Comparison

SoundClass vs clir Hearing

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

Head to head
About

SoundClass

This app uses AI to detect and record various sounds in your environment, providing real-time alerts. It's particularly useful for nighttime awareness, sleep analysis, and documenting incidents.

Highlights
  • AI sound detection
  • Real-time alerts
  • Sleep quality analysis
  • Sound recording and playback
  • Mosquito and animal sound detection
  • Everyday sound identification
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a personal AI sound detector. SoundClass recognizes important sounds around you, keeps a clear detection history, and helps its models adapt to your environment. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a category: Animals, Baby, Health, Mosquitoes, or Security. 2. Start detection and select the sensitivity that fits your room. 3. Receive a local notification when SoundClass confirms a sound. 4. Review saved audio detections as correct, incorrect, or another sound. 5. Use those reviews to train improved models for your environment. SOUNDS SOUNDCLASS CAN RECOGNIZE • Cats, dogs, and mice • Baby crying and snoring • Coughing, sneezing, and snoring • Mosquito activity • Door knocks, glass breaking, gunshots, and alarm sirens FEATURES • Live AI sound recognition on your device • Adjustable sensitivity and fine-tuning controls • Detection history with audio clips and confidence details • Audio review and personalized model training • Local notifications for confirmed detections • Optional HomeKit light response • Multiple themes with light and dark appearance Recognition accuracy can vary with distance, background noise, device placement, microphone quality, and the sound itself. SoundClass is an assistive utility and must not be used as an emergency, medical, security, or safety-critical alert system. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ GoldTime Terms and Conditions: https://goldtime.com.ar/terms.html

About

clir Hearing

Enhance speech clarity in any environment with AI-powered noise filtering. This app processes audio locally on your device for maximum privacy, turning your phone into a remote microphone for enhanced listening experiences with headphones and hearing aids.

Highlights
  • AI-driven noise removal
  • Real-time speech enhancement
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Remote listening functionality
  • Low latency audio streaming
  • Hearing aid compatibility
Features
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Follow every word. clir turns your iPhone into a real-time listening assistant: its AI lifts the voice you're actually listening to out of the noise around it, and streams it straight to your AirPods, headphones, or hearing aids. If restaurants have got harder, if you nod along in meetings and hope you caught it, if family dinners leave you tired — this is built for you. HOW IT WORKS Point your iPhone toward whoever is speaking and press Start. clir separates speech from background noise as it happens and sends the clear version to whatever you already wear. Two modes: Clear Speech strips the room away, Original amplifies everything gently and naturally. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR • Restaurants and cafés, where the room competes with the table • Family gatherings, and the quiet voices of grandchildren • Lectures, services, meetings and talks • Across-the-room listening — leave your iPhone near the speaker and hear them from your seat • Television, without turning it up for everyone else WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY WEAR AirPods, most Bluetooth headphones, Made for iPhone hearing aids and cochlear implants. No extra hardware, nothing to buy, nothing to charge. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every word is processed on your iPhone. The audio never leaves your device — nothing is uploaded, nothing is recorded, nothing is kept. An account is optional and never required to listen, which is the only acceptable answer for something you'd wear at a family table. BUILT AROUND ONE BUTTON Start on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, from a widget, or by asking Siri. Large-text support and VoiceOver throughout. FAST ENOUGH TO FOLLOW A CONVERSATION 8 ms latency wired, 98 ms wireless — so the voice you hear stays in step with the face you're watching. Questions? contact@clir.ai clir Hearing is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition or hearing loss. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SoundClass4 screens
clir Hearing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: clir Hearing at 4.9 against SoundClass's 4.4. clir Hearing also leads on ratings volume (92 vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). SoundClass's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. SoundClass sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and clir Hearing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

clir Hearing holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: clir Hearing has 92 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundClass ships an update every 10 days, clir Hearing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SoundClass versus clir Hearing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundClassclir Hearing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10 ratings)4.9 (92 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1092 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB97 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJavier Ariel Bargasclir Technologies GmbH

Customer experience

SoundClass

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

clir Hearing

All ratings90 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

SoundClass

Subscriptions2
  • Gold Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Gold Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time5
  • Battery x 10$0.99
  • 100 Credits$0.99
  • Battery x 40$1.99
Show 2 more
  • 500 Credits$2.99
  • 1000 Credits$4.99
2 purchases

clir Hearing

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is SoundClass free?
SoundClass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is clir Hearing free?
clir Hearing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SoundClass or clir Hearing?
clir Hearing is rated higher. SoundClass averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while clir Hearing averages 4.9 from 92 ratings.
Do SoundClass or clir Hearing have ads?
Both SoundClass and clir Hearing show ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundClass or clir Hearing?
SoundClass ships an update every 10 days, and clir Hearing every 2 months. Most recently, SoundClass was updated on November 3, 2026 and clir Hearing on November 4, 2026.

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