Magnetic Stud Finder 1.03

Reviews

5 ★, on 2017-03-27
Awesome app! I was able to detect a few nails behind my dry wall to figure out approximately where my stud is. This is the kind of app I love finding in the Play Store, it makes great use out of the limited hardware we have on our phones. Since it is dependent on the phone's hardware, I wish people would stop rating the app so low if their phones don't have a magnetic sensor. Also, It's a phone app so it shouldn't be compared to the accuracy of a $100 stud finder.

4 ★, on 2015-08-02
I mean it's impossible to get an accurate results, but it gives you a general idea of where the studs are based on the small spikes in the magnetic reading from the nails. It works enough to make the job easier. This is from a Samsung S3 mini so I imagine most new phones will give as good if not a better reading. The trick is to make sure you are not wearing or near anything which will give off a magnetic reading and then move the phone slowly over the wall, looking for small, regular spikes in the reading.

4 ★, on 2014-08-18
Since it uses the phone mag censor, the app relies on the hardware. I have an app that looks at raw hardware data. I see how it would work but on my Samsung s4, not so well. Still not sure how wood studs can effect a mag sensor. They are non ferrous. You might pick up on a screw. I bet metal studs would work great.

5 ★, on 2017-08-18
Very nice app!!! Tried measuring 16in apart to find stud didn't work. Didn't know how I was gonna help a friend hang a door on the wall as a headboard without a stud finder, until I found this app! Come to find out my studs were 24in apart with this app... If every review you get isn't 5 stars trust me it's not the app... upgrade your phone people!!! Worked like a charm! Thx!!! Samsung galaxy S8

4 ★, on 2014-11-06
While not technically a "stud" finder per say, it does work by using a metal detector (upper left on S4) to find the nails in the studs, which is a little trickier, but it works in the end.

3 ★, on 2014-08-26
Found most probable sensor location to be top left. No beep even when beep its enabled. Suppose it works, just not as I would expect it. I get a higher reading with metal placed near sensor, but no audible confirmation.