# easyTek — user reviews > 114 indexed App Store user reviews of easyTek by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., rated 2.50/5 from 197 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/easytek/id893105249/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/easytek/id893105249.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 39 · 1★ 74 ## What do users think of easyTek? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Works great when connected - 👍 Useful for hands-free use in the car - 🔋 Charges quickly **Cons** - 🐛 Frequently disconnects from Bluetooth - 🔋 Short battery life - 👎 Unreliable connection to hearing aids - 🤔 Confusing interface and unclear indicators **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes or freezes - Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices - Inaccurate battery level indicators **Most requested features** - Built-in Bluetooth in hearing aids instead of separate device - Smaller and more discreet design - Improved Bluetooth range and stability - Better integration with phone functions like call handling ## Newest reviews (18 of 114) ### 2/5 — App Keeps Closing *2023-08-23, version 2.30.0* Just upgraded the iPhone to 14 Pro Max. Now, if I use larger text, as I have been using on my old iPhone for years, when I open the menu on EasyTek, the app shuts down. Only way that I have found to correct this is to reduce the size of the text. Otherwise it immediately shuts down and I have to open and reconnect. Bad hearing and bad reading eyesight are facts of life. That’s why we have options on things like phones. It would be good if the EasyTek software worked with iPhone options. It always did but now it doesn’t. Not good at all. ### 3/5 — Behavior varies *2021-08-15, version 2.30.0* For some periods the app does everything it’s supposed to do without difficulty. Other times it causes the right hearing aid to repeatedly restart. I know it’s the app by process of elimination. When it is good, it would rate 5 stars. When it is bad, it rates no stars. ### 2/5 — Aggrevating *2020-12-17, version 2.30.0* Disconnects constantly from the phone when trying connect with transmitter then takes forever to set back up. Surprised a company with Seimen’s reputation would continue to produce this software when it is so clunky, unreliable and poor performing. Yet they have no revisions to offer or under development. Planned absolecence? ### 3/5 — Easy Tek *2020-02-10, version 2.30.0* My Easy Tek works well on my TV, however it sometimes disconnects so I have to pare it again. The battery doesn’t last long so I have two devices. It’s better than having my neighbour hear my TV. I don’t wear the telephone piece too often as I like to keep the necklace inside my shirt. I do have the microphone for a speaker but that is very hard to make the connection. Most of the time the speaker starts and my connection isn’t there so I just leave it. That device to me is very important as I don’t hear any of the speakers as they don’t know how to hold the public microphone. The Easy Tek microphone l wish would work better. These gadgets are all very expensive and don’t always work. ### 3/5 — Not perfect for me *2020-01-05* I’ve been using this app for approximately three years now and have found several things that bother me while I am using the app. For starters it is annoying when I am listening to music or other media and there is a sudden noise nearby. Instead of attenuating the noise it amplifies it to an uncomfortable level. Kind of like a gun going off in my ears. Not cool. Secondly, I get a notification tone with every incoming message or email unless I turn it, the notification, off for each text, email etc. Makes it hard to concentrate on tasks at hand. Thirdly, if I am using an app such as a language learning app, the spoken sentences are clipped in the beginning due to the notification tones. Self defeating to say the least. There are positives to the app such as the clarity when talking on the phone. I have a stethoscope that plugs in while at work that gives good amplification of the heart and breath sounds. Im sure there are other items to be noted or improved on but that is all I have for now. ### 4/5 — EasyTek *2020-01-04, version 2.30.0* Bluetooth and wifi work better than expected. The silk 7x Signia put the ReSounds I tried out to shame. Wish there was some balance control. ### 3/5 — Temperamental *2019-11-22, version 2.30.0* Temperamental Often refuses to connect ### 2/5 — Klunky tek *2019-11-01, version 2.30.0* Interaction with my iPhone often gets my right hearing aid restarting repeatedly, resetting to defaults when it starts working again. Nifty when it works, but it is unreliable ### 1/5 — Confusing and NOT INTUITIVE!! 😩🥵 *2019-10-26, version 2.30.0* It is surprising that some very intelligent people cannot code an App that is intuitive and “user friendly”!! Things seem to be working I think (maybe, I am a new customer), but I still get warnings ⚠️, that it is an incompatible device ! I am confused. This problem(s) must be an elusive mystery of the Universe!! 