App directory
HeardThat
Uses phone microphone audio and speech enhancement to reduce background noise.
Features
Audio input & output
- Supported: Audio inputsDevice microphone
- Conditional: Live outputs5Headphone audio · Hearing device audio
Listening assistance
Compatibility
- Supported: Required hardwareListening device that plays phone audio: wired or wireless earbuds/headphones, or Bluetooth-streaming hearing aids or cochlear implants
- Conditional: Hardware functions8Media streaming
Availability & access
- Supported: Account requirementNone
- Conditional: Service eligibility1Age requirement
- Not supported: Professional enrollment required
- Not supported: Hearing device required
Privacy & data
- Open public download with no registration, but the developer states the app is not intended for children under 16.
- Applies only to recordings the user explicitly shares for technical support, and only to portions containing ambient noise without speech. Recordings kept on device are not uploaded automatically.
- Only when the user chooses to attach or share a recording (for example with in-app Feedback, or to other services/people at their discretion).
- By written request to the developer, to the extent required by law; no self-service export documented.
- Hearing-aid output requires hearing aids or cochlear implants that can stream phone audio over Bluetooth; phone or external speaker playback is not supported.
- Requires a listening device that accepts the phone’s streamed audio. This documents the offered processing, not measured benefit.
- Volume is set with the phone's system volume controls; the app separately offers an adjustable noise-removal amount.
- Requires a hearing device or earbuds that stream phone audio; a call-capable Bluetooth connection gives the least delay, media-only connections add delay. On iPhone the least echo is with MFi hearing aids, AirPods, or (iOS 26.2+) any call-capable Bluetooth earbuds/hearing aids. Brands named by the developer include Phonak, ReSound, Kirkland Signature, Unitron, Starkey and Widex.
App Store ratings & reviews
Praise
- Sampled reviewers describe clearer conversation or environmental listening with noise reduction.
Complaints
- One reviewer disputes subscription charges after cancelling a trial and reports difficulty reaching support.
Google Play ratings & reviews
Praise
- Some users find speech isolation helpful for conversations or TV.
Complaints
- Delay, sound quality and device recognition cause difficulties.
- Some users want clearer setup, more controls or different payment terms.