Comparison

HearApp vs AB Remote Support

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HearApp

This app provides auditory exercises designed to improve listening skills for individuals with hearing loss. It offers personalized sessions based on research and user progress, making hearing rehabilitation accessible at home or in a clinic.

Highlights
  • Auditory exercises
  • Word and phrase discrimination
  • Personalized listening sessions
  • Visual prompts and listening helpers
  • Progress tracking
  • Research-based approach
Features
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HearApp helps people with listening challenges learn to hear better. It's the perfect exercise plan for children and adults with hearing loss looking to achieve optimal hearing. Rooted in research and praised by users and audiologists alike, the app is fun, effective, affordable, and easy to use—at home or in clinic. How it works: HearApp takes you through a series of auditory exercises. You'll practice identifying and discriminating words and phrases in quiet and with background noise. A pre-test places you or your child at the appropriate practice level. Visual prompts, repetition, and other listening helpers provide support along the way. Your progress is saved automatically and used by HearApp to personalize your listening sessions. Our goal: HearApp is the result of several years of hearing research by BioSpeech, Inc., a biomedical research company located in Portland, Oregon, specializing in speech and hearing technology. The goal of HearApp is to build the listening skills of individuals with hearing loss, so that they can comprehend the language in their environment. With HearApp, individuals with hearing loss can begin to discriminate and identify the speech sounds in the spoken language around them. Background: In the United States, there are roughly 35 million individuals with some degree of hearing loss. Of these people, around 10 million have hearing aids and 67,000 have cochlear implants. Intensive auditory rehabilitation training is needed to fully realize the potential benefit of these devices and fully hear and understand speech. Face-to-face training with a specialist is expensive and not always accessible. HearApp aims to make auditory rehabilitation training more accessible for children and adults alike.

About

AB Remote Support

This application enables remote fitting support for specific hearing devices via Bluetooth. It acts as an interface for hearing care professionals to program devices remotely over a WiFi or cellular connection.

Highlights
  • Remote fitting support
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Device programming
  • WiFi/cellular connection
  • Interface for professionals
Features
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The AB Remote Support app is designed to allow remote fitting support for Naída CI M/Sky CI supported devices using Bluetooth connectivity. The app is designed to be the interface between the mobile device and Marvel supported devices to allow hearing care professionals to remotely program recipients in Target CI over WiFi/cellular connection. You may access the user manual in PDF format at: https://www.advancedbionics.com/ifu Instructions for obtaining a printed version of the user manual can be found on the country-specific page. Printed IFUs will be supplied within seven days for no additional charge. AB Remote Support app - UDI-DI: 08400944CI6517YL Advanced Bionics, LLC 28515 Westinghouse Place Valencia, CA 91355 Australia Sponsor Advanced Bionics Australia Pty Ltd B2 / 12 Inglewood Place, BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153 Australia

Screenshots

HearApp4 screens
AB Remote Support4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AB Remote Support at 50% against HearApp's 0%. AB Remote Support also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). HearApp's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HearApp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AB Remote Support asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HearApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AB Remote Support has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of HearApp's written reviews are positive against 50% of AB Remote Support's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HearApp ships an update every 20 months, AB Remote Support every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HearApp versus AB Remote Support: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearAppAB Remote Support
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 months — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size672 MB68 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBioSpeech, Inc.Advanced Bionics, LLC

Customer experience

HearApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

AB Remote Support

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HearApp

One-time1
  • Unlock All Content$19.99
None

AB Remote Support

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HearApp free?
HearApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AB Remote Support free?
AB Remote Support is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HearApp or AB Remote Support?
HearApp is rated higher. HearApp averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AB Remote Support averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do HearApp or AB Remote Support have ads?
Neither HearApp nor AB Remote Support shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HearApp or AB Remote Support?
HearApp ships an update every 20 months, and AB Remote Support every 32 months. Most recently, HearApp was updated on October 5, 2026 and AB Remote Support on September 26, 2026.

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