Comparison

Hear Boost vs GoodMicPlus

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

Head to head
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

About

GoodMicPlus

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a live microphone. Connect to external speakers via lightning or Bluetooth to amplify your voice. Perfect for karaoke, it mixes your vocals with music from other apps or browsers, offering adjustable volume, echo, and delay.

Highlights
  • Use iPhone/iPad as a live microphone
  • Connect to external speakers (lightning/Bluetooth)
  • Karaoke music integration
  • Automatic background operation
  • Adjustable voice volume
  • Microphone on/off control
  • Wet/dry mix, feedback, and delay adjustments
Features
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GoodMicPlus app is an enhancement of GoodMic, which lets you use your iPhone/iPad as a live microphone. Connect to your external speaker using either the lightning connector or Bluetooth and you're set to go. To sing karaoke, play the karaoke music using your favorite app or Web browser and just sing along. GoodMicPlus app automatically runs in the background and your voice will be mixed together with the karaoke music from other sources. You can adjust the volume of your voice, turn the microphone on/off, adjust the wet dry mix, feedback and delay.

Screenshots

Hear Boost4 screens
GoodMicPlus1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoodMicPlus at none against Hear Boost's 10. GoodMicPlus also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Hear Boost's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 27) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On price, review sentiment, 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. GoodMicPlus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hear Boost holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hear Boost has 12K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Hear Boost's written reviews are positive against 57% of GoodMicPlus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hear Boost versus GoodMicPlus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHear BoostGoodMicPlus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (12K ratings) — better3.9 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews49.9% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFuture MomentsMinh Le

Customer experience

Hear Boost

All ratings11,634 ratings
Positive78.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews351 reviews
Positive49.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.9%

GoodMicPlus

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and 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

GoodMicPlus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

GoodMicPlus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hear Boost free?
Hear Boost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoodMicPlus free?
GoodMicPlus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hear Boost or GoodMicPlus?
Hear Boost is rated higher. Hear Boost averages 4.2 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while GoodMicPlus averages 3.9 from 27 ratings.
Do Hear Boost or GoodMicPlus have ads?
Neither Hear Boost nor GoodMicPlus shows ads.

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