Appworthy
App Store
Version 3.19.1 · 2026-10-28
Small improvements to keep everything running smoothly.
App Store rating4.1★159 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $6.99–$99.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size150 MBiPhone download
CategoryHealth & Fitness
DeveloperKrager Labs LLC
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $6.99–$99.99 (8 listed; the App Store shows at most 10). Yearly plans $79.99 and $99.99. The other purchases’ names don’t say how often they bill.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 3.19.1, updated 2026-10-28.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
A hearing buddy is the patient, understanding person who helps you hear. When they can't be there, Hearing Buddy is your backup.
Built by someone who is hard of hearing, every feature comes from lived experience.
2026 Apple Design Award Finalist (Inclusivity)
UNLIMITED FREE LIVE CAPTIONS
Most captioning apps charge by the minute, turning accessibility into a metered service. Hearing Buddy gives you unlimited live captions for free. Speech becomes clear text on your iPhone or iPad, even in noisy rooms or fast conversations.
Captions run on your device, 24/7, at no cost. They work without internet, and your conversations stay on your phone.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Need more accuracy? Turn on Enhanced Accuracy and captions are made in the cloud: sharper text in loud rooms, names spelled right. It stays off until you turn it on. Try 30 minutes free.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The full report
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings and evidence
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
From store data and reviews
Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description lists a price and how often it bills
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the app package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.
Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
Versions and dates analysed
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
hearing-buddy- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.14 ★ · 159 ratings
- Version
- 3.19.1
- Updated
- 28 Oct 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 150 MB
- Developer
- Krager Labs LLC
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Subscriptions2
Buddy+ AnnualYearly$99.99
Buddy+ AnnualYearly$79.99
Show 6 more purchases we couldn’t categorise
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
ProTerm not stated$89.99
ProTerm not stated$59.99
ProTerm not stated$6.99
ProTerm not stated$79.99
ProTerm not stated$14.99
ProTerm not stated$9.99
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
- Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
- Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
- A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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