Comparison

dB Meter vs Vaultly

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

Head to head
About

dB Meter

This audio monitoring tool measures environmental sound levels in real-time. It tracks decibel changes and provides instant alerts when noise exceeds safe limits, with graphical analysis and exportable reports.

Highlights
  • Live sound monitoring
  • High noise alerts
  • Peak and average tracking
  • Graphical noise analysis
  • Custom sensitivity settings
  • Export tracking reports
Features
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dB Meter - Sound & Noise is an audio monitoring tool designed to measure environmental sound levels. Get real-time noise analysis, track decibel changes, and receive instant alerts when sound exceeds safe limits. ◉ KEY FEATURE: - Live Sound Monitoring – Detect noise levels instantly. - High Noise Alerts – Get notified when sound crosses safety thresholds. - Peak & Average Tracking – Analyze long-term exposure trends. - Custom Sensitivity Settings – Adjust to different environments. - Graphical Noise Analysis – Visualize sound fluctuations over time. - Optimized for Monterey & Ventura – Works smoothly on the latest macOS. - Real-time Min, Max & Average Values – Monitor key sound level metrics instantly. - Export Tracking Report – Save and share noise level data for analysis. ◉ HOW IT WORKS: - Launch the app and grant microphone access. - Monitor real-time decibel readings with visual graphs. - Enable alerts to get notified about high noise levels. ◉ IMPORTANT NOTE: - The app's data cannot be used for professional or research purposes. - Measurements may vary from professional dB meters. ◉ POLICY & TERMS - Privacy Policy: https://www.envisiontechnolabs.com/privacy_policy.html?utm_source=app_store&utm_medium=db_meter - Terms of Service: https://www.envisiontechnolabs.com/terms.html?utm_source=app_store&utm_medium=db_meter ◉ CUSTOMER SUPPORT We're working hard & smart to make To Do List App as simple and efficient as possible for you to use. We would love to hear your thoughts via email and make any improvements to future versions of this app. We intend to have an active development cycle powered by your feedback, love and support! If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at macd.developer@gmail.com

About

Vaultly

Features
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Encrypted. On your device. No account. A secure folder for photos, videos, IDs and seed phrases. Vaultly is an air-gapped, zero-server safe for confidential documents, contracts, receipts, crypto seed phrases, and personal files or photos you need to keep completely private. It runs entirely on your device — there is no sign-up, no cloud account and no network request of any kind. Vaultly works exactly the same in airplane mode. REAL ENCRYPTION, NOT A LOCK SCREEN Every file is individually encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it touches disk. The key is created on this device and never leaves it. Nothing inside is a plain file sitting behind a PIN. DOCUMENTS, RECEIPTS, CONTRACTS & MEDIA • PDFs, contracts, scans, receipts, and Office documents • Sensitive records and private notes • Photos and personal videos, moved completely out of your library • Add from Files, Photos, the clipboard, or the share sheet in any app • View, play and export anything, whenever you want SEED PHRASE COMPARTMENT — NEW A separate compartment for your crypto wallets' recovery words (seed phrases), with its own password and its own encryption key — it stays locked even while the vault is open. 12–24 words, a label, an optional passphrase and a note, with BIP39 checksum validation as you type. No server, no sync, no wallet connection: Vaultly never touches your funds; it only keeps the words safe. HOW YOU GET IN A 6-digit PIN, a pattern, or Face ID / Touch ID. The PIN is the fallback that always works. Vaultly locks itself when you leave, covers its own screen in the app switcher, and blanks out if the screen is being recorded. BACKUPS YOU CONTROL Save an encrypted backup to any folder you like — iCloud Drive, another cloud, or an external disk. It carries its own password, so even sitting in cloud storage only you can open it. On a new phone, pick the package and your vault comes back exactly as it was. A 12-word recovery phrase is created together with your vault. It belongs to the vault itself — separate from the wallet seed phrases you keep in the compartment — and is the second way in if the PIN is ever lost. It also opens the compartment if you forget its password. WHAT IS FREE — AND STAYS FREE Up to 50 files and unlimited seed phrase records. Everything that protects them is included and never sold separately: encryption, Face ID, the recovery phrase, backup, restore and export. If you stop paying, nothing is locked, blurred or held hostage — your files stay viewable and exportable. What Premium sells is capacity and concealment, not access to your own data. PREMIUM • Unlimited files • Decoy vault — a second PIN opens a second, cryptographically separate vault: the one you show when you are made to unlock. A panic PIN hides the real one entirely. • Disguise — a real, playable 2048 instead of a lock screen, with a matching home-screen icon • Alternate app icon • Automatic backup — your vault backs itself up, encrypted, to the folder you choose at the interval you set, adding only what changed Available monthly, yearly with a free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. APPLE FRAMEWORKS ONLY AES-256-GCM through CryptoKit, the Secure Enclave for the biometric key, no third-party SDKs, no analytics, no crash reporting. iPhone and iPad. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Vaultly Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://vaultly.aregesoft.com/app/apple/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

dB Meter3 screens
Vaultly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dB Meter at none against Vaultly's 3. Vaultly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vaultly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. dB Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dB Meter ships an update fortnightly, Vaultly every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
dB Meter versus Vaultly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdB MeterVaultly
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshvin AjadiyaAbdullah AYAZ

In-app purchases

None

dB Meter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vaultly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is dB Meter free?
dB Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vaultly free?
Vaultly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dB Meter or Vaultly have ads?
dB Meter shows ads; Vaultly does not.
Which is updated more often, dB Meter or Vaultly?
dB Meter ships an update fortnightly, and Vaultly every 4 days. Most recently, dB Meter was updated on October 25, 2026 and Vaultly on October 25, 2026.

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