Indeed it will be interesting to see the app updates. Good to see this is still alive, even if not always kicking.
A week or two back I finally had the chance to actually use my Hooke Verse to record some live music, at a jazz club - very contemporary sextet, no amplification apart from the double bass. I got the thing going with my phone in good time, but about a minute before the start of the show, the connection to my Android LG Q6 was lost and I couldn't get it to reconnect. Fortunately I had a humble Zoom H1N in my pocket, and got that running on my knee just in time for the first set.
During the interval I got the Hooke Verse going again - as memory serves me I had to turn it off, maybe reboot the phone, and start from scratch. Then it connected and held the connection, but to be sure I recorded the second set with both the Hooke and the Zoom.
I was impressed with the sound from the Hooke - maybe a bit rolled off at the top end compared with the Zoom, but the bass end was good a solid, with of course a very nice stereo image. The Zoom image was not so wide for the band (though the applause was good and wide), but that little device did surprise me with the quality of the recording (given that it was on my knee 25 feet from the band).
At the moment I wouldn't use the Hooke Verse for mission critical work. Something like ambiences where you can fiddle with it if need be would suit it fine. I do really like the concept of a no wires in-ear system for inconspicuous recording. I just wish it was more reliable.