Comparison

Hearing Number vs Link4Help

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

Head to head
About

Hearing Number

Assess your hearing ability by determining the softest sound you can hear in each ear. Understand your unique Hearing Numbers to better protect your hearing and improve communication. Track changes over time and encourage others to take charge of their hearing wellness.

Highlights
  • Measure Hearing Numbers
  • Track hearing changes over time
  • Protect hearing wellness
  • Share with friends and family
  • Learn about hearing health
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How’s your hearing? Learn your Hearing Numbers—the softest sound you can hear in each ear—with an app created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Then use your Hearing Numbers to protect your hearing and hear better. Track your hearing to know how it changes over time and encourage others to know their hearing. Take charge of your hearing wellness! Hearing Numbers can be as low as -10 or as high as 100 decibels, or dB. The higher your Hearing Numbers are, the louder sounds will need to be for you to hear them, and the harder it will be to hear and communicate in noisy places. Requires headphones, a quiet space, and about 5 minutes to complete. No advertising, in-app purchases, or product recommendations. The app tests the noise level around you, measures your hearing levels at four frequencies in each ear, and provides your Hearing Numbers. Share the Hearing Number app and encourage your friends and family to learn their Hearing Numbers. Re-check your Hearing Numbers from time to time and review previous results to track how your hearing changes over time. Learn more about the Hearing Number and how to use it at app.HearingNumber.org. This app is created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, seeking to empower people to know their hearing—millions at a time. Disclaimer This hearing wellness app does not constitute medical advice or diagnosis. You should consult with a health care provider for questions related to your hearing or if you are experiencing any of the following: ear pain or ringing, dizziness, ear drainage or a sense of something in your ear, sudden or fluctuating hearing loss, injury or deformity to your ear, or worse hearing in one ear (i.e., your right and left Hearing Numbers are different by more than 10 dB).

About

Link4Help

Features
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Link4Help is a crisis resource directory connecting people in mental health emergencies to immediate stabilization resources across all 50 US states and DC. Find crisis hotlines, crisis centers, mobile crisis teams, and psychiatric hospitals instantly. This app is an informational directory only and does not provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or advice.

Screenshots

Hearing Number4 screens
Link4Help4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hearing Number and Link4Help are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hearing Number versus Link4Help: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearing NumberLink4Help
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (593 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings593 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMimi Hearing TechnologiesEchobridge Health, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Hearing Number

No in-app purchases

None

Link4Help

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hearing Number free?
Hearing Number is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Link4Help free?
Link4Help is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hearing Number or Link4Help have ads?
Neither Hearing Number nor Link4Help shows ads.

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