Comparison

SoundScope vs Studio Acoustic Planner

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

Head to head
About

SoundScope

Features
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See what you hear. SoundScope turns your iPhone and iPad into a professional audio analyzer: a real-time spectrum analyzer, a broadcast-standard loudness meter and a mix assistant that tells you what to fix. All in one app. LOUDNESS, MEASURED PROPERLY • Momentary, short-term and integrated LUFS to ITU-R BS.1770 • True peak, loudness range (LRA), DR and PLR • Start, stop and reset a measurement whenever you need MIX DIAGNOSTICS • Clear alerts for clipping, true peak, streaming loudness, crushed dynamics and mono bass cancellation • Tonal balance checked against genre profiles: General, EDM, Hip-Hop, Classical, Rock, Acoustic and Podcast/Voice • See how far Spotify and YouTube will turn your track down, before you upload SPECTRUM ANALYZER • Real-time FFT from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with peak hold • Bar or line view, 20 to 120 bands, logarithmic or linear scale • FFT modes for transients, balance and mastering, with adjustable FFT size and overlap • Hold the spectrum to study a single moment FIVE FULL-SCREEN VISUALIZERS Turn your phone sideways for Spectrum Bars, Spectrum Line, Radial Bloom, Spectrogram and Ribbon Tunnel. Double-tap to switch views. STUDIO METERING • Dual VU meters with peak hold • Stereo image, phase correlation and left/right/mid/side spectra • Band RMS and mono compatibility for every band MADE TO BE USED • Eight color themes, including the per-frequency Spectrum rainbow. Swipe to change. • Built-in microphone or a connected audio interface, with adjustable sensitivity • A brushed-metal interface built for one-handed use PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. No subscription, no account, no tracking and no internet connection needed. One purchase covers iPhone and iPad. Made for producers, mixing and mastering engineers, live sound engineers, musicians, podcasters and anyone who wants to see their sound.

About

Studio Acoustic Planner

This app creates an acoustic treatment plan for your room by scanning it with LiDAR or manual input. It prioritizes speaker and listener placement for optimal sound before suggesting panel designs and materials.

Highlights
  • LiDAR room scanning
  • Manual room input
  • 3D room visualization
  • Acoustic summary (decay time, modes)
  • Optimized listener and speaker placement
  • Customizable panel designs
  • REW import for advanced analysis
Features
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Studio Acoustic Planner turns a scan of your room into an acoustic treatment plan you can actually build. Walk around once with an iPhone Pro and the LiDAR maps every wall, the ceiling and your desk. No LiDAR? Type the room size or draw the floor plan. Either way the app computes your room's acoustics and hands you a plan in order of what matters most. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • The scan, and your room in 3D • The acoustic summary: decay time, proportions, and the room modes most likely to be audible as bass peaks and dips, with note names • Placement, in full: where to sit, monitor spacing, ear height, toe-in, and the subwoofer position chosen by physics • Two guided ear tests that find your listening spot and speaker positions by listening, no measurement microphone needed • Unlimited rooms THE FULL ROADMAP (one-time unlock per room, or Studio Pro) • Every treatment action for your room: first-reflection panels, corner bass traps, ceiling cloud, rear wall, each with exact placement, the size to build, and a materials list • Build specs and how-tos for each panel • REW import: bring in a measurement sweep and see predicted against measured. The plan sharpens against the real room, and a second sweep shows before and after • Exports: PDF, the materials list as a note, and a handoff to your AI PLACEMENT FIRST, PANELS SECOND Most of the improvement in a small room costs nothing: it's where you sit and where the speakers go. The plan puts those actions first and lets you check each one off. Panels come after, sized and placed for your walls, not a generic diagram. MADE FOR HOME STUDIOS Bedroom studios, mixing rooms, podcast rooms, practice spaces. Yamaha, Genelec, KRK, Adam, Neumann, Focal, Kali, PreSonus and 30 more monitor brands in the catalog, with true cabinet dimensions. PRIVACY Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no analytics, no tracking. The camera and LiDAR are used for the scan only; nothing is recorded or uploaded. Studio Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) that unlocks every room while active. Rooms planned under Pro stay unlocked if it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SoundScope4 screens
Studio Acoustic Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Studio Acoustic Planner at Free against SoundScope's $3.99. Studio Acoustic Planner also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). SoundScope's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Studio Acoustic Planner is free to download; SoundScope costs $3.99 up front. Studio Acoustic Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. SoundScope asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundScope ships an update every 3 weeks, Studio Acoustic Planner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SoundScope versus Studio Acoustic Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundScopeStudio Acoustic Planner
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaldemar Schneidernoam ben shabat

In-app purchases

None

SoundScope

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Studio Acoustic Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Studio Pro — Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Studio Pro — Yearly$179.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Another Room$9.99
  • Unlock This Room$19.99

Questions

Is SoundScope free?
SoundScope costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Studio Acoustic Planner free?
Studio Acoustic Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SoundScope or Studio Acoustic Planner have ads?
Neither SoundScope nor Studio Acoustic Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundScope or Studio Acoustic Planner?
SoundScope ships an update every 3 weeks, and Studio Acoustic Planner every 2 days. Most recently, SoundScope was updated on October 28, 2026 and Studio Acoustic Planner on October 14, 2026.

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