# Headphone Check — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Headphone Check by Citrus Apps, rated 4.60/5 from 207 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/headphone-check/id418445917/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/headphone-check/id418445917.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 171 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Headphone Check? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and straightforward - 🚀 Serves its purpose effectively - 💡 Useful for identifying L/R channels - 🆓 Free to use - 👍 Works with various audio devices - 👍 Unobtrusive ads - 👍 Handy for unmarked earbuds - 👍 Great for audio setup - 👍 Helps with aging hearing **Cons** - 🐛 Some users report it not working - 🐛 Recent versions may have issues - 🐛 Ads present (though minor) - 💡 Lacks complexity for some users - 💡 No landscape option for iPad **Commonly reported bugs** - Not working for some users - Sound coming out of both ears for left/right taps - No response to touch for some users - Appears to be not good anymore for some users **Most requested features** - Make it more complex - Add a pro version or in-app purchase to remove ads - Bring back landscape option for iPad - Duel mono output in mono for a center speaker - Add songs or other features ## Newest reviews (16 of 70) ### 4/5 — Test your hear freak... *2023-01-13, version 1.4* Good to test headphones and Your ears. Left and right channels. I hear left too much than right in my phones.Why. ### 5/5 — Great quick test *2020-03-12, version 1.7.0* It works over Bluetooth and with headphone adapters. Simple and fast. ### 5/5 — Pure, User-Centered Functionality *2019-08-19, version 1.6.1* It’s refreshing to find an app with a UX this streamlined. Great app, performs as advertised with only a single unobtrusively-placed ad bar. ### 5/5 — Simple but useful *2019-08-18, version 1.6.1* Very basic, but allowed to check things quickly ### 5/5 — Very handy *2019-07-22, version 1.6.1* Good job ,thanks ### 4/5 — Simple! *2017-10-08, version 1.6.0* Please bring back the landscape option - was great for iPad use before YouTube, etc. ### 4/5 — Very useful but... *2017-07-16, version 1.5.0* ...I hate ads! Please make a pro version, or offer an in-app purchase to expunge the ads, then it will be five stars from me! ### 5/5 — Left vs. Right Channel Identification *2017-01-14, version 1.4* Functions perfectly for its intended use. My go-to app for itentifying L vs. R speakers in a sound system. (It's amazing how many Bluetooth makers get it backwards.) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2016-12-20, version 1.4* Ditto Does just what it says it will! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2016-09-18, version 1.4* Exactly what I was looking for. Nothing and nothing less. ### 5/5 — Great *2015-11-07, version 1.4* Great for testing is headphones work in the right or left ear ### 5/5 — Amazing *2014-11-08, version 1.4* This app comes in really handy when testing out audio equipment, its help me setup sound systems and makes sure i have unlabelled headphones in the wright way. Absolutely awesome utility that will is essential every now and then. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2014-09-12, version 1.3.1* I do a lot of a/v setup and this app is perfect. Extremely helpful. Does exactly what's needed. ### 5/5 — Awsome! *2014-06-14, version 1.3.1* Thank you for this. ### 5/5 — Does what it says! *2014-03-24, version 1.3.1* If you want to know where your music goes out, this is the app for you, no doubt. ### 5/5 — Strangely useful *2014-02-28, version 1.3.1* I use this at night when I can't easily see which side each earphone goes. Instead of trying to find an angle where the iphone screen can illuminate the tiny white letters on the phones I just load this little app and find out which speaker is in which ear, and swap them if necessary. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — How do I fix it if mono? *2021-02-26, version 1.7.0* Both earbuds go off so their not set to stereo. How do I fix this??? ### 1/5 — Not good anymore *2020-09-28, version 1.7.0* I have been using this app for a while. It was awesome! I used it to tell whether I had my wireless headphones on the right way. It would say “this is the right channel”in the right ear, and the opposite in the left ear. Today, I wanted to check my headphones. So I opened the app, pressed the right headphone button, and heard sound coming out of BOTH ears. Same for the left. I deleted the app, downloaded it again, same problem. This app is pretty much useless now. If I had written this review yesterday instead of today, this review would have been 5 stars. Today, its not. ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-04-27, version 1.7.0* I tapped the side. Continuously nothing happens trash I would say take this advice do not waste your time! ### 1/5 — No good *2013-03-16, version 1.2* Does not work. No response to touch. ### 1/5 — Suckkk ! *2012-12-25, version 1.1* Don't even work ! Ratchet app ! Worst app ever ### 1/5 — Good but *2012-03-12, version 1.1* It's good but it could have songs or something else ### 1/5 — Headphone check *2011-11-13, version 1.1* Just dumb ### 3/5 — Not only for headphones *2024-01-03, version 1.8.1* It also works on your phone speakers. Pretty useful if you need it! Just please make it more complex. It would be a better app. Overall pretty good! ### 3/5 — Excellent *2013-04-03, version 1.2* Just the thing for sorting the left/right issue. 20 minutes well spent! Thanks. With the new version, how about another 10mins making it backwardly compatible for IPads? And out of my app update list! ### 3/5 — Does what it says *2011-06-11, version 1.1* Must have taken 20 minutes to make though. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It serves its purpose. *2024-03-24, version 1.8.1* It plays audio so you can hear if your headphones are backwards or, your earbuds are on the wrong ear. The app does have advertisements at the top however, the advertisements are small and is not really distracting. 5/5. The app serves its purpose without any catch (besides the small advertisement at the top but, it is very minor.) ### 5/5 — Invaluable… *2023-03-29, version 1.8.1* I’m not embarrassed to admit that this fantastic little app has become an essential app on my friend’s and I’s iPhones… It really is an invaluable tool for anyone seriously into listening to music through Bluetooth speakers and who frequently change their speakers location around either the house or when taking the speakers away from home. The fact that it is a free app makes it all the more sweeter. Invaluable! ### 5/5 — Super great *2023-01-19, version 1.8.1* I’m brutal with my daily electronics and love this app. It helps me with my aging hearing and the calibration in this app help me tune my hearing buds and such ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-08-07, version 1.8.0* Excellent service ### 5/5 — Does what it says *2022-06-21, version 1.8.0* My right earbud doesn't work, so I should get some new headphones ### 5/5 — Caley’s i phone *2022-06-04, version 1.8.0* Jesus loves me ### 5/5 — It just works *2020-10-28, version 1.7.0* Simple app that tests if your left and right headphones work. Not much more to say than that. It works. ### 5/5 — Simple and good *2020-10-26, version 1.7.0* No ridiculous ads or fussing around, straight to the point. Just what I needed. ### 5/5 — It works I tap on speaker *2020-08-30, version 1.7.0* It does exactly as stated. ### 5/5 — Centre channel required. A simple duel output in mono. *2020-05-07, version 1.7.0* Please do a duel mono output in mono for a centre speaker. --- *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 2026-07-29.*