SPL Meter Downloads & RevenueSPL Meter · App Store
SPL Meter is #18 in Music Paid in Australia and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 28 events
- 🚀SPL Meter: now shown next to Audio Kit, dB Volume, Шумомер-Измерение шума,дб метр +4 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · AE
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · BR
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · ID
- 📦SPL Meter updated to version 11.14New in this release:
- Ready for iPhone Duo: every screen adapts to closed, open, book and tent, with controls in the side strip.
- iOS 26 appearance adopted.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements - 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryVietnam
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100Top Paid · Music · GB
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · KR
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · AU · Top Grossing · Music · RU
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · RU
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100Top Paid · Music · IT
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100Top Paid · Music · CA
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · DE · Top Paid · Music · US
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new country in 2 chartsGermany · United States
- 📈SPL Meter entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · FR · Top Paid · Music · JP
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈SPL Meter charting in a new countryCanada
- 🆕SPL Meter first spotted by AppInsider#45 in Top Paid · Music · United Arab Emirates
- 📈SPL Meter new best rank in the overall chart: #77Top Paid · All Apps · TH
- 📦SPL Meter version 11.13No release notes
- 🆕SPL Meter released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
SPL Meter at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
SPL Meter is a professional-grade sound level meter app for iOS devices, designed for audio engineers and acousticians who require ANSI/IEC Type 1 standard accuracy. The app holds strong positions in the paid Music category in emerging markets like the UAE (#4) and Brazil (#33), while maintaining moderate visibility in major Western markets such as the UK (#151) and France (#159).
Similar apps: Decibel X, Sound Meter by Nadeo, RMS Meter
SPL Meter on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
SPL Meter declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
SPL Meter downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where SPL Meter's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| MusicPaid | #18 | |
| MusicPaid | #56 | |
| All AppsPaid | #103 | |
| MusicPaid | #48 | |
| MusicPaid | #19 | |
| MusicPaid | #64 | |
| MusicPaid | #46 | |
| All AppsPaid | #176 | |
| MusicPaid | #88 | |
| MusicPaid | #148 | |
| MusicPaid | #97 | |
| MusicPaid | #86 | |
| MusicPaid | #166 |
Apps near SPL Meter on the chart
Music Paid, around #18.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about SPL Meter
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's utility for relative sound measurements and its low price point, often comparing it favorably to hardware meters. However, recent updates have caused significant interface issues on newer devices, leading to complaints about inconsistent readings and broken functionality.
Mixed but leaning positive (58% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Key feature, I always have it with me!'”
- Useful: “Downloaded this and it works great”
- Ease of use: “Once downloaded, I found the app easy to use with intuitive controls”
- Updates: “I’m super happy to have this update”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Wouldn’t recommend paying for this”
- Crashes & bugs: “App doesn't work on 6s plus”
About SPL Meter
Modeled after a traditional analog SPL meter, we have faithfully reproduced all the characteristics and qualities found in those meters, including the ballistics, ranges, filters, and decay rates.
Under the hood we have advanced DSP-based algorithms that meet or exceed ANSI / IEC Type 1 standards. And starting with iOS 6, we can disable the mic filters and limiters, to get the real world performance of a hand-held SPL meter.
And now, upgrade SPL Meter with iTestMic, our pro-grade test & measurement mic, made specifically for iOS devices. Using iTestMic with SPL Meter, you get a calibrated, accurate SPL Meter, that meets industry standards for Type 2 performance. See our website for more information.
But don't compare us to a Radio Shack meter, ours is much more accurate!
We have also included a digital LCD display, as shown in the image, to make this the best SPL meter available for iPhone or iPad. And this is something that the old analog meters never had!
The screen will flip when you flip the phone over, so that you can point the iPhone mic directly at the sound source. (iPhone X does not support upside down mode)
SPL Meter is a universal app -- buy once, and use on all of your iOS devices.
SPL Meter is built by the same team that created the other great professional audio and acoustics apps on the store, Studio Six Digital. Built on the engine of our more expensive "SPL" app, SPL Meter's filters and decay rates meet or exceed ANSI type 1. This app is not a toy or a game.
SPL Meter is the one audio app that everyone who works in audio must have on their phone! Not only have we made the best one, but we've priced it so you can't afford not to get it.
*** FEATURES:
FILTERS -- A and C weighting filters are provided.
DECAY -- Choose ANSI Fast or Slow.
RANGES -- 40dB to 120dB in 9 ranges.
CALIBRATION -- Comes pre-calibrated for the typical iPhone or iPad built-in and headset mic, but you can adjust the calibration if you have a professional, calibrated meter to compare it to. Accesses our cloud-based iOS device calibration database, which we updates as new devices are released.
INTERNAL / EXTERNAL MIC -- Select Internal to activate the included compensation filter, which is designed to flatten the frequency response of the built-in or headset mic. External will work with our iPhone Measurement Mic, to be released later this summer. See our website for more details.
SPL Meter is bargain-priced to make it easy for anyone to check out one of our professional, accurate apps. Studio Six Digital is dedicated to making the iPhone and Touch a professional audio and acoustics test device.
Check out our full line of professional-grade audio and acoustics apps: SPL, the professional digital iPhone sound level meter, SPL Graph, for recording SPL over time, RTA, a 1/3 octave real-time analyzer, FFT, for detailed aco
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