BehindYourWall vs Stud Finder App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BehindYourWall
Document the hidden elements within your home's walls before they are sealed. Capture photos and voice notes of studs, wires, and pipes to create a permanent record. Easily access this information years later to understand what lies behind your finished surfaces.
- Capture photos of wall interiors
- Add voice notes for narration
- Pair pre- and post-drywall images
- Visualize hidden elements
- Sync data to personal cloud storage
- Offline-first functionality
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Photograph every stud, wire and pipe before the drywall goes up — then know what's behind the finished wall years later. BehindYourWall turns a 30-second walk through an open frame into a permanent record of your home. The next time someone mounts a TV, adds an outlet or chases a leak, you look instead of guess. What you get: • Photos, video and voice notes, filed room by room — works with no signal • Pair the before and after of a wall, then slide between them • AI labels what's in the framing — Romex, copper, PEX, drain • Photos sync to YOUR own Google Drive or iCloud, never our server • Pay once per home. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. • Yours to pass on — share the folder with the buyer at closing BehindYourWall helps you remember what's behind a wall. It does not replace a professional stud finder, electrical tester, or licensed contractor. Always verify before you drill. Questions: support@behindyourwall.com
Stud Finder App
This tool uses your phone's magnetometer to detect metal objects within walls, such as nails, screws, pipes, and rebar. It offers different modes for finding studs or larger metal objects and can even overlay stud locations on your camera view in augmented reality.
- Magnetometer-based stud and metal detection
- Multiple scan modes (Stud, Metal, Deep Scan Pro)
- Augmented reality wall view (Pro)
- Haptic and sound alerts
- Live field strength readings
- Calibration to your environment
- Save and review past scans
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Find the stud before you drill. Stud Finder turns your iPhone's built-in magnetometer into a magnetic stud finder. It picks up the steel nails and screws that hold drywall to the studs, and warns you about the pipes, rebar and conduit you don't want to hit. Lay your phone flat on the wall, let it calibrate, then slide it slowly. The gauge climbs as you get closer to metal, and the scanner lights up, beeps and buzzes when it finds something. THREE SCAN MODES Stud Mode: Tuned for the small, brief signal of a nail or screw. Follow the line of fasteners to find the stud. Metal Mode: Less sensitive, so only larger metal like pipes, plates and steel studs stands out. A line of nails won't set it off, so you can tell a fastener from a pipe. Deep Scan (Pro): The most sensitive mode, for fasteners set deeper in the wall that Stud Mode can pass right over. WALL VIEW (PRO) Found one stud? Point your camera at the wall and Wall View draws a line on it in AR, then marks where the next studs should be at your stud spacing: 16 or 24 inches, or 40 or 60 cm. Slide your phone onto a predicted line to check it, and tap to confirm. Predicted lines are estimates. Doubled studs around doors, windows and corners can break the pattern, so check each one with the scanner before you drill. FEATURES • Calibrates against your own wall, so readings fit the room • Live field strength in microtesla (µT) or milligauss (mG) • Low, normal and high sensitivity • Haptic and sound alerts: one beep for a possible stud, three for metal • Save scans and look back at them later • Keep the screen awake while you scan • A step-by-step guide that walks you through hanging a shelf, from the first stud to the last screw • Available in 13 languages FREE AND PRO Stud Mode, Metal Mode and calibration are free. The free plan includes 3 scans of up to a minute each. After that, watch a short ad for another scan, as often as you like. You can keep up to 5 saved scans. Stud Finder Pro adds: • Deep Scan • Wall View • Unlimited scans with no time limit and no ads • Unlimited saved scans If your plan starts with a free trial, we'll remind you two days before it ends. HOW IT WORKS, AND WHAT IT CAN'T DO We want you to know exactly what you're getting. Your phone's magnetometer senses magnetic fields, so it detects ferrous metal: steel nails, screws, pipes, rebar and conduit. Wood isn't magnetic, and no phone can detect it directly. Stud Finder finds studs the way a magnetic stud finder does, by finding the metal fasteners holding them in place. That's why the app reports what it finds by signal strength instead of claiming to identify materials. If a reading in Stud Mode is unusually strong, it tells you it's likely metal rather than a stud. Results depend on your device's magnetometer, the wall material and how deep the metal is. Detection is less reliable through thick plaster, tile, concrete or metal lath. Always check before you drill, and never rely on any app alone where there may be electrical wiring or plumbing. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm your purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY Your saved scans are stored on your device. Privacy Policy: https://redizeuz.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://redizeuz.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BehindYourWall at 5.0 against Stud Finder App's 4.3. BehindYourWall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. BehindYourWall sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Stud Finder App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BehindYourWall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
BehindYourWall ships an update every 4 days, Stud Finder App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BehindYourWall | Stud Finder App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hiresktech LLC | Ebenezer Oteng |
Customer experience
BehindYourWall
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In-app purchases
BehindYourWall
- 20 AI X-rays$4.99
- 50 AI X-rays$9.99
- Home Record + 50 AI X-rays$19.99
Stud Finder App
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99
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