Comparison

Noise Meter + vs HereNOW Connect

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

Head to head
About

Noise Meter +

Measure ambient sound levels with real-time plotting and customizable alerts. Record location data, attach multimedia notes, and export measurements for analysis.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound level plotting
  • Customizable measurement duration and frequency
  • Configurable sound level alerts
  • Location-based measurement mapping
  • Exportable measurement data (CSV)
  • Attach photos, videos, and voice notes
Features
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This app is primarily used to measure sound level of surroundings. It contains the following features: 1) Plot the measured data in real time. 2) Measurement duration and measurement frequency are customizable. 3) Users could set alert value to some level (Ex. 70 dB). When the measured sound level exceeds the alert value, it will alert users. 4) The location information of the measurement points could also be obtained, and all the measurement results could be shown in map. 5) All measured data could be exported as a csv format file for post process. 6) In addition, users could also add photos, videos and voice notes to the measured data, and the photos, videos and voice notes could be downloaded via iTunes.

About

HereNOW Connect

This app offers AI-powered mental wellness support with personalized content, including meditations, journals, and self-assessments. It caters to various needs like addiction recovery, anxiety, and PTSD, and integrates with fitness trackers. Businesses can utilize an admin dashboard to analyze workforce health.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized content
  • Meditations and journals
  • Self-assessments and community boards
  • Addiction recovery tools
  • Fitness tracking integration
  • Telehealth options
  • Admin dashboard for businesses
Features
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HereNOW: Mental Health Support Employees, Veterans, Addiction and More HereNOW’s AI learns your mental health needs and automatically adjusts its content and features to best support YOU! Including meditations, journals, self-assessments, community message-boards, fitness, rewards, Telehealth, etc., the app can optimize it’s support for addiction recovery, depression, anxiety, PTSD, improving sleep, happiness and much more. Powerful Admin Dashboard for Businesses: Explore, analyze and export all user data. Including integrations to SalesForce, EMRs & more. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS: Engage and empower employees to understand, track and improve their mental wellbeing. Employers can track overall workforce health and foster peer appreciation. 86% report improvement in Happiness and Productivity. ADDICTION RECOVERY: Do assessments (BAM, BAM-R, etc.), create treatment plans, and track progress. For alumni stay connected, build community, improve outcomes and increase referrals. VETERANS: Successfully transition from military to civilian life. Manage PTSD, improve sleep and receive smart alerts for Suicide Prevention. Build community via message boards. GOVERNMENT: Helping communities (City, County, State, etc) support the mental health and addiction recovery of its residents. Use your peer support specialists to expand resources. STUDENT WELLNESS: Engage and empower students to understand, track and improve their mental wellbeing. Administrators can track overall workforce health and foster peer appreciation. 86% report improvement in Happiness and Productivity. HereNOW Connect gives people in recovery the tools to either self-manage their recovery or connect with and receive support from recovery support providers who are using our partner app HereNOW Provider. HereNOW Connect enables you to track your own fitness via your Apple Watch, or iPhone with health tracking supported by Apple HealthKit so that you can monitor your health and recovery goals under one roof. HereNOW Connect app shows you the following data from the Health app (HealthKit). - Steps - Active Energy (Read only) - Weight (Read only) - Height (Read only) - Heart Rate (Read only)

Screenshots

Noise Meter +4 screens
HereNOW Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HereNOW Connect at Free against Noise Meter +'s $1.99. HereNOW Connect also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Noise Meter +'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

HereNOW Connect is free to download; Noise Meter + costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HereNOW Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Noise Meter +'s written reviews are positive against 100% of HereNOW Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Meter + ships an update every 6 weeks, HereNOW Connect every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Noise Meter + versus HereNOW Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Meter +HereNOW Connect
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB151 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHUNG HSUN LINHereNOW Help, Inc.

Customer experience

Noise Meter +

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative16.1%

HereNOW Connect

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Meter +

No in-app purchases

None

HereNOW Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noise Meter + free?
Noise Meter + costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HereNOW Connect free?
HereNOW Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Meter + or HereNOW Connect?
HereNOW Connect is rated higher. Noise Meter + averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while HereNOW Connect averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Noise Meter + or HereNOW Connect have ads?
Neither Noise Meter + nor HereNOW Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Meter + or HereNOW Connect?
Noise Meter + ships an update every 6 weeks, and HereNOW Connect every 4 weeks. Most recently, Noise Meter + was updated on November 6, 2026 and HereNOW Connect on November 3, 2026.

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