RTA Audio vs Audio RTA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTA Audio
Analyze audio in real-time with detailed frequency spectrum and waveform visualizations. Record and export your audio analysis results, including spectrograms and frequency tables, for sharing or archiving.
- Real-time audio analysis (FFT)
- Recording and offline processing
- Spectrogram and waveform visualization
- Exportable analysis reports (PDF)
- Adjustable resolution and frequency scale
- Peak and RMS metering
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RTA Audio Realtime analyzer with recording and Visualizer module with export. ••• Realtime analyzer ••• Realtime analyzer gives you the ability to analyze realtime audio input (built-in microphone or external audio accessory inputs) using Fast Fourier Transform with selected window function. You can also record the input for future offline processing or export. ••• Visualizer ••• This module presents you the results of offline audio analysis. Selecting previously captured recording gives the graph view, spectrogram and waveform of the audio data. Simple controls gives you the ability to play, loop, seek and change rate of the recording synchronized with analysis data presentation. Export function allows you to share or archive your analysis. Resulting PDF document contains basic recording information, spectrogram, peak & RMS graph and frequency table data with maximum peaks (with the time of the occurrence in recording) ••• Features ••• Resolution: 1/2 - 1/96 Octave Logarithmic frequency scale Fixed frequency range (20 - 20kHz) Tone scale view C₀- H₈ (A₄ = 440Hz) Peak hold graph Peak average graph RMS average graph Pointer (watch) function Peak and RMS input meter ••• Audio input specification ••• Audio session mode - measurement Input gain control Sample rate: 48000 Hz Bit depth: Float32 Channel: 1(mono) Frequency range: 20Hz - 20kHz Dynamic range: -100dB - 0dB ••• FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) specification ••• Frame size: 8192 Overlap: from 60% to 90% Smoothing Window: Bartlett-Hann, Blackman, Blackman-Harris (default), Blackman-Nuttell, Cosine, Flat Top, Gauss, Hamming, Hann, Lanczos, Nuttall, Rectangular, Triangular Hardware acceleration
Audio RTA
This application provides a real-time octave RTA analyzer, visualizing acoustic signals. It's useful for measuring audio equipment frequency response and analyzing musical instrument sounds. Features include various band resolutions, SPL metering, and FFT analysis.
- Octave RTA analyzer with multiple band resolutions
- SPL Meter (dBFS) with dBZ weighting
- Fast real-time response
- Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis
- Zoom and pan functionality
- Chart sharing and PNG export
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Audio RTA is a real-time octave RTA analyzer. It gives you a visual representation of an acoustic signal. It can be used to measure the frequency response of audio equipment or to analyze the sounds of musical instruments. Features - Octave RTA analyzer: bands - full, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12 (RMS values) - SPL Meter (dBFS) - Fast real-time response - Sampling rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz* - Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) - Window sizes: 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536 - Max/min values - Zoom and pan - Measure values - Audio input can be supplied via the built-in microphone and an external microphone (via the USB camera adapter or through the iPhone/iPad dock connector – Core Audio compliant devices) - Sharing charts (through mail, social networks, clipboard) - Exporting image charts (png) to the iOS 11 Document Browser (supports iCloud) - SPL meter weighting: dBZ - linear *For 96kHz analysis use an external microphone with such capabilities through a USB camera adapter or through the iPhone/iPad dock connector.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RTA Audio at Free against Audio RTA's $3.99. Audio RTA's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
RTA Audio is free to download; Audio RTA costs $3.99 up front. RTA Audio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Audio RTA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Audio RTA holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of RTA Audio's written reviews are positive against 81% of Audio RTA's.
RTA Audio ships an update every 28 months, Audio RTA every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | RTA Audio | Audio RTA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (32 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New Ball s.r.o. | DEXUS Pawel Krzywdzinski |
Customer experience
RTA Audio
Audio RTA
In-app purchases
RTA Audio
- Upgrade to full version$14.99
Audio RTA
No in-app purchases







