Richta vs AudioToolsMax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Richta
This application performs complex time-speed-distance calculations for road rallies, essential for participants in events sanctioned by organizations like the SCCA. It provides the necessary tools for accurate rally navigation and timing.
- Time-speed-distance calculations
- Road rally navigation
- SCCA sanctioned event support
- Accurate timing tools
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The Richta Rally Calculator is a software program which is intended to perform the calculations necessary for time-speed-distance road rallies, such as those sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.
AudioToolsMax
This comprehensive audio testing application provides a suite of professional measurement tools for acoustic analysis. It includes advanced features like SPL metering, real-time analysis, FFT, and impulse response, all unlocked and ready for use.
- SPL Meter
- Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
- FFT Analysis
- Speaker Polarity Checker
- Delay Finder
- Audio Oscilloscope
- Audio Calculators
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AudioToolsMax is the complete professional audio test & measurement app with every tool completely unlocked and ready to use. Educational discounts are available under the Apple Educational Discount program. AudioToolsMax includes all of the additional optional modules, like SoundSource, SPL Graph, SPL Traffic Light, LARSA, Transfer Function, STIPA, Impulse Response, and more. It's the full package. We test every iOS device and calibrate the microphone level and frequency response for the best results. We have the ability to turn off the Apple low frequency filters, and on many devices we can measure up to 120 dB SPL. Add iTestMic, iPrecisionMic, or iAudioInterface2 for a complete professional audio and acoustic test and measurement platform. Actual reviews: “...AudioTools is a “how did I ever live without it” app”. “I think this application is the best I EVER purchased.” “I have used many thousands of dollars of complicated test equipment that doesn’t measure up to this app suite.” ***** Included in the app price ***** * SPL Meter A faithful reproduction of a classic analog SPL meter. Includes A and C weighting, and Fast and Slow ANSI decay modes. All filters meet or exceed ANSI type 1. * RTA A 1/3 and octave band Real Time Analyzer. Includes touch-GUI range control, a cursor, max/min bars, and noise curve overlays. * FFT Detailed acoustic analysis, up to 32876 points. View full detail or smooth to 1/24, 1/6, 1/3 or octave. Includes cursor, scalable graphics, and peak tracking. * Polarity Speaker polarity checker. Route the test signal to a speaker, and read the polarity of the speaker on the screen. * Delay Finder Measures the time it takes for a pulse to return from a speaker. * Generator Generates sine waves, square waves, white and pink noise. * Line Level Tests A line level measurement function and frequency counter. * Audio Scope A dual-channel audio oscilloscope that includes auto-triggering, variable gain and sweep rate, and storage of scope images. * Recorder A mono/stereo audio recorder with WAV and compressed formats and 8k-48k sample rate. Transfer files via WIFI. * File transfer of results via wifi to PC / Mac. * Audio Calculators * Smaart® Tools - Single channel module. The power of Smaart® on a mobile platform. Includes RTA graphs to 1/48th octave and Spectrograph. Split-screen on iPad. * Transfer Function -- Requires 2-channel interface. Two-channel FFT-based measurement. Allows you to analyze sound system performance with music or pink noise as the signal source. * ETC Energy Time Curve. Plot decay of an impulse over time, and compute RT60 time. Internal or External trigger. * Impulse Response Record and analyze an impulse or sine sweep, compute octave and 1/3 octave ETC, T30, C50, C80, CT, Definition. * LARSA Fast and accurate sine-sweep measurement of loudspeakers and rooms. * SPL Pro Digital SPL meter with ANSI Slow, Fast, Peak, and Impulse mode, along with LEQ. Includes A and C weighting, and all 10 octave band filters. * SPL Graph Plot second-by-second SPL level for up to 24 hours, and optionally record the audio. Also, add the optional Octave Band Logging upgrade to elevate this tool to rival any professional logging SPL Meter. * SPL Traffic Light Monitor live sound levels SPL and Leq and see status in a simple green-yellow-red display. * STIPA Speech Intelligibility Meets the current NFPA code standards for testing evac systems and schools. * Speaker Distortion Measure THD+n of any driver. * THD+n (requires iAudioInterface) * Impedance Meter and Plot (requires iAudioInterface) * Phase Meter * Amplitude Sweep
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Richta at $9.99 against AudioToolsMax's $399.99. Richta also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). AudioToolsMax's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, 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
Richta costs $9.99 and AudioToolsMax $399.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Richta against 4.9 for AudioToolsMax. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AudioToolsMax has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Richta ships an update every 5 months, AudioToolsMax every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Richta | AudioToolsMax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $399.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Bireta | Andrew Smith |
Customer experience
Richta
AudioToolsMax
In-app purchases
Richta
No in-app purchases
AudioToolsMax
No in-app purchases