🤯😳🤬 ### 1/5 — Glitches *2019-10-24* In trial phase , on an iPhone 10x plus it takes some getting used to, but seems to go out of whack intermittently, going to give it the full trial phase to work out the “oe” (operator error) aspect of it. Maybe there re some bug fixes to eliminate the not connecting or the “device not compatible w phone” alert that pops up.. otherwise when it works it’s what want . When it glitches it’s annoying. Update.... on second device that was sent to me and it’s still not connecting properly ..... SEND HELP!! I just want this thing to work ### 2/5 — Siemens easyTek *2019-06-28, version 2.30.0* Half the time when I’m connected to the app, the app doesn’t recognize it, therefore I cannot get any info from the app (battery life) yet I can play music through the hearing aids ### 2/5 — Not great *2019-06-11, version 2.30.0* App / neck loop has a mind of its own, just cannot get any consistency, connection to TV box very rarely works so have to keep using the 3.5mm lead. They really should sort this out in this day & age. ### 2/5 — It’s good *2019-06-01, version 2.30.0* I don’t have anything to compare it to. ### 1/5 — Always resetting *2019-05-10, version 2.30.0* Poor , have to reset every day ### 1/5 — Unreliable app, sometimes works, often does not *2019-03-11* This app has not been updated in over two years. I have an iPhone X, and the app constantly cycles between programs, beeping in my hearing aids 8-12 seconds apart. I have had Signia Primax hearing aids and EasyTek for 30 months. EasyTek continually loses the Bluetooth connection with the phone. More perplexing, even when Settings>Bluetooth indicates that the phone is paired, yet the EasyTek App is not paired and will not pair with the hearing aids themselves. This condition cannot be reliably changed, that is, communication between the App and the aids cannot be reliably established. When this happens, one reboots the aids, the EasyTek and the iPhone, and still, communication between the App and the aids cannot be reliably established. Finally, the pairing of the iPhone to the aids for the purpose of hearing a phone call through the aids and speaking through the EasyTek is very good, but again it is unreliable. Callers complain that they cannot hear what I say, so I have to switch the audio from EasyTek to Speaker. At times there are wedges of the conversation missing. ### 3/5 — I agree with Frustrating *2019-03-05, version 2.30.0* Constant beeps, disconnects etc. ### 2/5 — Most frustrating part of hearing loss *2019-02-18, version 2.30.0* This works maybe 20% of the time without ten minutes of fiddling and frustration. Very disappointing. Will not get this brand of hearing aid in the future. Terrible use of technology. ### 2/5 — The honeymoon is over! *2019-01-31, version 2.30.0* I was very excited when I first got my aids and the Easytek! That lasted about a week. Now that I am in my third week I am more often frustrated than happy! It's like this is someone's first app they wrote and they do not even use it to understand what it is missing! It's not like I have ANY choice so I will continue using it, but wow really it can't do.......that? How frustrating! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Old App never updated and forgotten by Silvantos *2022-07-24, version 2.30.0* With all the newer models available Silvantos has forgotten that there are users with older hearing aids still using the easy tek and needing support for older products. With the newer models of hearing aids the older models get ignored. ### 1/5 — Real pain *2021-07-25* Spends more time disconnected than connected. Says it can’t find hearing aids when less than 12” away. Have replaced Easytek and smart connect several times with no improvement. Maybe if Siemens would actually test the units being sent back instead of just sending a new unit with the same problems they might be able to figure out what the problems are and fix them. :( ### 1/5 — Frustrating at Best! *2020-09-27* I have been using my Easytek for over 4 years and have been through 3 units so far. They work well for a few months and start failing routinely, nearly on schedule and almost the exact same way. First, the start to drop out while in use. Secondly, they constantly switch back and forth, sending on-off tones to my hearing aids which is extremely annoying. Then, as soon as I answer a call with the Easytek button and say hello, the call drops out of the bluetooth to regular phone. I can’t have that happen while driving in IL. Lastly, before it fails completely, the Easytek app or pendant, has to be constantly re-installed and paired to my phone and hearing aids in order to re-connect them together. Being as I go through the VA to get my care, I can only upgrade every 5 years and until my upgrade comes due, I am stuck with this. I’m not even sure if they will send things iff for repair, which leaves me without until items return. Typical! The