CricketSong app for iPhone and iPad

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Weather Education
Developer: Pete Schwamb

0.99 USD

Current version: 1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 11 Sep 2008
App size: 1.03 Mb

Bioacoustics application that gives current temperature readouts by listening to crickets! This app uses the iPhones built-in microphone to detect the chirping of Tree Crickets, and computes a temperature value based on the rate of chirping. The readout is usually accurate to within a degree or two.

Note: CricketSong listens for snowy tree crickets, which have a very rhythmic chirping, and filters out other crickets, like field crickets, which are more sporadic when they chirp.

Works best within 20 feet of a tree cricket.

Happy Chirping!