- CategoryUtilities
- First releasedAugust 5, 2009
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerLaan Labs
- Bundle IDcom.laan.labs.iSonar
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 2.0 or later.
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Report an issueSonar Ruler is a winner in the Best App Ever Awards - "Most innovative use of iPhone hardware" category!
The Amazing New Sonar Ruler is an experimental app that uses echoes to measure distances with your iPhone!
* It uses the same principles that dolphins use to find food! *
It sends a short pulse from the speaker and measures how long that pulse takes to bounce off of something and return to the phone. It then estimates how far away you are.
>> Impress your friends with what this unique app can accomplish using only an iphone! <<
Ϟ GIZMODO.com: "that's a damned neat trick for a phone to be able to do."
Features: * Sonic distance measurement up to 60 feet * Set Units to feet, inches, or meters * Custom saved settings for measuring in different environments
If you're a teacher, this app is a great way to teach students the principles of sonar, and how sound propagates through air.
** Watch a demo video here: http://bit.ly/sonarvideo
** German/Japanese subtitles here: http://bit.ly/sonarvid
Enjoy!
Follow us on twitter @laanlabs
*This is an experimental app, although it can be quite accurate, any measurements taken should be verified before using them.
Note: Use with iPads requires some adjustment to the chirp boundaries
Chart History
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Too many bells and whistles. Oh and it needs to work before anything!
Don't waste your time.
Like it.
Not work. Period.
Waste of buck.
Waste of time and money just shuts off immediately after opening app
This app worked great on my iPhone 3G, but doesn't seem to work with my iPhone 4. Sounds like signal is bleading from the microphone to the speaker, causing feedback and preventing it from working properly. Please update for iPhone 4+
Sonar Ruler The program does not open and close the same
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.