New in 4.0: Chirp Trail tells you warmer or colder with each beep, and Hearing Assist can flash and speak the chirp. Fully offline — no account, no ads, no tracking.
That periodic chirp is real. ChirpHound helps you work out which device and which room it is coming from, privately and offline.
Start with Auto Discover or choose a frequency preset, then walk through the space. ChirpHound learns the local noise floor, isolates repeatable tonal energy out of ordinary household noise, and gives you live warmer/colder evidence as you approach the source.
THE HOT-AND-COLD GAME, BETWEEN CHIRPS
The beep you are hunting only sounds once every 30-60 seconds, so an instant meter is not enough.
- Chirp Trail gives every new chirp a verdict: WARMER or COLDER than the last one, with the dB change and a trail of recent chirps
- True-peak measurement reads the whole chirp, not a single instant, so every dB level and frequency estimate is honest
- Live relative-dB warmth gauge and, on multi-microphone devices, a directional bearing arrow
FIND THE BAND
- Auto Discover scans 24 bands from 400 Hz to 6 kHz and ranks repeatable, tonal candidates
- 15 curated presets cover alarms, appliances, leak sensors, UPS units, smart devices, and more, plus your own custom presets
- A live spectrogram shows where tonal energy is building; freeze it to inspect a beep you missed
HEARING ASSIST
Cannot hear high-pitched beeps? Your phone can.
- Screen flash and torch blink the instant a chirp is heard
- Spoken guidance tells you warmer or colder as you move
- With headphones on, a low-pitched tone you CAN hear tracks the signal
NAME THE DEVICE
- Device Dossier identifies the likely source (for example, one chirp every ~40 s at 3.2 kHz, smoke-alarm low battery), shows its evidence and sources, and gives you the exact fix
- Tap-to-Mark: if a beep is too faint for the mic, tap when you hear it and ChirpHound still decodes the pattern and identifies the device
COMPARE ROOMS FAIRLY
- Arm a room and let the next detected chirp become its evidence
- Re-measuring a room replaces stale evidence instead of duplicating it
- Rank rooms by detected peak with a clear confidence margin
- Keep the screen awake through long chirp intervals
CLOSE THE HUNT
- Sonar Mode is a full-screen, one-handed display for when you are up a step-stool
- Tap Found It to save the hunt with the device, the room, and how long it took
- Local history, notes, CSV export, and PDF field reports
SAFETY-FIRST PATTERN GUIDANCE
ChirpHound recognizes repeated groups as well as periodic single chirps. A three-beep pattern is treated as possible smoke or fire; a four-beep pattern as possible carbon monoxide. Maintenance codes vary by manufacturer and model, so the app asks you to verify the exact device manual instead of making a universal claim.
BUILT FOR PRIVACY
- Audio is analyzed live on this device
- Audio is not recorded or uploaded
- No account is required
- No advertising, analytics, tracking, or third-party SDKs
- Hunt and checklist data stay in the app unless you explicitly export a report
ChirpHound is a locating and reference aid. It is not a smoke alarm, carbon-monoxide alarm, calibrated sound-level meter, or substitute for emergency action. If a real alarm is sounding, leave the area, follow its instructions, and contact emergency services from a safe location.
Don’t waste your money. Complicated interface, doesn’t detect obvious beep every 47-48 seconds. No way to get help or support.
Developer Response
Thanks for the direct report. This review predates newer ChirpHound builds, and we are continuing to improve detection reliability and the help flow. If you still see this on the current version, please use the App Store support link with your device and recording context so we can reproduce it.
App doesn’t work
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Opens to a frozen page
Developer Response
Thanks for reporting this. This review predates newer ChirpHound builds. A frozen launch screen is not expected behavior, and we keep testing startup reliability with each update. If it still happens on the current version, please contact support with your device and iOS version.
ChirpHound 4.0 is our biggest update ever, built around one truth: the beep you're hunting only sounds once a minute.
• Chirp Trail — every new chirp gets a verdict: WARMER or COLDER than the last one, with the dB change and a trail of recent chirps. The hot-and-cold game finally works between chirps.
• Truer measurements — we now measure the whole chirp, not a single instant, so every dB reading and frequency estimate is more accurate.
• Hearing Assist — can't hear high-pitched beeps? Your phone can. Screen flash and torch blink the moment a chirp is heard, spoken guidance tells you warmer or colder, and with headphones on, a low-pitched tone you CAN hear tracks the signal.
• Device Dossier — ChirpHound now names the likely device ("1 chirp every ~40 s at 3.2 kHz — smoke alarm low battery"), shows its evidence and sources, and gives you the exact fix.
• Tap-to-Mark — beep too faint or muffled for the mic? Tap when you hear it, and ChirpHound still decodes the pattern and identifies the device.
• Sonar Mode — a full-screen, one-handed hunting display for when you're on the step-stool. And when you find it, tap Found It for the moment you've earned — your hunt is saved with the device, the room, and how long it took.
• Sharper spectrogram — see your listening band, see exactly when chirps landed, and freeze the display to inspect a beep you missed.
Still 100% private and offline. No accounts, no analytics, no network — ever.
Version 4.0
The developer, Robert Corbin, 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.
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Information
Seller
Robert Corbin
Size
69.4 MB
Category
Utilities
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.