Comparison

Hullomail Voicemail vs Speaking Email

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hullomail Voicemail

This app offers an enhanced voicemail experience, converting messages to text for easy reading and searching. It also includes robust spam call blocking and allows for personalized greetings and sharing of voicemails via email.

Highlights
  • Voicemail to text transcription
  • Spam and unwanted call blocking
  • Customizable voicemail greetings
  • Unlimited voicemail storage
  • Voicemail sharing via email
  • Searchable voicemails
Features
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Hullomail Voicemail makes spam call blocking & voicemail effortless.  Read, reply, search, play and share voicemails with ease. Manage your voicemail better custom greetings, voicemail sharing, voicemail to text and email. KEY FEATURES: READ & SEARCH YOUR VOICEMAIL WITH VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTION • Hullomail Voicemail converts voicemails to text so you can read and search them without even listening PROTECT YOUR NUMBER WITH CALL BLOCKER • Block spam & unwanted callers from leaving you voicemails & calling you DELIGHT CALLERS WITH CUSTOM VOICEMAIL GREETINGS • Give callers the experience they deserve with special personalized voicemail greetings only they hear KEEP VOICEMAILS FOREVER WITH UNLIMITED USAGE • Save special voicemails in mailbox with unlimited storage FORWARD VOICEMAILS WITH VOICEMAIL SHARING • Automatically forward unread messages to a partner, spouse or any email so important phone calls aren't ignored • Share voicemail, forward voicemail & reply to phone calls by email, SMS or a direct voicemail READ VOICEMAIL ON ANY DEVICE WITH VOICEMAIL TO EMAIL • Use your favourite email client to receive, read, play & reply to voicemails & missed calls • Phone not on you? Check voicemail online or by email without your phone! TREAT VOICEMAIL LIKE TEXTS WITH VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTION • Prioritise voicemails quickly by reading their text • Reply to voicemails quickly via a Text/SMS Choose your subscription: Hullomail LITE • Read, play and manage your voicemails • Transcription of 10 voicemails per month (up to 30 seconds of audio transcribed) • Storage for up to 100 voicemails • Push notifications when you miss a call, if your phone has been off or has no coverage • Copy your voicemails to email for safe keeping • Create custom greetings for friends, family and colleagues • Call Blocker lets you block spam & unwanted callers from leaving a voicemail • Access Control - Anti-hacking measures to secure voicemails Hullomail PRO All of the above plus: • Transcription of all voicemails (up to 180 seconds of audio transcribed) • Search for messages by caller or content • Out Of Office voice greetings • Unlimited voicemail storage Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Manage your subscription in iTunes after purchase. Please note that most Pay as You Go Plans (Prepaid) are not compatible with Hullomail as they do not support call forwarding which is needed for the service to operate. SUPPORTED CARRIERS & NETWORKS USA: AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, Centennial, Cincinnati Bell, Cingular, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile and Verizon * * Carrier list is subject to change IMPORTANT TO NOTE • Hullomail is a replacement voicemail service • In order to use Hullomail you need to sign up and create an account • Your carrier must support Call Forwarding for Hullomail to work. Please contact your carrier if you are experiencing problems • Your carrier may charge you if you exceed your monthly call minute allowance or if you are roaming • Please see our Roaming FAQ’s to find out how Hullomail can save you money when travelling abroad • Being an automated process Scribe voicemail transcription may not be 100% accurate and may also introduce a slight delay to the delivery of the voicemail Privacy Policy - https://www.thumbtel.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use - https://www.thumbtel.com/hullomail-terms-of-use/

About

Speaking Email

This app reads your emails aloud and allows you to manage them using voice commands. It's ideal for hands-free and eyes-free email access, benefiting drivers and individuals with visual impairments or motor difficulties.

