Magnetometer vs ChronoLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magnetometer
This application uses your iPhone's compass to detect electromagnetic interference, helping you find metal objects or magnets. It's designed for fun and experimental purposes, not as a professional tool. Discover hidden metal items or simply explore the magnetic fields around you.
- Detects metal and magnets
- Uses iPhone's compass
- Measures EMF interference
- Fun and experimental use
- Simple user interface
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Magnetometer is a fun app for finding metal or magnets by detecting EMF interference with your iPhone's compass heading. Find your keys, or just have fun discovering what could be made of metal. Magnetometer is not meant to replace an actual, professional-grade metal detector. Magnetometer presents simple information to the user about the interference experiences. For more scientific data, please turn to other great apps on the App Store. Magnetometer is made for fun and for experimental purposes and is not designed for scientific use. Also, don't drop your iPhone in sand hoping to find treasure; it's risky.
ChronoLog
This app provides professional-grade tools to track the accuracy of mechanical watches. It offers audio timegraphing, photo offset measurement, and tap timing, along with detailed analytics and atomic time synchronization for collectors and enthusiasts.
- Audio timegrapher for rate, beat error, and amplitude
- Photo offset measurement against atomic time
- Tap timing for quick offset logging
- Track accuracy trends over time
- Atomic time synchronization
- Detailed performance graphs and analytics
- Manage and organize watch collection
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ChronoLog — Timegrapher, Watch Accuracy Tracker & Collection Log Turn your iPhone into a timegrapher. ChronoLog listens to your mechanical watch through the microphone and reads its rate in seconds per day — then keeps measuring over days and weeks, on your wrist, so you know how the watch really runs, not just how it ran on the bench. No subscription. No account. One-time purchase unlocks everything. AUDIO TIMEGRAPHER • Rate in seconds per day from your watch's tick, in about 30 seconds — the same number a timegrapher gives you. • Every reading carries a confidence score, so you know when to trust it and when to record again. • Movements from 18,000 to 36,000 bph, detected automatically or set per watch. ACCURACY OVER TIME — THE PART A TIMEGRAPHER CAN'T DO A bench reading captures one moment. ChronoLog logs every measurement into timing runs and charts the daily rate as you actually wear the watch: watch it drift, catch magnetization, and see when it needs regulation or a service — before it costs you minutes a week. • Photo offset: photograph the dial against atomic time for the most precise manual reading. • Tap timing: tap on the second for a quick log with any watch, quartz included. • Tag measurements by position, temperature or activity to learn what moves the rate. ACCURACY REPORT — NEW A health score for every watch, timekeeping trends per run, and an anonymous comparison against the same models worldwide — find out whether your Submariner or your SKX keeps time better than most. Share a private report link that expires on its own. ATOMIC TIME Every measurement is referenced to NTP atomic time, not your phone's clock. Use the live atomic clock, with an optional seconds tick, to set your watches to the second. YOUR COLLECTION, ORGANISED • Unlimited watches with photos, brand, model, calibre, serial number, service history and notes. • Wear log: swipe to mark what you're wearing, then see your rotation as a calendar, timeline and stats. • Moon phase: last and next full moon with the days between — set a moonphase complication in seconds. • Full backup and restore. CSV export for your records or your watchmaker. WHY COLLECTORS CHOOSE CHRONOLOG A timegrapher is for adjusting a watch. ChronoLog is for knowing it — clean, fast, ad-free, built by a collector in Boulder, Colorado, who reads and answers every review. Download ChronoLog and find out how your watches really run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChronoLog at Free against Magnetometer's $0.99. ChronoLog also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 34 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Magnetometer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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
ChronoLog is free to download; Magnetometer costs $0.99 up front. ChronoLog sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Magnetometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
ChronoLog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChronoLog has 236 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 86% and 85% positive.
Magnetometer ships an update every 34 months, ChronoLog every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Magnetometer | ChronoLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (236 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 85.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 236 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bogdan Gavriluta | tyler wood |
Customer experience
Magnetometer
ChronoLog
In-app purchases
Magnetometer
No in-app purchases
ChronoLog
- Premium$5.99
- Premium$6.99
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