Hearing Helper Downloads & RevenueHearing Helper - Live Captions · App Store
Hearing Helper - Live Captions is #45 in Medical Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026Hearing Helper - Live Captions update history & changes
Last change · 18 events since 2 Jul 2018Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 17 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions entered the top 100Top Paid · Medical · CA
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions entered the top 10Top Paid · Medical · AE
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Grossing · Medical · AE
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions entered the top 100Top Paid · Medical · GB
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions entered the top 100Top Paid · Medical · US
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Hearing Helper - Live Captions charting in a new country in 2 chartsCanada · India
- 🆕Hearing Helper - Live Captions first spotted by AppInsider#141 in Top Paid · All Apps · Australia
- 🆕Hearing Helper - Live Captions released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Medical PaidHearing Helper - Live Captions on the App Store
App details
Hearing Helper - Live Captions downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | MedicalPaid | #45 |
 Canada | MedicalPaid | #137 |
| Australia | MedicalPaid | #163 |
 United Arab Emirates | MedicalPaid | #176 |
Apps near Hearing Helper - Live Captions on the chart
Medical Paid, around #45.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Hearing Helper - Live Captions
From the 45 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ability to facilitate communication with hearing-impaired family members and patients, often calling it life-changing. However, significant frustration exists regarding the requirement to hold the microphone button continuously and occasional accuracy or functionality failures.
Mixed but leaning positive (67% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It is simple, clean, and so easy to use!”
- Useful: “Thanks for a great and useful app!”
- Crashes & bugs: “It’s not working anymore?”
- Updates: “Some updates that would be great”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “This is just a money grab that doesn’t do anything”
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work in my old iPhone 6 + (iOS v12.5.4)”
About Hearing Helper - Live Captions
Simply push and hold the mic to translate speech-to-text with Apple's Siri technology.
Tap to quick-edit incorrect words. And make anything you say BIG!
Hearing Helper sits in the background of your conversations, so you can focus on what's being said.
Users love it:
“Just so you know, this app has changed my 86 year old mother's life. It is simple and easy for her and her friends to use. This is so important for the elderly since so many other apps are way too complicated. She can really have one on one conversations, especially with me, which is so very important.”
- Mark M
Doctors trust it:
"I use this w my HOH senior patients when the hearing aides aren't even enough to compensate for the hearing loss. This works great. I have recommended it to my nursing/CNA staff to use as well.”
- Istariken
Hearing Helper is also really helpful for communicating with family and friends who aren't as comfortable speaking English but can read it well.
Features
- Push and hold the mic for speech to text in real time
- Tap on the text to quick edit incorrect words
- Change the font size up to 100pts (That's big!)
- Simple, easy-to-follow instructions
I designed this app to help my family talk with my 100-year-old grandfather who's hard of hearing, and now even his roommate uses it to communicate with him!
If you find this app, I hope it helps you better communicate with your loved ones.
