Pretty good
Super effective
At first, I was confused by the simplicity of the interface. What was it meant to do? Was it doing anything? Oh, ok, turn it up a bit with *that* slider, and there it is - noticeable amplification of the primary noise (a human), and no amp on background noise. It appears, this app simply just works. Full score.
However, like a previous reviewer, lacking the ability to tell the app that you are unable to hear a frequency during the calibration test reduces its accuracy. A second point on the calibration would be to allow a pause between tones. Press “start”, have the first tone run until “I can hear it”, then pause until “Start” is pressed again. I found the calibration inaccurate because I wasn’t able to press the “I can hear it” button fast enough as is, with one tone running into the next.
As a fun aside, it’s a giggle placing your phone on your belly while your tummy rumbles; and I can guarantee my iPhone’s microphone is sensitive - amplifying my heartbeat nicely into my headphones. So the app is fun, as well as useful.
Lost in setup
Skipping the hearing test, it keeps beeping, and says “connect your headphones”, which were already connected, and still beeping. (Bose QC35)
Update 2019 September
The hearing test seems to be a twitch test. After the first tone, I could hear all of the tones immediately. Something in the pipeline isn’t going quiet enough, or can’t. So it’s how fast can you click the “I can hear it” button.
I got past the hearing test. There is some misalignment on several screens. In one place I’m to enter a profile name for the environment where the test was run, and press OK, but these 2 text fields overlap.
I didn’t add a picture for my profile on that screen, so now I can’t add it. There’s no obvious menu, no way to restart the process. Perhaps if I add another profile, and delete the first.
The audio processing seems OK, but there’s a lot of noise added. I’m also listening with pretty good noise-cancelling headphones, which might defeat the purpose.
I really want this to work, as I’m really frustrated bynoisy environments. I’ll give it a shot next time.
Response from developer
Dear QM64, First of all thank you very much for downloading Hear Me Well. We’re sorry to hear that you have experienced some issues during the first setup. If you have completed or skipped the test, and the “connect your headphones” was still showing up while you were perceiving some beeps, it might be due to a pairing issue with your headphones. Feel free to contact us anytime if you need help configuring or using the app, we will be really happy to help.
It may work for some people
Response from developer
Dear Robot Soup, thank you very much for downloading Hear Me Well and for taking your time to share your thoughts. We think that what you have pointed out is very interesting - we will certainly investigate and consider to add this function on the future updates of the app.
So far so good!
Response from developer
Dear Luke199022, thank you so much for downloading Hear Me Well and for taking the time to evaluate us! We are truly happy to hear that the app is helpful! This is what really motivates us to keep improving the project. Feel free to contact us anytime if you have any suggestions or need support.
Good idea, but doesn’t quite work
Response from developer
Dear therealduende, First of all thank you very much for choosing Hear Me Well. Unfortunately a very small delay is absolutely normal. This is caused by the hardware limitations of the devices, and the time of delay depends on the model of your headset. We are working hard to reduce it as much as possible in order to improve the user experience, that's why your opinion is important to us. We will be releasing an update very soon with improvements on the latency. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.
Terrible don’t buy
Response from developer
Dear Supercarsyeah, First of all thank you very much for choosing Hear Me Well. Unfortunately a very small delay is absolutely normal. This is caused by the hardware limitations of the devices, and the time of delay depends on the model of your headset. We are working hard to reduce it as much as possible in order to improve the user experience, that's why your opinion is important to us. We will be releasing an update very soon with improvements on the latency. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.
Does not work
Response from developer
Dear Manny, First of all thank you for downloading Hear Me Well. We are sorry to see that you did not have a good experience with it. We always do our best to help our users as much as we can, that’s why feedbacks are crucial for us. If you’d like to discuss the issue and get support, do not hesitate to contact us anytime.
