Comparison

Isolait vs iMic

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

Head to head
About

Isolait

This app uses on-device AI to isolate specific voices in noisy environments. It allows you to focus on a single speaker by capturing their unique acoustic fingerprint and filtering out background noise. The app also features a compass direction mode to help pinpoint the target voice and a real-time spectrum analyzer.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice isolation
  • On-device AI processing
  • Voice fingerprint capture
  • Compass-directed isolation
  • Real-time spectrum analysis
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Isolait helps you hear one person in a noisy room. It locks onto a single voice — at a loud restaurant, a family dinner, a busy meeting — and filters out the chatter, clatter, and other speakers around it. Live, on your iPhone, through your headphones. It also works on audio you already have. Bring a video or recording into Studio to strip background noise, get a transcript, and label who said what. And Voyage translates a live conversation out loud, in 20+ languages. Isolait is available in 24 languages. The whole app follows your iPhone's language, and you can choose which language transcription listens for. WHY ISOLAIT Most amplifier and listening apps make the whole room louder, or remove background noise but can't tell one person's voice from another's. Isolait can. Lock onto the person you want to hear and their voice comes through clean — in real time, entirely on your device. HEAR ONE PERSON IN A NOISY PLACE 1. Put in your headphones. Any pair works: AirPods, other Bluetooth earbuds, or wired. 2. Point your iPhone toward the person you want to hear. 3. Tap Voice Lock to lock onto their voice. Made for noisy restaurants, cafés, family dinners, parties, meetings, and lecture halls — and for anyone who finds conversation hard to follow once a room gets loud. VOICE LOCK Real-time isolation of one speaker's voice. Voice Lock follows the person's voice itself, not just where the phone is pointed, so it can stay on them while other people nearby are talking. Lock onto anyone in seconds, or save their voice profile to relock instantly next time. SAVED VOICES Build a library of voice profiles for the people you talk to most — family, coworkers, interview subjects — so isolating their voice is instant. DIRECTION MODE Target a voice by where it's coming from, not just what it sounds like — useful when several people are talking at once. Also records a session with a live transcript, just like Voice Lock. TRAVEL MODE Point your phone at someone speaking another language and hear a live translation, hands-free. An experimental two-way Conversation Mode lets each of you speak your own language, with both sides translated live. Free to use every day. STUDIO Import a video or audio file, or film right in Isolait, then run on-device AI Clean Up to strip background noise. Turn on Transcribe for a speaker-labeled transcript you can translate and export with the cleaned-up audio or video. IDENTIFY SPEAKERS Built for podcasts and interviews: Isolait labels who's speaking in a multi-person recording. Saved Voice Profiles are labeled by name; everyone else is "Speaker 1," "Speaker 2," and so on. Transcription stays on-device by default; an optional Enhanced Transcription setting offers more complete, off-device recognition for a specific recording when you choose it. RECORD, CLEAN UP, TRANSLATE & EXPORT Record an isolated session with a live, speaker-labeled transcript. Clean it up, translate it into 20+ languages, or both — then export audio (or video) and transcript together. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Voice isolation and cleanup always run on your iPhone. No account, no login, no uploads to hear the person in front of you. Works on iOS 18 and later. Travel Mode and Summarize need iOS 26. Isolait is a listening tool, not a medical device or a hearing aid, and is not a substitute for professional hearing care. WHICH ISOLAIT APP? Voice Isolation is for hearing one voice, with live captions and translation. If the room itself is overwhelming, try Isolait — Sensory Comfort, a separate app from the same maker. ISOLAIT PRO Isolait is free to use every day, with daily limits. Unlock unlimited daily Voice Lock time, unlimited saved voice profiles, and full recording, cleanup, translation & export access — including for Travel Mode and Studio sessions — with Isolait Pro — $4.99/month, auto-renewing. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

iMic

Features
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Turn your phone into a wireless microphone for your computer. iMic streams clear voice over your local Wi-Fi network in under 100 ms — no cables, no cloud, and no account required. iMic creates a virtual microphone input that can be selected by your desktop applications. Use your phone as a high-quality audio source for Zoom, Google Meet, Discord, OBS, QuickTime, and AI-powered applications. Why iMic: - Wireless microphone input with no audio cable - Low latency streaming over local Wi-Fi or peer-to-peer connection - Adaptive jitter buffer, clock drift correction, and automatic reconnect after sleep or network interruptions - Mute directly from your phone with live audio level monitoring - Programmable buttons for desktop shortcuts — push-to-talk, Spotlight, screenshot, recording - Works even when your computer screen is locked - Encrypted device pairing — your voice stays on your local network and is never uploaded Designed for long sessions, iMic is ideal for: - Online meetings - Live streaming - Voice recording - Presentations - Online classes - Remote desktop workflows Requirements: - macOS 14 or later - iOS 17 or later - Both devices connected to the same local Wi-Fi network

Screenshots

Isolait4 screens
iMic3 screens

Verdict

The call

Isolait and iMic 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
Isolait versus iMic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIsolaitiMic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGIUSEPPE DIMALTABingjun Li

In-app purchases

None

Isolait

No in-app purchases

None

iMic

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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