Sound Meter vs EmpaThink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sound Meter
Measure real-time noise levels in decibels using your phone's microphone. Track noise from appliances, identify dangerous sound environments, and save your measurements.
- Real-time decibel measurement
- Noise tracking for appliances
- Identify dangerous sound levels
- Save noise measurements
- Gauge display of decibels
- Min, Max, and Average values
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Sound Meter tracker is a powerful application which will allow you to measure noise with your phone microphone. It shows real-time noise value in decibels (dB). Sound Meter tracker can be used to check the noise of any household appliances like washing machine, refrigerator, computer, air conditioner, etc,. Also you can decide which item you should buy based on the amount sound the electronic unit makes. Too much noise is dangerous to you. So you can keep track of noise around you and avoid being at places that have sound levels that are dangerous to you. FEATURES: - Highly accurate decibel meter - Allows you to save your recorded noise measurements - Indicates decibel by gauge - Display the current noise reference - Display Minimum, Maximum and Average decibel values Love the app? Give us a five star rating, write a review and share the app with your friends! Need Help? Let us know here: https://loyalfoundry.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1 Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.loyal.app/privacy-policy
EmpaThink
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EmpaThink is an AI-powered emotion analysis app that helps you understand your emotional patterns through facial expressions, voice tone, and text. https://empathink-66fb2.web.app FEATURES: Face Analysis Capture a selfie, and EmpaThink analyzes your facial expressions using deep learning. Detects 7 core emotions: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust, and neutral. Voice Analysis Record your voice, and our AI analyzes your tone, pitch, energy, and tempo to detect your emotional state from acoustic features. Text Analysis Write how you feel, and our NLP model detects emotions and sentiment from your words, with word-level importance explanations. Transparent AI (XAI) Unlike black-box AI, EmpaThink explains WHY it detected each emotion: • FACS shows which facial muscles indicate each emotion • SHAP analysis highlights which words contributed to detected emotions • Acoustic feature breakdown explains voice-based detections Emotion Refinement After detection, choose from 60+ detailed sub-emotions like Tired, Grateful, Frustrated, or Anxious to capture exactly how you feel. Live Camera Real-time continuous emotion tracking with masking detection — identifies fake smiles and suppressed emotions using Duchenne smile analysis. Track Your Journey Monitor your emotional well-being over time with session history, emotion patterns, and insights. Privacy & Safety Your data is encrypted and secure. All analysis happens in real-time — raw images and audio are never stored on our servers. Full GDPR compliance. Built-in mental health safety features with crisis resources. EmpaThink is developed as part of doctoral research on Trusted Empathic AI at the University of Sarajevo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EmpaThink at none against Sound Meter's 2. EmpaThink also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sound Meter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. EmpaThink asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sound Meter ships an update every 2 months, EmpaThink every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sound Meter | EmpaThink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loyal Foundry, Inc. | Selma Skopljakovic Hubljar |
In-app purchases
Sound Meter
- Sound Meter Premium$1.997 Days
- Special Offer - 50% Discount$3.991 Month
EmpaThink
No in-app purchases
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