SoundPrint, Find A Quiet Place

Name: SoundPrint, Find A Quiet Place
Rating: 4.6 (544 reviews)
Author: Soundprint LLC

Utilities

Free

544 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Soundprint LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

44
MB

Want to find your quiet place in a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or venue where you can actually hear your date, colleague, or partner? SoundPrint’s own decibel (noise) meter allows you to measure the loudness of the venue and submit (crowdsource) that data to the database. You then can search for venues based on how quiet or noisy they are. Features + Measure and submit the decibel, sound, or noise level of a venue + Search for venues based on their noise level (i.e. quiet, moderate, or noisy) + Simple to use + Help practice safe hearing health + Wide international coverage Please note that SoundPrint is not a replacement for a professional device and should be used for general sound measurement purposes only as it measures the approximate decibel level.

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

544 Ratings

Fantastic Idea, a Must Have
01/04/2025
isletakemanhattan
The creators of Soundprint have performed a huge public service — making dining out bearable. It may be the best restaurant-related app I have ever downloaded. I have others that help with reviews, reservations or takeout, but this is the first one to reliably tell me whether I am going to be able to have a civilized conversation over dinner.It enables you to spend your dining dollars wisely and not waste them on an expensive, cacophonous ordeal.It shows whether a restaurant will be quiet, moderately noisy, loud or very loud and has a “Quiet List” of the best places. I am weary of going out for what is supposed to be a pleasant meal but which ends up being an assault on the ear drums. These experiences leave me with laryngitis and a feeling of disappointment in humanity for putting up with such restaurants. With this app, it won’t happen again.It also allows users to use their phones to measure decibel levels at a venue, rate the ease of conversation, and submit this data. I’m hoping as many people as possible will sign up and submit noise ratings so I will know where to dine and so that the civilized restaurants in my area will enjoy more patronage.
Fantastic Idea, a Must Have
01/04/2025
isletakemanhattan

The creators of Soundprint have performed a huge public service — making dining out bearable. It may be the best restaurant-related app I have ever downloaded. I have others that help with reviews, reservations or takeout, but this is the first one to reliably tell me whether I am going to be able to have a civilized conversation over dinner.It enables you to spend your dining dollars wisely and not waste them on an expensive, cacophonous ordeal.It shows whether a restaurant will be quiet, moderately noisy, loud or very loud and has a “Quiet List” of the best places. I am weary of going out for what is supposed to be a pleasant meal but which ends up being an assault on the ear drums. These experiences leave me with laryngitis and a feeling of disappointment in humanity for putting up with such restaurants. With this app, it won’t happen again.It also allows users to use their phones to measure decibel levels at a venue, rate the ease of conversation, and submit this data. I’m hoping as many people as possible will sign up and submit noise ratings so I will know where to dine and so that the civilized restaurants in my area will enjoy more patronage.
Brilliant. I hope it really catche on.
04/21/2018
Ken NYC
Brilliant. I really hope it catches on and spreads wildly. I just found out about it, downloaded it, and already I love it. Restaurant noise levels are ludicrous. I'm one of those folks who already has an excellent noise level app (by Digital Six), but there's no crowdsourcing there. Now there is! A few months ago I met a friend at a restaurant/bar with good Yelp reviews in Midtown (NYC) for dinner where the noise level was over 90 dB! Borderline permanent hearing damage! We left. But there was no way to report this to others, apart from typing a note in Yelp that no one would ever get around to actually reading. I love this app.
Brilliant. I hope it really catche on.
04/21/2018
Ken NYC

