Pretake vs QuietScore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Pretake
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Never miss the moment again. Your best ideas, sounds, and spontaneous performances often happen before you hit record. Pretake captures them anyway. Designed for musicians, creators, journalists, sound recordists, and anyone who works with audio, Pretake continuously listens in the background and lets you save audio from moments that have already passed. Whether it's a sudden musical idea, the perfect line delivery, or unexpected audio worth keeping - you'll have it. KEY FEATURES Capture Audio After It Happens Pretake continuously maintains a rolling audio buffer. When something worth saving occurs, simply tap "Capture" to retrieve the audio from the past seconds or minutes. Adjustable Buffer Length Choose the window that suits your workflow: โข 30 seconds โข 2 minutes โข 5 minutes โข 10 minutes โข 15 minutes Trim & Edit Refine your capture with easy, precise trimming tools. Keep only what matters. Playback & Review Listen back instantly using the built-in audio player. Save & Organise Store your recordings in the app and access them anytime. Export in Your Chosen Format Share or process your audio your way. Export as M4A AAC compressed or WAV uncompressed for maximum compatibility in your creative workflow. WHY THIS APP? Traditional recorders only capture what you started recording. Pretake captures what you wish you had recorded. It's perfect for: โข Musicians capturing riffs and melodies โข Content creators reacting to spontaneous moments โข Podcaster and journalists grabbing unexpected lines โข Sound designers collecting unique real-world sounds โข Anyone who hates missing great audio SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/pretake-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pretake-privacy-policy
QuietScore
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QuietScore measures how much noise your doors and windows actually block: a Sound Isolation Score in about 60 seconds, using your iPhone and a Bluetooth or AirPlay speaker. No lab equipment, no calibration, no sign-up. It is a practical estimate, on a scale comparable to professional STC ratings, and it is the number that tells you whether to sign the lease, whether your conference calls can be heard from the next room, whether the studio treatment worked, or whether last weekend's weatherstripping did anything at all. HOW IT WORKS 1. Put a Bluetooth or AirPlay speaker inside the room 2. Step outside with your phone and take a reading with the door open 3. Close the door and take the second reading The app plays test tones through the speaker and measures how much of them survives the trip through your door or window. Same spot for both readings, only the door changes: your score is the difference between the two, which is why nothing needs calibrating. About 60 seconds once the speaker is connected. WHAT YOU GET โข Sound Isolation Score, one number for the whole door or window โข Privacy Rating: Excellent, Good, Moderate or Poor โข Four-tone breakdown โ 125 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz and 4 kHz, so you can see whether it's bass, HVAC hum or speech that gets through โข Rooms and history โ save each result to a room, add a note about what you changed, and see the difference since the last measurement โข PDF reports โ export a result to hand to a contractor, a landlord or a client LEAK SCANNER Sound rarely comes through the wall. It comes through the gap. Sweep your phone along a door or window frame and the scanner reads the leak live against a baseline spot you set, so you can hear and see the moment it jumps. Mark the hot spots as you find them and they collect into a findings list. Two modes: play a tone from inside, or listen passively to whatever noise is already out there. The scanner locates leaks โ it doesn't score the door. THE FIRST 3 ARE FREE Your first 3 Sound Isolation Scores are free, with no account and no trial clock. After that the measurement still runs and the score unlocks with a plan. A retake spends one of your three; a run we can't stand behind, interrupted or too noisy to trust, doesn't. The app shows what you have left before you start. PLANS โข Home โ unlimited QuietScores, the four-tone breakdown, saved rooms with history and notes, the full Leak Scanner and PDF export โข Studio โ everything in Home, plus raw dB figures and USB reference-microphone support โข Business โ everything in Studio, plus branded, client-ready PDF reports FOR PROFESSIONALS QuietScore Business is built for acoustic consultants, property managers, contractors and studio builders who need a number in front of a client before the expensive work starts, with their own name on the report rather than ours. Measure room by room on a single visit, save each to its own record, and export a branded PDF the same afternoon. Every report carries your logo and company name, with fields for the client, site address, project ID and anything else the job needs. Works with any Bluetooth or AirPlay speaker, on iPhone and iPad. Your measurements stay on your device. The Sound Isolation Score is a practical estimate, measured with your phone instead of lab equipment rather than certified by it. It is the number you use to decide what to fix, show what changed, and give a client an answer the same day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pretake at every 9 days against QuietScore's every 3 months. Pretake also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Pretake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and QuietScore sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pretake ships an update every 9 days, QuietScore every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pretake | QuietScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days โ better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 โ better | 26.2 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Little | Lauri Liukko |
In-app purchases
Pretake
- Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$29.99
QuietScore
- QuietScore Home$4.991 Month
- QuietScore Studio$9.991 Month
- QuietScore Business$19.991 Month
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- QuietScore Home$38.001 Year
- QuietScore Studio$77.001 Year
- QuietScore Business$149.001 Year









