Comparison

HeardThat vs Listening Device

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

Head to head
About

HeardThat

Enhance speech clarity in noisy settings by transforming your smartphone into an AI-powered listening device. Focus on conversations by reducing background noise and improving voice intelligibility. The app also offers recording capabilities with noise removal.

Highlights
  • Speech enhancement in noisy environments
  • AI-powered noise reduction
  • Connects with hearing devices
  • Save and download recordings
  • Noise-removed microphone functionality
Features
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HeardThat helps you hear speech better in noisy environments by turning your smartphone into a powerful speech enhancement device. Connect your hearing device to the phone, start the app, and point the top of the phone toward the person you want to hear. HeardThat uses artificial intelligence (AI) to separate the speech from the noise and deliver just the speech to your ears. HeardThat works with most listening devices. If you can make a hands-free call with your phone, you should be able to use HeardThat. Any problems? Contact us through the Feedback button in the app. NEW! HeardThat can now save recordings and let you download them. Your phone becomes a recording microphone with powerful noise-removal capabilities. HeardThat is completely free to try for 30 days. No registration or credit card is needed and there are no strings attached. After that, you can you use it for 30 minutes per week for free or subscribe to get unlimited usage. Details of our pricing plans are here: https://heardthat.ai/pricing. HeardThat® is a trademark registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Privacy policy: https://heardthat.ai/privacy Terms of use (EULA): https://heardthat.ai/eula

About

Listening Device

This app amplifies sound and provides live captions, turning your iPhone into a hearing aid. It helps you clearly hear conversations and spoken words in various environments, with an option to read text instead of listening.

Highlights
  • Sound amplification
  • Live captions
  • Noise reduction
  • Real-time audio processing
  • Works with various headphones
  • On-device processing for privacy
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Hear every word, clearly — wherever you are. Struggling to follow conversations in a noisy room? Wish people would just speak up? Listening Device: Clarive turns your iPhone into a powerful hearing aid and sound amplifier, so you catch every word — clearly and comfortably. Just connect your earphones and instantly amplify the world around you. No hearing-aid hardware. No appointments. No complicated setup. YOUR PERSONAL HEARING AID Turn up the voices that matter and soften the background noise that gets in the way. Clarive boosts quiet talkers so conversations feel effortless again — at home, in the car, at a restaurant, or across a crowded room. POWERFUL SOUND AMPLIFIER Fine-tune the volume to your comfort and hear the world the way it's meant to be heard, in real time — a soft-spoken friend, a lecture from the back row, or the TV across the room. Your iPhone's volume buttons set the level, so you can adjust without looking at the screen. ONE-TAP PRESETS FOR EVERY ROOM Switch between Conversation, Noisy Place, and TV & Media, and a six-band equalizer reshapes the sound for you — lifting the frequencies that carry speech and cutting the rumble that buries it. A live visualiser shows exactly what each preset is doing. BALANCE FOR EACH EAR Hear differently on one side? Set the left and right levels independently until both ears feel even. LIVE CAPTIONS WHEN YOU'D RATHER READ Too loud to listen? Switch on Live Captions to read real-time, on-screen text of what's being said — ideal for meetings, classrooms, and busy places. Choose the text size that's comfortable to read. CAPTIONS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Live Captions work in many languages. Download the one you need and switch between them any time. KEEP WHAT WAS SAID Save a transcript and come back to it later — useful for appointments, lectures, and conversations you'll want to remember. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY OWN Use it with AirPods, wired earbuds, or any Bluetooth or wired headphones. No special hardware required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your hearing is personal. Everything is processed entirely on your device — no account and no internet required. Audio is never recorded or uploaded, and any transcript you save stays on your iPhone. MADE FOR YOU Built for people who are hard of hearing or deaf, anyone who needs a little extra clarity, and everyone who simply wants to hear better in everyday life. FREE TO START Use the hearing-aid and Live Caption features free every day, then upgrade to Pro anytime for unlimited use. Hear better. Feel more connected. Download Clarive today. Privacy Policy: https://listeningdevice.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://listeningdevice.app/terms-of-service Contact: support@harshvatechnologies.com

Screenshots

HeardThat4 screens
Listening Device4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Listening Device at 4.8 against HeardThat's 4.2. HeardThat's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HeardThat sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Listening Device sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listening Device holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 10 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeardThat ships an update monthly, Listening Device every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HeardThat versus Listening Device: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeardThatListening Device
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (46 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSingular HearingHARSHVA TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

HeardThat

All ratings46 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral13.6%
Negative31.8%

Listening Device

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

HeardThat

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • HeardThat 3-month access$29.99
  • HeardThat 6-month access$53.99
  • HeardThat 1-year access$99.99
5 purchases

Listening Device

Subscriptions4
  • Listening Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$14.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Yearly Offer$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99

Questions

Is HeardThat free?
HeardThat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Listening Device free?
Listening Device is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HeardThat or Listening Device?
Listening Device is rated higher. HeardThat averages 4.2 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Listening Device averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do HeardThat or Listening Device have ads?
Neither HeardThat nor Listening Device shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeardThat or Listening Device?
HeardThat ships an update monthly, and Listening Device every 3 weeks. Most recently, HeardThat was updated on November 3, 2026 and Listening Device on October 30, 2026.

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