Comparison

Serial Control vs Hear Boost

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

Head to head
About

Serial Control

Create custom interfaces for serial devices from your smartphone or tablet. Design control pages with buttons and sliders, build command libraries, and automate actions based on device responses. Seamlessly integrate with StarTech.com serial products.

Highlights
  • Customizable control interfaces
  • Command library builder
  • Event-based action automation
  • Automatic device detection
  • Integrated account control
  • HEX and ASCII command editor
Features
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Serial Device Application Software for iOS Build and customize your own serial control interface from your smartphone, tablet, or web browser Features • Use with your existing StarTech.com serial products (for example, NETRS232, NETRS2321P, NETRS232485, NETRS232485W) • Issue console commands, build a command library, or design a control page that’s tailored to your application, complete with buttons, sliders, and switches. • Easily set up events based on response types, and map actions to run when an event occurs. • The app automatically detects the StarTech.com serial devices that are connected to your network. • Integrated account control lets you create an account, save settings, and share it across multiple devices. • Includes a HEX and ACSII command editor. • Conveniently test commands as you edit them.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Serial Control4 screens
Hear Boost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hear Boost at 50% against Serial Control's 0%. Serial Control's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hear Boost sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Serial Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Serial Control ships an update every 5 weeks, Hear Boost every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Serial Control versus Hear Boost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSerial ControlHear Boost
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—12K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarTech.comFuture Moments

Customer experience

Serial Control

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Hear Boost

All ratings11,634 ratings
Positive78.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews349 reviews
Positive50.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative41.8%

Bugs and requests

Serial Control

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

None

Serial Control

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Hear Boost

Subscriptions7
  • 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
One-time1
  • Transcription up to 1 hour$0.99

Questions

Is Serial Control free?
Serial Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hear Boost free?
Hear Boost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Serial Control or Hear Boost have ads?
Neither Serial Control nor Hear Boost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Serial Control or Hear Boost?
Serial Control ships an update every 5 weeks, and Hear Boost every 3 weeks. Most recently, Serial Control was updated on November 2, 2026 and Hear Boost on November 6, 2026.

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