A mobile computing system for providing qualitative indication of vibration recordings of a vibrating machine to a user, the mobile computing system comprising: a memory (424,462); a display device; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive a vibration recording associated with a machine, a location and a type of measure from a sensor computing device, the vibration recording including a vibration level, wherein collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine; determine, by the processor, a plurality of threshold sets based on a type of machine, a location and a type of measurement applicable to the vibration recording; select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets; compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set; and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine; wherein the plurality of sets of thresholds includes an ordered list of sets of thresholds from the most specific to more generic, and the at least one processor is further configured to select a first threshold set based at least in part on being a first available threshold set in the ordered list. a memory (424,462); a display device; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive a vibration recording associated with a machine, a location and a type of measure from a sensor computing device, the vibration recording including a vibration level, wherein collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine; determine, by the processor, a plurality of threshold sets based on a type of machine, a location and a type of measurement applicable to the vibration recording; select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets; compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set; and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine; wherein the plurality of sets of thresholds includes an ordered list of sets of thresholds from the most specific to more generic, and the at least one processor is further configured to select a first threshold set based at least in part on being a first available threshold set in the ordered list. receive a vibration recording associated with a machine, a location and a type of measure from a sensor computing device, the vibration recording including a vibration level, wherein collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine; determine, by the processor, a plurality of threshold sets based on a type of machine, a location and a type of measurement applicable to the vibration recording; select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets; compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set; and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine; wherein the plurality of sets of thresholds includes an ordered list of sets of thresholds from the most specific to more generic, and the at least one processor is further configured to select a first threshold set based at least in part on being a first available threshold set in the ordered list.