AV Aid toolkit vs Surround Speaker Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AV Aid toolkit
This app provides essential tools for Audio Visual technicians. It helps detect and set custom display resolutions, generates various audio and video test patterns, and includes helpful references for AV systems. It can also function as a document camera.
- Display resolution detection
- Custom resolution output
- Color bar and test pattern generation
- Extensive audio test generator
- Customizable test song playback
- Dolby 5.1/7.1 surround sound test
- AV system troubleshooting tools
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Useful tools for the Audio Visual technician! When you connect your device with a VGA adapter, HDMI adapter, or Airplay to a projector or flatscreen monitor, AV Aid will detect and display all available output resolutions for your device. (Even 4K!) You can then select one of these custom resolutions and AV Aid will generate and output color bars or mirror test patterns onto your display. The audio test generator is also expansive, including left, right, center, phase test, pink noise, white noise, sweep, a test song and more. You can also designate your own custom test song from your own music library or via Apple Music. *AV Aid now features a Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound test using ec-7 (enhanced ac-3) encoding! There are several other handy AV features like flashlight, IR detector, TRS, XLR, CAT-5 Pinout reference, cable connector resource guide, and additional tips for troubleshooting Audio Visual systems. We have now also added a full screen front and back camera view if you would like to use your mobile device as a document camera during online meetings.
Surround Speaker Check
Test and optimize your Dolby Atmos home theater system. This app provides over two hours of spatial audio content to verify surround sound decoding, speaker configuration, and enjoy immersive audio experiences on compatible soundbars and headphones.
- Verify Dolby Atmos decoding
- Test speaker configuration
- Evaluate height channels
- Subwoofer test suite
- Manual speaker troubleshooting
- Spatial audio demos
- Dolby Atmos test tracks
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Surround Speaker Check is a fun and entertaining utility to help you set up and enjoy Dolby Atmos on your home theater gear! Also works as great way to test spatial audio on Dolby Atmos-compatible sound bars and headphones! Surround Speaker Check is more than just the world’s most popular AV utility app - with over 2 hours of content, it’s now THE best way to experience Dolby Atmos spatial audio like you’ve never heard before! SURROUND SOUND TESTING - Verify your system is properly decoding Dolby Atmos surround sound audio - Confirm your speakers are properly configured - Hear and evaluate your surround speakers in isolation (including height channels) - Tune your room, test your sub with the new Subwoofer Test Suite - Use the Manual Speaker Check feature to help troubleshoot and fine-tune your system - Confirm your Apple TV is properly set-up for surround sound playback DOLBY ATMOS TEST TRACKS - True Dolby Atmos audio support provides an accurate and complete test environment - Supports up to 7.1.4 speaker layouts - Works with Atmos-compatible soundbars SPATIAL AUDIO PLAYGROUND - Over two hours of spatial audio demos and Dolby Atmos test tracks - Regularly updated Dolby Atmos demos experimental spatial audio content - Enjoy spatial object scenes designed to unleash the full potential of your home theater Uses specially-produced Dolby Atmos surround tracks with on-screen 3D graphics Designed by guitarist and immersive audio producer Jeff Perrin as a means to confirm the integrity of various surround systems while producing surround sound music tracks. NOTE: Playback of test content on speakers requires an Apple TV (or similar AirPlay-compatible streaming device) connected to a Dolby Digital-compatible home theater system. Spatial audio support over headphones requires compatible iOS device with Dolby Atmos-compatible AirPods or Dolby Atmos-compatible headphones. When played back over an optical connection or non-Atmos devices, surround content will fold down to Dolby Digital 5.1 or stereo 2.0 format, depending on device capabilities. In all cases, a fast internet connection is highly recommend. *Playback of Dolby Atmos content on non-Apple devices requires that the device supports multichannel audio (ie. Dolby Digital 5.1 or Atmos) over AirPlay 2. Please check your device specifications. Please try out the free included test tracks so as to ensure compatibility with your hardware before making any purchases. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Surround Speaker Check at Free against AV Aid toolkit's $0.99. AV Aid toolkit's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (92% vs 54%). 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
Surround Speaker Check is free to download; AV Aid toolkit costs $0.99 up front. Surround Speaker Check sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. AV Aid toolkit asks for nothing beyond the download.
AV Aid toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of AV Aid toolkit's written reviews are positive against 54% of Surround Speaker Check's.
AV Aid toolkit ships an update every 3 months, Surround Speaker Check every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AV Aid toolkit | Surround Speaker Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (94 ratings) — better | 3.8 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 54.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Levy | Jeff Perrin Music LLC |
Customer experience
AV Aid toolkit
Surround Speaker Check
In-app purchases
AV Aid toolkit
No in-app purchases
Surround Speaker Check
- Unlimited Access$19.991 Year
- Unlimited Access$24.991 Year
- Subwoofer Check$0.99
- Center Speaker Check$0.99
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