Gotyah vs Hear Boost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gotyah
This utility app detects device movement and loud sounds when armed. It triggers an alarm, sends push notifications to other registered devices, and captures photos or videos with the front camera, saving them to iCloud. It's useful for security or monitoring.
- Motion detection
- Sound detection
- Alarm trigger
- Push notifications
- Front camera photo/video capture
- iCloud storage
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This app detects when this device is being moved and recognizes sound when the alarm is armed - How does it work? If you move this device or speak very loudly into the microphone, the app will play a noisy sound and send push messages to your other registered device. - ...then what? The app instantly snaps a photo or records a video using your front camera. And saves it to the iCloud. - Useful for what exactly? Catch thieves in the act or let yourself know when your baby starts crying!
Hear Boost
Amplify your hearing and record distant sounds with this app. It allows you to capture conversations and ambient noises at up to 200x your microphone's normal capacity. Features include microphone input selection, voice filtering, and an equalizer for sound adjustment.
- Enhanced hearing and recording
- Capture distant conversations
- Up to 200x microphone amplification
- Selectable microphone input
- Voice filter switch
- Adjustable equalizer
- Background operation
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Hear Boost gives you enhanced hearing and recording ability to easily capture far away conversations and sounds. Hear the world around you in an enhanced way like you may have never heard it before. Listen and record up to 200x what your microphone normally delivers. Choose from any microphone input. A recording and hearing tool for journalists, students, parents, the curious or anyone who wants to enhance their hearing. Our microphone input and voice filter switch make this app the perfect tool for journalists to record interviews and students to record lectures. Add the equalizer to dial in or reduce certain sounds. Explore ((Spaces)) to hear the world through spacey environments. Hear Boost can work in the background so you can place your device anywhere with the display off while it’s still monitoring or recording. There is no limit to recording. It will keep recording until you stop it or your storage has run out of free space. We suggest you use headphones. Without headphones connected it will feedback on itself and make a very unpleasant sound. Use with any Bluetooth headset. All subscriptions include all features! Subscriptions: Monthly - $4.99 USD 6 Months - $14.99 USD Yearly - $19.99 ALSO BY FUTURE MOMENTS: Jam Recorder You Jam. We Split into Stems Podcast Cleaner Remove Noise from Audio Video Audio Splitter MSV Remix Remix the Audio of Your Video MicSwap Remix AI Audio Stem Separator Audio Cleaner AI Audio Cleanup Magic MAIVE AI Video Generator VideoVerb Add Reverb to Your Videos Hear Boost Get Super Hearing & Recording MicSwap Mic Modeler & Recorder MicSwap MultiTrack Multitrack Mic Modeler & Recorder MicSwap Video Edit Video Audio with Mic Models & FX MicSwap Camera The Best Sounding Video Camera AudioFix Denoise & Clean the Sound of Your Video VideoMaster Instant Audio Post-Production for Videos AudioVerb Add Reverb & Delay to Your Audio AudioMaster Audio Mastering for Podcasts & Music Volume Booster Easily Boost the Sound of Your Audio or Video --- Privacy Policy: https://future-moments.com/termsandprivacy#privacy Terms of Use: https://future-moments.com/termsandprivacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Gotyah at free with in-app purchases against Hear Boost's subscription. Gotyah also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Hear Boost's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Gotyah sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Hear Boost sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gotyah holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hear Boost has 12K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gotyah ships an update every 9 months, Hear Boost every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gotyah | Hear Boost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.2 (12K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 49.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Buhauer | Future Moments |
Customer experience
Gotyah
Hear Boost
Bugs and requests
Gotyah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hear Boost
Reported bugs
4 issues- Recordings not saving properly
- Equalizer not working as expected
- Constant feedback/distortion
- App freezing/crashing on launch
Requested features
5 requests- Microphone selection option
- Noise cancellation feature
- Bluetooth speaker support
- Real-time transcription
- Hearing aid integration
In-app purchases
Gotyah
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Capture Video$2.99
- Sound Recognition$4.99
Hear Boost
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
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- Trial + Annual3 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Year
- 6 Months$14.996 Months
- Annual + Trial3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Annual + Trial3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Transcription up to 1 hour$0.99
