Mamamia vs Hail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Mamamia
Access news, entertainment, and lifestyle content tailored to women. Enjoy award-winning podcasts, in-depth explainers, and opinion pieces. Download episodes for offline listening and engage with a community of candid conversations.
- News and entertainment updates
- Opinion pieces and lifestyle trends
- Award-winning podcasts
- Podcast recaps and explainers
- Personalized content selection
- Offline podcast downloads
- Community engagement
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Be the first to know what women are talking about: enjoy news and entertainment updates, opinion pieces, lifestyle trends explained, award-winning podcasts and more with the Mamamia app. Cut through the noise of the news cycle with recaps, explainers and deep dives: we bring you the full story and what you need to know. Listen, subscribe to and download episodes from over 25 podcasts, including Mamamia Out Loud, No Filter with Kate Langbroek, daily news update The Quicky, True Crime Conversations and You Beauty. Be the first to know about new stories and podcasts relevant to your interests thanks to timely updates. Enjoy a personalised app, tailored to your preferences, select the topics you care about, follow the writers you love, create your podcast playlist. Comment on articles, contribute your content, join the community around candid conversations. Download podcasts for offline listening. Enjoy a fast and seamless reading, listening and watching experience. Privacy Policy: https://www.mamamia.com.au/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ For feedback, suggestions or issues please contact us at https://www.mamamia.com.au/contact/, we value your feedback and will do our best to assist you.
Hail
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The Hail app is the mobile feed for everything your school, sports club or organisation publishes in Hail. When they publish something new โ news, notices, newsletters or publications โ it appears instantly in your feed. Always current. Always accurate. No searching websites. No missed emails. Just the updates that matter. Download the Hail App, find your organisation and follow. No login or password required. As more schools, sports clubs and community groups join Hail, youโll be able to follow them all in one live feed. For participating schools, parents can also report absences directly through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hail at none against Mamamia's 2. Hail also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mamamia sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Hail asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mamamia ships an update every 5 weeks, Hail fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mamamia | Hail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mamamia Pty Ltd | Hail |
In-app purchases
Mamamia
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$59.001 Year
Hail
No in-app purchases









