Comparison

Hear Beyond vs memoryOS

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

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About

Hear Beyond

Enhance your listening skills with a variety of auditory training games. Explore sound fundamentals for free, or subscribe for advanced training in areas like speech comprehension and sound localization. Ideal for improving focus and memory through engaging audio challenges.

Highlights
  • Free Sound Fundamentals games
  • Trichotic Processing training
  • Dichotic Listening exercises
  • Auditory Memory games
  • Sound In Noise challenges
  • Multiple user profiles (Pro Tier)
  • Diverse audio library
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Get up and running fast with Hear Beyond: Auditory Brain Training. Enjoy our Sound Fundamentals category COMPLETELY FREE (5-games) because your sound journey should start with opportunity, not a paywall. Download now and get going with localization, reverberation, stereo imaging, frequency identification, and volume-interval recognition. Access the next 20 auditory training games by subscribing to our Standard Tier ($2.99 USD/month or $24.99 USD/month): Trichotic Processing (4-games) Explore your ability to untangle and act on 3+ conversations at once. Dichotic Listening (6-games) Train your brain to follow voices in your left & right ears concurrently. Auditory Memory (5-games) Practice your listening and recall with games that challenge you to remember and repeat ever-longer sequences of spoken words. Sound In Noise (5-games) Pick out and remember key words and sounds in noisy environments. Try our Professional Tier ($8.99 USD/month or $74.99 USD/month) to set up 3 additional profiles for independent training sessions - ideal for different listening setups or structured use with others. All training activities have access to an audio library consisting of human voices, instruments, nature sounds and sound effects. Train with a variety of audio material to keep the challenges interesting and engaging. Read about each category and game in the app by clicking on the information icons. Hear Beyond iOS is written by humans in native Swift code to be fast, effective and low-latency. If you see any technical issues, please reach out to our team at hello@hearbeyond.app for assistance. It's your subscription support that will keep this auditory training tool growing and innovating new features! Engage your auditory system with Hear Beyond and introduce it to someone whose listening matters to you. Privacy Policy: hearbeyond.world/privacypolicy Terms of Service: hearbeyond.world/termsofservice

About

memoryOS

Enhance your memory and focus with interactive lessons and a virtual mind palace game. Learn scientifically proven techniques to improve knowledge retention and recall a wide range of information, from names and numbers to complex data and entire books.

Highlights
  • Interactive bite-sized lessons
  • Virtual Mind Palaces game
  • Spaced repetition system
  • Scientifically proven techniques
  • Improve knowledge retention
  • Memorize diverse information
Features
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memoryOS contains interactive bite-sized lessons by a 2X World Memory Champion and an educational 3D game of Virtual Mind Palaces - all in one easy-to-use app. It utilizes scientifically proven memory techniques, spaced repetition and patented game mechanics to enhance long-term memory storage and improve knowledge retention. memoryOS is loved by 500,000+ people worldwide because it is a whole new, joyful & game-changing tool for obtaining the most effective memorization skills. Co-founded by Jonas von Essen, who went from struggling to remember to becoming a World Memory Champion, winning on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, "Jeopardy, and setting a world record by memorizing 100,000 decimals of Pi . memoryOS app has over 18k public worldwide ratings on Apple and Google app stores combined, averaging 4.8 stars. Users also continue adding 5-star reviews daily, sharing how effective and life-changing memoryOS has been for them. Also, memoryOS remains the most crowdfunded app in Kickstarter’s history. Memorization is as important as reading and writing and should be taught as our base skill. Our mission is to enable millions of people to remember needed information easily. With memoryOS, you will learn how to memorize: - Names, Long speeches, Lists of items, Birthdays, Personal facts, Passwords, Trivia, Languages, Vocabulary and phrases, Countries and Capitals, Flags, Historical timeline, Numbers, Periodic table - Content of complete books, Dates of significant events, Complex data structures, Concepts, and figures - Art, Anatomy, Decks of cards, Advanced number systems; Long sequences of numbers, Binary Digits You will also learn: - How to keep track of years, months, weeks, and days - Advanced study techniques, Spaced Repetition system, Speed memorization Why did Google Brands Accelerator recognize memoryOS as being 'Light Years Ahead' in the memory space? • memoryOS delivers results: During our pre-launch phase, thousands of users completed our demo and, on average, had a 70% increase in recall and a 60% increase in recall speed just after the first ~40min session. • Providing your mind with structured storage space: We have spent tens of thousands of hours creating and optimizing our Virtual Mind Palaces, so you don’t have to spend months constructing your own the hard way. These virtual palaces serve as blueprints for your mind's storage space, allowing you to easily encode, store and recall like a memory champion. • A proven innovative approach that works: During our research and development stage, thousands of people of all age groups and even those with difficult medical conditions found memoryOS as an effective and useful tool. Actual results exceeded our team’s expectations. • Gamified edtech at its best: memoryOS has proven to work on people with no prior gaming experience - anyone can use it. Utilizing the power of the Unity game engine, memoryOS is widely accessible on all mobile and tablet devices and is soon coming to VR. -- Joining memoryOS is free. This provides extensive value on the free plan, and you are not obligated to pay to start using it. You can subscribe to a Student Premium plan for as low as $3.49/month when billed annually or $4.99/month when billed monthly (it can be 10-20% higher in some countries due to local taxes). You can subscribe through the 'Shop' section of the memoryOS app and find the above-mentioned or go to your App Store app's profile and choose a desired plan there. Recurring payments will automatically renew unless you cancel your account at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage your subscription, cancel anytime, or turn off auto-renewal by accessing your iTunes account. Join the memoryOS community of over 500,000+ early adopters who share this memorable journey! -- Terms: memoryOS.com/terms Privacy policy: memoryOS.com/privacy-policy Learn more at: memoryOS.com Contact us: support@memoryOS.com

