Asound vs Surplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asound
This app helps you understand your daily noise exposure, its levels, and locations. It provides real-time decibel readings and a map of your noise journey to increase awareness and aid in planning. Users can also contribute to a broader understanding of sound exposure and its effects.
- Real-time decibel level indications
- Recorded daily noise journey on a map
- Noise exposure awareness
- Understanding of accumulated noise
- Contribution to community understanding of sound exposure
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Asound provides its users with an understanding of the accumulated noise experienced, its levels, and where it happened throughout the day. We are rarely aware of how much stress is caused due to accumulated noises we are exposed to in our surroundings. In addition to stress, there are levels of noise that can cause actual harm to the hearing, temporally or permanently. Asound provides noise exposure awareness through real-time decibel (dB) level indications as well as the recorded daily journey displayed on a map assisting with growing user awareness and daily planning. Users of Asound will be provided with the ability to contribute to the greater good and assist in general understanding of sound exposure types, how they impact people, and even how media-generated audio may influence behavior. A part of the Asound community will be invited to take an active part by registering and contributing to diverse topics of interest to them.
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surplife at 4.5 against Asound's 3.0. Surplife also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Asound's written reviews are positive against 53% of Surplife's.
Asound ships an update every 4 months, Surplife fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asound | Surplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #134 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 479 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Research Labs Ltd. | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
Asound
Surplife
Bugs and requests
Asound
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
Asound
No in-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
