Spectrolite vs VisiWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spectrolite
This app visualizes sound in real-time using various spectrogram types. Explore detailed audio data with intuitive touch controls and adjustable parameters. An optional purchase unlocks advanced measurement tools.
- Real-time spectrogram visualization
- Constant-Q, linear, and mel frequency scales
- Full human hearing frequency range
- Intuitive touch panning and zooming
- Adjustable gain, Q, and other parameters
- Pro version: grids, scales, spectrum view, tap-to-measure
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Spectrolite visualizes sound as spectrograms in real time. Spectrolite supports constant-Q spectrograms, which use a logarithmic frequency scale for a display where musical notes are evenly spaced. Spectrograms based on linear and mel frequency scales are also supported. The display covers the full frequency range of human hearing. Intuitive touch panning and zooming lets you dive in and explore the spectrograms in detail. Gain, Q, and other parameters can be adjusted in real time and instantly apply to the display of past signals as well as future ones. The Pro in-app purchase adds grids and scales for time, frequency, and amplitude, as well as a spectrum view and a tap-to-measure function. This expands Spectrolite into an audio measurement tool that you can use to measure frequencies, musical pitches, amplitudes, and durations.
VisiWave
Visualize sound waves in real-time by detecting and displaying their frequencies in Hertz. Experience an augmented reality view of the audio environment around you.
- Detects sound frequencies
- Visualizes sound waves in real-time
- Measures in Hertz
- Augmented reality display
- Real-time audio environment analysis
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VisiWave is an app that lets you detect the frequencies of the sound around you as measured in Hertz. Through some magic, this frequency is rendered so that you can see the sound waves moving around you in real time, right before your very eyes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VisiWave at none against Spectrolite's 1. VisiWave also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Spectrolite's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (83% vs 67%). On price, ads 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. Spectrolite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VisiWave asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spectrolite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectrolite has 51 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Spectrolite's written reviews are positive against 67% of VisiWave's.
| Parameter | Spectrolite | VisiWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waxing Wave | Arias Software LLC |
Customer experience
Spectrolite
VisiWave
In-app purchases
Spectrolite
- Pro$4.99
VisiWave
No in-app purchases
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