Screenshots

Hear Beyond4 screens
memoryOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: memoryOS at 4.9 against Hear Beyond's 3.4. memoryOS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (17K vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Beyond sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and memoryOS sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

memoryOS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: memoryOS has 17K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hear Beyond ships an update every 6 weeks, memoryOS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hear Beyond versus memoryOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHear BeyondmemoryOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (7 ratings)4.9 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.4% of reviews
Number of ratings717K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#60 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB248 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpheres Creative Inc.Encoder Inc.

Customer experience

Hear Beyond

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

memoryOS

All ratings16,799 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,692 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.8%

Bugs and requests

Hear Beyond

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

memoryOS

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues and account management problems
  • Frequent crashes and app instability
  • Navigation and UI elements not working as expected
  • Syncing issues between devices and lost progress
  • Connectivity problems when using cellular data

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content and lessons
  • Ability to create custom memory palaces
  • Better progress tracking and analytics
  • Integration with other learning/productivity apps
  • Offline mode for lessons and memory palaces

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Hear Beyond

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
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  • Yearly Pro Subscription$74.991 Year
23 purchases

memoryOS

Subscriptions20
  • Student Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • Student Monthly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Expert Weekly Plan7 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Essential Weekly Plan7 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Essential Monthly Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Essential Monthly Plan2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Essential Monthly Plan$16.991 Month
  • Student 3 Months Plan$19.993 Months
  • Expert Monthly Plan$24.991 Month
  • Expert Monthly Plan$29.991 Month
  • Expert 3 Months Plan7 Days trial$49.993 Months
  • Expert 3 Months Plan$69.993 Months
  • Expert 6 Months Plan7 Days trial$89.996 Months
  • Essential Annual Plan1 Month trial$89.991 Year
  • Essential Annual Plan7 Days trial3 variants$89.991 Year
  • Essential Annual Plan14 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan7 Days trial$148.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan1 Month trial$149.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan7 Days trial$174.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan1 Month trial$174.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Hearts$0.99
  • 10 Loci Coins$2.99
  • 50 Loci Coins$14.99

Questions

Is Hear Beyond free?
Hear Beyond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is memoryOS free?
memoryOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hear Beyond or memoryOS?
memoryOS is rated higher. Hear Beyond averages 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while memoryOS averages 4.9 from 17K ratings.
Do Hear Beyond or memoryOS have ads?
Hear Beyond shows ads; memoryOS does not.
Which is updated more often, Hear Beyond or memoryOS?
Hear Beyond ships an update every 6 weeks, and memoryOS every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hear Beyond was updated on October 14, 2026 and memoryOS on October 22, 2026.

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