Comparison

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus vs Sweep

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

Head to head
About

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus

This application provides advanced control and personalization for compatible Sennheiser headphones. Users can customize audio, manage noise cancellation, update firmware, and locate their devices. It offers features like Sound Zones and a Fit Test for an enhanced listening experience.

Highlights
  • Firmware Updates
  • Customizable Equalizer
  • Sound Personalization
  • Sound Zones
  • Fit Test
  • Find Headphones
  • Noise Cancellation Control
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Introducing Sennheiser Smart Control Plus: The Ultimate Sound Control App for Your Sennheiser Headphones Compatibility: Sennheiser Smart Control Plus works with a wide range of Sennheiser products, including MOMENTUM True Wireless 5, ACCENTUM Clip, MOMENTUM 5, HDB 630, MOMENTUM 4, MOMENTUM True Wireless 4, ACCENTUM Plus, ACCENTUM, ACCENTUM True Wireless, MOMENTUM Sport, ACCENTUM True Wireless, MOMENTUM True Wireless 3, CX TW, CX Sport TW, CX TW Plus. Please note that feature availability may vary depending on the product. Experience unparalleled sound control and personalization with Sennheiser Smart Control Plus, the next-generation app designed to enhance your Sennheiser headphones. With a sleek, modern interface and a host of innovative features, Smart Control Plus puts you in command of your audio experience like never before. - Firmware Updates: Keep your devices running smoothly with the latest software and firmware updates. - My Sound: Customize your audio with a powerful combination of Equalizer, Sound Personalization, Sound Check, and EQ presets. - Sound Zones: Automatically adjust your audio settings based on your current location. - Fit Test: Ensure the perfect fit for your earbuds with our intuitive Fit Test feature. - Find Headphones: Never lose your headphones again with the built-in Find Headphones function. - Auracast Assistant: Seamlessly manage your Auracast-enabled devices. - Noise Cancellation and Transparency: Effortlessly configure and control noise cancellation and transparency settings. Upgrade Now: To access these exciting new features, please upgrade to Sennheiser Smart Control Plus. Enjoy enhanced stability, improved performance, and a future-proof app designed to evolve with your needs. Upgrade to Sennheiser Smart Control Plus and take control of your sound experience today!

About

Sweep

Analyze your speaker's frequency response directly from your listening position. This app plays a log sweep and captures the sound with your iPhone's mic or a calibrated external mic, then displays the results. Easily compare multiple measurements to fine-tune your audio setup.

Highlights
  • Log sweep playback (20 Hz–20 kHz)
  • Frequency response plotting
  • Overlay up to 5 measurement runs
  • Frequency scrubbing with peak/trough snapping
  • Adjustable real-time smoothing
  • Built-in test tone and live meter
  • Export capture charts as images
Features
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See how your speakers really sound. Sweep plays a log sweep through your speaker and plots its frequency response — measured from your listening position. No laptop, no audio interface, no mic stand. Just your iPhone or iPad, a calibrated mic, and a clear picture of what you're hearing. The untethered scout between full bench sessions — the fast check from your chair you'll actually run. A minute, not an afternoon. SWEEP. CAPTURE. COMPARE. • Sweep — tap once and a 20 Hz–20 kHz log sweep plays through your speaker (the Farina ESS method the bench tools use). • Capture — a calibrated measurement mic (Dayton iMM-6C, miniDSP UMIK-1/UMIK-2/EARS, Behringer ECM8000, or any REW .cal file) or your device's built-in mic records it; on-device math extracts the impulse response and plots the curve. • Compare — overlay runs, each in its own color (twenty to choose from), to see exactly what a change did. Measure, adjust, measure again. TWO WAYS IN No audiophile experience required. Tune My Receiver runs a guided measurement, then hands back actual settings — "Bass +5, Treble +8" — instead of a chart to interpret. A plain-language results tour walks through what it found, and Balance Speakers checks your channels match before you start. Measure Again starts a new before-and-after round without losing the first. Prefer the full picture? Everything above is one tap away, from the same library. ALSO IN THE APP • Scrub any frequency — drag the cursor; it snaps to peaks and troughs and reads frequency · dB right where you need it. Pinch to zoom into any band; hold near the edge to pan. • Target curves — overlay Harman Room, B&K, a tilt, or Room Gain as a dashed reference so you know what "good" looks like, not just what you measured. • Aim at what you listen to — pick a listening style (Bass-forward, Warm, Bright, and more) and Tune My Receiver's recommendation steers toward it, not just flat. • Average or Difference — power-average two or more captures (walk the room, average the seats) or compute A − B to see exactly what a change did, both as new measurements you can keep comparing. • Real smoothing, applied after the fact — every capture keeps its full resolution; change 1/24 to 1/3-octave anytime and every trace redraws, no re-measuring. • Set levels with confidence — a built-in test tone and live meter get your output where it should be, and the sweep then plays at exactly that level. Each measurement mic keeps its own calibration file and trim, matched automatically when you plug it in. • Share your capture — export the chart as a labeled image card: color-coded traces, an optional cursor callout, one tap to send anywhere. From Tune My Receiver, the card carries your verdict and knob settings too. • Handoff to your Mac — pair once, and send a capture straight to Sweep for Mac's library: device to device, encrypted, no internet, no cable. Off by default; turn it on in Settings. • Open Sweep files — tap a .sweep file in Files, Mail or AirDrop to add its measurements to your library. HONEST BY DESIGN Sweep shows relative frequency response — the shape you need to tune speaker DSP and EQ. A time-gate isolates the direct sound; down low, the room is part of every measurement, so what you see there is speaker plus room, not the speaker alone — and wherever a reading can’t be fully trusted, low or high, the line turns dashed. Results are only as calibrated as the mic file you import; levels without a known mic sensitivity are marked ≈. Not an SPL meter, not a full bench replacement — it names its limits up front, so you can trust its strengths. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything runs on your device. No account, no signup, no cloud, no tracking, no analytics SDK. Your measurements are processed entirely on your device. They go only where you send them — a paired Mac in the same room, or a file you share. Free. No in-app purchases, no account. Sweep is part of a family of focused instruments alongside Pull, Grip, Lean, and Level.

Screenshots

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus4 screens
Sweep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sennheiser Smart Control Plus at 73% against Sweep's 0%. Sennheiser Smart Control Plus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 2). Sweep's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sennheiser Smart Control Plus has 5.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sennheiser Smart Control Plus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sweep's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus ships an update monthly, Sweep weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sennheiser Smart Control Plus versus Sweep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSennheiser Smart Control PlusSweep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.1K — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonova Consumer Hearing GmbHCarl Sieber

Customer experience

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus

All ratings5,024 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews651 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative19.7%

Sweep

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Headphones not detected in sound personalization
  • Headphones not connecting to app
  • Firmware update issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Widget for easier control
  • Transfer devices from old app
  • iPad mode
  • Audio cable options

Sweep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sennheiser Smart Control Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Sweep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sennheiser Smart Control Plus free?
Sennheiser Smart Control Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sweep free?
Sweep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sennheiser Smart Control Plus or Sweep?
Sennheiser Smart Control Plus is rated higher. Sennheiser Smart Control Plus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Sweep averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sennheiser Smart Control Plus or Sweep have ads?
Neither Sennheiser Smart Control Plus nor Sweep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sennheiser Smart Control Plus or Sweep?
Sennheiser Smart Control Plus ships an update monthly, and Sweep weekly. Most recently, Sennheiser Smart Control Plus was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sweep on October 31, 2026.

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