logging (CSV, TXT, MAT)
- Stereo signal generator
- Sensitivity calibration
- Real-time audio analysis
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SoundMeter X turns your iPhone or iPad into a handheld data-logging sound level meter (SLM), data-logging noise dosimeter, stereo signal generator, multi-channel data recorder, and real-time whole or 1/3 octave band spectrum analyzer (subscription or perpetual license required for most features--14-day free trial available). Input signals can be acquired from any available audio input path. Sensitivity calibration can also be performed for any audio input device and/or input channel. Direct hardware support (automatic sensitivity calibration, based on factory-defined values) for The Modal Shop’s 2-channel 485B39 USB-ICP interface and miniDSP’s UMIK-1, UMIK-2, and EARS microphones. In addition to real-time sound level measurements, SoundMeter can stream raw sound data to audio files, and store acquired sound level data, including date, time, and location, in CSV or TXT (tab-delimited) files, MAT-files, or high-resolution PDF images for later retrieval from your device. SoundMeter may be downloaded for free from the App Store. Additional tools and features are offered via in-app purchase. The SoundMeter Pro subscription includes: - User-defined custom metadata in saved audio and data files - Level MeterLp, Leq, Lx sound levels -- Standard Flat, A, C frequency weighting -- Standard Fast, Slow, Impulse time weighting -- Data logging. Data can be logged as often as every 0.1 seconds for up to 8 hours, every second for up to 72 hours, or every 10 seconds for up to two weeks. -- Event notifications - Max Levels Meter -- Traffic-light-style meters make it easy to monitor 2 separate sound level thresholds in 2 independent user-defined frequency bands. -- Define lower (warning) and higher (limit) sound level thresholds for overall (full audio band) levels as well as for individual octave frequency bands. -- Store user-defined thresholds in files for later recall. - Noise Dosimeter -- 8-hour Noise Dose, Projected Dose, TWA calculations -- Criterion Levels: 80, 85, 90 dB -- Exchange Rates: 3, 4, 5 dB -- Data logging. Data can be logged as often as every 0.1 seconds for up to 8 hours, every second for up to 72 hours, or every 10 seconds for up to two weeks. - Real-time Octave Spectrum Analyzer (RTA) -- Lp, Leq, Lx sound levels -- Supports whole or 1/3-octave frequency bands -- Standard Flat, A, C frequency weighting -- Standard Fast, Slow, Impulse time weighting -- NC, RNC, and NR references curves, NC, SIL, and NR values -- Data logging. Data can be logged as often as every 0.1 seconds for up to 8 hours, every second for up to 72 hours, or every 10 seconds for up to two weeks. - Multi-channel Data Recorder -- Supports up to 8 channels -- Live monitoring of recorded data -- Metadata (including calibrated sensitivity) embedded in audio file (AIF, CAF, WAV), optionally saved in separate data file - Stereo Signal Generator -- Left and right outputs assigned to arbitrary hardware output channels -- Random and pseudorandom (periodic) noise sequences with white or pink spectrum -- Linear and logarithmic frequency sweeps -- Dual periodic waveforms with arbitrary frequency and phase difference - MultiTool -- Powerful data monitoring and project management (Add up to 6 subtools and save configurations for easy recall at a later time.) The SignalScope X Pro Tool Set subscription can be shared between SoundMeter X and SignalScope X. It unlocks all tools and features of the SoundMeter Pro subscription in SoundMeter X and all tools and features of the Pro Tool Set subscription in SignalScope X (iCloud login required). Learn more about SoundMeter X at FaberAcoustical.com. Subscription Terms: - https://www.faberacoustical.com/apps/subscriptions/terms.html Privacy Policy: - https://www.faberacoustical.com/about/privacy.html Terms and Conditions for FaberAcoustical.com: https://www.faberacoustical.com/about/terms.html
DUE AI
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Stop wasting food. Start cooking what you already bought. Due AI is a fridge tracker that reads expiry dates from packaging, shows what to use first, and turns soon-to-expire food into recipe ideas — so leftovers get eaten instead of thrown out. SCAN, DON’T TYPE Point your camera at a label. Due AI reads the product and the date so you can save items in seconds. Scan one package, or snap several photos of a grocery haul and add everything at once. Manual entry is still there when you need it. SEE WHAT TO USE FIRST Your fridge is sorted by urgency: tonight, use soon, and later. Open any item to update it, mark it used, or remove it. A timeline shows what’s due this week so meal planning is obvious. COOK FROM WHAT’S EXPIRING Pick ingredients from your fridge and get practical recipes built around food that would otherwise go to waste. SHOP SMARTER Build a shopping list from what’s running low, so you restock what you need instead of buying duplicates. SEE YOUR IMPACT Track items saved from the bin, money you didn’t throw away, and a simple fridge health score. MADE FOR REAL KITCHENS Available in many languages. Your food list stays with your account so you can pick up where you left off. TERMS OF USE (EULA) Use of Due AI downloaded from the Apple App Store is governed by Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.no-spoil.com/privacy Additional terms: https://www.no-spoil.com/terms SUBSCRIPTIONS Due AI offers auto-renewable subscriptions for full access, billed to your Apple ID. Plans renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DUE AI at 15.0 against SoundMeter X's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SoundMeter X sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and DUE AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SoundMeter X ships an update fortnightly, DUE AI weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoundMeter X | DUE AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (45 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faber Acoustical, LLC | NewApp UU |
In-app purchases
SoundMeter X
- SoundMeter Pro, 1 Month14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Tool Set, 1 Month14 Days trial$24.991 Month
- SoundMeter Pro, 1 Year14 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Pro Tool Set, 1 Year14 Days trial$249.991 Year
- 14-day Free Trial, SoundMeter ProFree
- SoundMeter Pro 2026 Upgrade$29.99
- SoundMeter Pro 2026$99.99
DUE AI
- No Spoil Ai pro3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- No Spoil Ai pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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