Noise Meter + vs HereNOW Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noise Meter +
Measure ambient sound levels with real-time plotting and customizable alerts. Record location data, attach multimedia notes, and export measurements for analysis.
- 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
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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.
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.
- AI-powered personalized content
- Meditations and journals
- Self-assessments and community boards
- Addiction recovery tools
- Fitness tracking integration
- Telehealth options
- Admin dashboard for businesses
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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)
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Noise Meter + | HereNOW Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HUNG HSUN LIN | HereNOW Help, Inc. |
Customer experience
Noise Meter +
HereNOW Connect
In-app purchases
Noise Meter +
No in-app purchases
HereNOW Connect
No in-app purchases
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