SoundGuard vs Haptic Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
SoundGuard
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SoundGuard turns your iPhone into a professional sound level meter with real-time decibel monitoring, background measurement, and deep Apple integration. Whether you need to measure noise at work, document neighborhood disturbances, protect your hearing at concerts, or optimize your speaker setup, SoundGuard gives you instant, accurate dB readings with a beautiful interface. MONITOR NOISE WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Start a recording and go. SoundGuard keeps measuring sound levels in the background and updates your Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, and Home Screen Widget in real time. Check your dB from anywhere on your iPhone. No other decibel meter does this. REAL-TIME SOUND MEASUREMENT Measure sound levels in real time with a precision gauge. See current, minimum, average, and maximum decibel readings at a glance. Compare noise levels with real-world references like light rain, vacuum cleaners, or rock concerts. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Automatically record environmental noise exposure in the Health app to track your hearing health over time. SESSION RECORDING & HISTORY Record sound sessions and review detailed analytics with interactive charts. Track peaks above 85 dB and 100 dB danger thresholds. Export your data as CSV for documentation or professional use. AI-POWERED SESSION SUMMARY Get an intelligent summary of your recording session powered by on-device AI. Understand your noise exposure in plain language. HAPTIC ALERTS Feel a haptic vibration when noise crosses the 85 dB danger threshold. Your iPhone physically warns you when sound levels become harmful. HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your latest sound measurement at a glance with the Home Screen widget. LIGHT & DARK MODE A beautiful, native interface that adapts to your preferred appearance. Designed with SwiftUI for a smooth, responsive experience. NO SUBSCRIPTION. EVER. SoundGuard is free to use with full measurement capabilities. Upgrade to PRO with a single one-time purchase to unlock session history, CSV export, AI summaries, microphone calibration, and more. No recurring fees. No account required. No data collected. Built and designed natively for iPhone.
Haptic Interval Timer
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Feel time without watching the clock. Haptic Interval Timer taps your wrist with a silent vibration cue at the interval you choose, so your hands and eyes stay on what matters. Built for Apple Watch first: pick a preset, press Start, and lower your wrist. Cues keep arriving with the screen off and the iPhone away. WHAT IT DOES - Repeating haptic cues every few seconds, minutes, or hours - Countdown mode (pomodoros, presentations, workouts, breathwork) or count-up mode (stretching, pacing, rehabilitation) - Eight named cue patterns to choose from: single, double, and triple taps, rise, fall, alert, success, and warning - A Test Haptics screen that plays every pattern so you can pick one you can feel before you rely on it - Saved presets, ready in three taps or fewer from the Watch, plus a complication that starts your last preset instantly - Pause, resume, reset, and add five minutes without touching your phone - A Setup screen that checks notification permission and explains every condition that can weaken a cue: silent mode, Theater Mode, Water Lock, wrist detection, Focus, Low Power Mode, and haptic strength RELIABLE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT Cues are scheduled ahead of time as local notifications, which is what lets them fire with the display asleep. A distinct alert marks the end of a countdown. The Watch keeps a window of upcoming cues pending and refills it in the background and whenever you open the app. The running screen always shows how far the current window reaches, so you are never guessing whether the next cue is really coming. There is no sound. Not a quiet sound, none: cues are wrist taps only, so nothing you do here can interrupt a meeting, a class, or a patient. ACCESSIBLE BY DEFAULT Every control is VoiceOver labelled, the timer display scales with Dynamic Type, and the transport buttons are full-size tap targets. Cues are tactile, so the app works when sound is not an option, or not available to you. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone who needs a repeating silent cue: focus sessions and time blindness, interval workouts and stretching, presentations and teaching, breathwork and pacing exercises, and anyone who prefers or needs tactile rather than audible reminders. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No account. No subscription. No tracking. No analytics. The app contains no networking code at all, so everything stays on your devices and works fully offline. The one-time purchase includes the complete app. The iPhone companion mirrors your presets to the Watch over the air when both are nearby, and the Watch keeps working entirely on its own. Note: haptic cues require an Apple Watch. The iPhone app configures presets and previews patterns using the iPhone's own haptics; the cues themselves play from the Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SoundGuard at Free against Haptic Interval Timer's $0.99. Haptic Interval Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
SoundGuard is free to download; Haptic Interval Timer costs $0.99 up front. SoundGuard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Haptic Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SoundGuard | Haptic Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $0.99 |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Best chart rank | โ | #86 โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patry (CAN) | FatCouple Oร |
In-app purchases
SoundGuard
- SoundGuard PRO$9.99
Haptic Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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