RTA vs MultiMet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTA
Analyze audio frequencies, test speakers, and tune rooms with this professional-grade acoustical analysis tool. It offers octave and 1/3 octave modes, peak hold, and averaging, with automatic microphone compensation for accurate results.
- Real-time acoustical analysis
- Octave and 1/3 Octave modes
- Peak Hold and Average modes
- Automatic microphone compensation
- Save, recall, and export graphs
- Interactive touch GUI
- Noise curve overlays
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A Real Time Analyzer for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Test your speakers, tune your room, do acoustical analysis work or just have a better understanding of audio frequencies. RTA is a professional-grade acoustical analysis tool. All filters meet or exceed ANSI and IEC Class 1 specifications. Includes Octave and 1/3 Octave modes, with selectable decay times, as well as Peak Hold and true linear Average mode. *** iOS Microphones We have analyzied every iOS device, including all of the iPads, all iPhones, and iPod touches, and have created microphone compensation files that are applied automatically. You can trust the results you are getting, often within just a few dB of a far more expensive analyzer. Calibration is updated regularly, automatically, from our cloud-based calibration database. Upgrade to our iTestMic or iAudioInterface2 to bring your system up to full professional specs. *** Save and Recall Graphs You can save and recall graphs, marked with the GPS location, date & time, and your comment, as well as store the image to your photo roll. Export the data as an XLS formatted file to your computer for inclusion in reports or further analysis. *** Max and Min Bars You can also turn on resettable Max/Min bars (see image #4) to capture peaks. Double-tap to reset the bars. *** Specifications and Devices The internal iPhone mic has a noise floor near 30 dB, and if your are running iOS 6, clips around 120 dB. *** Touch GUI Fully interactive touch GUI features includes scroll up/down, pinch to zoom or compress the vertical dB scale, or swipe horizontally to get a cursor that reads out the exact dB level and frequency across the screen. To make the cursor disappear, swipe it off the graph to the left. The landscape-mode display flips 180 degrees so that you can face the internal mic in either direction. *** Overlay Curves Also included are optional noise curve overlays, in NCB, RC, PNC, NC, X-Curve and NR mode. See picture #2 for an example. Use this feature to get a quick reading on the noise levels in a room. Also includes the cinema large-room X-curve overlay. *** Calibration RTA can be fully calibrated, whether you are using it with the internal iOS microphone, or one of our professional test & measurement mic solutions. And, if you are using iTestMic, the mic calibration is transmitted directly to the app, so you are always calibrated. *** RTA or FFT? If you are wondering if you should download this app or our FFT app, check out our website, we have a page devoted to this topic. See our other acoustics and audio apps, including AudioTools.
MultiMet
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Inspired by math rock and progressive metal bands, MultiMet is a sequential metronome generator designed to be the ultimate utility for any musical situation you can think of The main tool which separates this app from others is the tempo segment - set a bpm and time signature (or polyrhythm) with a bar/cycle count for one part of a song, then add a new segment with all new settings to be played next in sequence. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination and creativity. KEY FEATURES • Sequenced setlists — play a set of metronomes one after the other, as if it was a song with time signature and tempo changes • Gradual tempo ramps — speed up or slow down from segment to the other, and set when it's time to do so • Polyrhythms — set up to 5 layered ratios with each layer having their own individual sound • Loop regions — select a group of segments to loop many times, with the option to cut the last pass short for... • Alternate endings — add more segments at the end of a loop, then bounce back and forth until you're ready to move on • Infinite loop mode — focus on one segment or looped segment until you're comfortable to play the setlist completely • Bar-counting record mode — play how you think the song goes without second guessing of how many bars there are • Save and Load files — make a setlist of segments for a set or make it one song and save it, then load in for later • Export to WAV, MP3, MIDI and TXT— Generate audio of the sequenced click track for recording a song along to, export a MIDI file full of tempo and time signature changes and then import it into a professional DAW like ProTools, and finally pull up quick text details to share notes with others • Six visual themes, all with dark/light modes • Per-segment customization — use colors, label names and images to give each tempo character. • 12 languages supported - English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, French, Korean, German, Russian, Hindi, and Arabic • Haptic beat feedback, count-off toggle, and other quality-of-life options. Have any suggestions/feedback? drop an email • DESIGNED WITH TABLET IN MIND! where you can flip sideways for landscape mode and see your whole song laid out in front of you Some of the Quality-of-Life features: • Latency delay — compensate for audio lag on slower devices or when syncing to a smart watch (will be released soon!) • Haptic feedback — feel the beat, not just hear it • Fullscreen beat visualizer — big, glanceable bars and rings for stage or practice-room use • Tablet-optimized layouts — dedicated landscape and portrait views, with different a horizontal or vertical layout of the tempo segments • Count-off — a lead-in bar before playback starts, with a choice of instrument sounds • Custom beat patterns — accent, mute, or emphasize individual beats per segment This app is made to be there for you every step of the way! Here are some examples this app can be used: - Training with difficult tempos - Conducting a song with different time signatures - Figuring out difficult transitions during band practice - Replacing the metronome in a BandLab or Garageband session - Fine tuning the click track in your next recording session on ProTools or Logic Privacy: MultiMet requires no account, displays no ads, and does not collect or transmit any user data. Everything you create — setlists, tempos, preferences — stays on your device unless you choose to export or share it yourself. Full details are available in our Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/multimetbymrgrieves/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MultiMet at none against RTA's 2. MultiMet also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 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
RTA costs $4.99 and MultiMet $4.99 up front. RTA sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MultiMet asks for nothing beyond the download.
RTA ships an update every 3 months, MultiMet every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RTA | MultiMet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Smith | JOSHUA ALEJANDRO VAZQUEZ |
Bugs and requests
RTA
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes after iOS updates (iOS 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- App freezes or crashes on startup
- App only displays half the screen
- App does not save analysis readings to photo roll
- App stops working on older iPads after updates
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- Accessory found/removed loop with iTestMic 2
- App continues to run in background, draining battery
- Calibration not supported for specific iPad models
- App not installing after purchase/update
- App not opening on iPhone 4 after update
- dB/input level is useless after update
- Screen not expanding after updates
- App not compatible with iOS 7
- App crashes when saving screen
- App not working with iMM-6 microphone
- App overcompensates for low frequencies
- App crashes on 3G S after update
- Low frequency response cut due to voice recognition
Requested features
8 requests- Add German language support
- Add NC and NR curves
- Make background mode optional
- Improve compatibility with newer iOS versions
- Add option to overlay readings
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- Add zoom functionality for frequencies
- Improve calibration for external mics
- Add pink noise output
MultiMet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RTA
- STC -- Transmission Loss$9.99
- Reference Curve Files$9.99
MultiMet
No in-app purchases