Highlights
  • Reads emails aloud
  • Voice commands for replies and management
  • Hands-free and eyes-free operation
  • Smart content detection
  • Multilingual email support
  • Secure connection to various email servers
Features
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Reads your email out loud, lets you reply and manage mail by voice commands. Ideal for visually impaired users, driving, or anytime you'd like to check email hands free & eyes free. Premium Edition is free for 7 days. Then you are automatically switched to Basic Edition. (Note for CarPlay users: see our other app 'Speaking Email CP') — WHY DO I WANT IT? — FOR DRIVERS Get more time in your day when you check your email on the move. Most people spend 1-2 hours in their inbox. With the help of Speaking Email during your daily drive to work, you can easily cut this time in half. Get more done, stay on top and keep a clean inbox. Voice commands and simple gestures designed to be safe to use while driving give you the ability to archive, flag or even reply on the move. (Note for CarPlay users: see also our other app "Speaking Email CP") FOR ACCESSIBILITY Makes email easy to use for those with visual impairment, blindness, dyslexia, stroke, motor dysfunction. Designed to be used without needing to see or touch the screen, Speaking Email works as a fully voice operated email app. Note: a sighted assistant or VoiceOver is required to sign into your email account and configure the many preferences to your liking. The rest is all voice controlled! — HOW DOES IT WORK? — Speaking Email reads your latest emails out loud from your inbox, one by one. Swipe left and right to play your inbox like a jukebox. Whip through your inbox, clear clutter, flag important items and make inbox zero a reality - all while on the go. You can interact with your email using full screen taps, swipes and voice commands. Voice recognition needs a trigger. You choose when to pause for a command - on full screen tap, every 30 seconds, at the start/end of emails. — FEATURES — - Smart content detection skips over disclaimers, reply headers, and email signatures to speak only the content without the clutter - Multilingual mode automatically detects the email language and switches voices to match, using Apple text-to-speech voices - Makes use of the latest Apple speech recognition technology lets you dictate your reply, which is read back to you before sending - Our simple Ignore Sender command puts you in control, allowing you to avoid hearing emails from the sender in future - Connects securely to all email servers, including Gmail (using Google Sign In), Microsoft 365 (aka Office 365 - using Microsoft Sign In supporting Intune, MFA and OAUTH), Exchange (via ActiveSync), IMAP, POP, iCloud (using app password), Outlook/Hotmail (using Microsoft Sign In), Yahoo (using Yahoo Sign In), AOL (using AOL Sign In) - Voice commands and buttons include: Next Back Archive/Done Flag Trash Reply Forward Ignore (thumbs down) Important (thumbs up) Block Sender Rewind Fast Forward Compose Search Voice Slower Faster People When - Many preferences to set up your experience how you like — QUESTIONS — Reach us at feedback@speaking.email See our FAQ: http://www.speaking.email/faq Feature tour: http://www.speaking.email — RECOGNITION — - Gizmodo - "Highly Recommended" by Marc Saltzman in USA Today - TV3 News (NZ), Sky News - The Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph - NZ Herald, National Business Review - Featured by Apple in Best New Apps - Voted Most Fundable App by Context.IO - Finalist in NZ Hi Tech Awards — QUOTES — “This is a nifty app, and one that will make driving a little safer for inbox addicts”—NBR “My eyesight isn’t as it was years ago, and your Speaking Email makes it so much easier for me to keep in touch with folks” — Willis Hargrave “I absolutely love the app and being an outside sales rep in the car 4-6 hours a day find it incredibly helpful. It is literally freeing up and hour or 2 of time for me every day I am on the road by having a lot less time at the desk doing email. THANKS!!!” — Scott Middleton https://speaking.email/page/privacy https://speaking.email/page/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Hullomail Voicemail4 screens
Speaking Email4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Speaking Email at 4.5 against Hullomail Voicemail's 4.1. Speaking Email also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Hullomail Voicemail's advantage is ratings volume (812 vs 206). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hullomail Voicemail sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Speaking Email sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speaking Email holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 812 and 206 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Hullomail Voicemail's written reviews are positive against 68% of Speaking Email's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hullomail Voicemail ships an update every 2 months, Speaking Email every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hullomail Voicemail versus Speaking Email: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHullomail VoicemailSpeaking Email
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (812 ratings)4.5 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews67.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings812 — better206
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThumbtel LtdBEWEB LTD

Customer experience

Hullomail Voicemail

All ratings813 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative46.2%

Speaking Email

All ratings206 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative29.9%

User reviews

Hullomail Voicemail

From 812 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great visual voicemail
  • 💡 Personalized greetings for callers
  • 👍 Convenient voicemail transcription
  • 🚀 Reliable service for years
  • 💡 Helpful for business use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unreliable, app stops working
  • 💰 Expensive, with frequent price hikes
  • 🔒 Difficult to unsubscribe
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with new iOS updates
  • 🔒 Lack of customer support

Speaking Email

From 206 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Life-changing for accessibility
  • 👍 Great for visually impaired
  • 👍 Excellent for ADHD/focus issues
  • 👍 Time-saver for busy users
  • 👍 Useful for commuting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Unreliable connection issues
  • 🐛 Difficult to set up
  • 🐛 Poor voice recognition/robotic voice
  • 🐛 Battery drain

Bugs and requests

Hullomail Voicemail

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Voicemails disappearing
  • Inability to block unwanted callers
  • App crashing or not working as expected
  • Deactivation/unsubscription process not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to upload custom voicemail greetings
  • Longer voicemail recording time
  • Ability to block numbers from leaving voicemail
  • Hands-free voicemail access while driving
  • Export/backup voicemail messages

Speaking Email

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Keeps crashing
  • Doesn't work reliably
  • Granting Gmail access is buggy
  • App crashes after an update
  • Doesn't save place in emails
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  • Cannot skip forward in emails
  • Cannot connect to emails
  • Times out from mail setup screen
  • Frozen in settings page
  • Emails disappear after reading
  • Unstable with Exchange
  • Archived emails disappear
  • Doesn't recognize passwords
  • Cannot delete the app
  • Hidden icon floating around screen
  • Browser cookies disabled error for Gmail
  • Too loud with AirPods
  • Emails don't load properly

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to search using voice command
  • CarPlay support
  • Apple Watch App for interaction
  • Support for Exchange using Active Sync or Outlook Web Access
  • Dark mode option
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  • Better voice quality
  • Option to turn off voice command prompts
  • Ability to set to only pull 'primary' for Gmail
  • Improve editing of responses
  • Better battery optimization
  • Clearer understanding of settings
  • Ability to save place in emails
  • Search functionality

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Hullomail Voicemail

Subscriptions5
  • HulloMail LITE Monthly$2.991 Month
  • HulloMail PRO Monthly$4.991 Month
  • HulloMail LITE Yearly2 variants$12.991 Year
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  • HulloMail LITE Yearly$29.991 Year
  • HulloMail PRO Yearly$49.991 Year
5 purchases

Speaking Email

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription Annual$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Plan$4.99
  • Premium Plan 3 Months$14.99
  • Premium Plan 12 Months$49.99

Questions

Is Hullomail Voicemail free?
Hullomail Voicemail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speaking Email free?
Speaking Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hullomail Voicemail or Speaking Email?
Speaking Email is rated higher. Hullomail Voicemail averages 4.1 out of 5 from 812 ratings, while Speaking Email averages 4.5 from 206 ratings.
Do Hullomail Voicemail or Speaking Email have ads?
Neither Hullomail Voicemail nor Speaking Email shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hullomail Voicemail or Speaking Email?
Hullomail Voicemail ships an update every 2 months, and Speaking Email every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hullomail Voicemail was updated on November 6, 2026 and Speaking Email on November 1, 2026.

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