Comparison

HeardThat vs Hear from Another Room

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

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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

Hear from Another Room

This app transforms your iPhone into a remote microphone, allowing you to amplify and listen to sounds from another room through your wireless headphones. It's useful for monitoring babies or clearly hearing TV dialogue without disturbing others.

Highlights
  • Live audio listening
  • Audio boost controls
  • Noise reduction
  • Remote microphone functionality
  • Baby monitoring
  • TV audio amplification
Features
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Hear from Another Room is a hearing amplifier that lets you hear sound from another room at home using AirPods, Bluetooth earbuds, or wireless headphones. The Hear from Another Room app turns your iPhone into a remote microphone or audio baby monitor. Place your phone near the sound source, such as in front of a TV or near a baby crib, then listen to the amplified audio through your connected Bluetooth headphones. Use Hear from Another Room when you want to keep listening while you move around the house. You can leave your phone in the living room and continue hearing the audio from another room through your wireless earbuds or headphones. Hear from Another Room is helpful for TV listening and audio baby monitoring at home. Place your phone near the TV to hear dialogue more clearly through your headphones without turning up the volume for everyone else. You can also use Hear from Another Room as a simple audio baby monitor to listen for baby sounds from another room at home. Hear TV From Another Room Hear from Another Room is useful when you are watching TV but need to step away for a short time. Place your iPhone near the TV, connect your AirPods or Bluetooth headphones, and continue listening from another room while you cook, clean, do laundry, use the washroom, or move around the house. Hear from Another Room helps you follow TV dialogue, movies, news, sports, shows, and programs through your headphones while keeping the TV volume comfortable for everyone else nearby. Audio Baby Monitoring at Home Hear from Another Room can also be used as a simple audio baby monitor. Place your iPhone safely near the baby crib area or baby room, then listen for baby sounds through your wireless headphones from another room. Use Hear from Another Room to listen for crying, movement, soft sounds, and other baby sounds while you are in the kitchen, living room, home office, or another part of the house. Live Remote Microphone Hear from Another Room captures sound through your iPhone microphone and streams the live audio directly to your connected headphones. Your iPhone works like a wireless microphone, helping you hear sound from another room in real time. Simply connect your AirPods, Bluetooth earbuds, or wireless headphones, tap Listen, and place your phone near the sound you want to hear. Use Hear from Another Room to: • Hear TV audio from another room • Follow TV dialogue while you move around the house • Listen through AirPods or Bluetooth headphones • Monitor baby sounds from another room at home • Keep TV volume lower for others nearby • Hear important home sounds more clearly Place your phone: • Near a television • Close to a speaker • Near a baby crib area • In the room with the sound source Then listen privately through your AirPods, Bluetooth earbuds, or wireless headphones. Listening Features Hear from Another Room includes helpful audio tools for everyday home listening: • Live audio listening • Audio boost controls • Noise reduction • Equalizer presets • Manual equalizer sliders • Audio recording Free features include live audio listening, audio recording, equalizer presets, 25% Boost, and 30% Noise Reduction. Some advanced features require an upgrade, including full Boost, full Noise Reduction, and Manual Equalizer Sliders for adjusting sound quality. Customize your listening experience with: • Sound Boost — 25% free boost; full Boost requires upgrade • Noise Reduction — 25% free noise reduction included; full Noise Reduction requires upgrade • Equalizer Presets • Manual Equalizer Sliders — requires upgrade • Audio Recording — requires upgrade Optimized for: • AirPods • Bluetooth earbuds • Wireless headphones Hear from Another Room makes home listening simple. Place your iPhone near the sound source, connect your headphones, and hear live audio from another room in real time.

Screenshots

HeardThat4 screens
Hear from Another Room4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hear from Another Room at 4.8 against HeardThat's 4.2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HeardThat sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Hear from Another Room sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hear from Another Room holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 17 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HeardThat versus Hear from Another Room: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeardThatHear from Another Room
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (46 ratings)4.8 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better17
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSingular HearingRonald Lumor

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
1 purchases

Hear from Another Room

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$3.99

Questions

Is HeardThat free?
HeardThat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hear from Another Room free?
Hear from Another Room is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HeardThat or Hear from Another Room?
Hear from Another Room is rated higher. HeardThat averages 4.2 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Hear from Another Room averages 4.8 from 17 ratings.
Do HeardThat or Hear from Another Room have ads?
Neither HeardThat nor Hear from Another Room shows ads.

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