Features & Capabilities

A Real Time Analyzer for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Test your speakers, tune your room, do acoustical analysis work or just have a better understanding of audio frequencies. RTA is a professional-grade acoustical analysis tool. All filters meet or exceed ANSI and IEC Class 1 specifications.

Includes Octave and 1/3 Octave modes, with selectable decay times, as well as Peak Hold and true linear Average mode.

*** iOS Microphones

We have analyzied every iOS device, including all of the iPads, all iPhones, and iPod touches, and have created microphone compensation files that are applied automatically. You can trust the results you are getting, often within just a few dB of a far more expensive analyzer. Calibration is updated regularly, automatically, from our cloud-based calibration database.

Upgrade to our iTestMic or iAudioInterface2 to bring your system up to full professional specs.

*** Save and Recall Graphs

You can save and recall graphs, marked with the GPS location, date & time, and your comment, as well as store the image to your photo roll.

Export the data as an XLS formatted file to your computer for inclusion in reports or further analysis.

*** Max and Min Bars

You can also turn on resettable Max/Min bars (see image #4) to capture peaks. Double-tap to reset the bars.

*** Specifications and Devices

The internal iPhone mic has a noise floor near 30 dB, and if your are running iOS 6, clips around 120 dB.

*** Touch GUI

Fully interactive touch GUI features includes scroll up/down, pinch to zoom or compress the vertical dB scale, or swipe horizontally to get a cursor that reads out the exact dB level and frequency across the screen. To make the cursor disappear, swipe it off the graph to the left.

The landscape-mode display flips 180 degrees so that you can face the internal mic in either direction.

*** Overlay Curves

Also included are optional noise curve overlays, in NCB, RC, PNC, NC, X-Curve and NR mode. See picture #2 for an example. Use this feature to get a quick reading on the noise levels in a room. Also includes the cinema large-room X-curve overlay.

*** Calibration

RTA can be fully calibrated, whether you are using it with the internal iOS microphone, or one of our professional test & measurement mic solutions. And, if you are using iTestMic, the mic calibration is transmitted directly to the app, so you are always calibrated.

*** RTA or FFT?

If you are wondering if you should download this app or our FFT app, check out our website, we have a page devoted to this topic.

See our other acoustics and audio apps, including AudioTools.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Andrew Smith
Rating:
4.00
(25)
Version:
11.8 Last updated: 2025-12-22
Version code:
880853705
Creation date:
2008-12-14
Compatible devices:
Size:
21.00MB
Price:
4.99
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-04
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Developed by:
Andrew Smith
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rta/id298839433
Website:
http://www.studiosixdigital.com/audiotools/rta/

User Reviews

Users broadly praise RTA for ease of use and its practicality for quick room tuning and live-sound checks, especially when used with a proper mic. They cite good value for the money and straightforward, informative readings. However, many reviews flag major downsides: battery drain due to background operation; crashes or freezes after iOS updates (including iOS 13) and device-specific UI issues (iPad/iPhone display problems); calibration/accuracy problems in certain frequency ranges; and intermittent mic/accessory compatibility glitches. Support is praised by some.
Pros
  • Easy to use and provides essential readings.
  • Effective tuning tool for room/live sound with pink noise and frequency readings.
  • Good value for money.
  • Calibrated for iOS and works with proper external mics for accuracy.
  • Responsive customer support mentioned by some users.
Cons
  • Battery drain due to background operation after exit.
  • Crashes/freezes after iOS updates and iPhone XS/iOS 13 compatibility issues.
  • UI/display problems on iPad/iPhone and inconsistent screen fitting.
  • Calibration/accuracy issues in certain frequency ranges; unadjustable center frequency in some reviews.
  • Intermittent mic/accessory compatibility glitches (detect/loop).
Recent reviews
Used with iPad mini. Ran pink noise to do the best I could to flatten the sound. What a difference this made! I can see areas that need improvement but I need DSP. For now this works! Thank you
by Sp*****, 2025-04-21

The app keeps saying “Accessory found iTestMic 2” then “Accessory removed iTestMic 2” and repeats until the mic is removed from my iPad Pro. Sometimes it just crashes or freezes on my iPhone 12. Both have latest IOS.
by l *****, 2024-06-06

Simple to use and it provides all the info that I need. Works fine on my iPhone 15 Pro.
by Pe*****, 2023-11-14
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