Clock Tuner

Clock Tuner

Measure beat rate of mechanical watches.

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Free (IAP)
Reviews
3.1 (1.7K)
United States United States
Description
Measure beat rate of mechanical watches.
A Timegrapher

This app is to measure the BPH(Beats per hour) of mechanical watches.
It will display time error per day as well.

The app uses microphone to measure BPH.

** Recommend to plug a microphone into phone and attach the microphone to the back of your watch.
** Basic version display wave graph and pulse interval histogram.
** Frequency display requires 'Premium' upgrade.

** Please test the app with your watch before you purchase 'Premium' upgrade. The app will work as Premium during 30 min.

Not for digital clocks.
Not working in noisy environment.
Set microphone direction toward a clock.

- Review from Mr. Kojima
http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php/topic,42142.0.html

- Preset example
Rolex or mechanical watch: Target frequency: 4 or 5Hz, Sample duration: 2Sec, Sensitivity: manual 50
Most pendulum clock: Target frequency: 1 or 2 Hz, Sample duration: 5 or 10 Sec, Sensitivity: medium

FAQ.
1) in the settings there is a sensitivity option with a high, medium, low and 3 manual settings, can you explain how this changes the results

It determines sound amplitude threshold for detecting clock sound. If your clock sound is loud you may reduce sensitivity. This will allow more environmental noises.
If you increase the sensitive, you may measure hand watches. But small noise may measurement errors.

2) why does the detected frequency change between light grey, black and red
Red means smaller drift during the measurement interval while grey means that measurement may have an error.

3) the average frequency does not always calculate, it stays at NaN
The 'detected frequency' should be red continuously.

4) how do you calculate the pulse drift %
abs(max detected frequency - min detected frequency) / detected frequency during 1 detection cycle.

5) what are the 2 graphs showing and what data are you using for the calculations
The size of bars in the upper graph should be almost the same.
The bottom shows amplitude of sound wave recorded from micro phone.

6) are newer versions of the app being developed

** You may provide sound sample by sending wav or mp3 file to [email protected]
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Reviews

Very useful app

Arayik NshanyanMon, May 6, 2024
English

Very accurate. I like it. Simple and quick.

Mihai VasiliuTue, Apr 30, 2024
English

Besides being very accurate at measuring bph, it has the added benefit of visually showing beat symmetry. Would like to see all options for bph selections, but there are probably hundreds!

Rick BurrFri, Apr 12, 2024
English

Seemed to be ok during trial. Then useless unless you pay for it.

Thomas K AustinThu, Apr 4, 2024
English

Rubbish

CT _Fri, Mar 1, 2024
English

Not accurate. I put a pencil mark on my cuckoo clock's pendulum and got to within 30 sec in 24 hours. Clock Tuner app showed 8241 bph. After my 1st two very small adjustments it became immediately apparent from the pencil mark that adjusting the pendulum to reach 7200 bph would be GROSSLY slow. Recently our mantel clock was professionally repaired and the regulator set with a professional Timegrapher. It measured at 8992-9000 bph. Then the app stopped measuring; assume the free trial expired.

Brian MillerSat, Feb 17, 2024
English

This is not free with optional purchases, because you must purchase it to use its core and purpose: determining the beat frequency. It will not tell you that frequency, it will only show you a pretty graph. This is falsely advertised.

Portable PhoneThu, Feb 8, 2024
English
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD N/AApr 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$81Apr 2024Worldwide
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About
Bundle Id
com.athumbsoft.pendulumtuner
Min Os. Version
Varies with device
Release Date
Sun, Feb 3, 2013
Update Date
Mon, Dec 18, 2023
Content Rating
Everyone
What's New
version
1702927475000
updated
4 months ago
Chart drawing bug is fixed.
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