Comparison

Sensor Multitool vs All Sensors

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

Head to head
About

Sensor Multitool

Access real-time data from your device's built-in sensors, including accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, altimeter, and compass. Choose from three sensitivity modes for raw, balanced, or smoothed data output. Ideal for makers, engineers, and hobbyists.

Highlights
  • Live sensor data dashboard
  • Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Altimeter, Compass
  • Three sensitivity modes (Raw, Balanced, Smooth)
  • On-device data processing
  • Real-time motion, rotation, and magnetic field readings
  • Altitude and pressure measurements
Features
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Raw Sensor Multitool gives you instant, real-time access to the raw data streaming from your iPhone's built-in sensors — all in one clean dashboard. Designed for DIY makers, engineers, hobbyists, and anyone who wants to know exactly what their phone is measuring. SENSORS INCLUDED • Accelerometer — Live X, Y, Z forces in g. See gravity, tilt, and motion as raw values. Perfect for understanding how your phone moves in space. • Gyroscope — Real-time rotation rates on all three axes in rad/s. Ideal for robotics, motion tracking, and calibration projects. • Magnetometer — Raw magnetic field strength in microteslas (µT) on X, Y, Z. Detect nearby magnets, map field distortions, or calibrate compass-based projects. • Altimeter — Relative altitude change in meters and absolute barometric pressure in hPa. Zero the baseline at any time with the Reset button. • Compass — Magnetic and true heading in degrees, with a live compass rose and accuracy indicator. Instantly see if your magnetometer needs calibration. THREE SENSITIVITY MODES Tap Raw, Balanced, or Smooth at the top of the dashboard to control how data is filtered: • Raw — No filtering. Full precision. Every sensor update displayed as-is. Best for debugging and precision DIY work. • Balanced — Light smoothing with reduced decimal places. Clean and readable. The default mode. • Smooth — Heavy moving-average filter. Dramatically reduces noise. Best for steady observation and general use. DESIGNED FOR DIY PROJECTS Whether you're building a sensor logger, calibrating a magnetometer array, testing a motion-sensitive prototype, or just curious about your phone's hardware — Raw Sensor Multitool puts the data front and center, with no clutter. All sensor data is processed entirely on-device. Nothing is stored, logged, or transmitted.

About

All Sensors

Features
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All Sensors is a focused utility for seeing — really seeing — what every sensor on your iPhone or iPad reports, in real time. Twenty-one sensors, one clean dashboard: • Motion: accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, device motion (fused IMU), pedometer, altimeter, motion activity classifier • Location: GPS coordinates, speed, altitude, heading (true & magnetic), barometric pressure • System: battery level & charging state, thermal state, CPU cores & load, memory pressure, storage usage, screen brightness • Connectivity: Wi-Fi network type, cellular carrier & radio technology, Bluetooth state and discovered peripherals • Hardware: camera capabilities, lens enumeration, microphone audio levels, ambient light estimate, proximity, torch level Each sensor has its own detail screen with three-axis charts, gauges, raw value readouts, and a live magnitude calculation. Tap into any sensor to see what's actually being read by the underlying iOS APIs (CMMotionManager, CLLocationManager, CMAltimeter, CMPedometer, CMMotionActivityManager, CBCentralManager, NWPathMonitor, AVCaptureDevice, ProcessInfo, UIDevice, HKHealthStore). ▼ Show-Off Mode Tap the Show-Off banner on any sensor detail screen and the device transforms. The sensor takes over the full screen with a theatrical visualization — flight HUDs, compass roses, gravity wells, oscilloscopes, gauges, lighthouses. There are 74 unique full-bleed visualizations across 21 sensors. Swipe horizontally to switch sensors, swipe vertically to cycle variants, tap the grid icon to jump to any of them. It's a great way to demo what your phone is doing right now to a friend, a class, or yourself. ▼ Logger A real recorder. Pick any subset of sensors, set a sample rate (60 Hz down to 1 Hz, per sensor), tap record, walk around. When you stop, your session shows up in a browser with timeline, sensor-by-sensor breakdown, and one-tap export to CSV or JSON for analysis in Numbers, Excel, Python, R, or whatever you use. Logs are stored in a local SQLite database under your app's Documents folder; nothing is uploaded. ▼ HealthKit The Health tab shows HealthKit metrics such as heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, steps, energy, distance, body measurements, and profile values when you grant read access. The app does not write to HealthKit. ▼ Siri & Shortcuts "Get Sensor Reading", "Start Sensor Recording", "Stop Sensor Recording", and "Export Sensor Data" are wired as App Intents. Add them to a Shortcut, ask Siri, automate from Focus modes. ▼ Privacy Every reading stays on your device. There is no analytics SDK, no ad SDK, no crash reporter, no remote backend. The app makes no outbound network requests except a single optional ping to 1.1.1.1 when you ask the Network sensor to test connectivity. Built for developers, makers, students, hardware hobbyists, geocachers, weather watchers, and anyone who's ever wondered what their phone really knows about itself.

Screenshots

Sensor Multitool2 screens
All Sensors4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: All Sensors at none against Sensor Multitool's 3. All Sensors also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Sensor Multitool sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. All Sensors asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sensor Multitool ships an update every 3 weeks, All Sensors fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Sensor Multitool versus All Sensors: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSensor MultitoolAll Sensors
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew Meyers1Moby Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sensor Multitool

One-time3
  • Small Donation$0.99
  • Medium Donation$2.99
  • Large Donation$4.99
None

All Sensors

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sensor Multitool free?
Sensor Multitool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is All Sensors free?
All Sensors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sensor Multitool or All Sensors have ads?
Sensor Multitool shows ads; All Sensors does not.
Which is updated more often, Sensor Multitool or All Sensors?
Sensor Multitool ships an update every 3 weeks, and All Sensors fortnightly. Most recently, Sensor Multitool was updated on August 22, 2026 and All Sensors on September 5, 2026.

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