Comparison

Ear Spy vs OPCam

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

Head to head
About

Ear Spy

Amplify ambient sounds and bring distant voices closer in real-time using your phone's microphone and headphones. Features include environment presets, a 10-band equalizer, personal hearing calibration, and on-device live transcription. It prioritizes privacy with all processing done locally.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound amplification
  • Environment presets
  • 10-band parametric equalizer
  • Personal hearing calibration
  • Unlimited clip capture
  • On-device live transcription
  • Hearing-safety limiter
Features
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Spy Ear turns your phone into a long-range listening device. With your microphone and headphones, you can amplify ambient sound in real time and pull faraway voices closer - a quiet conversation across the room, a distant speaker in a hall, the hum from the next room. WHAT YOU GET • 8 environment presets — Restaurant, Lecture, Whisper, Meeting, Outdoor, TV, Music, Balanced • Full 10-band parametric equalizer — shape every frequency yourself • Personal hearing calibration — a two-minute tuning that adapts every preset to your own ears • Unlimited clip capture — save what you heard, replay it through the same enhancement chain • On-device live transcription — see what is being said • Hearing-safety limiter — prevents sudden loud sounds from damaging your ears • Zero data leaves your phone — everything is processed on-device BUILT FOR REAL SITUATIONS Whether you want to follow a quiet conversation at dinner, catch every word in a lecture, hear the TV more clearly, or simply explore what's beyond your normal hearing range, Spy Ear gives you the sharper listening superpower in your pocket. Use of headphones is strongly recommended. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Spy Ear requires a paid subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase to use the full app after onboarding. Plans available: • Weekly with a 3-day free trial for new users • Lifetime one-time payment, no renewals Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each weekly period at the published rate unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account on confirmation of purchase. You can manage subscriptions and cancel anytime in your iPhone's App Store account settings. The free trial converts to a paid weekly subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends. Lifetime purchase is a single payment and does not auto-renew. PRIVACY FIRST All audio processing happens entirely on your iPhone. We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. The app has no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs. Captured clips and your calibration profile stay on your device. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nWqZMQjT6nNW28ytWD5fZShar3SW4NLPhWC9fUCCPJw/ Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lpr6Gtwyb_ofa5ABEUSc1JY4Y5DklugXPq5p3PkzT6M/ Note: Spy Ear is not a medical device, hearing aid, or substitute for professional audiological care.

About

OPCam

Features
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OPCam turns your iPhone into a tamper-evidence camera for fieldwork, inspections, and any photo that has to be trusted. • Time, GPS coordinates and address are burned into the original photo — they can't be edited out • Every photo gets a SHA-256 fingerprint of the exact image file you share — so anyone holding the photo can recompute it and check it themselves • Optional on-chain anchor: the fingerprint is recorded on Optimism, so anyone can independently verify the photo existed at that time • Record library with timeline, place and live map views • Choose exactly which fields go into the watermark • 24 languages Your photos stay yours — saved to your photo library. The on-chain anchor stores only a hash fingerprint, never the image.

Screenshots

Ear Spy3 screens
OPCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ear Spy and OPCam are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ear Spy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and OPCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ear Spy ships an update weekly, OPCam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ear Spy versus OPCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEar SpyOPCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAwais MuneerMEET SOFTWARE COMPANY LIMITED

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ear Spy

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly (with trial)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

OPCam

One-time1
  • 100 On-Chain Credits$0.99

Questions

Is Ear Spy free?
Ear Spy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OPCam free?
OPCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ear Spy or OPCam have ads?
Neither Ear Spy nor OPCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ear Spy or OPCam?
Ear Spy ships an update weekly, and OPCam every 4 days. Most recently, Ear Spy was updated on October 25, 2026 and OPCam on October 7, 2026.

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