Comparison

Steth IO vs Thinklabs Wave

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

Head to head
About

Steth IO

Record and visualize biological sounds using specialized hardware. This application transforms your device into a tool for capturing and analyzing bodily acoustics.

Highlights
  • Record biological sounds
  • Visualize sound data
  • Compatible with Steth IO hardware
  • Analyze bodily acoustics
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When used with the Steth IO hardware, the Steth IO app allows you to record and visualize biological sounds.

About

Thinklabs Wave

This app allows users to capture, visualize, edit, and share body sounds using a digital stethoscope. It offers advanced features for medical professionals and students, including live broadcasting and annotation tools for educational and research purposes.

Highlights
  • Capture body sounds
  • Visualize heart and lung sounds
  • Edit and annotate recordings
  • Share recordings via email
  • Live sound broadcasting
  • Phonocardiogram and heat map spectrogram
  • Customizable waveform notes
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Thinklabs Wave - the mobile recording app for your Thinklabs Digital Stethoscope. Unlock the full potential of your stethoscope with Thinklabs Wave, a recording app with robust features for education, learning, research, and telemedicine. Capture, edit, and share sounds on the fly! Features: * Capture body sounds * Visualize heart and lung sounds * Edit and annotate recordings * Share your recordings via email * Store recordings on your mobile device * Broadcast live sounds to a group of listeners ...easily and conveniently! Powerful special features built into Wave: * Three different views for capturing sounds, including Body View, Thinklabs Wave lets you label and save sounds in the location where you captured your recording; * A phonocardiogram enables you to visualize the sound wave as you’re recording; * A heat map spectrogram appears below the phonocardiogram for pattern recognition; * An editing toolbox turns your recordings into educational resources and research tools. * The phonocardiogram can be annotated with S1, S2, and ! markers to call out areas of concern * Write custom notes directly on the waveform * A snapshot function allows you to isolate a small portion of your recording * Share recorded sounds via email or other commonly used apps. * Launch Thinklabs.live within the Wave app. Thinklabs.live - The free, web-based audio channel for streaming stethoscope sounds is built right into Wave app. Broadcast or listen to stethoscope sounds, streamed live from across the room or across the globe, simply and easily --- for free! Joining a broadcast is as simple as launching your browser and putting in a PIN number. Features: * Audio quality - never worry about stethoscope audio transmissions again! * Groups - Any number of people can join your private broadcast. You have complete control over who can join your session. * Parallel Channel - No matter what video conferencing system you have, Thinklabs.live provides a dedicated audio channel for heart and lung sounds. * Platforms - Thinklabs.live can be used on multiple platforms.

Screenshots

Steth IO4 screens
Thinklabs Wave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steth IO at 80% against Thinklabs Wave's 33%. Steth IO also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.4). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steth IO holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Steth IO's written reviews are positive against 33% of Thinklabs Wave's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steth IO versus Thinklabs Wave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteth IOThinklabs Wave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better2.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratoScientific, Inc.Thinklabs Medical LLC

Customer experience

Steth IO

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Thinklabs Wave

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Steth IO

No in-app purchases

None

Thinklabs Wave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steth IO free?
Steth IO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thinklabs Wave free?
Thinklabs Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steth IO or Thinklabs Wave?
Steth IO is rated higher. Steth IO averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Thinklabs Wave averages 2.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Steth IO or Thinklabs Wave have ads?
Neither Steth IO nor Thinklabs Wave shows ads.

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