Comparison

iSeismometer vs El Hierro MAC

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

Head to head
About

iSeismometer

Transform your iPhone into a sensitive seismometer to detect and visualize vibrations. Explore its educational and data-collecting capabilities for fun or serious applications.

Highlights
  • Converts iPhone to seismometer
  • Detects and visualizes vibrations
  • Data collecting capabilities
  • Educational use
  • Adjustable frequency settings
  • Re-track previous data
  • X-Y-Z illustrated graphs
Features
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iSeismometer turns your iPhone or iPad into a seismograph. Set it on a table, tap the desk, and watch the ground move. You will be surprised how sensitive your phone is. It has been doing that since the App Store opened in 2008, when it reached #1 in Education in Japan, Austria, Finland, and Greece. Version 1.7 is a complete rebuild: faster, clearer, and finally a real instrument. LIVE SEISMOGRAPH • Three axes at up to 100 samples per second, drawn like a strip-chart recorder • Scroll back through up to an hour of history while it keeps recording • Gravity filter with a real corner frequency, so slow tilt disappears and earthquakes stay • Live spectrum: see the frequency of footsteps, a washing machine, or a passing truck at a glance • Dark mode and a full iPad layout EVENT DETECTION • A seismologist's STA/LTA trigger flags every tremor with its peak acceleration, duration, and dominant frequency • Three sensitivity levels, from "only real shakes" to "every footstep" • Events are shaded on the traces and listed so you can jump straight to them RECORDINGS • Every session is saved automatically as compact raw data, split into hourly files • Browse by day, open any recording, scrub to its events, and see its spectrum • Export CSV, or pick up the raw files in the Files app and in Finder • Keep them for a day, a week, a month, or forever WAS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE? • Live USGS feed on a globe, filtered by time window and magnitude • Tap a quake for its depth, time, and the official USGS page STREAM TO YOUR MAC • Open iSeismometer on a Mac on the same Wi-Fi and your phone finds it by itself • The Mac shows every device streaming to it side by side, with its own recordings and event detection • Reconnects on its own after the screen locks, the network drops, or the Mac restarts Made for fun and for learning. A phone carries a MEMS accelerometer, not a broadband seismometer, so it feels footsteps and trucks far better than distant earthquakes. Put it on a solid floor, plug it in, keep the screen awake, and you have a home seismic station. iSeismometer is not a substitute for official earthquake early warnings or emergency alerts. Questions and ideas: info@objectgraph.com "This is a novelty app but one that also helps you learn something new... one of those things that is very captivating once you've looked at it once." — The Independent Guide to the iPhone 3GS

About

El Hierro MAC

Features
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Aplicación móvil desarrollada para el proyecto sistema de observación meteorológica y oceánica como herramienta para el fomento de la resiliencia y adaptación al cambio climático (MACCLIMA) enmarcado en el programa de cooperación INTERREG V-A ESPAÑA PORTUGAL(madeira-azores-canarias) 2014-2020 cofinanciado en un 85% con fondos FEDER. Esta aplicación mostrará recomendaciones al usuario respecto al uso responsable del agua, lucha contra el cambio climático, ante fenómenos meteorológicos adversos, actividades sostenibles que se desarrollen en la isla, etc. La interfaz de usuario contiene un menú cuyo contenido muestra las siguientes categorías a consultar por los usuarios: Gestión de residuos y sostenibilidad, Biodiversidad, Seguridad y Emergencias, Meteorología y Cambio climático.

Screenshots

iSeismometer4 screens
El Hierro MAC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: El Hierro MAC at 13.0 against iSeismometer's 16.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iSeismometer versus El Hierro MAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriSeismometerEl Hierro MAC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (172 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings172 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperObjectGraph LLCCabildo Insular de El Hierro

Bugs and requests

iSeismometer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons/controls not working on newer iOS versions
  • Keyboard not appearing in text input fields
  • Inconsistent performance across device models

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add sensitivity control
  • Implement zero control for reference plane
  • Increase recording time
  • Improve UI/UX (e.g. color coding, scrolling, chart speed control)
  • Implement Richter scale or other measurement units
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  • Add data export/sharing options (e.g. email, save to file)

El Hierro MAC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iSeismometer

No in-app purchases

None

El Hierro MAC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iSeismometer free?
iSeismometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is El Hierro MAC free?
El Hierro MAC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iSeismometer or El Hierro MAC have ads?
Neither iSeismometer nor El Hierro MAC shows ads.

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