EASe Listening Therapy 4+

Not for parents

While this may be a very good and powerful tool for a therapist to use, the app description mentions parents may benefit. Unfortunately, the complexity of the app makes us concerned that without a more thorough knowledge of all of the settings, dials, etc., we could end up doing more harm than good.

We'd like to see the developer update the app with some more specific guidelines to get started with - I.e session times, etc. similar to the approach used by a typical listening therapy CD.

Developer Response ,

I know this is kind of late but we are working on a guided mode that is much more hands off and will allow parents to get the most benefit out of the app for their children. Coming soon (ETA summer 2017)

Confusing, crash, expensive

I was recommend the lite version of this software (which no longer appears to exist) by the book “self regulation intervention and strategies”, so decided to give this one a shot. I am emailing the authors to see if they now have a recommended alternative

Firstly the UI is a series of dials and knobs with no explanation.

Secondly it crashed a few times when I started tapping around on the dials on the first screen on latest iOS, could be because it hasn’t been updated in years.

Lastly, there appears to be a guided mode for the software, but it costs $50+ for the in app purchase to try it out. Mind boggling. I looked at some of the other in app purchases and they all appear to be over $50. Get your wallet ready if you think this app is going to help you, rip off

Thank you!

Paying a subscription for modules I spent $40 a piece on?!?

I have already spent over $200 and it's asking me to use this app instead of the other app that I spent $40 on. This app you can't use your modules hat you already paid for unless you pay for a 9.99 subscription. If I would have known this a couple years ago then I would have chosen the cds or ad card. I don't think this is morally right to switch to this for people that bought it before this. A lot of these parents that buy this go without to get help give their child a better chance. We should at least be grandfathered in.

Developer Response ,

Hi there,

The EASe app is a very sophisticated app with a high demand for support and maintenance. The benefits of EASe are clearly showing in both anecdotal evidence as well as peer-reviewed studies.

However, the business model of sale and unlimited updates for life turned out not to be sustainable for us. We were faced with the choice of stopping to build the EASe app or introducing subscriptions to be able to maintain working and improving the app. Even right now, the subscriptions are not covering the minimum we require to keep going.

So we have to evaluate every quarter if we need to increase the pricing of the subscriptions. This is not what we want but the reality is that we need to pay our bills.
9.99$ for three months is still super cheap if you consider that a program with a therapist will cost you way north of 1000$ for just a few days.

We still believe the EASe app is the best way to experience EASe, superior to the EASe CDs because you can adjust the intensity.

As for being grandfathered in: you can still continue the other app you purchased for 40$. It might function for quite a while, especially if you are willing to stick to an older version of iOS. But we will not update it anymore for the stated reasons.

Please contact us directly (support@audioforge.ca) if you want to discuss further.
We are dedicated to EASe as it clearly helps improve people's lives but do not quite understand how 40$ per year is supposed to be outrageous.

Kind regards,
Tibor