Barometer & Altimeter vs Sensors Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barometer & Altimeter
This app provides precise barometer and altimeter readings with live data, session recording, and historical analysis. It features automatic device calibration and supports various Apple devices and accessibility features.
- Dual barometer and altimeter dashboards
- Real-time pressure and elevation readings
- Session recording with rich datasets
- Interactive Swift Charts for analysis
- Automatic device calibration
- Optional WeatherKit sea-level calibration
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Know your elevation. Follow pressure changes. Keep a useful record of your hikes, climbs, stairs and everyday observations—with clear readings on iPhone and iPad, plus Apple Watch, widgets and Live Activities on supported devices. • Current altitude above sea level, with relative gain and net change kept separate. Check the reading source and freshness; authorized GPS can provide a fallback where available. • Start, pause, resume and save a recording. Authorized background recording keeps a session going while you use another app or lock your phone. • Find, rename and favorite saved recordings, add notes, compare charts and share data as CSV. • Check your wrist, widgets or Live Activity. Use Siri and Shortcuts to read, record or open saved sessions; interactive controls are available on supported OS versions. • Keep familiar metric/imperial units, Set Zero and pressure-reference calibration. Choose automatic weather, manual reference or a nearby US weather station where available. Readings depend on device hardware, permissions, source availability and conditions. Widgets and complications refresh on the system's schedule, not continuously. Watch recording controls need a reachable iPhone; phone-free Watch recording is not included. Saved history and supported local readings work offline; weather and station updates need a connection. HowHigh is for observation, not certified navigation or safety-critical guidance.
Sensors Toolbox
Access and visualize data from all your smartphone's sensors in real time. Collect information from accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS, barometers, and more, then convert it into easy-to-read graphs. This app offers a clean, intuitive interface for comprehensive sensor analysis.
- Real-time sensor data collection
- Accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS
- Barometer, decibel meter, metal detector
- Compass functionality
- Intuitive graph visualization
- User-friendly interface
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Sensor toolbox makes the most of all the sensors in your smartphone. With a user-friendly interface and easy to read layout, Sensor Multitool - Toolbox allows you to collect data in real time for any and all sensors on your phone. Convert the data into easy to read graphs with a detailed readout from each sensor. This app contains everything you need: an accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS Data, barometer, decibel meter, metal detector, compass, and much more. This app follows all material design guidelines, meaning the app is clean and simple to use This app uses intuitive graphs to create clean, orderly graphs of all data collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sensors Toolbox at 4.2 against Barometer & Altimeter's 2.6. Sensors Toolbox also leads on ratings volume (134 vs 28). Barometer & Altimeter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Sensors Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 134 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Barometer & Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sensors Toolbox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Barometer & Altimeter ships an update every 3 weeks, Sensors Toolbox every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barometer & Altimeter | Sensors Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (28 ratings) | 4.2 (134 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 52.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thirty Seven Inc. | Andrew Neal |
Customer experience
Barometer & Altimeter
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In-app purchases
Barometer & Altimeter
No in-app purchases
Sensors Toolbox
No in-app purchases
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