Comparison

Bug Detector vs Basin Forge Aeration

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

Head to head
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Bug Detector

Features
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Stakeout is a listening stakeout. You put the phone down, walk away, and come back to a timestamped tape of the steady tones it heard in the near-ultrasonic band β€” the range above ordinary hearing that a phone microphone can still sample. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES There is no live spectrum in this app. No waterfall, no decibel meter, no needle to watch. That is deliberate. A meter tells you about the instant you happen to be looking at it; a tape tells you what happened while you were not in the room. The running screen is a session clock and a log, and the output is evidence with timestamps. TEST YOUR OWN PHONE FIRST Before a session, run the self-test. Stakeout plays 16, 18, 20 and 21 kHz through the speaker, measures what your microphone returns, and prints the measured response for each one. Not a spec sheet copied from somewhere β€” your handset, in your room, at your volume. Microphone response above 20 kHz varies enormously between phones, so the honest thing is to measure it and show you, rather than promise a flat response nobody can guarantee. THE TAPE Every row is one event: the wall-clock time it started, the frequency, how long it held, and how far above the room's own noise it sat. Times are zero-padded and absolute β€” never "3 minutes ago" β€” because a log you might act on needs real timestamps. Tones that stop and restart are folded into one row with a count, so a pulsing source reads as one finding rather than forty. A tone has to hold for at least two seconds to be logged at all. That single rule removes almost everything a room throws at a microphone: a chair scraping, a door, a cough, a passing car. THE UNVERIFIED BAND The region above 20 kHz is drawn differently and labelled unverified, because that is the truth: it sits where phone microphones start to roll off and where your particular handset may hear nothing at all. The self-test is what tells you which side of that line you are on. WHAT YOU GET FREE - The full near-ultrasonic detector, 15 to 22 kHz - Sessions up to 15 minutes - Three saved tapes - The loopback self-test, unlimited - Steady tones in the audible band logged as events WHAT PRO ADDS - Sessions with no time limit, running all night - Every tape kept, not only your last three - Export a tape as plain text, timestamps and all - Detection strictness: loose, standard or strict BEING HONEST ABOUT THE LIMITS A phone cannot scan the radio spectrum. It cannot detect an analogue transmitter, and it cannot find a wired or fully passive microphone β€” those things emit nothing a microphone can hear. Any app claiming otherwise is selling you a feeling. What a phone can do is listen very carefully, in a band you cannot. A tone in your tape is something worth explaining. It is not, on its own, proof of surveillance β€” ultrasonic tones also come from motion sensors, some televisions, rodent repellers, cleaning equipment and a surprising number of ordinary appliances. The app gives you the evidence and the timestamps; the conclusion is yours. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no analytics and no tracking. Audio is analysed live on the device and is never recorded, saved or uploaded β€” the tape holds numbers, not sound. The only connection the app makes is the subscription check with the App Store. SUBSCRIPTION Stakeout Pro is $3.99 per week with a 3-day free trial, or $17.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Basin Forge Aeration

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Basin Forge Aeration keeps aeration-basin records organized in one focused workspace. Create basin profiles with process train, treatment zone, volume, and dissolved-oxygen target reference. Record inflow values as part of each saved operating entry. Capture dissolved-oxygen observations using the values entered by the user. Add mixed-liquor observations alongside the related basin activity. Record aeration condition, runtime, and operating notes for later review. Keep basin setup details separate from historical observations. Preserve earlier operating context even when basin information is edited later. Create follow-ups for process checks, operating reviews, and planned return dates. Use Oxygen History to review saved dissolved-oxygen observations by time. Open the source entries behind recorded oxygen history. Compare saved basin activity without ranking one basin above another. Use compatible runtime and flow entries to calculate recorded volume when units allow it. Keep core data available locally without requiring an account or cloud sync. Maintain manual review separately from live equipment control, compliance decisions, and corrective action. Basin Forge Aeration is designed for structured aeration records, traceability, and operating review.

Screenshots

Bug Detector4 screens
Basin Forge Aeration4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basin Forge Aeration at none against Bug Detector's 2. Basin Forge Aeration also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Bug Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Basin Forge Aeration asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
Bug Detector versus Basin Forge Aeration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBug DetectorBasin Forge Aeration
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEmine SaridoganSaniya Dhar

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bug Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year
None

Basin Forge Aeration

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bug Detector free?
Bug Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basin Forge Aeration free?
Basin Forge Aeration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bug Detector or Basin Forge Aeration have ads?
Neither Bug Detector nor Basin Forge Aeration shows ads.

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