Audio2Ear vs CoolFireSB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audio2Ear
Stream audio directly to your compatible hearing processor via Bluetooth. Connect your device through your myMED-EL account for seamless integration. This app is designed for specific MED-EL audio processors.
- Bluetooth audio streaming
- myMED-EL account integration
- SONNET and SONNET 2 compatibility
- Smartphone pairing
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Using Bluetooth on your audio device you can start streaming music straight to your audio processor. Simply sign in to your myMED-EL account and follow the instructions for pairing AudioLink to your smartphone. The Audio2Ear app works with MED-EL’s SONNET and SONNET 2 audio processors and a valid myMED-EL ID only.
CoolFireSB
Control your CoolFire Bluetooth sweatband with this app. Set and manage vibration alarms, adjust strength, and sync settings directly to your device. Monitor vibrator activity and customize your experience.
- Connects with CoolFire sweatband
- Fetches vibrator time
- Set alarm times
- Edit and toggle alarms
- Adjust vibration strength
- Sync settings to vibrator
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CoolFire Bluetooth Sweatband control app. The app connects with CoolFire sweatband. The app fetches the time of the vibrator. Alarm settings can be done on the App and then sync them to the vibrator. Users can easily edit, on/off alarms from the app as well as set the strength of vibration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CoolFireSB at 3.4 against Audio2Ear's 2.5. CoolFireSB also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). Audio2Ear's advantage is review sentiment (21% vs 9%) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
CoolFireSB holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Audio2Ear's written reviews are positive against 9% of CoolFireSB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Audio2Ear ships an update every 11 months, CoolFireSB every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audio2Ear | CoolFireSB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (20 ratings) | 3.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews — better | 9.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MED-EL | New York Standard Watch Company, LLC |
Customer experience
Audio2Ear
CoolFireSB
In-app purchases
Audio2Ear
No in-app purchases
CoolFireSB
No in-app purchases
