SoundDose

Key Features

## Noise Monitoring

- Automatically reads **Environmental Audio Exposure** data from **Apple Health / HealthKit**

- Updates about every **10 minutes** for all‑day tracking

- **Automatic background logging**, no manual input required

## Location‑based Categorization

- Detects your location and categorizes data as **Home**, **Office**, or **Outdoor**

- Statistics and summaries **by location**

- Long‑press the Home/Office button to save the current coordinates as a frequent location

## Data Visualization

- Clean, easy‑to‑read **ring charts** for your day

- Color coding from **green (quiet)** to **orange/red (potentially harmful)**

- View data for **one location** or **all locations**

## Multi‑language Support

- Supports **9 languages**: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean

- Automatically adapts to the **system language**

## Use Cases

- **At home**: keep an eye on your household noise levels

- **At the office**: understand noise exposure at work

- **Outdoors**: track the impact of traffic, commuting, and activities

## Technical Highlights

- Powered by **Apple HealthKit** for reliable data

- Optimized background monitoring with low power usage

- Fits all Apple Watch sizes (e.g., **40 mm / 44 mm**)

- Modern **Liquid Glass** design style

- Use the **Digital Crown** to quickly switch locations

## Privacy

Your privacy matters:

- All data is processed and stored **locally on your device**

- No personal data is uploaded

- Location is used **only** to categorize noise data (Home/Office/Outdoor)

## Health Guidance

Based on **WHO** and **OSHA** references:

- **40–60 dB**: normal conversation range, generally safe

- **70 dB**: WHO suggested upper limit for long‑term exposure

- **85 dB**: hearing damage risk threshold (OSHA reference)

- **90+ dB**: clearly harmful — protection recommended

SoundDose helps you:

- understand your daily noise exposure

- identify high‑noise environments