Comparison

Hello! vs Empathy.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Anonymous connections
  • Global and local chat
  • Image and text sharing
  • Real-time notifications
  • Online status checks
  • Daily conversation requests
Features
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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.

About

Empathy.

Record and share one-minute audio clips of your day or track progress towards goals. Connect with friends on a deeper level by listening to each other's voices and emotional states.

Highlights
  • One-minute audio recording
  • Private audio journal
  • Share audio clips with friends
  • Goal progress tracking
  • Listen to emotional states
  • Deeper social connection
Features
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SPEAK WITH EMPATHY. LISTEN CONSCIOUSLY. SHARE THE MOMENT. A written message can convey a meaning, a photo can also be very expressive and a video can say a lot... But a person's voice is the most powerful thing to express one's true feelings. You can just listen to somebody without even seeing that person and through that person's voice vibrations his or her true emotional state is revealed. But only if we could truly listen. And that has become a problem in our modern society. Everybody is talking but nobody is listening. If we do manage to listen, we are often just waiting until the other person finishes so that we can say what is on OUR mind. We are moving so fast as time goes by and we have reached a point where we don't even know what we did a week ago or even yesterday. What if, in this crazy race called life, we would just take a break for 1 minute to listen to ourselves and our closest ones. Empathy is simple as it allows you to do two clear things: you have 1 minute to record what you did in a day and then either you keep the recording in your private audio journal or share that wonderful minute full of great experiences with your friends. This is a great tool of introspection in a world where we don’t have time to keep written journals, but also connect with your friends on a more intimate level than you would by means of pictures. Think about it, social networks presently allow you to get to know people by means of text or photos, but how much more of your personality and ideas could you be able to share with the others if only you gave them the opportunity to also LISTEN to you. Secondly, if you have your mindset on a goal, you can track your progress by having this journal in which you record every action that you take towards your goal. If we feel discouraged or demotivated the best way to obtain the necessary fuel to get up from the ground is to relieve the same emotional states that we had when we were full of excitement and passion. At the end of the journey you will not only see your dream come true, but you will also hear it. Moreover, when you hear the excitement, the drive and the determination of one of your friends or acquaintances on pursuing their dreams it can be a truly inspirational experience to boost your spirits as well and get you out and working. Our purpose is to connect people in a much deeper way by making them listen to each other and also getting to know themselves better by having an audio journal seasoned with all life’s gifts. To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck also hears. Love.

Screenshots

Hello!3 screens
Empathy.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Empathy. at 5.0 against Hello!'s 4.0. Empathy. also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hello!'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Empathy. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hello!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Empathy.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello! ships an update every 10 days, Empathy. every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hello! versus Empathy.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello!Empathy.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB94 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperParanBOOKR TECHNOLOGIES SA

Customer experience

Hello!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Empathy.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hello!

No in-app purchases

None

Empathy.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hello! free?
Hello! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Empathy. free?
Empathy. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hello! or Empathy.?
Empathy. is rated higher. Hello! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Empathy. averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Hello! or Empathy. have ads?
Neither Hello! nor Empathy. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello! or Empathy.?
Hello! ships an update every 10 days, and Empathy. every 4 weeks. Most recently, Hello! was updated on October 24, 2026 and Empathy. on October 24, 2026.

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