DR-SoundMeter

DR-SoundMeter measures the noise around you in decibels with your phone's microphone and tells you what it means for your hearing.

MEASURE

- Live level in dB with Min, Max and average

- A, C and Z frequency weighting, Fast and Slow time weighting

- LAeq, LAFmax, LCpeak, sound exposure level (LE) and L10, L50, L90

- A chart of the level over time

- Calibration offset for your device

PROTECT YOUR HEARING

- How long it is safe to stay at the current level

- Daily noise dose under NIOSH or OSHA

- Hearing protection advice for loud places

- 15 everyday sounds to compare with, from a whisper to a jet engine

ANALYSE

- Live third-octave and octave frequency bands

- Record the sound and play it back as a waveform or spectrogram

SAVE AND SHARE

- Save sessions with their place and time

- See your measurements on a noise map

- Export levels, doses and location to CSV

ON YOUR HOME SCREEN

- A widget with the current level

- Start and stop measuring without opening the app

- Keeps measuring in the background

Every measuring feature is free. DR-SoundMeter Pro removes ads and lifts the limits on saved sessions and recordings.

Readings depend on your phone's microphone. For a reference measurement, use a calibrated sound level meter.