Comparison

FullScale Hearing Test vs Tonelog Hearing Test

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

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About

FullScale Hearing Test

Features
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A MUSIC-CENTRIC HEARING TEST Conventional hearing tests are built around speech. They check eight frequencies and stop at 8 kHz, because that band is where conversation lives. Music doesn't stop there, and neither do we. FullScale maps your hearing from 125 Hz to 20 kHz at up to 37 frequencies per ear, in about eight minutes. Our proprietary calibration keeps that measurement accurate across a growing list of headphones and earbuds. CORE FEATURES • Pick your resolution: 16-frequency core test, or up to 37 frequencies with psychoacoustic models • Four testing speeds to fit your schedule • Three scientific models (Audiometric, Bark, ERB) • Calibrated for a growing list of headphones and earbuds • Simple guided interface with clear visual results • Unlimited retests YOUR RESULTS • Full-spectrum curve compared against a normal-hearing reference • Traditional 4-point PTA for quick reference • Speech-region results in implied dB HL alongside standard dB • Clear interpretation, compatible with a traditional audiogram • No paywall on your own hearing data HEAR THE DIFFERENCE IMMEDIATELY When the test ends, FullScale builds a hearing-correction preset from your results, and you compare it against the original back to back, on the spot. Most people hear it in the first few seconds. Signed-in tests include 3 ARIA AI credits, enough to generate and audition an AI-refined preset. Additional credits are available if you test repeatedly or want to explore more presets, and credits carry across all Altitude apps. KEEP YOUR CORRECTION WITH ARIA ONE Sign in for your test and your profile follows you into ARIA ONE, our hearing-correction app. • No charge on mobile • Mac and Windows run a free tier, with a 30-day trial of the full feature set Finish the test, install ARIA ONE, and your hearing correction is set up and running. YOUR DATA Your hearing data is encrypted, exportable, and yours to delete. We don't sell it and we don't share it without your direct consent. WORKS WITH OVER 5,000 HEADPHONES AND EARBUDS Put on whatever you already own and start. The app handles the rest. • Preferred devices: 18 models we measured and calibrated ourselves, for the tightest high-frequency accuracy • Community database: thousands more headphones and earbuds from the AutoEq project, searchable in the app • Generic: don't see yours, or don't know the model? Choose generic and test anyway. You still get a full-spectrum profile. Our preferred devices: • Anker Soundcore Liberty 3 Pro • Apple AirPods® Generation 3 • Apple AirPods Pro® Generation 1 • Apple AirPods Pro® Generation 2 • Apple AirPods Max® • Beats Studio 3 • Jabra Elite 7 Pro • Kef Mu3 • Moondrop Alice • Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 • Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 • Sennheiser Momentum 4 • Skullcandy Crusher 1080 ANC • Sony WF-1000XM4 • Sony WF-1000XM5 • Sony WH-1000XM5 • Technics AZ60 • Technics AZ80 • Technics AZ100 NOTICE FullScale is not designed or intended as a diagnostic or treatment tool for any medical condition, disease, injury, handicap, or disability, and should not be relied on for self-management of health issues. For any hearing-related concern, consult a medical doctor or qualified health professional. FullScale can be used to improve sound personalization, or as a preparatory step before seeing a provider.

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Tonelog Hearing Test

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A pure-tone hearing test that checks both ears in about three minutes, with the headphones you already own. Most hearing apps play a handful of tones and hand you a verdict. This one measures your threshold at seven frequencies in each ear, from 125 Hz to 8 kHz, plots them on a real audiogram, and prints the conditions the numbers were taken under so you know how much to trust them. We check your setup before we measure Your result depends on your headphones and on how quiet the room is. Before a single tone plays, the app confirms headphones are connected, recognises the headset, asks you to set the volume between 70 and 90 percent, and measures how loud it is around you right now. If something is off, it says so instead of pretending. What you get • Know how you hear at every pitch — seven frequencies, one ear at a time • Read a real audiogram, not a score — the chart shape a clinic actually uses • See your hearing age as a range, next to your own age group • Track change over time — two tests on one chart, frequency by frequency • Hand over a one-page PDF instead of a screenshot of your phone How the test works Put on any headphones, find a quiet room, and tap the moment you hear a tone — even a faint one. The app works one ear at a time and steps down in level until it finds the softest tone you can still hear, at 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 4 kHz and 8 kHz. Some presentations are silent on purpose, so guessing shows up as guessing. At the end you get an audiogram with the right ear drawn as O and the left as X, a reliability grade, and a plain-language read of each ear. Honest about its own limits An iPhone is not an audiometer and consumer headphones are not calibrated, so every scale in the app is labelled estimated dB HL (uncalibrated). Every saved result carries the headset, the volume, the room-noise reading and the date beside it. The app will not run the test through the phone speaker, because a level nobody knows is not a measurement. Everything stays on your iPhone No account. No sign-up. No upload. No ads. Nothing you measure leaves the device, and the test itself needs no network connection at all. The microphone is used for one thing only — measuring how loud the room is before the test — and no audio is recorded, saved or sent anywhere. You can delete every stored result from Settings. Not a medical device Hearing Test is a screening tool. It is not a medical device, it does not diagnose, treat or monitor any condition, and it does not replace an examination by an audiologist or physician. Results are an estimate produced with uncalibrated equipment in an unknown room. If you have ear pain, a sudden change in hearing, ringing that will not stop, or any concern at all about your hearing, see a qualified professional. At best this app gives you a dated audiogram and a reason to book that appointment. What you need • Any headphones — AirPods, wired earbuds or over-ears • A quiet room • About three minutes

Screenshots

FullScale Hearing Test4 screens
Tonelog Hearing Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tonelog Hearing Test at none against FullScale Hearing Test's 3. FullScale Hearing Test's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FullScale Hearing Test sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tonelog Hearing Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
FullScale Hearing Test versus Tonelog Hearing Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFullScale Hearing TestTonelog Hearing Test
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size443 MB19 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAltitude AudioTUSE TECH LLP

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FullScale Hearing Test

One-time3
  • FullScale AI Credits$2.99
  • Hearing Test Extended Report$4.99
  • Fullscale Extended Report$4.99
None

Tonelog Hearing Test

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FullScale Hearing Test free?
FullScale Hearing Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tonelog Hearing Test free?
Tonelog Hearing Test is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FullScale Hearing Test or Tonelog Hearing Test have ads?
Neither FullScale Hearing Test nor Tonelog Hearing Test shows ads.

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