Comparison

Nokanda vs Noise Diary

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

Head to head
About

Nokanda

This app simplifies interactions with telecommunication and mobile money services. It allows users to send money, pay bills for utilities and taxes, and purchase airtime from supported networks.

Highlights
  • Send mobile money
  • Pay electricity bills
  • Pay water bills
  • Buy airtime
  • Pay taxes
  • Pay TV subscriptions
Features
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Nokanda app makes it easy to interact with Telco services and mobile money services through our secure app. Please note to use this app you must have a sim card installed from one of our supported networks. See below for the list of currently supported networks. MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Send Mobile Money Pay for Electricity - EUCL Pay for Water - WASAC Buy Airtime - MTN Rwanda Buy Airtime - Airtel Rwanda Pay Irembo Bill Pay RRA Taxes Pay DSTV Rwanda Pay Startimes Rwanda Pay CanalTV Rwanda PAY CANALBOX Rwanda

About

Noise Diary

Features
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Upstairs is dragging furniture again. The flat next door started drilling at 3am. You say it is loud; they say you are sensitive. Noise Diary keeps the evidence. LIVE SOUND LEVEL A live dB(A) meter from 30 to 110, with a plain-language label beside it — library, restaurant, train platform, concert — so you are not left guessing what "70 dB" actually feels like. IT KEEPS MEASURING WHILE YOU SLEEP Start a session and lock the screen. In the morning you get the whole night: the level curve, the average, and the peak. ONLY THE LOUD SECONDS ARE KEPT It does not record your home all night. When the level crosses your threshold it saves the 2 seconds before and the 3 seconds after, and nothing else. Tap to play it back and find out whether that was a chair scraping upstairs, a dog, or your own snoring. FREQUENCY BREAKDOWN Two sounds can both read 65 dB and be nothing alike. A third-octave analysis separates a neighbour's subwoofer from an extractor fan. A REPORT YOU CAN HAND OVER One summary per night: when it started, when it was worst, how many times it crossed the line. Share it with building management, the owners' committee, or the EPD. YOUR RECORDINGS STAY ON YOUR PHONE No account and no login. Every clip and every session lives on your device, goes away when you delete the app, and is never uploaded. What does leave is anonymous usage counts — "someone started a session" — so I can tell which features are actually used. Every field in those counts is a number, a flag, or a fixed choice; there is nowhere to put text, so none of your recordings can ride along. The privacy policy spells it out. STATED PLAINLY A phone microphone is not a measuring instrument. Readings are indicative and will not match a formal survey. The snore label only means "this sound repeats in a regular rhythm"; it says nothing about your health. FREE AND PRO Measuring, event capture, playback and the frequency view are free and unlimited. The free history shows your 5 most recent sessions; Pro is a one-time purchase that removes the limit. Older sessions are never deleted — they reappear the moment you unlock.

Screenshots

Nokanda4 screens
Noise Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nokanda at none against Noise Diary's 1. Nokanda also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Noise Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nokanda asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nokanda versus Noise Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNokandaNoise Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (105 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings105 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHexakomb Ltdka wai choi

In-app purchases

None

Nokanda

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Noise Diary

One-time1
  • Noise Diary Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Nokanda free?
Nokanda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noise Diary free?
Noise Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nokanda or Noise Diary have ads?
Neither Nokanda nor Noise Diary shows ads.

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