HotMic vs Wapoo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotMic
Engage in live conversations with real people, share your opinions, and build communities. Connect with others in real time and react to discussions as they unfold. Find your people and join the conversation.
- Live conversations
- Real-time reactions
- Community building
- Share opinions
- Connect with others
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HotMic is all about real people and real reactions. No bots, burner accounts, or weird AI. It’s a live conversation app where you can share your favorite takes, create communities, and connect with others in real time. Jump in, react as it happens, and find your people.
Wapoo
This app lets you collaboratively edit and remix videos with friends, creating branching narratives and endless possibilities from a single moment. Compete with friends and schools in interactive video challenges.
- Twist videos into new outcomes
- Pass Twists between friends
- Complete Touchdowns together
- Compete for your school in Rivalries
- Explore What-If Galaxy
- Discover endless video versions
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Wapoo is a playable social video app where you twist videos with friends, create new outcomes, and turn one moment into endless possibilities: 1. See something you want to change? Twist it. Take the moment somewhere unexpected, then pass it to a friend and see where they take it next. 2. Start a Touchdown with your friends and keep it moving from person to person. Every completed Touchdown pushes your school forward in the Rivalry. Your friends build the chain. Your school fights for the lead. 3. Every Twist becomes part of a bigger story. Open the What-If Galaxy to explore all the different paths, versions, and endings that grow from one moment. 4. On Wapoo, videos keep moving between people. A game-day moment can become something impossible. A night out can turn into five completely different endings. Your friend can change your version, and someone else can take theirs somewhere totally new. What you can do on Wapoo: • Twist videos into new outcomes • Pass Twists between friends • Complete Touchdowns together • Compete for your school in Rivalries • Explore every path in the What-If Galaxy • Discover endless versions of the same moment Others scroll. We twist. Twist the moment. Pass it on. See where it goes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wapoo at 100% against HotMic's 64%. Wapoo also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). HotMic's advantage is ratings volume (163 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. HotMic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Wapoo sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wapoo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotMic has 163 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of HotMic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wapoo's.
HotMic ships an update every 3 weeks, Wapoo every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotMic | Wapoo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (163 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hot Mic Inc | MINERVA COSMOS PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
HotMic
Wapoo
Bugs and requests
HotMic
Reported bugs
6 issues- Login issues on iPad
- Frequent app crashes
- Notification issues
- Syncing problems with Roku TV
- UI issues with keyboard blocking screen
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- Broken link for terms and conditions
Requested features
3 requests- Need a solution that actually works
- Need to fix crashing ASAP
- How to change name?
Wapoo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HotMic
- Tip$1.99
- Tip$3.99
- Join Stream$4.99
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- Tip$5.99
- Tip$7.99
- Tip$11.99
- Tip$15.99
- Tip$19.99
- Tip$49.99
- Tip$99.99
Wapoo
- Add 100 credits$14.99
- Add 200 credits$19.99
- Add 200 credits$29.00
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- Add 1000 credits$59.99
- Add 1000 credits$144.99









