Comparison

Audio Spectrum Analyzer vs Flipper Mobile App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Flipper Mobile App

Manage your portable multi-tool device data, organize digital keys, and share them with a community of users. This application enhances the functionality of your device for various geeky projects.

Highlights
  • Manage device data
  • Organize digital keys
  • Share keys with users
  • Community sharing
Features
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Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for geeks in a toy-like body. This app helps to manage your data on the device, organize keys and share them with other Flipper Zero users.

Screenshots

Audio Spectrum Analyzer4 screens
Flipper Mobile App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flipper Mobile App at Free against Audio Spectrum Analyzer's $3.99. Flipper Mobile App also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Audio Spectrum Analyzer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Flipper Mobile App is free to download; Audio Spectrum Analyzer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flipper Mobile App holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipper Mobile App has 305 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Audio Spectrum Analyzer's written reviews are positive against 69% of Flipper Mobile App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Spectrum Analyzer ships an update every 7 months, Flipper Mobile App monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Audio Spectrum Analyzer versus Flipper Mobile App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio Spectrum AnalyzerFlipper Mobile App
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (52 ratings)4.5 (305 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.4% of reviews69.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52305 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlack Cat SystemsFlipper Devices Inc.

Customer experience

Audio Spectrum Analyzer

All ratings52 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative21.2%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive54.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative35.3%

Flipper Mobile App

All ratings305 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral14.5%
Negative16.3%

User reviews

Audio Spectrum Analyzer

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy for recording studio
  • 👍 Excellent for analyzing noise
  • 👍 Intuitive and simple
  • 👍 Great for tuning
  • 👍 Accurate on iPad mini

Room to improve

  • 👎 Does not work with newer iPhones
  • 👎 Not updated in years
  • 👎 Stopped working quickly
  • 👎 Sold with false pretenses
  • 👎 Extremely slow on iPhone 7

Flipper Mobile App

From 305 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for installing and updating Flipper Zero
  • 👍 Useful for controlling Flipper Zero remotely
  • 🚀 Efficient firmware and app updates
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 👍 Helpful for managing Flipper Zero files and apps

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with custom firmware
  • 🐛 App download section not always working
  • 🔋 Bluetooth connection can drain phone battery
  • 🐛 Difficulty reconnecting after disconnecting

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

Flipper Mobile App

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Firmware update process sometimes causes Bluetooth, SubGHz, or NFC issues
  • App crashes when trying to access the App Store section
  • Keyboard not showing up when pairing code is requested
  • Widgets not working on iOS 16
  • Remote control feature has input lag

Requested features

9 requests
  • More interactive features (e.g., sleeping dolphin, talking dolphin)
  • Ability to download different firmware versions directly in the app
  • Support for managing multiple Flipper Zero devices
  • Folder support in SubGHz catalog
  • Apple Watch companion app
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  • Shortcuts integration for payloads
  • Notification system for app updates
  • Ability to edit and move files/folders on the Flipper Zero
  • Ducky script compiler in the mobile app

In-app purchases

None

Audio Spectrum Analyzer

No in-app purchases

None

Flipper Mobile App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Spectrum Analyzer free?
Audio Spectrum Analyzer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flipper Mobile App free?
Flipper Mobile App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audio Spectrum Analyzer or Flipper Mobile App?
Flipper Mobile App is rated higher. Audio Spectrum Analyzer averages 3.9 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Flipper Mobile App averages 4.5 from 305 ratings.
Do Audio Spectrum Analyzer or Flipper Mobile App have ads?
Neither Audio Spectrum Analyzer nor Flipper Mobile App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Spectrum Analyzer or Flipper Mobile App?
Audio Spectrum Analyzer ships an update every 7 months, and Flipper Mobile App monthly. Most recently, Audio Spectrum Analyzer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Flipper Mobile App on October 1, 2026.

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