SoundScope vs Check1.2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
SoundScope
This app provides real-time audio spectrum analysis with detailed visualizations. It offers advanced features for monitoring stereo width, phase correlation, and system audio, designed for professional audio work.
- Real-time FFT spectrum analysis
- Frequency bars and line graph visualizations
- Logarithmic and linear frequency scaling
- Stereo, Mid/Side, and Phase Correlation analysis
- System audio loopback
- Microphone and audio interface input
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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.
Check1.2
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Check1.2 finds the frequencies most likely to feed back, in Hz. Before the show, you cannot tell which frequency to pull down. At the FOH desk, the analyzer's red line shows the bands most likely to feed back. The iPhone microphone is all you need. No measuring instrument, no external microphone. The Full version is a one-time purchase. It is not a subscription. FREE AND FULL - Stereo recording: free is 5 minutes a take, 2 saved. Full records a whole show in one take and keeps all. - Monitor check results: free keeps 3. Full keeps as many as you like, compares with your last visit to the same venue, and keeps what you changed. - Normalize: free works on takes up to 5 minutes. Full works on longer takes too. - Frequency quiz: free is Beginner, 6 bands, 2 sets a day. Full adds Advanced, 21 bands, unlimited sets. - Accuracy by band: free today, Full all time. - A/B comparison: free is Pop. Full has four genres. - Instrument views: free All. Full adds drums, bass, guitar, vocal, piano. - Spectrogram: free 3 times a day. Full unlimited. - Speaker check "Measure with the mic", export of results, Pan position quiz, Band Timing Check: Full. Use Restore Purchases on a new device. Analyzer, Monitor check, voice registration, Metronome, Tuner and Speaker check are free. Spectrogram 3 times a day. No account needed. Try Full free for 7 days; it returns to free with no charge. Works on iPad too. For people learning PA, people doing the PA on the day at a small venue with no dedicated engineer, and people training new PA staff at a live house. FEATURES - Stereo recording, no compressor and no limiter. - Metronome with a volume slider and a beat-1 accent you can turn on or off. - Tuner. Press a note name to hear it as a sine tone. - Speaker check. MONITOR CHECK (BEFORE THE SHOW) From 15 seconds of ambient sound and your voice, it lists the bands most likely to feed back, as a number and a word, like "about 250 Hz (muddy)". While recording, a green, yellow or red lamp warns you when feedback is close. Register your voice and it also reports muddy (200-500 Hz), boomy low end (63-125 Hz), harsh (2-5 kHz) and sibilance (5-8 kHz). A tone that stays after your voice stops is close to feedback. It listens 3 seconds to tell it from reverberation. Results stay on your iPhone with the venue name and a note, so you can compare next time. What you do next is the real work. Turn the level down. Move the speakers or the microphone. If it still feeds back, cut the band you found with EQ, a little at a time. ANALYZER (DURING THE SHOW) 50 Hz to 18,000 Hz, about 11.7 Hz steps, redrawn about 23 times a second. - Green line: the sound now. White: Peak Hold. Orange dashed: the strong band. - A tone that stands out from its neighbours and keeps doing so gets a solid red line. Musical notes are told apart by their harmonics and get no red line. - Drag the screen to read the frequency there. Pick an instrument (All, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Piano) for notes written for it. - If the waveform goes flat on top, it tells you it is clipping. FREQUENCY QUIZ Name the frequency of a sine tone, or compare a band track with and without EQ and name the band that changed. With headphones and Advanced (full version), 63 Hz and 125 Hz join in. HOW TO USE Monitor Check measures the ambient sound for 15 seconds. Record your voice, press "See results" and wait 3 seconds. Read the bands most likely to feed back and what to do next. PRIVACY Recording, analysis, voice registration, results and venue notes stay on your iPhone. The app only connects for Apple's in-app purchase. If you email us, we get your address and message. No ads, no tracking. NOTES This app is not a measuring instrument. Start quiet and raise the level slowly. Stereo recording works on supported models only; others record in mono, and the app tells you first. Below 150 Hz the iPhone microphone cannot measure accurately, so feedback detection is off there. dB is not calibrated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Check1.2 at every 2 days against SoundScope's monthly. Check1.2 also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SoundScope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Check1.2 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SoundScope ships an update monthly, Check1.2 every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | SoundScope | Check1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waldemar Schneider | Daisuke Kawaue |
In-app purchases
SoundScope
- SoundScope$3.99
Check1.2
- Try the full version for 7 daysFree
- Full version$6.99
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