9 Best Hearing Test Apps of 2026

Mimi Hearing Test is the easiest place to start. Mimi Hearing Technologies, a company that licenses hearing personalization to audio brands, says the test delivers understandable results in about five minutes across a wide range of frequencies, and that more than 4 million tests have been taken with its technology. Results sync with the Apple Health app, so you can compare tests over time, and in some regions you can export a PDF to share with family or a clinician. Mimi is unusually open about the limits: it lists the headphone models it supports, from AirPods and AirPods Pro to Sony, Bose, Samsung, JBL and Nothing earbuds, and warns that other headphones may give less accurate results. It also states plainly that the test is an initial evaluation, not a diagnosis. The App Store page shows optional in-app purchases. With a 4.8 average from about 44,000 ratings, it is the most reviewed hearing test on the US store.

Hearing Number takes the opposite approach to a full audiogram: it boils your result down to one number per ear, the softest sound you can hear, on a scale from -10 to 100 decibels. The app was created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the App Store lists Mimi Hearing Technologies as the developer. It checks the noise level around you first, then measures four frequencies in each ear, which takes about five minutes with headphones in a quiet space. Higher numbers mean sounds must be louder for you to hear them. The app keeps earlier results so you can recheck and watch for change, and the description lists clear warning signs, such as a gap of more than 10 dB between ears, that call for a health care provider. There is no advertising, no in-app purchase and no product recommendation. The trade-off is depth: four frequencies per ear gives less detail than Mimi or Apple.

The Sennheiser Hearing Test, published by Sonova Consumer Hearing, is built to be calm. You answer a few questions, then turn an on-screen wheel while you listen, rather than racing to tap when a tone plays, and the assessment takes less than five minutes. Sennheiser says it works with any pair of headphones regardless of brand, which makes it a good fit if you do not own one of the models Mimi lists. After the test you can learn about your assessed hearing, compare it and read general material about hearing. Registering unlocks the useful extras: a history of your assessments, reminders when it is time to test again, and syncing results with Apple Health. The app is free with no in-app purchases listed on the US App Store. Its last update was in February 2025, and Sennheiser publishes less detail about the test method than Apple or Mimi. As with every app here, it is not a substitute for a professional test.

Apple's Hearing Test is the most complete screening here, with one big condition: you need AirPods Pro 2 or AirPods Pro 3. That requirement is also its strength. Apple says Active Noise Cancellation and the in-ear seal simulate the conditions needed for the test, and the system checks the fit of your AirPods and monitors background noise, pausing if you remove them or the room gets loud. You start it from AirPods settings or the Health app, tap when you hear a tone, and finish in about five minutes. Results show hearing level in dBHL for each ear with a classification and a detailed audiogram, stored in the Health app with PDF export for your doctor. If you have perceived mild to moderate loss, the test guides you to the Hearing Aid feature. Apple says more than 150,000 real-world audiograms helped develop it. The software is free, but AirPods Pro 3 cost $249, and the feature is for adults and varies by region.

hearWHO is the World Health Organization's own screener, developed with hearX Group and guided by an advisory group of hearing researchers. Instead of pure tones, it uses a digits-in-noise test, which WHO describes as validated: you hear numbers spoken against background noise and enter what you heard. That makes it a good proxy for how well you follow speech in a noisy room, and it works on both iOS and Android in Chinese, Dutch, English, Russian and Spanish. The app keeps a personal track record of results, and WHO suggests it for people who listen to loud music on personal devices, as well as for health workers screening in the community. The limits are clear in the listing: it is a screening test with a small share of misclassified cases, it is meant for people 16 and older, and results depend on your headphones and the room. Store ratings are low, 2.0 on iOS and 3.4 on Google Play, and it does not chart individual frequencies.

This app from independent developer Yuichi Sakashita does two jobs. The main hearing test measures your hearing from 125 Hz to 8000 Hz and shows the results in a simple graph, a slightly wider tone range than Apple's 250 Hz starting point. The Ear Age Test plays tones up to 20,000 Hz, the so-called mosquito tones that mostly younger people can hear, and estimates an ear age from how high you can go. That second test is a light way to see whether high frequencies, usually the first to fade, have started to drop. The app is free with an optional Premium upgrade for $2.99 on the US App Store, and the listing notes that it contains advertising. It has been updated recently and holds a 4.6 average from about 260 ratings. It publishes less detail on calibration than Mimi or Apple, and it does not describe Apple Health sync, so it is better for a quick look than for long-term tracking.

The Audiogram App from developer Irakli Tsuladze packs the most test modes into one free download. The Quick Hearing Test returns an audiogram in about three minutes, the Extended Hearing Test runs longer for more detail, and a Children's Hearing Test adds visual, game-like elements to keep younger users engaged, which none of the other apps here offer. A Hearing Age mode compares your results with age-based norms. You can calibrate the test sounds for your headphones, and results are stored in HealthKit so you can track changes over time. The app is listed as free on the US App Store and supports English, French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. The caution is about trust rather than features: it is a small developer with 63 ratings, it describes itself as accurate without citing a validation study, and its terms and privacy policy are hosted as Dropbox files. It states clearly that it is not a medical device.

SonicCloud, from Sonitum, treats the hearing test as the first step toward better listening. You take the assessment on your phone, the app analyzes the result and builds a sound profile, and then you can listen to radio stations and podcasts processed to suit your hearing. You can refine the profile in real time to target hard-to-hear syllables, which SonicCloud says helps even people with significant hearing loss. HealthKit support works both ways: import an audiogram from the Health app, including one from another test or your audiologist, or export SonicCloud's results. The assessment and results are free, as is personalized sound for 30 days; after that, the US App Store lists a subscription of $9.99 per month. That makes SonicCloud a good value if you will use the listening features, and an unnecessary one if you only want a screening. It runs on iPhone only and holds a 4.6 average from about 1,200 ratings.

Most of the stronger tests on this list are iPhone apps, which makes the Petralex Hearing Test a useful option for Android. It checks your hearing with 8 tone signals from 125 Hz to 8000 Hz and presents the result as a graph with a text description. You can compare a test with your earlier ones, with the norm for your age or with another person's result, and email results to a doctor. It supports wired and Bluetooth headphones, including AirPods, Beats, Bose and Samsung models. The main reason to choose it is the link to Petralex, the same developer's sound amplifier app: results export straight into Petralex for automatic adjustment. The listing also adds live listen and super hearing amplification, which some people will find useful and others will find distracting in a test app. It holds a 4.4 average from about 7,200 reviews and 100K+ downloads. Google Play did not show us a USD price, so pricing is pending.