The mobile app was widely praised as easy, useful, mature, and surprisingly strong for EQ, tutorials, profiles, and mic settings.
Pros: Spatial audio, Positional audio accuracy
Cons: Carry case quality, Detachable microphone convenience
The mobile app was widely praised as easy, useful, mature, and surprisingly strong for EQ, tutorials, profiles, and mic settings.
Pros: Spatial audio, Positional audio accuracy
Cons: Carry case quality, Detachable microphone convenience
The Skullcandy app was repeatedly described as clean, smooth, and comprehensive. It centralizes bass level, ANC, spatial audio, EQ, sidetone, personalization, and control remapping.
Pros: Treble clarity, Instrument separation
Cons: Codec support, Headband adjustability
The Shokz app is generally liked for keeping advanced controls accessible without making the earbuds feel complicated. Users valued battery views, Dolby, EQ, multipoint, gesture customization, and firmware options.
Pros: Android compatibility, Multi-platform compatibility
Cons: Auracast support, Active noise cancellation
The Cleer+ app offers extensive control over EQ, gestures, case settings, battery information, and health features. Most found it useful, though one reviewer criticized its confusing layout.
Pros: Instrument separation, Multipoint connectivity reliability
Cons: Noise isolation (passive)
The Soundcore app is a major strength for customization, with EQ, HearID, ANC controls, fit tools, and many extras. One customer strongly disliked the app layout and felt too much...
Pros: Microphone noise reduction, Stability
Cons: Lossless audio support, Spatial audio
The Soundcore app was consistently seen as useful, organized and feature-rich without being overly difficult.
Pros: Smart Pause performance, Wear detection performance
Cons: Water/sweat resistance rating, Wind noise handling
The Marshall Bluetooth app is widely praised for clear organization and genuinely useful controls. Minor drawbacks include loading hiccups, pairing reports, and cumbersome EQ comparisons.
Pros: Multipoint connectivity reliability, Codec support
Cons: aptX, Smart Pause performance
The app is powerful and feature-rich, but opinions split between reviewers who liked the customization and those who found the layout unintuitive or tap-heavy.
Pros: Maximum volume clarity, Audio-video sync accuracy
Cons: Sidetone adjustment quality, Software/setup simplicity
The Dolby Access app was viewed as a useful, optional enhancement rather than a necessity in one review.
Pros: Audio-video sync accuracy, Battery
Cons: Bluetooth, Active noise cancellation
Swarm II exposes ANC, microphone controls, button mapping, EQ, and device settings on PC and mobile. Its breadth is a strength, but several launch-period users encountered crashes, stalled updates, or...
Pros: Codec support, Packaging quality
Cons: Multipoint connectivity reliability, Replaceable ear plates
The Soundcore app is powerful and heavily featured, especially for EQ and control customization. Some buyers like the depth, but privacy prompts, app-only controls, and broken screens frustrate others.
Pros: Maximum volume clarity, Noise isolation (passive)
Cons: Apple H2 chip support, Treble clarity
The app was useful for EQ and settings, but reviewers varied from easy and responsive to barebones, unattractive or unstable.
Pros: Battery, Detachable cable convenience
Cons: Active noise cancellation, Transparency mode quality
The Sound Connect app offers exceptional depth, but many settings sit inside nested menus and can take time to learn.
Pros: Microphone noise reduction, Multipoint connectivity reliability
Cons: Water/sweat resistance rating, Gaming performance
The app/software experience was useful but basic, with G Hub praised as helpful while another reviewer said it only covered the basics.
Pros: Wireless latency, Weight comfort
Cons: Microphone noise reduction, Multipoint connectivity reliability
Tom’s Guide noted there is no companion app, but judged that absence as not a major drawback for these wired earbuds.
Pros: Comfort during long use, USB-C
Cons: Microphone noise reduction, Water/sweat resistance rating
The Sound Connect app is useful and sometimes well-designed, but several reviewers say the feature set feels limited for the price.
Pros: Transparency mode quality, Maximum volume clarity
Cons: Active noise cancellation, Spatial audio
The app was repeatedly described as basic or underwhelming, with useful EQ/profile access but limited feature depth.
Pros: Weight comfort, Battery
Cons: Noise isolation (passive), Sound leakage