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I wasn't aware that any required an app. Weird!
I have a pair of Sony XM2s. While Sony does have an app, it's not necessary for ANC. You only need the app to do ear shape analysis and atmospheric pressure adjustment -- neither of which seems particularly important to me after using it for a few years.
From a quick review check, it looks like the latest one (XM5) is similar. From https://www.soundguys.com/sony-wh-1000xm5-review-71783/ :
Does this require the app for operation or can you temporarily install the app for config and then use the feature without the app?
I think you need the app but I'm not totally sure. I just checked and it wants me to go through the whole process of taking photos of my ears and uploading them and...nah. Just nah.
The atmospheric pressure detection routine seems to revert, so I don't think it's stored in the headphones itself. Hard to test without going on a flight though.
Mine doesn't require photos - it just does a series of weird sounds like I am at the audiologist.
This is what mine looks like. It has a "noise cancelling optimizer" that beeps and boops at me, and then it has the "360 Reality Audio" that requires ear photos.
https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/3b423616-a107-40bd-8410-1be249562a1b.png
The wm3 does not need software for the analysis.