Brilliant. I really hope it catches on and spreads wildly. I just found out about it, downloaded it, and already I love it. Restaurant noise levels are ludicrous. I'm one of those folks who already has an excellent noise level app (by Digital Six), but there's no crowdsourcing there. Now there is! A few months ago I met a friend at a restaurant/bar with good Yelp reviews in Midtown (NYC) for dinner where the noise level was over 90 dB! Borderline permanent hearing damage! We left. But there was no way to report this to others, apart from typing a note in Yelp that no one would ever get around to actually reading. I love this app.
Wildly Inaccurate
06/18/2023
looking for simple white noise
The idea behind this app is an excellent one, and desperately needed. But it doesn’t measure accurately. Either it’s programmed to ignore human voice frequencies, or smartphone microphones can’t do the job. SoundPrint consistently “measured” a man yelling at the top of his lungs into a loudspeaker as quieter than an air conditioner. It repeatedly told me that the inaudible click of my home button was TWICE as loud as the man yelling into the loudspeaker! It’s clearly drastically off and miscalibrated, to the point of uselessness. The submissions also only record average decibels, not the maximum. This can help if it recorded you sniffling or sneezing at 90 dB, but it makes records of loud but intermittent noise totally useless. The restaurant ratings are a perfect example: “quiet “ restaurants are still way too loud for anyone with a sensitivity disability, which are the people who need this app the most. I don’t expect miracles from a free app, but I expect SOME functionality.
Wildly Inaccurate
06/18/2023
looking for simple white noise

The idea behind this app is an excellent one, and desperately needed. But it doesn’t measure accurately. Either it’s programmed to ignore human voice frequencies, or smartphone microphones can’t do the job. SoundPrint consistently “measured” a man yelling at the top of his lungs into a loudspeaker as quieter than an air conditioner. It repeatedly told me that the inaudible click of my home button was TWICE as loud as the man yelling into the loudspeaker! It’s clearly drastically off and miscalibrated, to the point of uselessness. The submissions also only record average decibels, not the maximum. This can help if it recorded you sniffling or sneezing at 90 dB, but it makes records of loud but intermittent noise totally useless. The restaurant ratings are a perfect example: “quiet “ restaurants are still way too loud for anyone with a sensitivity disability, which are the people who need this app the most. I don’t expect miracles from a free app, but I expect SOME functionality.
Test it on an iPad
11/02/2018
Deborah-B
I gave the app only 3 stars because it runs on an iPad, but seem not to have been tested on one. The “start” button covers the line saying that samples must be at least 15 seconds. And if I try to submit with name and email, the pop up keyboard covers up the boxes I want to type in. Either fix the UI (probably straightforward) or mark the app as iPhone only.I tried to get a top 10 list and it said there weren’t enough submissions. I would like to be able to request a top-10 list for another location than my current one.Another location-related issue. I am in Mountain View, and I want to find a quiet restaurant in Palo Alto. I can’t set my location of interest in any way, so for every search I have to move the map from Mountain View Palo Alto again. This is going to be painful if I am looking for quiet restaurants farther away, like San Francisco.
Test it on an iPad
11/02/2018
Deborah-B

I gave the app only 3 stars because it runs on an iPad, but seem not to have been tested on one. The “start” button covers the line saying that samples must be at least 15 seconds. And if I try to submit with name and email, the pop up keyboard covers up the boxes I want to type in. Either fix the UI (probably straightforward) or mark the app as iPhone only.I tried to get a top 10 list and it said there weren’t enough submissions. I would like to be able to request a top-10 list for another location than my current one.Another location-related issue. I am in Mountain View, and I want to find a quiet restaurant in Palo Alto. I can’t set my location of interest in any way, so for every search I have to move the map from Mountain View Palo Alto again. This is going to be painful if I am looking for quiet restaurants farther away, like San Francisco.

• The Sound Level filter now responds instantly to every tap and always shows up-to-date results. • Tap a SoundPrint link on the web to open that venue right in the app. • Faster, more reliable location when you start a SoundCheck. • Crash fixes and stability improvements throughout. Recent updates: • SoundCheck Points — earn points and level up as you measure the sound around you. • Sound Level filter — narrow any search to the quietest places, including our curated Quiet List. • Estimated sound levels now appear for places that haven't been measured yet.

Version 4.6.2 Sep 22

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Seller: Soundprint LLC
Size: 44 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.1 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.

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Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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SoundPrint, Find A Quiet Place

Ratings & Reviews

Fantastic Idea, a Must Have

Brilliant. I hope it really catche on.

Wildly Inaccurate

Test it on an iPad

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