HotMic vs CrowdRoars
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.
CrowdRoars
Experience live events with instant, anonymous reactions in temporary chat rooms. This app focuses on the energy of a live audience, not traditional social media, with AI moderation for a clean experience.
- Anonymous random usernames
- Live event chat rooms
- Temporary rooms expiring after 24 hours
- Trending and nearby rooms
- AI moderation and spam prevention
- No followers, profiles, or direct messages
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CrowdRoars is a live reaction app built for moments happening right now. Join temporary public rooms during sports games, TV finales, concerts, festivals, breaking news, food specials, and local events. Post fast anonymous reactions with random funny usernames in lightweight crowd chats designed to feel like live audience energy — not social media. Features: • Anonymous random usernames • Live event chat rooms • Temporary rooms that expire after 24 hours • Trending and nearby rooms • Sports, TV, concerts, festivals, food, awards, gaming, and news • AI moderation and spam prevention • No followers, profiles, or direct messages CrowdRoars is built for live moments, instant reactions, and shared experiences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrowdRoars at none against HotMic's 10. CrowdRoars also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). HotMic's advantage is ratings volume (163 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. HotMic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CrowdRoars asks for nothing beyond the download.
CrowdRoars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotMic has 163 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HotMic ships an update fortnightly, CrowdRoars every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotMic | CrowdRoars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (163 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hot Mic Inc | LUCAS B ROTH |
Customer experience
HotMic
CrowdRoars
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?
CrowdRoars
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
CrowdRoars
No in-app purchases
