Comparison

Thinklabs Wave vs Stethophone PRO

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

Stethophone PRO

This medical application transforms a smartphone into an FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool. It uses AI-powered sound analysis to detect heart murmurs and other indicators of heart health, enabling early detection and improved patient routing.

Highlights
  • FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool
  • AI-powered heart sound analysis
  • Detects murmurs and heart issues
  • No additional hardware required
  • Securely share findings
  • Integrates into telehealth workflows
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INSTANT ADVANCED CARDIAC SCREENING IS NOW DOWLOADABLE TO YOUR PHONE Stethophone® Pro turns a smartphone into a powerful, FDA-cleared, and clinically proven cardiac assessment tool – no extra hardware required. It delivers fast, accurate detection of structural and rhythmic heart issues, enabling upstream detection and strengthening detection infrastructure across care settings. Ideal for in-clinic, hospital, remote or population screening applications, while supporting more effective patient routing from first signal to follow-up care. HEAR MORE. KNOW MORE Stethophone Pro is the first FDA-cleared, class II medical application of its kind that captures chest sounds, augments listening and uses a new class of AI-powered sound analysis to detect murmurs, and other key indicators of heart health – quickly and with unparalleled accuracy. It helps structure acoustic data into clinically meaningful signals, supporting earlier insight and more consistent decision-making. NO HARDWARE. NO HASSLE 100% software: Just download and use Scalable: Easy to deploy in minutes, to practitioners and patients alike, forming a flexible layer of modern detection infrastructure Immediate value: No additional hardware, no maintenance or special training required ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS. REAL-TIME RESULTS Use a smartphone to detect murmurs, visualize cardiac timing, create timely records as symptoms occur, or during history and physical exams. Designed to support upstream detection and guide patient routing toward appropriate diagnostic pathways and follow-up care. AI-POWERED PRECISION Trusted by thousands of providers, Stethophone Pro amplifies, filters, and analyzes heart and lung sounds with precision – helping doctors and nurses work more efficiently, structure clinical data at scale, and improve downstream decision quality. COLLABORATE, SHARE, SCALE Record and securely share findings Enable early detection of valvular disease and arrythmias in every practice area Integrate into telehealth, population-health, and pre- and post-op workflows Support at-home and remote use under clinician supervision Contribute to a scalable detection infrastructure that improves patient routing and optimizes patient mix across healthcare systems THE FUTURE OF CARDIAC SCREENING IS HERE Valvular heart disease and related conditions are an epidemic, with millions of people remaining undiagnosed. Stethophone Pro is a cost-effective, scalable cardiac screening and early decision support solution designed to strengthen upstream detection, structure clinical data, and improve patient routing – ultimately contributing to a more appropriate patient mix and better utilization of advanced diagnostic resources. Stethophone Pro is a Class II FDA-cleared software medical device that has passed rigorous validation to both US and international standards to ensure world-class accuracy and medical informativeness. It is intended for use by healthcare practitioners or under the supervision/prescription of a licensed medical professional. AVAILABLE OPTIONS Sound recording, playback, storing and sharing functionality is free and available for everyone. Automated results processing and PDF reporting is available only for healthcare practitioners requiring verification of a professional medical license or for patients under prescription. Stethophone is offered to clinics, hospitals, and healthcare networks under commercial license. Disclaimer: https://bit.ly/4n1vBR7 Privacy Policy: https://bit.ly/4tIkEWX Terms & Conditions: https://bit.ly/4wjCpxR Regulatory Information: https://bit.ly/42GNBGZ

Screenshots

Thinklabs Wave4 screens
Stethophone PRO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stethophone PRO at 4.0 against Thinklabs Wave's 2.3. Thinklabs Wave's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stethophone PRO holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thinklabs Wave versus Stethophone PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinklabs WaveStethophone PRO
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (8 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB80 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThinklabs Medical LLCSparrow Acoustics Inc.

Customer experience

Thinklabs Wave

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Stethophone PRO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Thinklabs Wave

No in-app purchases

None

Stethophone PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thinklabs Wave free?
Thinklabs Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stethophone PRO free?
Stethophone PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thinklabs Wave or Stethophone PRO?
Stethophone PRO is rated higher. Thinklabs Wave averages 2.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stethophone PRO averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Thinklabs Wave or Stethophone PRO have ads?
Neither Thinklabs Wave nor Stethophone PRO shows ads.

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