Eargym: tackle hearing loss, the biggest problem you've never heard of
eargym is a startup helping users take better care of their hearing through assessments, training games, and learning materials. Perpetio redesigned the Flutter app, added new hearing health features, improved the Unity games and introduced a subscription model.
1 in 6 adults in the UK is facing a hearing loss problem. Perpetio helped eargym roll out a new version of its app with a greatly improved user experience, new games, a Learn Tab, a gamification system and a subscription model that increased active users by 40%.
eargym
eargym is a startup helping users take better care of their hearing through a variety of assessments, training games, and learning materials.
The challenge: help users identify hearing issues and improve their hearing health
The app is targeted at the elderly who face natural hearing loss, people working in challenging hearing environments, and everyone feeling like their hearing is not at 100% right now.
Redesign the app
Add new hearing health features
Integrate and support Unity games
Continuously deploy features that involve hearing health research
The solution: a delivery system for research-heavy features
Research-ready workflow
A workflow and delivery system for scoping and introducing features that require a lot of research.
Better codebase
The app’s codebase and the Unity integration flow were improved dramatically.
Analytics and A/B tests
New analytics tools such as Smartlook, and A/B testing.
Gamification
A Daily System with points that keeps users exercising every day.
Discover Tab
Articles on hearing health and ambient sounds for relaxation and focus.
Subscription model
A 14-day free trial followed by a monthly membership.
For everyone who cares about their hearing
Check, train and track your hearing
The elderly facing natural hearing loss, people in challenging hearing environments and anyone whose hearing isn’t at 100% check it with study-based tests and train it with games.
Study-based hearing tests
Hearing training games
Daily goals and progress tracking
1 in 6adults in the UK is facing a hearing loss problem
For companies
Take care of your employees’ hearing
Businesses taking care of their employees’ hearing health, for example, those working in busy environments, can join through the company.
Log in with a corporate email
Built for people in busy environments
Assessments, training games and learning materials
Corporatelogin option for businesses
How the eargym app works
Hearing Tests
Study-based tests for your hearing
eargym features a set of study-based hearing tests to check hearing abilities and overall well-being, as hearing comprehension is directly correlated with cognitive performance: a SIN test for hearing in noise, an ear age test, Lubben's social life engagement test, and the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap.
1Open your hearing health record
2Take a test, like hearing in noise
3See your results
Hearing Training Games
Games that train your hearing
One of the main points of eargym is games targeted at training one’s hearing abilities. Perpetio improved the games’ performance and fixed technical issues with the Unity engine integration. Busy Barista trains hearing people in a noisy environment, and Tone Tap trains telling different tones apart.
1Pick a game
2Train a specific hearing skill
3Track your training progress
Daily Activities and Progress Tracking
100 points a week keep you going
A Daily System in the Home Tab reminds users about completing their goals and keeps their motivation up through a gamified point system. A total of 100 points can be earned weekly by completing hearing tests, participating in games, and discovering reading materials.
1See what’s next for you on the Home Tab
2Complete tests, games and reading
3Earn up to 100 points a week
Discover Tab
Learn and listen
The Discover Tab offers two types of content: the Learn Tab with articles on hearing health and the Listen Tab with ambient sounds for relaxation and focus, a step towards a solution that looks at hearing as part of physical and mental well-being.
1Read articles in the Learn Tab
2Relax with ambient sounds in the Listen Tab
3Earn points for discovering materials
A New Monetization Model
A free trial long enough to build a habit
Together with eargym’s in-house research team, Perpetio found that it takes 14–21 days on average to form a new habit. eargym now offers a 14-day free trial, and users are motivated to obtain a monthly membership instead of buying a subscription blindly.
1Start a 14-day free trial
2Build a daily hearing care ritual
3Continue with a monthly membership
Results: a new version with 40% more active users
active users, shown by A/B testing
+40%
days to form a habit, built into the free trial
14–21
study-based hearing tests
4
smoothly working Unity games
2
eargym rolled out a new version of the app with a greatly improved user experience, new games, a Learn Tab with useful resources about hearing health, and a gamification system for motivating users to exercise every day. The app’s structure now supports a subscription business model, with a number of analytics and research metrics set up.
Tech stack behind the eargym app
A Flutter app with Unity games, RevenueCat subscriptions and a set of analytics and research tools.
Framework
Flutter
Platforms
iOS + Android
Team
4 people
Client location
UK
Mobile app
Framework and IDEs
Flutter
Android Studio
VS Code
Games
Hearing training
Unity
Sign-in & payments
Login and subscriptions
Google
Facebook
Apple
RevenueCat
Analytics & research
Measure and test
Facebook
Firebase Analytics
Smartlook
Mailchimp
A/B testing
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