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Yoshiaki Hirokawa
Yoshiaki Hirokawa

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Slope & Fall Level — Set any grade, not just level

Most levels only know flat. Set the grade you are after in percent, degrees, a ratio or mm/m, rest the phone on the work, and chase the reading until it lands. No ads.

Set any grade, not just level

Most spirit levels only tell you one thing: whether something is flat. But
a drain has to fall, a ramp has to climb, and a deck has to shed water.
Slope & Fall Level is built for the times the answer is not zero.

Enter the grade you want in whatever notation your trade uses — a
percentage, an angle, a ratio like 1:12, or a fall in millimetres per
metre. The app converts between all of them, so a drawing marked 1 in 80
and a spec written as 1.25% stop being two different problems.

Rest the phone on the pipe, the board or the screed rail, and the display
shows the difference between where you are and where you want to be. Get
it right and the app sounds a tone and gives a short buzz, so you can keep
your eyes on the work instead of the screen.

Calibrate against a surface you trust to cancel out the case and any
bench that is not quite true. Save the grades you use often, so the next
run of pipe starts where the last one left off.

Readings come from the phone's own motion sensors, and accuracy depends on
the phone lying flat and still on a straight surface. It works alongside
your level and your laser, not in place of them, and any grade that has to
meet a code or a drawing should be confirmed with the instrument that
drawing was written for.

Set the grade you actually need

Most spirit levels only tell you whether something is flat. A drain has to fall, a ramp has to climb and a deck has to shed water. Enter the grade you want and the app shows the difference between where you are and where you want to be.

Four notations, one job

Percentage, angle, a ratio like 1:80, or a fall in millimetres per metre. The app converts between all of them, so a drawing marked 1 in 80 and a spec written as 1.25% stop being two different problems.

It tells you which way to move

Not just how far off you are, but whether to ease the slope off or steepen it, and by how much.

A tone when you reach it

Get the grade right and the app sounds a tone and gives a short buzz, so you can keep your eyes on the work instead of the screen.

Calibrate against a surface you trust

Zeroing on a known-true surface cancels out the phone case and any bench that is not quite flat.

Save the grades you use often

Drains, ramps, gutters and decks are already there as presets, and you can store your own so the next run of pipe starts where the last one left off.

How accurate is it?

Readings come from the phone's own motion sensors, so accuracy depends on the phone lying flat and still on a straight surface. Calibrating against a surface you trust removes the offset from the case and the bench. It works alongside a spirit level or a laser, not instead of one — for anything a code or drawing depends on, confirm it with the instrument that drawing assumes.

Which notations does it handle?

Percentage, degrees, ratio (like 1:12 or 1 in 80) and fall per metre in millimetres. Imperial units are supported throughout, including inches per foot. You can enter a grade in one notation and read it in any of the others.

Do I need a network connection?

No. Everything is calculated on the device from its own sensors. Your saved grades and settings stay on your phone.

Can I use it on a trailer, a shelf or a solar panel?

Yes. Anything where you need a specific angle rather than dead level. The presets cover the common trades, but you can set and save any grade you like.


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