PhonoPaper

🇺🇸 United States
Alexander Zolotov  | 
43
ASO score
Text
37/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
rating
App Rating
4.8
rating
Votes
217
rating
App Age
11y 8m
rating
Last Update
Oct 03, 2025

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Current App
Category Top Average
Difference
Rating
4.84
4.56
+6%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
213
579.2K
-100%
App Age
11y 7m
7y 11m
+46%
In-app Purchases Price
$0
$41
Update Frequency
70d
31d
+124%
Title Length
10
26
-62%
Subtitle Length
18
27
-33%
Description Length
1 378
2 727
-49%
Number of Screenshots
428
1256
-66 %
Size
4MB
219MB
-98 %

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Title (
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PhonoPaper
Subtitle (
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Sound code scanner
Description (
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PhonoPaper is a camera app for playing pictures with encoded sound (PhonoPaper-codes). With this app, you can also create your own codes: 10 seconds of sound can be recorded from a microphone and converted into an image. [ Key features ] * PhonoPaper does not require access to the network for decoding; * PhonoPaper code is analogue, so it is not so sensitive to different types of the image distortion (bad camera, dark picture, wrinkled paper, etc.); at least you will hear the "silhouette" of the original sound; * code can be played in real-time with hand-controlled speed and direction; * code can be drawn by hand to get some unusual sounds. [ Examples of usage ] * voice messages (or pieces of music) on t-shirts, billboards, posters, postcards, goods; * audio labels for phonorecords; * audio examples in books; * secret messages; * art-experiments. [ How to use ] Launch the app, point the camera at the code (tap on the screen to focus if necessary) and smoothly scan the picture from left to right. The code should be parallel to the frame - try to keep the camera level. The black code markers (top and bottom) should fall entirely into the frame. If the application recognizes code markers, you will hear a sound. If you are unable to play the code smoothly, press the record button on the right side of the screen, this will enable automatic scanning.}
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Rating
4.8
217 voters

Some Latest Reviews

AtomicReptilia’sCreator
18 Oct, 2025
1
PhonoPaper did NOT make sound out of my 132x72 uploaded digital image, and its miserably failed attempt took half an hour to complete.
eng so
22 May, 2023
5
It is very beautiful and useful. I hope that the recording will be more than 10 seconds only.
Luthien Merilin
22 Apr, 2023
5
I wish there were more apps as unusual and inspiring as this. I love it.
lambertop
07 Apr, 2021
4
This app....is only for who can look in the future...!...no other worlds for them....good luck..
ErikGC7
17 May, 2020
5
Es una App extraordinaria. Es mágico el hecho de reproducir audio de de un gráfico, de una tecnología de hace muchos años. Gracias por la App
steller_greenghost
22 Apr, 2020
4
The interface needs work, visually. I would take ®️™️Autodesk Inc., ®️™️Adobe software as a model for that portion. one request would be for color option and maybe a intensity option, if you were to make this an App. for sale, would allow smaller file size options. *music songs are under three minutes usually, you want a recording that about the same length duration. Suggest: save as MP3 or MP4 file specified so people are confused with what is meant by audio file / or ANS file via Wi-Fi direct send... does a picture file refer to a video file which has audio and video in tandem? if it’s an audio video file sent ANS WI-FI it becomes unclear how the recipient would open the file unless, they could have a copy of the App. themselves —in my experiment I would send such a file. Only one thing bothered me enough to take away five star rating and that was the mirrored front facing camera option it was too frustrating to get an image that was in front of the camera and line it up. somebody who has it would be extraordinarily frustrated with that; and I also finally found a white button to take a forward facing picture after 20 min. I hope you find the small criticisms used for that you will take them into consideration to improve your worthy product. Thank you for the chance to try your app I would love it if you would produce a reader for those people who want to send picture files with an audio to friends.

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.81
Voted: 217
App Store Link:
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Music, Photo & Video
Size: 4MB
App Age: 11 years 8 months
Release Date: Apr 24, 2014
Last Update: Oct 03, 2025
Version: 1.6.2
Version history
1.6.2
Oct 03, 2025
* the app can now load images: just go to the device gallery, select an image and send it to PhonoPaper; * bug fixes.
1.6.1b
Oct 23, 2023
* iOS 11 support has been dropped; now the minimum is 12; * auto-repeat in the virtual (on-screen) text keyboard; * bug fixes.
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