Comparison

Hearing Test Co. vs Tonelog Hearing Test

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

Head to head
About

Hearing Test Co.

Assess your hearing with precise frequency tests and detailed results. This app offers quick screenings or full audiogram-style tests to measure hearing thresholds. Track changes over time, review historical data, and generate professional reports.

Highlights
  • Full hearing test (11 frequencies)
  • Quick screening
  • Adaptive threshold detection
  • Hearing age estimate
  • Track hearing changes
  • Export professional reports
  • AI hearing insights
  • Save to Apple Health
Features
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Hearing Test Co helps you understand your hearing with precise frequency testing and clear results. Run a quick screening in minutes or complete a full audiogram-style test that measures hearing thresholds across the most important speech and environmental frequencies. The testing engine uses adaptive bracketing and randomized tone sequences to estimate hearing thresholds for each ear. Results are presented with easy-to-read charts, hearing categories, and detailed frequency tables. Track hearing changes over time, review historical tests, and export professional reports when needed. HEARING TESTS • Full hearing test across 11 frequencies (125–8000 Hz) • Quick screening covering core speech frequencies • Adaptive threshold detection for each ear • Randomised tone order and ear alternation • Pure sine wave tones with smooth fade in/out • Mistap detection and volume change protection RESULTS & INSIGHTS • Overall hearing category and average threshold • Hearing age estimate with visual gauge • Per-ear results with frequency breakdown • Left vs right ear comparison charts • Detailed frequency tables for each ear TRACKING • Complete test history stored on device • Review past audiograms and thresholds • Compare results over time REPORTS • Export a professional single-page hearing report • Share or save as PDF AI HEARING INSIGHTS • Ask questions about your results • Get explanations of hearing thresholds and frequency ranges • Explore hearing health topics HEALTH INTEGRATION • Save audiogram data to Apple Health • Track hearing information alongside other health metrics End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tonelog Hearing Test

Features
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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

Hearing Test Co.4 screens
Tonelog Hearing Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tonelog Hearing Test at none against Hearing Test Co.'s 2. Tonelog Hearing Test also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hearing Test Co.'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Hearing Test Co. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Tonelog Hearing Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Hearing Test Co. versus Tonelog Hearing Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearing Test Co.Tonelog Hearing Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB19 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTest Apps LimitedTUSE TECH LLP

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hearing Test Co.

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Tonelog Hearing Test

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hearing Test Co. free?
Hearing Test Co. 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 Hearing Test Co. or Tonelog Hearing Test have ads?
Hearing Test Co. shows ads; Tonelog Hearing Test does not.

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