HearingAmp Lite vs Start Hearing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HearingAmp Lite
Enhance your hearing with real-time sound amplification and filtering. This app uses your phone's microphone to deliver clearer audio through earphones, reducing background noise and boosting specific frequencies. Customize sound profiles for various environments.
- Real-time sound amplification
- Background noise reduction
- Frequency band amplification
- Customizable sound profiles
- Preset frequency profiles
- Signal processing engine
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HearingAmp Lite is a fully functional 15-day free version of HearingAmp. HearingAmp allows you to amplify and filter the sounds in your environment. It uses the microphone in your phone to tune the sound in real-time, producing a cleaner, crisper sound through your earphones. You can reduce background noise and amplify different frequency bands, allowing you to tune sound performance to your current surroundings. A number of preset frequency profiles are provided as templates. Users can create and modify profiles for use in various locations such as airplanes, classrooms, or crowded areas. HearingAmp uses a state of the art signal processing engine to tailor and enhance incoming sound. It provides effective noise reduction and voice amplification in any environment. If you use a Bluetooth headset, the headset quality will affect the performance of HearingAmp. In addition, its intrinsic A2DP protocol will increase the latency in real-time communication.
Start Hearing
This app enhances the functionality of compatible Bluetooth-enabled over-the-counter hearing aids. It offers guided setup, customizable audio programs, and direct audio streaming from your iPhone.
- Easy-to-follow tutorial
- 4 customizable audio programs
- Fullness and Brightness adjustments
- Stream calls and music
- Automatic reconnection to hearing aids
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The Start Hearing App is compatible with Start Hearing one over the counter hearing aids that have Bluetooth® technology offering advanced features when paired with an iPhone. Start Hearing App features: • Get started with your OTC hearing aids quickly and easily with an easy-to-follow tutorial on using your hearing aids to their fullest. • Choose between 4 audio programs to best suit what sounds you’re listening to: Home, Restaurant, Outside, or Music • Personalize each audio program to your preferences with Fullness and Brightness adjustments • Stream calls, music, and other audio to directly to your hearing aids from your Apple iOS device Start Hearing is here to help customers at every stage of their hearing journey. Call the number provided in your user manual or quick start guide to connect with one of our Hearing Care Advisors for help with caring for your hearing aids. If you have additional questions, they can also help you find a hearing care professional near you. Start Hearing. It’s only the beginning. Note: the app will automatically reconnect to your hearing aids each time it is used. Mobile app not required to use hearing aids.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Start Hearing at 100% against HearingAmp Lite's 40%. Start Hearing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). HearingAmp Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Start Hearing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of HearingAmp Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Start Hearing's.
HearingAmp Lite ships an update every 25 months, Start Hearing every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HearingAmp Lite | Start Hearing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davicom | Novidan, Inc. |
Customer experience
HearingAmp Lite
Start Hearing
In-app purchases
HearingAmp Lite
No in-app purchases
Start Hearing
No in-app purchases
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