Comparison

livetoolkit vs AudioCalc

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

Head to head
About

livetoolkit

This app provides essential calculations for live event technicians, including PA system setup, lighting fixture addressing, and electrical measurements. It helps speed up on-site setup by offering quick conversions and calculations directly on a mobile device.

Highlights
  • PA system delay time calculations
  • Subwoofer stacking distance calculations
  • Q-Factor to Bandwidth conversion
  • Limiter calculations for speaker capacity
  • Tap Tempo calculation
  • DMX fixture addressing
  • Unit conversions (feet/meter, lbs/kg)
Features
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Everybody working in the live concert business has experienced situations like this: You've just arrived at the venue. According to the local promoter everything should have been put up before you arrived, but it hasn't. Now it'll take an hour or more to set up the PA-System and Lighting-gear before you can start to do your actual work. All has to be done as fast as possible. You don't have time to get your laptop out of the car and working just to do some necessary calculations. Now you can just take your iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad® and start doing your calculations with LiveToolkit. LiveToolkit helps audio technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Delay times for your PA-system: Conversion between time and distance. • Stacking distance of your subs: Conversion between frequency and wavelength. • Getting your PA-Settings into the controller: Conversion from Q-Factor to Bandwidth and back. • Setting up your controller: Limiter calculations depending on speaker capacity and amp output. • Getting the musicians tempo: Tap Tempo calculation with different note weightings. LiveToolkit helps lighting technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Getting the start address for multiple fixtures based on quantity, channels, and first address used. • Setting the DMX-address right using a DIP-Switch, or identifying the address value of a DIP-Switch. LiveToolkit helps any technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Universal useful conversion between feet and meter and lbs to kg. • Conversion between Watt, Ampere and Volt. • Calculate the voltage drop in your cable based on length and profile. • Trigonometric calculation on heights based on angle & distance. IMPORTANT NOTES: • Although good tested - this application remain a piece of Software: rockbaby engineering will not take any responsibility for any issues that may occur using LiveToolkit.

About

AudioCalc

This tool provides audio-specific conversion formulas for HiFi enthusiasts, home theater buffs, and audio professionals. It includes converters for frequency, band, delay, volume, and room modes, aiding in loudspeaker positioning, EQ setup, and room acoustics. Supports both imperial and metric units.

Highlights
  • Frequency, period, and wavelength converter
  • Parametric EQ band setup tool
  • Speaker distance and delay calculator
  • Amplifier power calculation
  • Room mode response computation
  • Imperial and metric unit support
Features
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HiFi enthousiasts, Home Theater buffs and audio professionals alike make sure you always have those handy formulas with you. This tool offers you a collection of audio targeted conversion tools. The frequency, period and wavelength converter comes in quite handy for positioning loudspeakers. The band tool helps you setup a parametric EQ. The delay part gives you an insight when setting speaker distances and delays. The volume tool helps you determine the amplifier power required for a given set of speakers. The room modal response tool allows you to compute the room modes present in a room. This is crucial when placing a subwoofer provide correct bass response. It can also be used when designing a room to avoid dimensions that would lead to a poor modal response. AudioCalc works in both imperial and metric units. Simply swipe down to reveal the unit selection view. If you liked this tool, be sure to also check VideoCalc, the companion tool that addresses your video needs.

Screenshots

livetoolkit4 screens
AudioCalc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AudioCalc at 3.0 against livetoolkit's 2.0. AudioCalc also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.1). livetoolkit's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 33%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

livetoolkit costs $3.99 and AudioCalc $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AudioCalc holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of livetoolkit's written reviews are positive against 33% of AudioCalc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, AudioCalc every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on July 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
livetoolkit versus AudioCalc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlivetoolkitAudioCalc
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas ZehNelcea

Customer experience

livetoolkit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

AudioCalc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

livetoolkit

No in-app purchases

None

AudioCalc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is livetoolkit free?
livetoolkit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioCalc free?
AudioCalc costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, livetoolkit or AudioCalc?
AudioCalc is rated higher. livetoolkit averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while AudioCalc averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do livetoolkit or AudioCalc have ads?
Neither livetoolkit nor AudioCalc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, livetoolkit or AudioCalc?
livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, and AudioCalc every 7 months. Most recently, livetoolkit was updated on July 1, 2026 and AudioCalc on September 21, 2026.

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