Hello! vs Slowchat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello!
Connect anonymously with people globally or within your country. Share thoughts via text and images, and receive real-time notifications for messages and online statuses to foster deeper connections.
- Anonymous connections
- Global and local chat
- Image and text sharing
- Real-time notifications
- Online status checks
- Daily conversation requests
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Write a small hello from your day. Choose who to send it to, read their conversation starter, and send when you are ready. A conversation opens after the other person accepts. Return to Chats to keep talking. Your personal journal is separate from your conversations and stays on your device. For adults 18 and older. Sign in with Apple and choose a display name and your actual adult age group. This version starts a new service; accounts and conversations from the previous service are not imported. The app interface is available in English and Korean.
Slowchat
Connect with people worldwide through slow, thoughtful communication. Discover friends based on shared interests and exchange postcards. The platform fosters a community for sharing life experiences without advertisements.
- Estimate letter arrival time
- Find friends by region and interests
- Unlimited free stamps
- Postcard exchange
- Pen pal community feed
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Features 1: Determine the arrival time of the letter according to the actual distance between pen pals 2: Find friends in different regions based on common interests 3: Completely free stamps, send letters unlimited times, and you can buy specific stamps at super low prices 4: Send postcards to each other, exchange postcards randomly with pen pals through the platform, or team up to participate in the exchange of postcards 5: Pen pal circle, sharing a different life, is a pen pal circle, not an advertising circle Contact us Email: slowchatapp@gamil.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello! at 75% against Slowchat's 0%. Hello! also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 19). Slowchat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Slowchat sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Hello! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hello! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hello!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Slowchat's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Hello! | Slowchat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Paran | Hunan Matchman Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Hello!
Slowchat
In-app purchases
Hello!
No in-app purchases
Slowchat
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