SoundWear vs hearing device
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoundWear
This app allows users to control and adjust their SOUNDWEAR® hearing devices. It offers features like volume control, mode selection, and frequency shaping. Users can also perform quick hearing checks and optimize device settings based on their results.
- Device volume control
- Mode selection
- Frequency shaping
- Quick hearing check
- Parameter optimization
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Control and adjust your SOUNDWEAR® device, such as Volume, Mode and Frequency shaping; Quick hearing check; Optimize the parameters of your device based on your hearing check result.
hearing device
Connect your Bluetooth hearing aids to your iPhone or iPod. This utility app allows for seamless pairing and control of your assistive listening devices.
- Bluetooth hearing aid connection
- iOS device compatibility
- Assistive listening device management
- Simple pairing interface
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Bluetooth app for hearing aids
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SoundWear at 3.2 against hearing device's 2.6. SoundWear also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 5). hearing device's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 23%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SoundWear holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SoundWear has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of SoundWear's written reviews are positive against 33% of hearing device's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SoundWear ships an update every 2 months, hearing device every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoundWear | hearing device |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (28 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Xiamen NewSound Technology Co., Ltd. | 建新 李 |
Customer experience
SoundWear
hearing device
In-app purchases
SoundWear
No in-app purchases
hearing device
No in-app purchases
