SonarRoom Audio Analysis Tool
3D Room Acoustics Analyzer
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your room is changing the way your speakers sound — and you can't see it happening. Bass doubles in one corner and disappears in another. Echoes smear the stereo image. The couch might be in the worst possible spot. SonarRoom makes all of it visible.
ONE WALK. COMPLETE PICTURE.
Connect your iPhone to your speakers, tap Start, and walk around the room for 3–4 minutes. SonarRoom simultaneously scans your room with AR, plays test tones through your speakers, records the response, and tracks your position — capturing hundreds of measurement points in a single pass.
SEE YOUR SOUND IN 3D
When you stop, the app builds an interactive 3D acoustic map of your room. Switch between overall quality, bass energy, stereo balance, reverb time, and more. Tap any point to inspect its full acoustic profile. Rotate, zoom, and explore how sound changes from position to position.
FIND THE SWEET SPOT
SonarRoom evaluates every measured position and ranks the top listening spots — gold, silver, and bronze — scored on frequency balance, stereo imaging, reverb, and bass consistency. Stop guessing where to sit.
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG
The app automatically detects standing waves, null zones, flutter echoes, comb filtering, speaker-boundary interference, and stereo asymmetry. Each problem is named, explained in plain English, rated by severity, and shown in 3D — so you understand both what it is and where it is.
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO FIX
Every problem comes with prioritized, actionable recommendations: move speakers, add bass traps, apply EQ, reposition your listening spot. Each suggestion includes a predicted improvement percentage so you can focus on what matters most.
PROFESSIONAL-GRADE ANALYSIS, NO EXPERTISE REQUIRED
SonarRoom uses the same impulse response techniques as professional acoustic measurement systems — adaptive Wiener deconvolution, Schroeder RT60, ISO clarity indices — but presents everything through scores, heatmaps, and plain-language explanations. Temperature and humidity compensation adjusts for how air itself absorbs high-frequency sound, giving you accurate RT60 and reflection data regardless of room conditions. No acoustics degree needed.
FEATURES
+ Unified AR scan + acoustic measurement in one walk
+ 3D acoustic heatmap with 6 switchable metrics
+ Sweet spot detection with ranked positions
+ Automatic problem detection with plain-English explanations
+ Full 20 Hz – 20 kHz frequency response at every point
+ Multi-sweep averaging with coherence analysis
+ Frequency response confidence bands showing measurement reliability
+ Auto-generated coherence-weighted parametric EQ profiles
+ Spectral decay (waterfall) plots with group delay analysis
+ Before/after session comparison
+ Built-in microphone correction (iPhone XS – iPhone 17 Pro Max)
+ Import external mic calibration files (.cal, .frd)
+ Ambient noise gating for reliable measurements
+ Temperature-compensated RT60 with air absorption correction
+ Export: CSV data, JSON analysis, WAV impulse responses, PDF reports
SPEAKER LAYOUTS
Stereo · 2.1 · 5.1 · 7.1 · Dolby Atmos · Custom
COMPATIBILITY
Best: iPhone 14 Pro+ with LiDAR (centimeter-accurate room scanning)
Great: iPhone 12+ (monocular depth, full measurement capability)
Supported: Any iOS 17 device (manual 2D room editor)
Connect via Bluetooth, AirPlay, aux cable, USB, or HDMI.
WHO IT'S FOR
Home theater owners optimizing subwoofer placement and seating · Music producers finding the flattest monitoring position · Audiophiles quantifying room impact on their system · Podcast producers finding the driest recording spot · Anyone curious about how their room shapes their sound
Free to scan. Unlock results for $4.99 (single session) or go unlimited for $9.99/month. No accounts. Your data stays on your device.
LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MORE ACCURATE RESULTS
• Room dimensions now follow the walls instead of the direction you were facing when the scan started, so room-mode and speaker-placement advice lines up with the real room.
• Fixed the speaker-boundary (SBIR) null frequency, high-frequency roll-off in every measurement, reflection levels, and per-band reverb times. Expect treble to read flatter and bass problems to land at the right frequencies.
• Each speaker is analysed separately. A subwoofer no longer drags down the flatness map or the EQ.
• Room modes are only reported when the measurement actually shows them at more than one spot.
A STEADIER WALK
• The screen stays on during the walk, and a "Slow down" banner appears if you move too fast for a sweep.
• Sweeps taken while tracking was lost, while the phone moved too far, or while the mic clipped are skipped and counted instead of becoming bad points.
• If your speaker or AirPlay output changes mid-walk, measurement pauses with a warning until it comes back.
CLEARER RESULTS
• One 0 dB reference across every chart and export; levels are labelled dBFS.
• "How is this scored?" explains the overall score and its weights.
• The decay plot is labelled as modeled, heatmaps use fixed scales with real units, and the EQ exports in REW / Equalizer APO text format.
• Reverb is judged against a target for your room's size, and a new reverb check tells you when the room is too live.
• Metric or imperial units, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support on the Results screens.
If you hit a problem, please reach out at craig@psiloops.com — it helps more than a review.
The developer, Craig Cowden, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Craig Cowden
- Size
- 14.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlimited $9.99
- Single Result Unlock $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Craig Cowden
