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Hanging a frame, fitting a shelf, checking if a washing machine sits flat: a level is the tool you need for five seconds and can never find. Your phone is already in your pocket.
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Every iPhone has a motion sensor that knows which way gravity points. The Level tool reads it many times a second and shows how far the phone is tilted from true horizontal or vertical, in degrees.
The mode follows how you hold the phone. Upright against a door frame, it reads the vertical angle. Turned on its long edge along a shelf, the horizontal angle. Laid flat on a table, the surface level. The reading turns green when it is true.
Open Level. The mode switches by itself as you turn the phone.
Lay the phone flat on the object, or hold its edge against it.
Adjust the object until the reading is 0° and turns green.
Vertical for frames and posts, horizontal for shelves, surface for tables and appliances. It follows the phone.
A large degree number you can read from a step away while you adjust.
The level has no daily limit and needs no subscription.
Yes, Apple's Measure app has one. Measuring Tape puts the level next to the width, height and area tools, with a large readout that is easy to see while you adjust.
Accurate enough for frames, shelves and appliances. A phone case with a raised edge or camera bump can tilt the reading, so take the case off or use the phone's flat back edge.
Check the camera bump. Lying on its back, most iPhones rock slightly on the camera. Turn the phone so it rests on a flat area, or use Horizontal mode on its long edge.
