Detect-O app for iPhone and iPad

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Utilities Entertainment
Developer: Prototechnical Solutions, Inc

0.99 USD

Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 03 Jul 2009
App size: 417.07 Kb

Detect-O is a Metal Detector application for the iPhone 3GS. It uses the magnetometer to detect the presence of nearby ferrous metals.

Due to the way the magnetometer operates, Detect-O will register changes in the nearby metals, but will not indicate a steady reading with nearby metal; rather, it will register when approaching it and when leaving the vicinity of the metal.

Also, since Detect-O operates based on magnetic slew rate, it may give false readings if the iPhone is rotated rapidly or otherwise changes headings rapidly.