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I'm an Swan Goodwin and this is tap that app the thing that sure we dig up the hottest applications in the mobile space and then just kind of touch them a lot for your viewing enjoyment today we're taking a look at the smart tools app for Android phones it basically combines all five of smart tool companies probe measurement apps into one package giving you 15 tools at a bundle discount now when you fire the app up you'll find all of your tools right here on the home screen length and angle tools include an on-screen ruler that's good for measuring small items and a level that's good for shoring up those crooked pictures on your wall there are also two protractor tools for measuring small items with the screen and larger items using your phone's camera there are also tools that give you access to your phone's internal compass if it's equipped with a GPS antenna which about all of them are these days that same compass is used to power a metal detector tool that actually works on this HTC Thunderbolt albe it only at very close ranges there's a flashlight tool that can either use your phone's LED flash or the screen to light up dark areas and there are also tools for measuring ambient found levels in decibels and physical vibrations on a scale from weak to cataclysmic finally there's a distance calculator that I frankly haven't even figured out how to use yet it's a little bit confusing just about all of these tools perform admirably on my test phone however I did run into an issue where the decibel meter became a bit unresponsive after exiting and reopening the app fortunately there's an option to reinitialize all the settings right there on the home screen that fixed everything right on up this apps available today in the Google Play Store for 2 dollars and 50 cents or you can get each of the individual tools if you don't want the whole pack at prices ranging from free to about 99 cents each depending on which particular tool you want for that price you should go ahead and probably just springg for the whole kit that's it for this week's episode of tap that app if you've got an app that you'd like to see tap send it to tap that app cocina I'm Anton Goodwin you can find me on twitter at ant goo and thanks for watching