VA obviously gets contracts to the lowest bidder. I do not recommend this product coupled by the Easytek pendant. ### 1/5 — You would have thought Siemens could have come up with something much better than this. *2020-04-15, version 2.30.0* Bad ### 1/5 — Constantly restarting *2020-03-28* My right ear bud is always restarting like it just came on . The little tune that tells you it is coming online plays over and over and after I tried to get it looked at by the app they referred me to hearing specialist ... it’s not the hearing aids it is the connection between the hearing aid and the app ... if I turn the “easy Tek” app off, it stops ..once I turn the WIFI to connect thru the easy tek app it starts the issue all over again ... I was surprised that no one wanted to look into this . I waited to review this app just to give them an opportunity to assist but to no avail . Hope this helps people decide on whether they want to use it . ### 1/5 — Ian *2020-03-14, version 2.30.0* Completely rubbish waste of money. ### 1/5 — Review *2020-01-29* The app works only after several attempts at connecting to the desired device. During other times it searches out and runs down its pitiful battery’s very short life connecting to any Bluetooth source: passing cars, wireless music sources and my tablet—all on its own. Also, the very valuable ability to configure the sound in loud and very active spaces (spacial configuration) disappeared after the last upgrade. It also requires special attention after said updates since it forgets a lot. I hope the next series of hearing aids is simply Bluetooth compatible without the drama and incompetence in soft and hardware design. 🤮 ### 1/5 — Refuses to connect to hearing aids. *2019-12-26, version 2.30.0* This is my second easytek, the first one worked and connected pretty well. This second one has paired with my iPhone X, but the program refuses to acknowledge my hearing aids at all. The touch control program works, but easytek - the one I want for streaming is essentially worthless. Extremely frustrated! ### 1/5 — Review *2019-11-20, version 2.30.0* Terrible app and hearing aids. They keep disconnecting from the antenna. I’ve replaced both hearing aids twice and repaired as many times. ### 1/5 — Also frustrated *2019-10-31, version 2.30.0* This app needs a lot of help! Keeps disconnecting. alm ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Satisfied *2021-08-01* I am using my easyTek since 2017 and I am satisfied with it but not fully due to some problem encountered. During call receiving, sometimes it disconnect itself from the hearing aid. Sometimes it is connected but you can’t hear the call from the caller. I hope there will be a way to solve this problem. Thank you ### 5/5 — Great app & love my hearing aids *2019-02-28, version 2.30.0* This app is great easy to use ### 5/5 — Getting There *2018-12-24* I mostly enjoy the connectivity. Ambient noise is often louder than the podcast when I’m traveling by bike. Not the same as having workable ears but definitely better than missing most of the conversation. ### 5/5 — Works great *2018-07-25, version 2.30.0* Syncs well with my iPhone. Great for listening to all sorts of audio.... news, Ted talks, my music etc. Great for hands free phone calls. Hearing loss disadvantages turned into wonderful advantages. ### 5/5 — EasyTek *2018-07-22, version 2.30.0* It is very useful for my hearing impairment. Works great for me ### 5/5 — It works *2018-05-15* It works the way it was described to me. Also makes it easy for me to 'see' how much battery I have left. Allows me to 'see' my volume and where my program is set. Any of the issues I've had usually come from the device my EZ tech is connected too. Very simple to use. Love being able to take calls, listen to music etc right into my hearing devices. ### 5/5 — The device not the app is the problem, the app is great *2017-06-02* The new (round) easytek does not function like the old one which has 5 buttons on the front and power button on top. The new one drops the Bluetooth connection at random even when I have the phone on my belt and the easytek around my neck. The new one automatically disconnects when I'm in my car but does not re-connect when I'm away from the car, the old one would re-connect when turned on or in range and not connected to my car. I've only had these hearing aids 3 days and already having too many problems. I'm thinking about returning them and getting a refund. I bought these because one of my old ones died but I'd rather live with one that works than two that don't. ### 5/5 — Learning experience! *2017-03-13, version 2.30.0* Have used for about 3 weeks now & I really like how phone to hearing aids sounds . Takes some getting used too but seems worth it. ### 5/5 — Great tool *2016-09-12, version 2.20.0* Nice to see how good are the batteries and easy set up too! ### 5/5 — Bon gratis et facile *2016-04-04, version 2.0.84* Bon gratis et facile --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*