Hear Boost vs transcriptor for WhatsApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hear Boost
This app converts spoken words into text in real-time, aiding individuals with hearing impairments. It supports over 40 languages and offers adjustable font sizes for better readability. A subscription unlocks full features.
- Live speech transcription
- Supports 40+ languages
- Adjustable font size
- Monthly subscription option
- Yearly subscription option
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Hearing boost app provides you the way to transcribe speech to text to help deaf people to know what other people say. You have to choose from one of the 40+ languages and just start listening. There's also a possibility to enlarge the font for people with poor eyesight. About Subscription The app contains monthly subscription at price $4.99/month. Yearly subscription at price $19.99. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/iriskinx/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/iriskinx/privacy-policy
transcriptor for WhatsApp
Convert voice messages from various chat apps and voice memos into text. This tool saves time, prevents misunderstandings, and allows for easy editing and searching of transcriptions. It supports numerous languages and offers summaries for premium transcriptions.
- Transcribe audio messages to text
- Supports WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and more
- Edit and search transcriptions
- Supports 32 languages for transcription
- Offers premium transcriptions with summaries
- Useful for meetings and noisy environments
- Beneficial for hearing-impaired users
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transcriptor is the must-have app for anyone who receives audio messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and others, or records Voice Memos. With our speech recognition technology, you can quickly and easily transcribe audio messages into text, saving you time and eliminating misunderstandings. Simply select the audio message you want to transcribe, share it with our app, and watch as we turn it into easy-to-read text. You can even edit the transcription or and search for text inside it to make it easier to follow. Whether you're using WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage for personal or professional communication, transcriptor - Read your audios is the perfect tool to make sure you never miss an important message again. Try it out today and see the difference it can make! Perfect for scenarios such as: - meetings - theater or cinema - loud party - places where you need privacy, such as a waiting room at the doctor - avoiding kids to hear a voice message - not waking up sleeping bed partner Beyond perfect for hearing impaired people who receive voice messages. We support 32 languages for simple transcriptions: English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, We Chinese and Yue Chinese! Plus all languages for the premium transcriptions. Now also supporting summaries when doing a premium transcription! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: transcriptor for WhatsApp at 100% against Hear Boost's 56%. transcriptor for WhatsApp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). Hear Boost's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Hear Boost sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and transcriptor for WhatsApp sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
transcriptor for WhatsApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Hear Boost's written reviews are positive against 100% of transcriptor for WhatsApp's.
Hear Boost ships an update every 19 months, transcriptor for WhatsApp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hear Boost | transcriptor for WhatsApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Irina Metelkina | Luisa Fernanda Castano Jurado |
Customer experience
Hear Boost
transcriptor for WhatsApp
In-app purchases
Hear Boost
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$24.991 Year
transcriptor for WhatsApp
- 10 min of summaries$0.29
- 25 min of summaries$0.49
- 60 Premium Minutes$0.99
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- 100 Premium Minutes$1.99
- 250 min of summaries$2.99
- Buy us a coffee!$4.99
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