HearingAssist STREAM vs ELEHEAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HearingAssist STREAM
This utility application simplifies the use of hearing aid devices. It offers enhanced control and accessibility for users managing their auditory assistance technology.
- Hearing aid device management
- Enhanced control
- Improved accessibility
- Streamlined user experience
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This is an app that helps users use hearing aid devices more easily
ELEHEAR
This app enhances hearing with features like real-time translation, environmental noise monitoring, and remote sound capture. It also offers tinnitus masking and personalized soundscapes to improve auditory comfort and clarity.
- Real-time translation
- Environmental noise monitoring
- Remote sound capture
- Tinnitus maskers
- Personalized soundscapes
- Sound quality settings
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ELEHEAR is an innovative hearing health app offering multiple features to enhance your hearing experience. For Beyond Device: - Translation Function: This feature allows you to communicate with someone who speaks a different language by using your phone's microphones to capture the conversation. - Environmental Noise monitor: This app turns your phone’s microphone into a sound level meter (SLM), providing a decibel (dB) reading of the noise levels in your environment and indicating whether they are safe or potentially hazardous for your hearing. - Remote Sound Capture : This feature turns your mobile device into a remote microphone, allowing you to bring desired sounds such as a person’s voice directly to your ears. - Settings： Settings tab allows you to adjust various elements of Beyond’s sound quality to improve comfort, speech clarity, and sound preferences. - Tinnitus：Tinnitus tab offers various maskers to help distract you from your tinnitus.S oundscape lets you craft personalized audio scenes by combining sounds from 16 environments and 4 noise types. For Alpha Pro Device: No change Always seek the advice of a doctor in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. The app is only available in countries where the compatible hearing instruments have received official approval for distribution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ELEHEAR at 4.2 against HearingAssist STREAM's 2.4. ELEHEAR also leads on ratings volume (126 vs 9). HearingAssist STREAM's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ELEHEAR holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ELEHEAR has 126 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HearingAssist STREAM ships an update every 10 days, ELEHEAR every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | HearingAssist STREAM | ELEHEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (9 ratings) | 4.2 (126 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | InnerScope Hearing Technologies Inc. | ELEHEAR INC. |
Customer experience
HearingAssist STREAM
ELEHEAR
In-app purchases
HearingAssist STREAM
No in-app purchases
ELEHEAR
No in-app purchases
