Comparison

Audio Analyzer vs Oscilloscope & Spectrogram

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

Head to head
About

Audio Analyzer

Visualize audio in real-time with waveform and spectrum analysis. Explore historical peaks and FFT data with intuitive touch controls for zooming and volume adjustment.

Highlights
  • Waveform visualizer (oscilloscope)
  • Spectrum analyzer
  • Historical peak display
  • Historical FFT
  • Full-screen mode
  • Zoom and swipe gestures
  • Input volume adjustment
Features
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The analyzed result of the waveform is rendered at 60FPS.
The following 4 functions can be accessed: Waveform visualizer (oscilloscope) Spectrum analyzer Historical peak Historical FFT Tapping each function enters into full-screen mode and tapping once more exits full-screen mode. Horizontal zoom is only available for the spectrum analyzer.
Magnification gesture (aka pinching) allows for zooming in and out, and frequency offset can be performed by swiping on the screen horizontally. Vertical swiping adjusts input volume.
Coefficients are displayed in the corner. 
*dBFullScale
20 * log10 ( input) A demonstration is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDa_zCgYzE

About

Oscilloscope & Spectrogram

Analyze audio in real-time with detailed oscilloscope and spectrogram views. Pause, scroll, and zoom to precisely identify frequencies, notes, and sound events. Offers advanced triggering and a unique Bark-frequency scale for detailed analysis.

Highlights
  • Real-time oscilloscope and spectrogram
  • Pause and scroll audio history
  • Pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • Frequency and MIDI note identification
  • Stereo and mono views
  • Trigger with lookahead
Features
Currently charting
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OSCILLOSCOPE & SPECTROGRAM is a powerful audio analyzer app and audio unit plugin KEY FEATURES - Run as both Audio Unit and standalone app - View up to three seconds of audio on the screen - Pause and scroll horizontally to browse back in time - Pinch to zoom in / zoom out - See both oscilloscope and spectrogram separately or overlayed together - Frequency trigger mode helps identify the precise frequency and MIDI note of sounds in the spectrogram - Stereo and mono views - Level based trigger mode has lookahead, pause, and zoom - XY mode shows stereo correlation - Automatically adjusts FFT size to fit zoom setting - Bark-frequency scale spectrogram shows nice detail at low and high frequencies - When zoomed in, the oscilloscope uses sinc upsampling to show you a close approximation of what actually outputs from your audio interface after digital to analog conversion, rather than just displaying raw audio samples. WHAT DOES THIS APP DO THAT OTHERS DO NOT? 1. Pause Button We can't emphasize enough how useful this is. You never have to worry about trying to catch short events that disappear quickly because you can watch the sounds go by slowly at a 3 second viewer scale, then just pause and scroll back if you missed something. When you get to the event you want to see you can pinch to zoom in right down to sub-sample level of detail, then zoom back out when you are done and zoom in on something else. This feature alone makes almost all other oscilloscope apps unnecessary because it means you can easily see ANYTHING that you need to see. 2. Frequency Identification Mode In frequency mode, when you touch the frequency scale on the right of the screen a blue line appears on the spectrogram. When you position the line above a specific frequency on the spectrogram, a panel on the left side of the screen displays the octave, note name, and MIDI number. You can then use the frequency timing oscilloscope to lock in on the exact pitch in cents so that you not only know which MIDI note that sound corresponds to but you know exactly how many cents sharp or flat. The ability to simultaneously see the frequency on the spectrogram and confirm it with precision on the oscilloscope allows you to quickly and easily identify musical pitches to a level of accuracy that have not seen anywhere else, not even in desktop software. 3. Trigger with Lookahead Almost every oscilloscope has a feature where it re-draws the screen each time the input signal level crosses a specified threshold. This is the main and most basic function of any oscilloscope. However, when setting the trigger at a high level to view the attack section of musical notes or drums, we miss the first part of the note. By using lookahead, this app allows you to see a few milliseconds BEFORE the trigger point so that you can see the whole sound you want to examine. 4. Carefully Designed Spectrogram In all spectrum analyzer displays, the upper end of the frequency scale is crowded, meaning that a single pixel corresponds to 10 or 20 frequencies in the frequency analysis. In many other analyzer apps one of two things occur: either 9 out of 10 frequencies in that upper range simply get ignored and disappear from the spectrogram display, or all 10 frequencies combine together to make the pixels in the upper range appear brighter than low frequency sounds of similar volume. This may seem like a technicality until you run a sine sweep or a 20 KHz tone through the analyzer and find that large sections of the input simply aren't displayed on the analyzer screen. Looking at these kinds of test signals on a spectrogram is the primary way that we test and evaluate the quality of audio effect plugins. If a spectrogram is to be of any real use as an analysis tool, it should do this right. Other spectrograms often mess up the lower frequencies too, either by making them take up too much space or by making them very pixelated. This spectrogram carefully avoids these problems.

Screenshots

Audio Analyzer4 screens
Oscilloscope & Spectrogram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audio Analyzer at 100% against Oscilloscope & Spectrogram's 70%. Audio Analyzer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). Oscilloscope & Spectrogram's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Audio Analyzer costs $3.99 and Oscilloscope & Spectrogram $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Analyzer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oscilloscope & Spectrogram has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Audio Analyzer's written reviews are positive against 70% of Oscilloscope & Spectrogram's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Analyzer ships an update every 2 months, Oscilloscope & Spectrogram every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Audio Analyzer versus Oscilloscope & Spectrogram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio AnalyzerOscilloscope & Spectrogram
Price$3.99 — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings228 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNarumi InadaBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Audio Analyzer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Oscilloscope & Spectrogram

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

None

Audio Analyzer

No in-app purchases

None

Oscilloscope & Spectrogram

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Analyzer free?
Audio Analyzer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oscilloscope & Spectrogram free?
Oscilloscope & Spectrogram costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audio Analyzer or Oscilloscope & Spectrogram?
Audio Analyzer is rated higher. Audio Analyzer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Oscilloscope & Spectrogram averages 4.6 from 28 ratings.
Do Audio Analyzer or Oscilloscope & Spectrogram have ads?
Neither Audio Analyzer nor Oscilloscope & Spectrogram shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Analyzer or Oscilloscope & Spectrogram?
Audio Analyzer ships an update every 2 months, and Oscilloscope & Spectrogram every 4 days. Most recently, Audio Analyzer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Oscilloscope & Spectrogram on October 4, 2026.

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