Tone

Signal generator: six waveforms, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, no permissions.

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Six waveforms, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and a button to make them sound. The wave is drawn on screen while it plays — the only honest sign that it really is playing.

What it does

It opens silent, always

An app that makes a noise the moment it is opened is an app uninstalled the moment it is opened — this one especially, which is often opened in headphones or in a room where somebody is asleep. Sound starts when you ask for it, and never before.

What it is for

Testing a speaker or a pair of headphones, hunting a hum, checking a tuner, masking an annoying noise with pink noise, or finding out where your hearing stops.

One warning worth repeating: a steady tone at a high level in headphones is louder than it seems, because it has none of music's pauses and variation. The app says so when you turn it up.

Your data stays yours

Tone asks for no permissions at all: it listens to nothing, does not know where you are, and has no camera to ask for. There is not even an audio file in the package — every sample is computed on the phone as it plays.

How it is paid for

One banner anchored at the bottom, and that is all: no subscription, no waveform held hostage.

Where to find it

Tone on Google Play

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