Comparison

AcousticCheck vs Resonote

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

Head to head
About

AcousticCheck

Features
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With AcousticCheck, the reverberation time (RT60) can be measured simple, fast and with high accuracy - even by people without acoustic expertise. AcousticCheck includes the following features for a smooth measurement experience: - Reverberation time measurement by impulse or sweep method - Up to nine consecutive measurements per measurement run for the most accurate results possible - Simple tutorial and guided measurement instructions - Detailed result display: Reverberation time on average and in octaves⁺ (chart, table) - Save measurement results for individual rooms or whole projects⁺ - Save and Share the measurement results as a chart and table⁺ - In-depth support⁺ Additional features for advanced and expert users: - Customizable room size (particularly helpful for measurements in larger rooms)⁺ - Adjustable start delay for impulse measurements⁺ - Save and Share results in CSV format (full measurement results, average reverberation times, correlation coefficient rT20 & signal-to-noise ratio SNR included)⁺ - Information on the room and additional notes can be added to the result export - Photos can be added to the result export - Optional export of impulse responses as WAV files⁺ ⁺only included in AcousticCheck Plus This app does not collect, use, store or transfer personal data. With your permission, Apple collects app analytics to help developers improve their apps. For more information, see the links below. Apple Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/privacy/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Resonote

Features
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Resonote is a sound analyser for musicians and acousticians. See the spectrum of anything the microphone hears, tune your instrument, measure sound levels and how long a room rings. Tap any peak to hear it. SPECTRUM AND SPECTROGRAM • Live spectrum from 20 Hz up, with the main peaks marked • Low-frequency detail, Off, Normal or Fine: bins down to 1.5 Hz apart in the bass, and 3 to 12 Hz up to about 1.2 kHz, on the chart and the spectrogram • Narrowband, or 1/1, 1/3, 1/6 and 1/12 octave bands (IEC 61260) • Tap a peak for its frequency, note, cents and harmonics • Hear any peak as a pure tone, made louder where the ear is less sensitive • Pinch to zoom: the zoomed chart resolves down to 0.7 Hz • Spectrogram with a log, linear or piano keyboard axis, in six colour scales • A, C and Z weighting, Fast, Slow and Peak hold, FFT size 512 to 8192 • Keep a reference spectrum on screen to compare before and after • Turn the phone sideways for taller charts and a five-second waterfall under the spectrum TUNER • Notes: tune a whole chord or section, up to four notes at once, each on its own lane, the lowest on the left • 41 instruments and voices, and a general mode: orchestral woodwinds, brass and strings, saxophones, acoustic guitar, piano, timpani, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, bells, and six singing voices from soprano to bass • Each instrument has its own overtone pattern, so a piano string's stretched partials or a bell's partials read as one note instead of several • Show partials 2 to 4 beside the note, each tuned on its own lane, with five seconds of history • A sung note reads at its centre, steady through vibrato • Tap the reading to hear the note in tune • Note names with sharps or flats, German (B and H) or do re mi, set automatically by your phone's language • Transposes for B-flat, E-flat and F instruments • Concert pitch 440 or 442 Hz, or your own; green within ±3, ±5 or ±10 cents SOUND LEVEL METER • dB SPL with A, C or Z weighting, Fast or Slow, Leq, Lmax and L90 • NR and NC ratings of background noise, and prominent tones in third octaves (ISO 1996-2) • Calibrate with your measurement microphone's calibration file, its sensitivity in mV/Pa, or a sound calibrator • Uncalibrated, it shows an estimate and tells you how far off it may be REVERBERATION TIME • EDT, T20 and T30 per octave (ISO 3382) • Measured from a hand clap or a balloon pop, with a step-by-step guide: where to stand, when to clap • Average up to ten measurements and see the spread in each band RECORDING • Record the raw microphone signal as a lossless WAV file, at the device's own sample rate • Your recordings are in the Files app, under On My iPhone BUILT TO MEASURE On iPhone, Resonote switches off the voice processing iOS normally applies to the microphone, so the levels you see are what the microphone really picks up. It works with the built-in microphone and with wired or USB measurement microphones. With AirPods connected, it still measures with the iPhone's own microphone. No account, no ads, no tracking. All analysis happens on your phone.

Screenshots

AcousticCheck4 screens
Resonote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Resonote at every 2 weeks against AcousticCheck's every 4 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AcousticCheck ships an update every 4 months, Resonote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
AcousticCheck versus Resonote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcousticCheckResonote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerrosenbinder UGBas Spijkerman

In-app purchases

None

AcousticCheck

No in-app purchases

None

Resonote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AcousticCheck free?
AcousticCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Resonote free?
Resonote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AcousticCheck or Resonote have ads?
Neither AcousticCheck nor Resonote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AcousticCheck or Resonote?
AcousticCheck ships an update every 4 months, and Resonote every 2 weeks. Most recently, AcousticCheck was updated on October 27, 2026 and Resonote on November 7, 2026.

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