Comparison

FrequenSee vs Tinnitus Tracker

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

Head to head
About

FrequenSee

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FrequenSee was developed by someone personally affected by tinnitus. The original idea was to create a tone that comes as close as possible to the perceived tinnitus sound. Step by step, this evolved into an app that helps users systematically narrow down and document their individual tinnitus frequency. FrequenSee supports people with tinnitus in subjectively identifying the frequency of their tinnitus and creating a personal hearing profile. The app provides a guided frequency search with different tone modes and allows users to save and review their results. Based on the identified hearing profile, users can run personalized notch sessions. During these sessions, the selected tinnitus frequency is specifically filtered out of ambient soundscapes. This approach is inspired by the concept of notch therapy. Features: • Subjective tinnitus frequency search • Personal hearing profiles • History and review of multiple searches • Notch sessions based on the hearing profile • Ambient soundscapes such as rain, forest, and ocean • Local data storage on the device • Simple and intuitive operation Important notice: FrequenSee does not replace medical diagnosis, advice, or treatment and makes no claims of a cure. The app is intended solely for subjective audio and frequency perception.

About

Tinnitus Tracker

This app helps you track and understand your tinnitus by identifying its unique frequency and providing personalized sound therapy. Log symptoms, triggers, and loudness to gain insights into your condition and find relief.

Highlights
  • Tinnitus tone matching
  • Personalized notched-pink-noise generation
  • Multiple masking sound options
  • Seamless looping with sleep timer
  • Daily logging of symptoms and triggers
  • Insightful data visualization
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Tone Match is a calm, private place to track the ringing in your ears — and to find the tone, the triggers, and the sounds that help. Built for people who have lived with tinnitus long enough to know the loop: it gets worse, you panic, it gets even worse. The app's job is to give you something specific to do when that loop starts, and to help you see what's really driving it over time. FIND YOUR TINNITUS TONE Most tinnitus has a specific frequency. The app walks you through a 90-second tone-match flow: • Drag a slider across the audible range to find a tone that sounds close to yours • Refine it with side-by-side A/B comparisons — four rounds of narrowing down • Save your matched frequency Once matched, the app can generate a personalized notched-pink-noise track: gentle background sound with your exact tinnitus frequency carved out. Research on notched-noise therapy (Okamoto et al., Pantev) suggests regular listening may help your brain re-balance over time. Whether or not it helps you long-term, it sounds different from generic masking — the sound surrounds your tinnitus instead of competing with it. MASKING SOUNDS Synthesized on your device — no streaming, no downloads, no licensing fuss. White and pink noise are included, and Pro adds brown noise, rain, ocean, and fan. Each loops seamlessly with a sleep timer (5, 15, 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes) and a gentle 3-second fade-out. Play in the background while you fall asleep, work, or just need a quieter room. THE DAILY LOG Open the app, tap one card, and walk through six quick steps: • Loudness — a soft 0-10 dial that pulses gently when you cross 7 • Where — left ear, right ear, both, or inside your head; high whine, low hum, hissing, pulsing, clicking, roaring • Symptoms — sound sensitivity, ear fullness, dizziness, anxiety, trouble sleeping, and more • Triggers — sleep, stress, caffeine, alcohol, salt, loud noise, headphones, jaw clenching, and 7 more • Context — when it started, how long it lasted, what you took and whether it helped • Review — a clean summary before saving You can also log past days from the calendar heatmap, or do a one-tap quick log straight from the Sounds tab while a masking sound is playing. INSIGHTS THAT EARN THEIR PLACE The Insights tab waits until you have at least three entries before it shows you anything. Then: • Bad-day rate — what percentage of the last 30 days had a logged episode • Average loudness — across all your entries • Loudness over time — a clean line chart WHAT PRO ADDS • All six masking sounds, plus custom mixing • Notched-noise therapy tuned to your matched tone • Trigger correlations — for each trigger you log, how much it shifts your loudness • A PDF report to hand your audiologist Pro is one purchase or a subscription, your choice. Everything above stays yours either way. PRIVACY, ACTUALLY Your journal lives on your iPhone — and in your own iCloud if you turn on sync. • No account to create • Anonymous usage stats only — your entries are never sold, shared, or sent to me • Works fully offline Export everything as JSON from Settings any time. Delete everything any time. Import a previous export to restore your data on a new device. You're never locked in. WHAT IT WON'T DO • It won't diagnose your tinnitus. That's your audiologist's job. • It won't cure tinnitus. No app can, no matter what they claim. • It won't predict the future. • It won't spam you. One optional daily reminder, at whatever time you choose. QUESTIONS, BUGS, OR FEEDBACK Email hosam@mhosam.com. One person reads them. I'll reply when I can. SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS Monthly renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FrequenSee4 screens
Tinnitus Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tinnitus Tracker at every 9 days against FrequenSee's every 6 weeks. Tinnitus Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FrequenSee ships an update every 6 weeks, Tinnitus Tracker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FrequenSee versus Tinnitus Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrequenSeeTinnitus Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMarco BenzMohamed Ali

In-app purchases

None

FrequenSee

No in-app purchases

None

Tinnitus Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FrequenSee free?
FrequenSee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tinnitus Tracker free?
Tinnitus Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FrequenSee or Tinnitus Tracker have ads?
Neither FrequenSee nor Tinnitus Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FrequenSee or Tinnitus Tracker?
FrequenSee ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tinnitus Tracker every 9 days. Most recently, FrequenSee was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tinnitus Tracker on October 8, 2026.

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