HerHelp vs Needle Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HerHelp
This app offers comprehensive daily support for mental health and wellness. It aims to make seeking help accessible and affordable for everyone, guiding users through daily challenges.
- Daily encouragement
- Guidance through challenges
- Mental health support
- Wellness tracking
- Affordable access
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HerHelp is the #1 Wellness App to help Encourage, Guide and Support YOU through daily challenges, transforming how people seek mental health and wellness support forever, by making it easy and affordable for everyone.
Needle Music
Connect with other music enthusiasts and discover new tracks. This app analyzes your taste to find a community, allowing you to save, comment on, and share music and playlists from your streaming services.
- Discover new music
- Save music to Spotify/Apple Music
- Music taste analysis
- Community matching
- Comment and engage with friends' music
- Share songs and playlists
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Needle is the home of music lovers. -Discover new music and save directly to your Spotify or Apple Music -Needle analyzes your music taste to match you with a community -Save, comment, and engage with your friend's music -Easily share songs & playlists from your streaming library Terms of Use: https://www.needlemusic.co/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.needlemusic.co/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Needle Music at 4.2 against HerHelp's 3.8. Needle Music also leads on ratings volume (360 vs 99). HerHelp's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 63%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. HerHelp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Needle Music sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Needle Music holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 360 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of HerHelp's written reviews are positive against 63% of Needle Music's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HerHelp ships an update fortnightly, Needle Music every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HerHelp | Needle Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (99 ratings) | 4.2 (360 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews — better | 63.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 99 | 360 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexis McDonald | Needle Music, LLC |
Customer experience
HerHelp
Needle Music
User reviews
HerHelp
From 99 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👭 Supportive and kind community of women
- 💬 Helpful advice from other users
- 🔒 Safe space for vulnerable discussions
- 😷 Anonymous posting option available
- 📚 Diverse content including recipes and workouts
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive premium subscription ($10/month)
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🚫 Non-functional block and report features
- 👨 Men and predators accessing the app
- 📧 Email verification not sending
Needle Music
From 360 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Great way to discover and share music
- 🤝 Connects music lovers
- 🎨 Refreshing and unique concept
- 🔍 Excellent for music discovery
- 🎉 Fun and interactive experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🕰️ Slow loading times
- 🔒 Forced access to contacts required
- 🔁 Duplicate posts and songs
- 🚫 Lack of delete/edit options for posts
Bugs and requests
HerHelp
Reported bugs
20 issues- Email verification not being sent during signup
- App crashes during email verification process
- Login credentials not working after signup
- Comment button grayed out and non-functional
- Block feature not actually blocking users
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- Report feature not working properly
- Messages screen going grey and crashing
- Profile pictures not uploading or displaying
- Media unavailable error on profile photos
- Posts not going through when submitted
- Notifications not appearing for messages
- App glitching to the side and not loading properly
- Dark mode text invisible in bio editor
- Reply threads not showing up when clicked
- Admin auto-assigning users to unwanted groups
- Notification links taking to wrong posts
- Posts disappearing after submission
- Delayed profile picture updates
- Text highlighting difficult to see while typing
- App lagging and freezing after updates
Requested features
20 requests- Like button for comments and replies
- Ability to reply anonymously to comments on anonymous posts
- Tag people in responses
- Bookmark or save posts feature
- View post history on user profile
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- Search functionality for profiles and content
- Change username or profile name option
- Create custom user groups
- Dark mode with better contrast
- Better notification system
- Delete followers feature
- More diverse group categories
- Ability to see what you're typing in bio
- Pinterest-like feature for inspiration
- Poll creation feature
- Lower age restriction (13+ instead of 17+)
- Free access to health education content
- Better feedback submission mechanism
- Identity verification system
- More free content in premium categories
Needle Music
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and unable to create accounts
- Syncing problems with connected music platforms
- Inconsistent UI behavior and freezing
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more streaming services (Apple Music, Deezer, etc.)
- Implement dark mode
- Allow users to select song segments to share
- Add follower/following count visibility
- Improve notification system
In-app purchases
HerHelp
- HerHelp Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- HerHelp Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
Needle Music
- Needle Premium - Weekly$0.997 Days
- Party Starter$2.001 Month
- Needle Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
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- Needle Subscription - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Groove Guru$8.001 Month
- Diamond Certified$20.001 Month
- Needle Subscription - Yearly$24.001 Year
- Needle Premium - Yearly$24.991 Year
