Scroll Volume Remote vs OCTAV

Scroll Volume Remote is the free iPhone companion to Scroll Volume for Mac — a macOS utility that turns the menu bar into a volume target. This app on its own does nothing useful. Its only job is to remotely control the Scroll Volume Mac app from your phone, by acting as a wireless volume wheel. If you do not own and run the Mac app, there is nothing here for you. WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT This is not a generic "Mac remote" or a universal volume controller. It cannot adjust the volume of a Mac that does not have Scroll Volume installed and running. It cannot control any other application, system setting, or media playback. It cannot connect to anything other than a Mac running Scroll Volume. It is a single-purpose add-on to one specific Mac app. If you have the Mac app: this is a small, free bonus that lets you change your Mac's volume from a few meters away. If you do not have the Mac app: please install it first from the Mac App Store. The Mac app is the product. This app is the remote. HOW IT WORKS WITH SCROLL VOLUME FOR MAC Install Scroll Volume for Mac from the Mac App Store on your Mac. Launch it. Then open this app on your iPhone — it will look for Macs nearby that are running Scroll Volume, and offer to pair with them. Tap to pair. From then on the two devices recognize each other automatically. Spin the wheel on the phone, and the Mac's system volume changes — one notch on the phone, one step on the Mac. Mute and unmute work too. The two devices communicate directly using Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework over Bluetooth and the local Wi-Fi network. There is no router-only requirement, no internet involved, and no servers in the middle. We do not run any. Traffic stays on your local link. KEY POINTS • Free companion to the Scroll Volume for Mac app — does nothing without it. • Acts as a wireless volume wheel for the paired Mac running Scroll Volume — fluid, one notch per step. • Direct device-to-device link over Bluetooth and local Wi-Fi. No internet. No accounts. No servers. • Pair once, reconnect automatically. The app remembers Macs you have paired with. • Single-purpose. The app does this one thing and nothing else. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Scroll Volume Remote collects nothing. No accounts, no analytics SDKs, no advertising identifiers, no crash reporting services, no third-party trackers. The only thing the app keeps on disk is the name of Macs you have paired with so it can reconnect. That information never leaves your device. The app runs in the iOS sandbox. PERMISSIONS • Local Network — required so the app can discover your Mac on the same Wi-Fi network. You will be prompted on first launch. • Bluetooth — required so the app can discover and talk to your Mac when there is no shared Wi-Fi network, using Apple's peer-to-peer Bluetooth. REQUIREMENTS iOS 16 or later. A Mac with Scroll Volume for Mac installed and running. The Mac app is sold separately on the Mac App Store and is required — this iPhone app has no use without it. The two devices need to be on the same local Wi-Fi network, or have Bluetooth turned on, to discover each other. QUESTIONS, BUGS, FEEDBACK Reach out through the support link in this App Store listing or visit scrollvolume.app for contact details.

OCTAV is an instrument panel for working sound engineers: a calibrated SPL meter, a 31-band RTA, a chromatic and drum tuner, and a tone and noise generator, all on one device, all running locally. The SPL meter is built for real work. A/C/Z weighting, Fast and Slow time constants, Max/Min/Peak holds, Leq, and a rolling 60-second history graph give you numbers you can defend. Mic calibration offsets and saved input profiles keep readings consistent across venues. A NIOSH noise-dose clock with escalating hearing-damage alerts is included and never gated behind a paywall — safety instrumentation should not be sold. Tuning covers more than pitch. The chromatic tuner handles any instrument, while the drum tools add a kit calculator, target pitches per drum, and lug-by-lug matching that shows exactly which lugs are out and by how much. The tone generator produces sine, square, triangle and saw waveforms with frequency sweeps and click-free parameter changes, useful for line checks, alignment, or ear training. Pink, white and brown noise generators are included for driving a system during soundcheck. The 31-band third-octave RTA runs at 24 fps with peak hold, and the built-in feedback finder names the ringing frequency and tells you the exact cut to make. A soundcheck library gives per-source starting points — high-pass corner, EQ moves with the reasoning behind each, gate and compressor values, and the combined curve. For deeper work, OCTAV includes a Chladni plate cymatics simulation you can drive with any frequency and export in 4K, along with ear-training games, a hearing check, and an instrument frequency map. The SPL meter, tuner and tone generator are free and permanently ungated. There is no account, no login, no analytics, no tracking, and no data collection of any kind — everything runs on-device, with optional private iCloud sync that stays off unless you turn it on. The interface is a dark instrument panel, with a Show Mode amber palette for working dark venues. OCTAV PRO — WHAT IT COSTS AND WHAT IT UNLOCKS The 31-band RTA and feedback finder, drum lug matching, 4K cymatics export, Show Mode, the soundcheck library and multiple saved shows require OCTAV Pro, an auto-renewing subscription: $8.79 per month, or $39.99 per year with a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings. Download OCTAV and put real instrumentation in your pocket. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://skeptical.agency/privacy-policy