Comparison

Beltone HearPlus vs GENIUSlink

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Volume adjustment
  • Listening situation selection
  • External audio source control
  • Treble and Tinnitus volume
  • Speech Navigator settings
  • Connection status
  • Battery status
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Beltone HearPlus4 screens
GENIUSlink4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beltone HearPlus holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Beltone HearPlus's written reviews are positive against 24% of GENIUSlink's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beltone HearPlus ships an update every 3 months, GENIUSlink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beltone HearPlus versus GENIUSlink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeltone HearPlusGENIUSlink
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (28 ratings) — better2.8 (59 ratings)
Positive reviews24.8% of reviews — better23.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2859 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.28.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB74 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGN HearingMiracle-Ear, Inc.

Customer experience

Beltone HearPlus

All ratings28 ratings
Positive60.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive24.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative63.7%

GENIUSlink

All ratings59 ratings
Positive35.6%
Neutral20.3%
Negative44.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive23.7%
Neutral15.8%
Negative60.5%

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

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Beltone HearPlus

No in-app purchases

None

GENIUSlink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beltone HearPlus free?
Beltone HearPlus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GENIUSlink free?
GENIUSlink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beltone HearPlus or GENIUSlink?
Beltone HearPlus is rated higher. Beltone HearPlus averages 3.7 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while GENIUSlink averages 2.8 from 59 ratings.
Do Beltone HearPlus or GENIUSlink have ads?
Neither Beltone HearPlus nor GENIUSlink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beltone HearPlus or GENIUSlink?
Beltone HearPlus ships an update every 3 months, and GENIUSlink every 2 months. Most recently, Beltone HearPlus was updated on September 14, 2026 and GENIUSlink on August 11, 2026.

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