VOA vs Mentions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VOA
Access global news from one of the world's largest international media networks. Enjoy diverse content formats, including photos, videos, audio, and text. Download stories for offline access and share news easily.
- Photos, video, audio, and text content
- On-demand podcasts and newscasts
- Offline downloading of stories and media
- Customizable interface
- Multimedia streaming
- Social media sharing
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The free, *official* Voice of America (VOA) mobile / tablet application serves news to your mobile device or tablet. VOA operates one of the world's largest international news media networks on TV, radio and digital properties with a total weekly audience of more than 200 million people around the world, including Africa, The Middle East, Asia and beyond. To do this, VOA employs more than 3,500 journalists, focused on countries without a free or established press or free and open internet access. The news application features: - Enjoy photos, video, audio and text content - Hear podcasts and newscasts on demand - Download stories, videos, and photos for offline reading, watching, and listening - Customizable interface - Stream multimedia - Offline-downloading and saving of news content for later enjoyment - Social media sharing on Facebook, Twitter, email and other platforms Having problems? We are here to help. Please contact us at voamobileapps@gmail.com. Be sure to include the device description (example: Samsung S3) and operating system (example: 4.3) as well as a brief description of the issue.
Mentions
Monitor keywords and individuals across Telegram, news outlets, and other public sources in real-time. Receive instant alerts for mentions, ensuring you stay updated on relevant conversations and brand perception. The service offers a streamlined feed of all tracked mentions.
- Brand monitoring
- Keyword tracking
- Person monitoring
- Telegram mentions
- News mentions
- Real-time alerts
- Unified feed
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Mentions is a service for brand monitoring of keywords and persons in telegram, news and other open sources. Find in the search the word or person you want to monitor and get all mentions of them in one feed. Works in real time (delay no more than 5 minutes). Service rules: https://www.nutcall.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://www.nutcall.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VOA at 76% against Mentions's 25%. VOA also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (731 vs 2). Mentions's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). 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. Mentions sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. VOA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mentions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VOA has 731 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of VOA's written reviews are positive against 25% of Mentions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VOA | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (731 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voice of America | Roxxon |
Customer experience
VOA
Mentions
Bugs and requests
VOA
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when switching languages
- Live streaming not working
- Incompatibility with certain devices
- