BalotCalcFree vs Sound Recognition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BalotCalcFree
This utility app serves as a calculator for the popular card game "Balot". It saves your game calculations even if you exit the application or receive a call, ensuring your progress is never lost.
- Balot card game calculator
- Saves calculations automatically
- Calculations persist after app exit
- Calculations persist after calls
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برنامج لتسجيل نشرة (حساب) لعبة البلوت الشهيرة الحسابات لا تمسح في حالة خروجك من البرنامج (أو في حالة اتصال) This App is a calculator for the famous cards game "Balot" calculations are saved if applications went to background (or if you received a call)
Sound Recognition
This utility app notifies users with a screen change and light when a specific target voice is recognized. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result, including its type and evaluation value.
- Voice recognition alerts
- Screen and light notification
- Displays speech recognition results
- Configurable recognition threshold
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When the selected recognition target voice is recognized, user will be notified by a screen change and light. *Notification will be made only if the evaluation value exceeds the preset recognition threshold. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result (type, evaluation value) among the current speech recognition results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BalotCalcFree at 5.0 against Sound Recognition's 1.0. BalotCalcFree also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Sound Recognition's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 18 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BalotCalcFree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
BalotCalcFree ships an update every 18 months, Sound Recognition every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BalotCalcFree | Sound Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.8.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hanni Safar | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
Customer experience
BalotCalcFree
Sound Recognition
In-app purchases
BalotCalcFree
No in-app purchases
Sound Recognition
No in-app purchases
Questions
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