What's New
Audio graph - lets you see sound
Manual calibration / sensitivity adjustment using slider
Responsive, flashing logo
App Description
Deafalarm gives the Deaf community and earplug users peace of mind while sleeping: It stays up all night, running in the background and listening out for loud, repetitive noises like fire alarms which it warns you about by vibrating. (To let the app run in the background, simply tap the ON switch then turn the screen off.)
With the latest update, Deafalarm is also very useful when you're not sleeping: It allows you to "see" sound, thanks to a number of visual cues, including an audio graph, a decibel meter, and a logo that doubles as an attention-getter, changing from black to bright red when it hears a sound significantly louder than the normal ambient noise. Urgent things such as alarms, ringing phones, and screams may also ignite your device's camera flash so it can get your attention from a distance.
You may also be interested in Deafalarm's successor, Digital Ear. It's much like Deafalarm, but it can recognize almost anything you record: fire alarms, doorbells, etc.
Deafalarm has an important automatic calibration feature that it uses to detect the ambient noise level to expect from your environment. You can also change the sensitivity and *manually* define what you consider loud by adjusting the slider.
It's thoughtfully designed to vibrate if your phone turns off (due to low battery) or the app is killed unintentionally while it was active so you know you're no longer being protected. (This is particularly nice to have when you're asleep.)
Rest assured: You don't have to worry about privacy when using Deafalarm. Detailed audio data is not saved for longer than a second, and it's only used to determine how loud the environment is. Deafalarm does not connect to the Internet whatsoever.
Deafalarm has been featured and acclaimed by a number of popular websites, including MedGadget and Gizmodo. It was also featured by MacFormat, a popular print magazine in the UK, and named one of the best apps for the deaf and hearing impaired by appPicker!
Thanks a lot to all users! Please feel free to contact me for any reason; just head over to my support page to find my contact information. I really value your feedback and I'd love to hear from you!
Also, please leave an honest review. Thanks, and enjoy!
iPhone Screenshots
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App Changes
- April 01, 2014 Initial release
- April 04, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
- April 15, 2014 New version 1.1
- May 01, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
- May 06, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
- October 10, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
- October 12, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> FREE!
- October 16, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
- October 26, 2014 New version 1.2
- November 21, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
- December 04, 2014 New version 1.3
- December 06, 2014 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
- December 09, 2014 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
- December 29, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
- July 30, 2015 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
- August 22, 2015 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
- February 14, 2016 Price increase: $0.99 -> $4.99
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