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Decibel Meter: Sound Meter App
GeniusTools Labs · 9,466 ratings · ★ 3.8
3.8
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 61 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
7 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free, hate the ads" - Tai Ch
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"subscription"
7 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "every time I try to cancel this subscription, the app crashes and will not connect the internet. I want nothing more to do with this app and want it canceled immediately." - Dan DeCristofaro
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"week"
7 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "At $15/week to remove the ads that pop up every few seconds, you are better off just ordering an actual sound meter. Luckily I didn't sign up for the free trial, now that I see it traps people in the subscription with no way of cancelling." - Kevin Hobbs
📋 All 61 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
hidden fees and installs scams
Pornographic ads, simple features locked behind insane price.
ad link to malware in app
Not free, hate the ads
Deceitful to say the least. It says that it doesn't collect data but then you are faced with a wall of cookies of the data they collect, which you cannot opt out in a single tap. It tells a lot about developers morality.
professional meter shows 22 this one shows almost 40.
instantly uninstalled the app after getting an upgrade to premium advert on first launch.
every time I try to cancel this subscription, the app crashes and will not connect the internet. I want nothing more to do with this app and want it canceled immediately.
I just installed and open and then only add are coming not even first page of app.... what the hell ...
Disappointing experience. The app locks everything behind a subscription and requires an account immediately. Calling this “free” is misleading.
this is fraud app don't install
At $15/week to remove the ads that pop up every few seconds, you are better off just ordering an actual sound meter. Luckily I didn't sign up for the free trial, now that I see it traps people in the subscription with no way of cancelling.
without paying the app does not work it just starts a game
Any spp that allows you to download it and then wants you to sign up. sucks. tell everyone up front.
premium
only Adds
Even a simple tool like this one has ads and a pro version
el mínimo que registró fue 28 dB en lugares ruidosos (avenida) y fue el mismo valor un lugar aislado en un apartamento, lo cual no tiene sentido
App won't let you cancel in the App and makes it nearly impossible to contact anyone!?
Unusable
useless meter. All devices measured showed 80+ db
This app is just a waste of time.
random unwarranted pop ups
horrible! warning clickbait!!!
subscription based app. Doesn't mention anything about paying to use before you download. scam
$15 a week?!
not Free
repeatedly demanded access to my personal info and made it a pain to turn that access off.
worthless app that asks 15 euro per week
cash grab
Terrible app, somehow ended up subscribed to it without even doing so. Then received 4 charges for a subrscription of 14.99 in a aingle month. Scam artist.
scam! they charged a lot! per week
it's full of ads, before you can even do anything it's all ads
Ads are too many - too often!
AD ridden trash
£14.99 a week! - 2 months and you've wasted the cost of a dedicated calibrated RTA mic. Anyone that actually needs dB levels will spend less on pro kit and get accurate results. Not to mention that even an actual dB meter will also cost far less than 'renting' this app...Devs are not the Gods they think they are. In response to your reply - Total Cost of Ownership for professional calibrated equipment can be less. Your 'advanced features' are only different weights - normal sound measurements!
not even usable. as soon as it opens they try to get you to sign up for a free trial and then when you close that window it's a full screen ad that's impossible to get rid of without it opening in a browser when you're trying to use the sound meter. if people insist on putting 8 million ads in their apps at least have them pop up less than once every second. garbage.
unusable unless you pay £15 a week. I can literally buy anything else more useful than this for the same price. you can literally even get a free version of this app if you look for 5 seconds longer
є реклама, хоча не вказано що вона присутня
Immediate uninstall with the paywall forcing you to pay for an app that you don't even know functions or having a TOS agreement. Even if it updated functionality to display dBs without a payment, I wouldn't trust it to display consistently since it already has a paywall before accessing its product and wants your information. Disgusting. copying my review to repost if this is deleted.
bought a 2000$ decimal meter and this app is completely inaccurate
bulok tanginamo
Free trial para una app que solo mide dB... ha!
This app doesn't work in landscape mode so is unusable on a tablet
Only adds. Nothing usufull
A lot of ads before you can use it. Automatic uninstall.
just teriball 😡
ads. I'm not paying a subscription for a decibel detection app. uninstalled this faster than it was installed.
Charged weekly for app even though I did not accept it
too much ads
+ 11 more in the clipboard copy
Sentiment summary
67%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
29%
Negative (1-2★)