Comparison

Scanner App vs Sound Meter

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

Head to head
About

Scanner App

Features
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Introducing Scanner App For Docs – Your Ultimate Document Scanner, designed to make scanning, organizing, and managing your documents faster, easier, and smarter than ever before. Whether you're capturing receipts, IDs, contracts, business cards, or multi-page documents, Scanner App For Docs delivers clean, high-quality results with powerful editing tools and an elegant, intuitive interface. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scannerappfordocs/privacypolicy Terms and condition: https://sites.google.com/view/scannerappfordocs/termsandconditions

About

Sound Meter

Features
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Sound Meter keeps a calm, dated record of the noise you live with: footsteps and thumping from upstairs, music through the wall, traffic late at night. Instead of a bare number, every reading is compared with a reference you choose, for the time of day. HOW IT WORKS • Listen – the level is averaged minute by minute and shown next to your day or night limit. • Record when it happens – one tap, from any screen. • Tag it – footsteps, thumping, furniture, music or TV, voices, pipes, construction, traffic – and add a note. A CLEAR REFERENCE • The Korean apartment noise standard is built in: 1-minute averages, day 39 / night 34 dB(A), peaks counted only at 3 or more per hour. • Or set your own day and night limits and your night hours. • Each entry shows whether it was within, close to or over the limit, and by how much. YOUR NOISE NOTEBOOK • Entries grouped night by night, with time, length, 1-minute average, maximum, tags and note. • Filter by over the limit, night or tag, and search your notes. • Keep the audio clip, or turn audio off. A REPORT YOU CAN SHARE • Choose a date range for a summary, per-night counts and the entries over your reference. • Share it as text or export CSV for your building manager, landlord or a mediator. • Patterns show the loudest hours and weekdays, and the sounds that come up most. HONEST ABOUT ITS LIMITS • Check your phone's quiet floor. Readings it can't measure reliably are marked, not judged. • A phone is not a certified sound level meter; results vary by device and placement. • Reference values are for comparison only and are not legal advice. ALSO INCLUDED • dBA / dBC / dBZ, Fast / Slow and calibration • Octave spectrum and noise exposure under "More detail" • A dark theme made for night use, and tablet layouts • Sound levels and recordings stay on your phone unless you share them • Free with banner ads; a one-time purchase removes them

Screenshots

Scanner App4 screens
Sound Meter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sound Meter at none against Scanner App's shown. Sound Meter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Scanner App's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, 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. Scanner App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Sound Meter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner App ships an update weekly, Sound Meter every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Scanner App versus Sound Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner AppSound Meter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmandeep Bhardwajmint-soft

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scanner App

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Sound Meter

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Scanner App free?
Scanner App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sound Meter free?
Sound Meter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scanner App or Sound Meter have ads?
Scanner App shows ads; Sound Meter does not.
Which is updated more often, Scanner App or Sound Meter?
Scanner App ships an update weekly, and Sound Meter every 6 months. Most recently, Scanner App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sound Meter on October 25, 2026.

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