Beltone HearPlus vs GENIUScontrol
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.
GENIUScontrol
Transform your smartphone into a remote for compatible hearing aids. Adjust volume, change listening programs, fine-tune sound, and monitor battery life with intuitive controls. This app offers a visual interface for managing your hearing aid settings.
- Volume control
- Listening program adjustment
- Bass and treble tuning
- Battery status monitoring
- Mute function
- Speech navigator control
- Tinnitus program adjustment
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Turn your Smartphone into a remote control for your Miracle-Ear hearing aids! Compatible with GENIUS and GENIUS 2.0 Miracle-Ear hearing aids; ME5400/5300 (ME-1), ME4400/4300 (ME-2) and ME3400/3300 (ME-3). The app is also compatible with ME2275 (ME-4) performance level. The app will provide you all of the functions if configured by your Hearing Care Specialist. Please thoroughly read the manual of your hearing aids before using this app. Change listening programs: With intuitive buttons, it is simple to change your listening programs. Volume Control: You can increase and decrease the volume of your hearing aids with a simple touch on the screen, as with the discretion of texting. Mute: You can quickly mute your hearing aids with one touch of the app screen. Battery Status: Check the battery status of your GENIUS 2.0 hearing instruments. Bass & Treble: Adjust the TrebleControl to fine tune the sound quality of your hearing aids. Speech Navigator: Adjust the span and direction of the microphones on GENIUS and GENIUS 2.0 technology only (ME5400/5300, ME4400/4300). Tinnitus Control: Easily adjust the volume on your tinnitus program if set by your Hearing Care Specialist. Display: The screen of your iOS device becomes a visual display for controlling your hearing aids. Intended use: The GENIUScontrol App is intended to control Miracle-Ear hearing instruments by a patient within parameters set by the Hearing Care Specialist. Device compatibility: TheGENIUScontrol App is compatible iPhone 4s, 5, 5c, 5s, SE, 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, iPod touch 5th Gen and iPad running iOS 8.1 or higher public release. We recommend using a Smartphone device rather than a tablet device for preferred user interaction. Hearing aid compatibility: The app is only compatible with the latest generation of Miracle-Ear Hearing Aids; ME5400/5300, ME4400/4300, ME3400/3300 and ME2275. Control signals: This app generates short ultra-high frequency control signals which are designed to be played through the devices speakers and may be audible. To ensure correct operation and for safety reasons: 1. While using the app do not hold the loudspeaker of this device to your ears or the ears of others. 2. While using the app do not use the device with headphones, headsets or other audio playback devices. Start controlling your smart hearing aids now- they’re GENIUS!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beltone HearPlus at 3.7 against GENIUScontrol's 3.0. GENIUScontrol's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 28) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 12.2). 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GENIUScontrol has 1.1K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 25% and 25% positive.
Beltone HearPlus ships an update every 3 months, GENIUScontrol every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beltone HearPlus | GENIUScontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (28 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.8% of reviews | 25.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 1.1K — 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 | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GN Hearing | Miracle-Ear, Inc. |
Customer experience
Beltone HearPlus
GENIUScontrol
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
GENIUScontrol
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient volume control
- 💡 Helpful directional settings
- 👍 Decent app functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🔋 Poor battery life indication
- 🔒 Bluetooth connectivity issues
- 👎 Limited customization options
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
GENIUScontrol
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when switching between Bluetooth devices
- Volume settings not persisting
- Automatic environment detection not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Individual volume control for each ear
- More advanced EQ settings
- Battery level indicator
- Seamless Bluetooth integration
In-app purchases
Beltone HearPlus
No in-app purchases
GENIUScontrol
No in-app purchases
Questions
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