Comparison

Peps! vs hollarhype

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Peps!

Enhance your running experience by receiving custom audio or text cheers from friends and family during races. Integrate your favorite music and track your progress, all without requiring your friends to download the app.

Highlights
  • Custom written or recorded cheers
  • Live and pre-sent cheers
  • Language detection for text cheers
  • Spotify music integration
  • No friend app download required
  • Emoji and audio feedback to friends
  • Sports watch notification support
Features
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ENGAGE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH PEPS With Peps, your friends and family can send you their own custom written or recorded cheers, which you will hear on the race course while running the race. Friends can either send their cheers in advance prior the race, or send them LIVE while watching your strugg..enjoyable voyage towards the finish line. Messages can be either written or recorded, and written cheers can be in any language: Peps detects the written language and speaks it out in that language. If you like listening to music while running, friends can also send you their power songs, which will be then added to your Spotify queue automatically. EASY FOR FRIENDS TOO Your friends do not need the Peps app and they don’t need to register anywhere either. You simply create your race event’s unique magic link in the Peps app and then just send the created link to your friends. Friends will do all their things on that web page. Friends will not see other friends´ messages and so can’t you until the race is over. So it will be a lot of fun! RESPOND TO YOUR FRIENDS You can also send feedback to the friends: you can either send quick emojis from the app, and they will pop up on the friends map. You can even record quick audio messages to your friends, which the friends can listen on the friends page. Also your listened Spotify tracks will appear on the map on points they started, as well as the ran distance, spent time and the trail you’ve done so far. RACE PASS To listen the cheers sent to you in a race, you will have to buy a Race Pass. You can download the app for free, and you can create your event as well for free, and friends can even send their cheers without purchasing the Race Pass, but if you want to listen the cheers in the race, you need the Race Pass. Race Pass is not a subscription of any type. The Race Pass is valid 8 days from the purchase, so you can do the purchase way before the actual BANG at the start line. While the pass is valid, you can run as many races you want, you SUPERHUMAN! If the race organizer is offering Peps free in their event, the PLAY button will become active when you are located nearby the race area. In this case you don’t need to purchase the Race Pass. VIRTUAL RUNS Peps is used for many virtual running events too. Simply enter the route code you received to download the routes. Pick your route and tap PLAY! THE GOOD, THE BETTER, THE DETAILS Read everything from the FAQ section in the app. You’ll find tutorial videos there too! But the highlights briefly: All written messages will be also sent to your sports watch, if it just supports iPhone’s mirrored notifications via Bluetooth. You can listen to your music etc. with Peps just like normal. You can use your tracker app with Peps just like normal. Other volume is ducked down, when Peps has something to say, and after it, brought back up. Peps won’t drain your battery either or over-consume your data plan. To use the Spotify features, you will need to connect Peps with Spotify app. Do this in the app’s settings, grant access and you’re good to go. Some functions need the Spotify Premium account. When friends send you messages and the race has not started yet, they can set the distance marker for their message, when it is played, or just leave it without distance marker, and then the message is played at some random point of the race. If the race is on (means that you’ve tapped PLAY in the app), all sent messages at that time are played out immediately. LINK PACK: IG: @racepeps FB: @racepeps TWITTER: @racepeps WWW: www.pepsapp.com HELP: https://pepsapp.com/help

About

hollarhype

Send and receive real-time voice messages, called "hypes," from friends and communities. This hands-free communication is perfect for motivation, support, and staying connected without constant texting.

Highlights
  • Send and receive real-time voice messages
  • Join private groups and communities
  • Hands-free, automatic playback
  • Instant notifications
  • No inbox or pressure to reply
  • Support for teams and organizations
Features
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Hollarhype lets you send and receive real-time voice messages ("hypes") from friends—right when you need it most. No texting. No AI. Just real voices showing up at the right moment. HOW IT WORKS: - Join private groups or larger communities—or create your own - Go live anytime you want to hear real-time voice messages (“hypes”) - Your group(s) get instant notifications - Friends send you real-time voice messages - Messages play automatically over your music, completely hands-free WHY PEOPLE LOVE HOLLARHYPE: - Hearing the voices of your people hits at exactly the right moment - Hands-free, real-time support from friends, family, and your community - Built for more than fitness—anyone can use it - No inbox, no replying, no pressure - Invite all your friends for free - A simple way to stay connected without constant texting - Hyping up others feels awesome (and surprisingly convenient!) GREAT FOR: - Teams training together for endurance events or charity races - Long training cycles: early mornings, late nights, long runs - Race preparation: marathon, half marathon, 10K, and endurance events - Race day motivation and mid-run encouragement—like having friends and family right there with you - Getting back into running after time off or injury - Physical therapy and injury recovery support - Emotional support and mental wellness check-ins - Staying connected with family and friends across long distances - Medical and health support communities - Long commutes and everyday moments that could use a boost - Any moment where a surprise "you got this" would help—people get creative with it. If you come up with something new, we'd love to hear about it! FOR TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Hollarhype helps groups build real community through shared moments: - Boost athlete energy during races and critical moments - Keep teams and supporters engaged throughout long training cycles - Involve cause heroes in meaningful ways - Spotlight sponsors inside the app - Connect app activity to fundraising pages CONTACT: team@hollarhype.com Hype it forward

Screenshots

Peps!4 screens
hollarhype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: hollarhype at 89% against Peps!'s 0%. hollarhype also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Peps!'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Peps! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. hollarhype asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peps! ships an update every 5 days, hollarhype every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Peps! versus hollarhype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeps!hollarhype
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (140 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—140 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppsipaja OyHollarhype Co

Customer experience

Peps!

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

hollarhype

All ratings101 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Peps!

One-time1
  • Race Pass$5.99
None

hollarhype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peps! free?
Peps! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hollarhype free?
hollarhype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Peps! or hollarhype have ads?
Neither Peps! nor hollarhype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peps! or hollarhype?
Peps! ships an update every 5 days, and hollarhype every 2 weeks. Most recently, Peps! was updated on October 16, 2026 and hollarhype on October 21, 2026.

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