RME DigiCheck NG vs Smaart
RME DigiCheck NG
rme-audio.deSmaart
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| Figure | RME DigiCheck NG | Smaart |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $13.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Audio Analysis Software | 8.2 (#9) | 7.9 (#20) |
| Founded | RME’s archived company page says the German developer team was founded in 1996. | 2008 |
| Purpose | DigiCheck NG is RME’s rewritten suite for measuring, analyzing and visualizing digital audio signals. | Smaart is professional audio acoustic test and measurement software. |
Plans
Smaart
- Smaart LE Annual Subscription$159 a year
- Smaart RT Annual Subscription$279 a year
- Smaart SPL Perpetual — New License$349, paid once
- Smaart Suite Annual Subscription$399 a year
- Smaart LE Perpetual — New License$499, paid once
- Smaart RT Perpetual — New License$899, paid once
- Smaart Suite Perpetual — New License$1,299, paid once
In their own words
RME DigiCheck NG
RME DigiCheck NG has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Smaart
Smaart is professional audio acoustic test and measurement software from Rational Acoustics, a company founded in 2008. Its Suite edition includes Real-Time, Impulse Response, and SPL measurement modes; other editions are RT, LE, and SPL. Analysis views include RTA, spectrograph, magnitude, coherence, phase, live impulse response, linear and logarithmic views, energy time curve, frequency, histogram, and SPL history. Each product includes an API for accessing measurement data and parameters through JSON commands over WebSocket, with an SDK available free upon request. Listed integrations include Eclipse Audio FIR Designer, Globcon, Lab Gruppen Lake Controller, Powersoft ArmoniaPlus, and Waves TRACT. Smaart is available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, but does not support Windows on ARM. Demo installers for Suite, LE, and SPL expire after 30 days and cannot be reactivated or converted to a license. Annual subscriptions provide one year of use and renew automatically unless canceled before the term ends. Pricing includes subscriptions from $159 a year and perpetual licenses from $349, paid once.