ReSound Smart vs Beltone HearPlus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReSound Smart
Control compatible hearing aids directly from your smartphone. Adjust volume, change programs, personalize sound settings, and even locate misplaced devices. Learn how to use all features and save your preferences for easy access.
- Adjust volume settings
- Mute hearing aids
- Customize sound profiles
- Save personalized settings
- Locate lost hearing aids
- Tinnitus sound management
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The ReSound Smart™ app is compatible with the following hearing aids: • ReSound LiNX2™ • ReSound LiNX™ • ReSound LiNX TS™ • ReSound ENZO2™ • ReSound ENZO™ • ReSound UpSmart™ The ReSound Smart app lets you control your hearing aids directly from your mobile device. You can change programs, and make simple or more advanced sound adjustments and save them as favorites. The app helps you learn what you can do and how to do it. It can even help you find your hearing aids if you lose them. Notes: Please contact your local ReSound representative for product and feature availability in your market. We recommend that the hearing aids run the latest software version. If in doubt, please contact your hearing care professional. Use the ReSound Smart app to: • Adjust volume settings on your hearing aids • Mute your hearing aids • Adjust volume of your optionally acquired ReSound streaming accessories • Adjust speech focus as well as noise and wind-noise levels with Sound Enhancer (feature availability depends on your hearing aid model and the fitting by your hearing care professional) • Change manual and streamer programs • Edit and personalize program names • Adjust treble, middle and bass tones to your preferences • Save your preferred settings as a Favorite – you can even tag to a location • Help locate lost or misplaced hearing aids • Tinnitus manager: Adjust sound variation and frequency of the Tinnitus Sound Generator. Select Nature Sounds (feature availability depends on your hearing aid model and the fitting by your hearing care professional) For more information please visit https://www.resound.com/hearing-aids/apps/smart or the support website via the link in the app store.
Beltone HearPlus
Control your compatible hearing aids directly from your smartphone. Adjust volume, change programs, personalize sound settings, and even locate misplaced devices. This app empowers users to fine-tune their listening experience and manage their hearing aids with ease.
- Adjust hearing aid volume
- Mute hearing aids
- Control streaming accessory volume
- Sound Enhancer for speech and noise
- Change and personalize programs
- Save custom settings as Favorites
- Locate lost hearing aids
- Tinnitus Sound Generator
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The Beltone HearPlus™ app is compatible with the following hearing aids: • Beltone Legend™ • Beltone First™ • Beltone Boost Plus™ • Beltone Boost™ The Beltone HearPlus app lets you control your hearing aids directly from your mobile device. You can change programs, and make simple or more advanced sound adjustments and save them as favorites. The app helps you learn what you can do and how to do it. It can even help you find your hearing aids if you lose them. Notes: Please contact your local Beltone representative for product and feature availability in your market. We recommend that the hearing aids run the latest software version. If in doubt, please contact your hearing care professional. Beltone HearPlus mobile device compatibility: Please consult the Beltone app website for up-to-date compatibility information: www.Beltone.com/compatibility Use the Beltone HearPlus app to: • Adjust volume settings on your hearing aids • Mute your hearing aids • Adjust volume of your optionally acquired Beltone streaming accessories • Adjust speech focus as well as noise and wind-noise levels with Sound Enhancer (feature availability depends on your hearing aid model and the fitting by your hearing care professional) • Change manual and streamer programs • Edit and personalize program names • Adjust treble, middle and bass tones to your preferences • Save your preferred settings as a Favorite – you can even tag to a location • Help locate lost or misplaced hearing aids • Tinnitus manager: Adjust sound variation and frequency of the Tinnitus Sound Generator. Select Nature Sounds (feature availability depends on your hearing aid model and the fitting by your hearing care professional) For more information please visit the support website via the link in the app store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beltone HearPlus at 3.7 against ReSound Smart's 2.9. ReSound Smart's advantage is ratings volume (229 vs 28). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Beltone HearPlus holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReSound Smart has 229 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ReSound Smart's written reviews are positive against 25% of Beltone HearPlus's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | ReSound Smart | Beltone HearPlus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (229 ratings) | 3.7 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | 24.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 229 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 257 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReSound | GN Hearing |
Customer experience
ReSound Smart
Beltone HearPlus
User reviews
ReSound Smart
From 229 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Lightning-fast connection
- 👍 Useful features
- 🔒 Secure connection
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🤯 Compatibility problems with iOS updates
- 😡 Unresponsive app
- 🤔 Confusing user interface
Beltone HearPlus
From 28 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Finder feature is indispensable
- 👍 App works well when it works
- 👍 Great features to control hearing aids
- 👍 Calls go directly to hearing aids
- 👍 Music from iPhone goes directly to hearing aids
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- 🐛 App frequently unable to locate hearing aids
- 🐛 Connection comes and goes
- 🐛 Sometimes connected to one ear, sometimes none
- 🐛 App disconnects when exiting
Bugs and requests
ReSound Smart
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes
- Inability to exit demo mode
- Hearing aids not recognized by app
- Inconsistent Bluetooth connectivity
Requested features
4 requests- Separate volume/program control for each ear
- Ability to monitor battery life
- Seamless integration with Apple Watch
- Enhanced customization options
Beltone HearPlus
Reported bugs
53 issues- App frequently unable to locate hearing aids
- Connection issues since app update
- Connection comes and goes
- Sometimes connected to one ear, sometimes none
- App disconnects when exiting
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- Hearing aids disconnect from app
- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- App is unstable
- Bluetooth connection drops randomly
- App is not user friendly
- App loses connections with hearing aids
- App doesn't work with new iPhones
- Pairing drops every 5 seconds
- Intermittent clicks in and out of Bluetooth
- Hesitates
- Constant problems with incoming calls
- Hearing aids click when using Waze app
- Bluetooth delay with calls and Waze
- App is broken after updates
- App won't pair after update
- Bluetooth delay for calls
- Sound quality affected
- Takes too long to connect for calls
- App is not adequate
- Constant issues after Apple update
- App is junk
- App won't open
- App is useless
- App is a piece of crap
- App doesn't even open past home page
- App gets stuck in setup
- App is not working
- App is awful
- App is difficult to use
- App is not effective
- Demo mode never changes to function
- Connection fails repeatedly
- Cannot listen to music or GPS
- Total garbage
- Cannot listen to music or podcasts
- Problems with connections
- Takes 10 seconds to connect
- One ear then other
- Poor sound quality for caller
- App doesn't work half the time
- App loses connection several times a day
- Constantly attempts to load
- App is not working with latest IOS update
- App doesn't recognize hearing aids
- Horrible and potentially dangerous
- Constantly connecting and disconnecting
- Doesn't switch over immediately
- Cannot hear anything for about a second
Requested features
14 requests- Improve Bluetooth connectivity and stability
- Improve lag time for Bluetooth
- Get text message notifications through hearing aids
- Make text message notifications work when iPhone is silenced
- Get rid of questionnaires that disconnect aids
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- Allow adjustment of each individual hearing aid
- Allow users to choose if they want a new version
- Fix delay in Bluetooth connection for map apps
- Keep hearing aids connected when app is in use
- Make hearing aids connect in 2 seconds or less
- Allow more control of features turned on/off
- Make hearing aids rechargeable and waterproof
- Allow users to modify favorite settings
- Detect lost connection with the phone
In-app purchases
ReSound Smart
No in-app purchases
Beltone HearPlus
No in-app purchases
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