ToneCircle vs Decibel Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToneCircle
Experience music and sound visually by mapping audio frequencies to colors and musical notes. This app allows you to see the patterns within sound in a unique and immersive way.
- Visualizes sound frequencies
- Maps frequencies to colors
- Maps frequencies to musical notes
- Real-time audio analysis
- Immersive sound experience
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Tone is an app that provides the user with a new and revolutionary way to experience sound and music. Tone listens to the music and sounds you love, and detects the frequencies moving through the air around you, mapping them to colors and musical notes you can now see and visualize first hand, experiencing the beautiful patterns in music in a whole new way.
Decibel Meter
This tool transforms your iPhone into a professional sound level meter, measuring decibels and analyzing sound frequencies. It helps identify harmful noise levels to protect your hearing and health, offering detailed insights and measurement history.
- Professional sound level meter
- Sound frequency analysis
- Noise dosimeter with standards
- Accurate sound pressure measurements
- Save and export measurements
- Advanced measurement charts
- MIN/MAX/AVG data
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Decibel Meter is a professional tool to measure decibels & analyze sound frequency. This app turns your iPhone into a professional sound level meter, detects harmful noises and helps protect your health & hearing. Measure the noise level around you and protect yourself in case of excessive volume. Main Features: * A noise dosimeter will help you understand how noisy it is at your workplace or home. * Dosimeter with NIOSH, OSHA standards * Accurate sound pressure measurements * Various types of measurements: dBa, dBc, dBz * Save measurements to the database right on your iPhone * Get MIN / MAX / AVG information for your measurements * Export measurements * Advanced charts show you the deep details of your measurements Is your job high in noise? Do you want to find out if the neighbours are not exceeding the permissible volume values? Do you want to monitor the health of your ears? This means that our application can serve you as a faithful assistant. Are you ready to give it a go? Subscription information about pricing and terms: The app is based on the freemium model: it's free to use. However, you can subscribe for unlimited access to all features with unlimited usage. I provide different options. The longer period – the profitable subscription. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/richapps/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/richapps/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ToneCircle at 4.8 against Decibel Meter's 3.5. ToneCircle also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Decibel Meter's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 12). 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. Decibel Meter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. ToneCircle asks for nothing beyond the download.
ToneCircle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of ToneCircle's written reviews are positive against 50% of Decibel Meter's.
ToneCircle ships an update every 2 weeks, Decibel Meter every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToneCircle | Decibel Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 3.5 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arias Software LLC | Rychard Matskevich |
Customer experience
ToneCircle
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In-app purchases
ToneCircle
No in-app purchases
Decibel Meter
- Decibel Meter Premium Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Noise Spectrum Detector VIP3 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Noise Frequency Checker VIP$19.993 Months
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- Sound Level Analyzer dB VIP$29.991 Year
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