Device Motion Detective vs IMU Utility
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Device Motion Detective
This utility app captures and stores detailed device motion data, including accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer readings. Users can view real-time motion graphs or past records saved to the database. Data is recorded every second for up to 20 minutes per session.
- Raw accelerometer data recording
- Raw gyroscope data recording
- Raw magnetometer data recording
- Processed device-motion data
- Real-time motion graphs
- Past motion record viewing
- Data saved to database
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Detect the device motion detail information and save the information into the core data system. The user could view the past motion record from the data base system. The user could view the real time device motion list or the motion graph. The app can receive four types of motion: raw accelerometer data, raw gyroscope data, raw magnetometer data, and processed device-motion data (which includes accelerometer, rotation-rate, and attitude measurements). The current version could record the device motion data for 20 minutes when tap the record button once. After 20 minutes, the user could tap the record button again. During recording, the app will insert the motion data to the database every second. Only after recording the motion data, the feature of view record motion data will display the record information. In current edition, when the device shutdown, the database information will be cleared automatically. In short, the app may be useful to some engineering users or other users who need the detail device motion data. Best wishes.
IMU Utility
This tool displays and transfers measurement data from iPhone's MotionManager and internal IMU sensors. It supports exporting data in CSV, JSON, and Google Protobuf formats, allowing your iPhone to function as an external IMU sensor.
- View MotionManager data
- View internal IMU sensor data
- Transfer measurement data
- Export data as CSV
- Export data as JSON
- Export data as Google Protobuf
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The IMU Utility is an easy tool to show and transfer the measurement data of iPhone's both MotionManager and internal IMU sensors. This application provides transferring the measurement data as well as watching the data by using three different kinds of formats such as CSV, JSON and Google Protobuf. You can use your iPhone as an external IMU sensor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IMU Utility at 3.0 against Device Motion Detective's 1.0. Device Motion Detective's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IMU Utility holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
| Parameter | Device Motion Detective | IMU Utility |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 方 沈 | Pusik Park |
Customer experience
Device Motion Detective
IMU Utility
In-app purchases
Device Motion Detective
No in-app purchases
IMU Utility
No in-app purchases
Questions
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