NoiseCapture is an App dedicated to the measurement of environmental noise.
About NoiseCapture
NoiseCapture is a tools app developed by Ifsttar.
How many times has NoiseCapture been downloaded?
NoiseCapture has been downloaded 290 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2 thousand times.
What is the rating of NoiseCapture?
NoiseCapture is rated 3.66 out of 5 stars, based on 480 ratings.
Is NoiseCapture free?
NoiseCapture is free to download. The APK download size is 6.78 MB. The latest version available is 1.3.1. The last update was on July 8, 2025.
What are the requirements for NoiseCapture?
NoiseCapture requires Android 4.0.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2017.
Description
NoiseCapture App is an application dedicated to the evaluation of your noise environment. It allows to perform measurements and, thus, to give information on your noise exposure. In addition, you can contribute to the realization of collaborative (or community) noise maps by anonymously sharing your measurements.
New !: If your smartphone is already calibrated, you can now calibrate other smartphones with the application, based on the ambient noise. Select Automatic Calibration in the Calibration menu, in "Transmitter" mode for the reference smartphone and "Receiver" mode for the smartphones to be calibrated. Approach the smartphones together and start calibration from the reference smartphone. The rest is automatic.
Features: • Noise measurement and calculation of acoustic indicators (Leq, Lamin, LAmax, LA10, LA50, LA90...) on a journey • Measurement description (text, photo, tags) • Viewing measurements on a map • Measurement history • Smartphone calibration with a reference device • Detailed help on using the application
Recommendations for the 'best' measurement (see Help for details): • The smartphone should not be in the pocket but hand held • The smartphone microphone should not be hidden • The noise measurement must be carried out without adding noise! • It is possible to use an external and calibrated microphone
Contribute to collaborative noise maps: • Allow the transfer of measures into the community • Realize mmeasurement outside buildings • Do not measure when rainning or with wind • Goto the collaborative noise map : http://noise-planet.org/map_noisecapture/index.html
Contribute to the NoiseCapture project: • conttribute to the code development: https://github.com/Ifsttar/NoiseCapture • share your comments, questions: https://github.com/Ifsttar/NoiseCapture/issues • organize NoiseCapture Party to map your sound environment: http://noise-planet.org/ ------------------------------------------------------ NoiseCapture App respects your private life: • You fully control how the information is sent to the server • Only anonymous data is transferred • There are no audio recording: only acoustic indicators are calculated and transferred • NoiseCapture App requires only strictly necessary permissions
Warning: • Although NoiseCapture App is developed by specialists, keep in mind that a smartphone will never replace a professional sound meter. If you need advanced expertise, contact a professional. • The quality of the measurement depends on the technical performance of your smartphone and its calibration. Depending on the nature of your phone and the version of Android used, it is possible that you can not measure with sufficient accuracy.
NoiseCapture App is the result of collaboration between two French research laboratories, the Laboratory of Environmental Acoustics (Ifsttar) and DECIDE team of Lab-STICC (CNRS), with a support from the European Commission. More information: http://noise-planet.org/
Recent changes: - Fix layout action bar that would hide buttons on latest Android versions - Fix crash cause by chart view in result page - Fix UI frozen when location authorization is denied by the user
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We've been hearing a low hum for months at night that keeps us awake. This app is picking up the frequency and duration. I wish I could record a video of the spectrogram to be able to show as proof.
★★★★★Gabriel Rocha· Sep 28, 2021
The issue was solved. Great work! And thanks for the response.
★★★★★Delgado, JR / Tslim User· Oct 31, 2020
I ask my teenage daughter is she can hear any noise she said no. I checked with my parabolic noise capture I hear faint. It is registering 32 dB in our apartment. I can feel the vibration, but I can't hear it. That's the very reason I downloaded this app to check that I'm not crazy, lol. I love this app. Could I keep this? Plus no add, this app is a keeper.
★☆☆☆☆Ruby Milke· Jun 13, 2025
At first great. Now? Haywire! It won't go to the menu. Or map. Or filters. It's hitting 80 dbs, and spinning! The dbs are correct. But the other spin and freeze?! Why don't you ever put your email here? I don't like airing dirty laundry in public!
★☆☆☆☆Vanblindguy· Apr 11, 2025
There is no way to save recordings, share icon does not work??
★★☆☆☆Debra Ann Elder-Lambeth· May 3, 2021
Unable to use the app on a phone using marketing and data collecting malware and Spyware found in the Google and GitHub open source library created by MONIQUE RODRIGUES USED BY HER RELATIVE HANNAH RODRIGUEZ. While Monique is in Arizona doing time for the transportation of drugs. Her apps and credentials are being used to commit crimes using Google and Monique's name. Hannah Jean the more you Harass me the more of your dirty laundry goes Facebook
★☆☆☆☆Paris Sinclair· Mar 17, 2023
This does a good job at recording averages of background noise, but not for any specific sounds you're trying to measure, especially if they're short. My upstairs neighbor has been dancing a lot with loud footsteps, and I wanted to record it. While using this app, it registered spikes in decibels upwards of 70, but these were not saved or reflected at all in the final results, as each individual spike did not last a full second. I was also not able to view the original graph that reflected this
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