Comparison

livetoolkit vs Sound Power

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

Sound Power

Features
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Sound Power – Accurate Sound Power Measurement, Effortlessly Sound Power is your mobile companion for measuring the sound power of machines, devices, and other objects. Designed for use with Svantek sound level meters (like SV 977D and SV 971A) via Bluetooth®, this app helps you quickly set up measurement points around your test object and guides you through the entire process with ease. Whether you're conducting lab tests or fieldwork, Sound Power simplifies sound power assessments and supports compliant measurements based on international standards. Its intuitive interface makes setup fast and reporting effortless. New: "Manual mode" Now you can use Sound Power even without a Svantek device. The new "Manual mode" allows you to enter measured sound level data manually, making it easy to generate reports and document results when external measurements have already been taken. Key Features: - New "Manual mode": enter sound level values manually, without a device - Connects via Bluetooth® to Svantek meters (SV 977D, SV 971A) - Supports measurement point configuration around the sound source - Guides users through standardized sound power testing - Saves all data and results directly to the sound level meter - Generates reports instantly - Designed for both professionals and technicians List of supported devices: - SVAN 977CE - SV 977D - SV 973 - SV 973A - SV 971A

Screenshots

livetoolkit4 screens
Sound Power4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sound Power at Free against livetoolkit's $3.99. Sound Power also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sound Power is free to download; livetoolkit costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, Sound Power every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
livetoolkit versus Sound Power: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlivetoolkitSound Power
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas ZehSvantek Sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

None

livetoolkit

No in-app purchases

None

Sound Power

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is livetoolkit free?
livetoolkit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sound Power free?
Sound Power is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do livetoolkit or Sound Power have ads?
Neither livetoolkit nor Sound Power shows ads.
Which is updated more often, livetoolkit or Sound Power?
livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, and Sound Power every 5 weeks. Most recently, livetoolkit was updated on July 1, 2026 and Sound Power on September 17, 2026.

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