Lysten vs Babble Chat App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lysten
Explore a vast array of audio conversations on diverse topics, from meditation and business to relationships and news. Host your own rooms to share your voice and connect with others, or engage in Q&A forums to learn from like-minded peers.
- Discover audio conversations
- Host your own audio rooms
- Connect with like-minded people
- Engage in Q&A forums
- Topic-based conversation search
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• Discover hundreds of conversations via our audio rooms. These rooms are filled with exciting conversations and gems that will blow your mind. Search any topic from meditation, business, finances, breaking news, relationships, social justice and so much more. You can listen to audio rooms while you exercise, commute to work or even clean the house. • If you’re feeling good you can even host a room, create and express yourself and connect with like-minded people. You can use your voice to up lift and up rise situations and circumstances that need to be paid attention to or use your voice to just to chat, your choice. • Make a call! If you find someone that you would love to learn more from, set up a call and ask to connect with them. • Do you have questions- we have answers. Chat with like minded peers with our questions and answer forum.
Babble Chat App
Connect directly with your favorite creators through live conversations. Fund your account and pay per minute for direct interaction, fostering inspiration and learning.
- Direct creator communication
- Pay-per-minute live calls
- Fund your account
- Discover favorite creators
- Inspiration and learning
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Share moments, learn, and get inspired when you talk directly with your favourite creators on babble. How it works: Find your favourite creator, load your account with funds, and pay them directly per minute only when you talk directly to them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lysten at 5 against Babble Chat App's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lysten against 5.0 for Babble Chat App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lysten has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lysten | Babble Chat App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lysten Interactive Inc | BABBLE CHAT (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
Lysten
Babble Chat App
In-app purchases
Lysten
No in-app purchases
Babble Chat App
No in-app purchases
