Comparison

Thinklabs Wave vs LINKTOP Stethoscope

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

Head to head
About

Thinklabs Wave

This app allows users to capture, visualize, edit, and share body sounds using a digital stethoscope. It offers advanced features for medical professionals and students, including live broadcasting and annotation tools for educational and research purposes.

Highlights
  • Capture body sounds
  • Visualize heart and lung sounds
  • Edit and annotate recordings
  • Share recordings via email
  • Live sound broadcasting
  • Phonocardiogram and heat map spectrogram
  • Customizable waveform notes
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Thinklabs Wave - the mobile recording app for your Thinklabs Digital Stethoscope. Unlock the full potential of your stethoscope with Thinklabs Wave, a recording app with robust features for education, learning, research, and telemedicine. Capture, edit, and share sounds on the fly! Features: * Capture body sounds * Visualize heart and lung sounds * Edit and annotate recordings * Share your recordings via email * Store recordings on your mobile device * Broadcast live sounds to a group of listeners ...easily and conveniently! Powerful special features built into Wave: * Three different views for capturing sounds, including Body View, Thinklabs Wave lets you label and save sounds in the location where you captured your recording; * A phonocardiogram enables you to visualize the sound wave as you’re recording; * A heat map spectrogram appears below the phonocardiogram for pattern recognition; * An editing toolbox turns your recordings into educational resources and research tools. * The phonocardiogram can be annotated with S1, S2, and ! markers to call out areas of concern * Write custom notes directly on the waveform * A snapshot function allows you to isolate a small portion of your recording * Share recorded sounds via email or other commonly used apps. * Launch Thinklabs.live within the Wave app. Thinklabs.live - The free, web-based audio channel for streaming stethoscope sounds is built right into Wave app. Broadcast or listen to stethoscope sounds, streamed live from across the room or across the globe, simply and easily --- for free! Joining a broadcast is as simple as launching your browser and putting in a PIN number. Features: * Audio quality - never worry about stethoscope audio transmissions again! * Groups - Any number of people can join your private broadcast. You have complete control over who can join your session. * Parallel Channel - No matter what video conferencing system you have, Thinklabs.live provides a dedicated audio channel for heart and lung sounds. * Platforms - Thinklabs.live can be used on multiple platforms.

About

LINKTOP Stethoscope

Features
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NexStetho APP is an App for smart stethoscopes. After connecting to the LINKTOP smart stethoscope device through Bluetooth, it can obtain the data of heart and lung sounds in real time, play and draw the waveform of heart and lung sounds, and has the functions of real-time heart rate display and historical data viewing. In addition, there are two auscultation modes, bell and membrane. With the use of LINKTOP smart stethoscope, users can understand their cardiorespiratory health status anytime, anywhere ! Disclaimer LINKTOP Stethoscope is a heart and lung sound auscultation equipment, designed by Xiamen Linktop Technology Co.,LTD, which can collect and play heart and lung sound data in real time. When using the LINKTOP Stethoscope equipment, users must follow the correct measurement, calibration and maintenance procedures to Guarantee the accuracy of measurement. Users must consult a doctor before making any medical decision or taking any medication. Statement of Limitation of Jurisdiction The LINKTOP Stethoscope device used with this app is only licensed in the EU, US, the device is not allowed to be used outside the EU, US.

Screenshots

Thinklabs Wave4 screens
LINKTOP Stethoscope4 screens

Verdict

The call

Thinklabs Wave and LINKTOP Stethoscope are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Thinklabs Wave versus LINKTOP Stethoscope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinklabs WaveLINKTOP Stethoscope
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequency—Every 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better10.3
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThinklabs Medical LLCXiamen Linktop Technology Co.,LTD

In-app purchases

None

Thinklabs Wave

No in-app purchases

None

LINKTOP Stethoscope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thinklabs Wave free?
Thinklabs Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LINKTOP Stethoscope free?
LINKTOP Stethoscope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thinklabs Wave or LINKTOP Stethoscope have ads?
Neither Thinklabs Wave nor LINKTOP Stethoscope shows ads.

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