Sound Amplifier vs Sound Recognition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sound Amplifier
Transform your phone into a powerful hearing aid. This app amplifies sound up to 100x, enhances voice clarity, and reduces background noise. Protect your hearing while easily listening to conversations, lectures, or TV with connected headphones.
- Volume amplification up to 100x
- Voice isolation for clearer conversations
- Hearing protection features
- Background app operation
- Simple one-tap amplification
- Bluetooth headphone support
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Sound Amplifier turns your phone into a hearing aid. Make your volume 100x louder and eliminate background noise while protecting your ears. Just connect your existing headphones. What you can do with Sound Amplifier • Easily listen to conversations with friends and loved ones • Use bluetooth headphones to listen to the TV and lectures • Discuss important, confidential topics with your doctor Our newest features • Amplification makes voices louder and crisper • Voice isolation eliminates background noise • Loudness protect protects your hearing Simple to Use • Connect your headphones and start amplifying with one tap • Everything is labeled and easy to read, no guessing at controls! Discrete and Practical • You can use your existing headphones to hear more clearly • Just rest your phone on the table near the person talking Some Extras • You can amplify the volume even with the app in the background • Fast and friendly support Terms of Service: https://www.mightyfine.app/sound-amplifier-terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mightyfine.app/sound-amplifier-privacy-policy
Sound Recognition
This utility app notifies users with a screen change and light when a specific target voice is recognized. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result, including its type and evaluation value.
- Voice recognition alerts
- Screen and light notification
- Displays speech recognition results
- Configurable recognition threshold
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When the selected recognition target voice is recognized, user will be notified by a screen change and light. *Notification will be made only if the evaluation value exceeds the preset recognition threshold. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result (type, evaluation value) among the current speech recognition results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sound Amplifier at 4.6 against Sound Recognition's 1.0. Sound Amplifier also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). Sound Recognition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sound Amplifier sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sound Recognition asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sound Amplifier holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sound Amplifier has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sound Amplifier | Sound Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.8.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Mighty Fine Apps LLC | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
Customer experience
Sound Amplifier
Sound Recognition
Bugs and requests
Sound Amplifier
Reported bugs
3 issues- Subscription charges even after cancellation
- Inability to cancel free trial
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
3 requests- Free trial option without payment info
- Ability to use without subscription
- Integration with iOS accessibility features
Sound Recognition
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sound Amplifier
- Full Access3 variants$9.991 Month
- Full Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Full Access3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Full Access7 Days trial$99.991 Year
Sound Recognition
No in-app purchases
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