Audio Spectrum Analyzer vs Vibration Meter, seismograph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audio Spectrum Analyzer
Transform your iOS device into a powerful audio spectrum analyzer. Visualize frequencies up to 20 kHz with customizable display options including frequency span, FFT size, and logarithmic views. Enhance analysis with filtering, peak hold, and adjustable decay rates.
- Frequency analysis up to 20 kHz
- Adjustable frequency span and FFT size
- Logarithmic frequency display
- Graph fill mode toggle
- Up to five frequency markers
- Spectrum filtering and averaging
- Peak hold with adjustable decay rate
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Spectrum Pad turns your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch into an audio spectrum analyzer. Frequencies up to 20 kHz can be displayed. You can control the displayed frequency span, as well as the FFT size, from 1024 to 262144 bins. A logarithmic display of the entire 10 Hz to 20 kHz frequency range is available, and the graph fill mode can be turned on and off, as well as the display of up to five frequency markers. Filtering (averaging) can be applied to the spectrum, to smooth out variations. You can turn on the Peak Hold to make it easier to see transient events, as well as adjust the decay rate. Swiping with two fingers lets you adjust the brightness of the spectrum or the graticule grid overlay. Tapping three times with two fingers will save a screenshot to your Photos. One of several user selectable window functions can be used: Rectangular Hanning Hamming Tukey Cosine Lanczos Blackman
Vibration Meter, seismograph
This application uses your phone's accelerometer to measure and record vibrations from various sources, including earthquakes and everyday objects. It displays ground motion on a graph and uses an instrumental intensity scale for analysis. You can also monitor and share your measurement results.
- Measures vibration strength
- Detects seismic waves
- Uses accelerometer for analysis
- Displays ground motion graph
- Utilizes instrumental intensity scale
- Monitors and shares results
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Vibration meter is an app called seismograph or seismometer, which measures the strength of vibration, quakes, earthquakes, vibrations of the human body or any other objects around you. Our app allows for detecting and recording of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches and other sources of vibration and shocks. Accelerometer in your mobile phone is used for detection of vibrations and measurement analysis. Graph presents a record of the ground motion at a measuring point. Ground movement or an object is presented as a function of time in the three Cartesian axes, with the z axis perpendicular to the Earth's surface and the x- and y- axes parallel to the surface. Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. It measures the effects of an earthquake and it is distinct from the moment of magnitude. Richter Scale assigns a magnitude number to quantify the energy released by an earthquake. Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at location. PGA is equal to the amplitude of the largest absolute acceleration recorded on an accelerogram at a site during a particular earthquake. In this app we use Instrumental Intensity Scale (developed by The United States Geological Survey) which maps peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity on an intensity scale similar to the felt Mercalli Scale. These values are used to create shake maps by seismologists on around the world. Mercalli Intensity Scale distinguishes the following levels of vibration and impact damage: I. Instrumental - Not felt. Recorded by seismographs. II. Weak - Felt only on top floors of high buildings. III. Slight - Felt indoors, like a passing light truck. IV. Moderate - Windows, doors rattle. Like passing train. V. Rather Strong - Felt by all. Small objects upset. VI. Strong - Books off shelves. Trees shake. Damage. VII. Very Strong - Difficult to stand. Buildings damaged. VIII. Destructive - Significant damage. Trees broken. IX. Violent - General panic. Serious damage. Cracks. X. Intense - Most buildings destroyed. Rails bent. XI. Extreme - Rails bent greatly. Pipelines destroyed. XII. Catastrophic - Near total damage. This app allows you monitor and share the results of your measurements with other users. Measure and monitor all vibration and shocks using smartphone or tablet!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Vibration Meter, seismograph at Free against Audio Spectrum Analyzer's $3.99. Vibration Meter, seismograph also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (717 vs 52). Audio Spectrum Analyzer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (54% vs 42%). On update cadence, 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
Vibration Meter, seismograph is free to download; Audio Spectrum Analyzer costs $3.99 up front. Vibration Meter, seismograph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Audio Spectrum Analyzer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vibration Meter, seismograph holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vibration Meter, seismograph has 717 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Audio Spectrum Analyzer's written reviews are positive against 42% of Vibration Meter, seismograph's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Audio Spectrum Analyzer | Vibration Meter, seismograph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (52 ratings) | 4.7 (717 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 717 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Cat Systems | ExaMobile S.A. |
Customer experience
Audio Spectrum Analyzer
Vibration Meter, seismograph
Bugs and requests
Audio Spectrum Analyzer
Reported bugs
14 issues- No way to exit on iPhones without Home button
- Doesn't work with iPhone XR
- Stopped working after about 3 minutes
- Zooming sometimes doesn't work
- Resuming app makes it not display frequency data
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- Cannot pinch to zoom in frequency domain
- Peak hold feature is unnecessary/freezes
- Graph disappears
- Screen update is slow
- White screen only on iPad 1
- Vertical volume scale incorrect
- Laggy controls
- Cannot see entered text
- Fatal, doesn't work, jerky
Requested features
19 requests- Running average of spectrums
- Ability to exit on iPhones without Home button
- Ability to reset peak hold with a tap
- Go to 40 kHz
- Expand instructions for filtering window
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- Zoom on Y axis (amplitude)
- Freeze spectrum and save/email
- Isolate portions of the spectrum
- Apple Watch port
- More detailed grid
- Linear vertical axis
- More control over FFT parameters
- Waterfall display
- Sliding cursor/zoom window
- Manually place markers
- Pause, peak hold, save functions
- Waterfall view
- Configurable averaging
- More functions
Vibration Meter, seismograph
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Audio Spectrum Analyzer
No in-app purchases
Vibration Meter, seismograph
- Remove ads$1.99
Questions
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