Comparison

Touch Waves vs Noise Spectrum Logger

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

Head to head
About

Touch Waves

Explore wave physics with interactive animations and detailed explanations. This app covers vibrations, waves on strings, acoustics, and optics, making complex concepts visual and understandable for students and educators.

Highlights
  • Wave physics concepts
  • Interactive animations (2D & 3D)
  • Basic equations
  • Classroom projection support
  • Covers vibration, acoustics, optics
  • Detailed subject list
Features
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Touch Waves is an educational application helpful for a high-school or university course of wave physics. It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains approximately thirty animations (some in 3D) illustrating the various concepts of wave physics. More than 70 screens of wave physics! For teachers !! Connect your iPad to a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom. List of covered subjects: Vibration: Harmonic oscillator, damped oscillator, driven oscillator. Wave on strings: Introduction, reflection and transmission, standing waves. Acoustics: Introduction, reflection and transmission, Doppler effect. Optics: Geometric optics, wave optics, polarization, Jones formulation of polarization, reflection and transmission, interference, diffraction, Doppler-Fizeau effect. Each section contains at least one animation. List of animations: Motion of harmonic oscillator, Motion of damped oscillator, Motion of driven oscillator, Progressive transversal wave, Reflection and transmission on string, Standing waves on string, Progressive longitudinal wave, Beating wave, Acoustic frequency, Acoustic Spectrometer, Acoustic Doppler effect, Snell-Descartes’ law, Law of spherical interface, Law of thin lens, Law of thick lens, Law of spherical mirror, Geometric aberration, Chromatic aberration, Visible spectrum, Electromagnetic wave in 3D, Electromagnetic spectrum, Absorption and emission of photon, Types of polarization, Types of polarization in 3D, Fresnel’s coefficients, Reflection and transmission in 3D, Degree of polarization in reflection, Interference in 3D, Young's interferometer, Michelson's interferometer, Fabry-Pérot interferometer, Diffraction by rectangular aperture, Diffraction by circular aperture.

About

Noise Spectrum Logger

Visualize sound frequencies in real-time with a dynamic spectrum display. Log and export audio data for analysis, with options for smoothing and background processing. Access all features offline.

Highlights
  • Real-time spectrum display (20-20000Hz)
  • Zoomable spectrum view
  • Maximum value highlighting
  • Spectrum smoothing options (Mean/RMS)
  • Logging and CSV export
  • Background processing
  • Offline functionality
Features
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1. DESPLAY The power spectrum of sound is displayed in the range of 20 - 20000Hz. You can zoom in/out the spectrum by pinching in/out smoothly. Also landscape orientation is supported. 2. USEFUL While "hold" switch is ON, the maximum values are displayed in red color. You can select "Mean" or "RMS" as the way of smoothing the spectrum out. 3. LOGGING By sliding "log" switch, the logging mode is started. To choose a past log from "History" tab, you can pull it from iPhone via email as a CSV file. The CSV file can be edited with Excel etc. 4. AVAILABLE Without cellular data service, the full functions are available. 5. BACKGROUND PROCESSING You can use the logging function even when iPhone in your pocket. 6. TECHNICAL NOTE Sample rate: 44.1kHz Bit depth: 32bit float FFT window function: Blackman FFT samples: 8192

Screenshots

Touch Waves4 screens
Noise Spectrum Logger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Noise Spectrum Logger at Free against Touch Waves's $3.99. Noise Spectrum Logger also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). Touch Waves's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months). On ratings volume, ads 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

Noise Spectrum Logger is free to download; Touch Waves costs $3.99 up front. Noise Spectrum Logger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Touch Waves asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noise Spectrum Logger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch Waves ships an update every 5 months, Noise Spectrum Logger every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Touch Waves versus Noise Spectrum Logger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch WavesNoise Spectrum Logger
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperXavier DaxheletYukiko Iwai

Customer experience

Touch Waves

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

Noise Spectrum Logger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Touch Waves

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Noise Spectrum Logger

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Touch Waves free?
Touch Waves costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noise Spectrum Logger free?
Noise Spectrum Logger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Touch Waves or Noise Spectrum Logger?
Noise Spectrum Logger is rated higher. Touch Waves averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Noise Spectrum Logger averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touch Waves or Noise Spectrum Logger have ads?
Neither Touch Waves nor Noise Spectrum Logger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch Waves or Noise Spectrum Logger?
Touch Waves ships an update every 5 months, and Noise Spectrum Logger every 10 months. Most recently, Touch Waves was updated on October 13, 2026 and Noise Spectrum Logger on October 7, 2026.

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