Beltone HearPlus vs GENIUSlink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
GENIUSlink
Control your hearing aids discreetly from your iOS device. Adjust volume, listening situations, and external audio sources. Check connection and battery status for a seamless experience.
- Volume adjustment
- Listening situation selection
- External audio source control
- Treble and Tinnitus volume
- Speech Navigator settings
- Connection status
- Battery status
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Control your GENIUSlink with the discretion of using your iOS device! The GENIUSlink App is compatible with Miracle-Ear GENIUS Hearing Aids; ME-1, ME-2 and ME-3 (ME5400/5300, ME4400/4300 and ME3400/3300 RIC, XT RIC, SX/SA & PX BTE, and customs) with wireless, directional microphones and a bilateral fitting. This app will provide all the functions when used with a GENIUSlink. Device compatibility: the GENIUSlink App is compatible with any iOS device running iOS 2.3 or higher. We recommend using a Smartphone device rather than a tablet device for a preferred user interaction. The GENIUSlink App allows you to adjust the hearing aids with the following functions if configured by your hearing care professional: - Volume - Listening situations - External audio sources - TrebleControl - Tinnitus Volume - Speech Navigator settings - Connection status information - Battery status information The GENIUSlink is a discreet and simple-to-use streamer that wirelessly connects your GENIUS hearing aids with your environment. The Miracle-Ear GENIUSlink App allows you to control your GENIUSlink & hearing aids with all of your favorite audio sources directly from your mobile phone. Whether you are watching TV, listening to your favorite song or talking on your Bluetooth phone – control is in the palm of your hands. Please thoroughly read the manual of your GENIUS hearing aids before using this app. Change listening programs: with the app, users can directly switch between listening programs and external audio sources. Volume: with the app you will be able to change overall volume, mute, bass and treble directly on your iOS device. Discretion: The app acts as a remote control within your iOS device and looks as though you are sending a text message from your phone. User-friendly: simple to use and easily identify buttons. Display: the screen of your IOS device becomes the visual display of the GENIUSlink. You can easily adjust your hearing aids and check status information. Intended Use: the GENIUSlink App is intended to be controlled by a patient within parameters set by the hearing care professional. Note: If GENIUSlink is not present, basic features can be controlled with acoustic signals. Control signals: This app generates short control signals which may be audible. While using the App do not hold the loudspeaker of this device to your ears or the ears of others; or use the device with headphones, headsets or other audio playback devices. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Miracle-Ear is under licenses. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beltone HearPlus at 3.7 against GENIUSlink's 2.8. GENIUSlink's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 12.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Beltone HearPlus's written reviews are positive against 24% of GENIUSlink's.
Beltone HearPlus ships an update every 3 months, GENIUSlink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beltone HearPlus | GENIUSlink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (28 ratings) — better | 2.8 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.8% of reviews — better | 23.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GN Hearing | Miracle-Ear, Inc. |
Customer experience
Beltone HearPlus
GENIUSlink
User reviews
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
GENIUSlink
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Basic functions work
- 👍 Good for streaming
- 👍 Love the sound clarity
- 👍 Works with iPhone/iPad
- 👍 Reliable and easy instructions
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App is useless
- 🐛 Shuts down unexpectedly
- 🐛 Bluetooth disconnects often
- 🐛 Music player turns on intermittently
Bugs and requests
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
GENIUSlink
Reported bugs
51 issues- App shuts down when trying to use
- Genius link disconnects after phone calls
- Bluetooth disconnects for no reason
- Music player turns on intermittently and cannot be shut down
- App hasn't been updated for years
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- App won't work with new iPhones
- Bluetooth will not stay connected to iPhones/iPad
- Will not stay connected to iPhone 7+
- App drops out of Remote & streaming for no apparent reason
- Connecting to Bluetooth devices is not easy
- Dropped out of remote when answering iPhone
- Does not reset Bluetooth Roaming and Streaming when turned on
- Often must use Setup to relink all components
- App does nothing but crash
- App does not connect properly
- Connection problems between elements
- Phone calls are a disaster with device switching volume and modes
- Programs change randomly
- Disconnects and reconnects randomly
- Volume will not stay where set
- App tells you it cannot find hearing aids even when working
- Treats every notification sound as streaming audio
- Bluetooth connection is not very strong
- Connection can be lost by turning body
- Settings change when Bluetooth reconnects
- App stops functioning without warning
- App sometimes changes settings by itself
- Hassle to resync
- Losing Bluetooth connection
- Link keeps turning hearing aids off on
- Genius link is running non stop in background
- Using 65% of phone battery
- Device itself isn't lasting but about 2 hours
- No single part of application isn't full of bugs
- App continuously disconnects even when phone is in breast pocket
- Cannot hear or answer incoming calls because app is not working properly
- Speech keeps switching to music
- Doesn't automatically connect
- Handoff between phone and hearing aids isn't perfectly clean
- GeniusLink no longer streams audio of any kind other than phone calls
- Always loses Bluetooth
- Locks in to streaming or on a call
- Have to turn off to reset at least 6 to 12 times a day
- Link is completely unreliable
- Many times when it won't link, option to use as control is not available
- Will not connect to iPhone 6 with iOS 9.3.1
- ME provider could only get it to connect sporadically
- App is extremely limited on iPhone 6 Plus
- App doesn't allow functions seen in demo mode
- Since the update genius link is running non stop in background
- Update has issues
Requested features
11 requests- Improve Bluetooth connectivity
- Add ability to control mid tones, static noise, hi pitch tones
- Add presets controllable by app
- Add Apple Watch app for mute, volume, program switch
- Allow independent volume control for each earpiece
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- Improve Bluetooth connection strength
- Modernize Bluetooth technology
- Allow streaming of audio other than phone calls
- Fix bugs and annoyances
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Beltone HearPlus
No in-app purchases
GENIUSlink
No in-app purchases
Questions
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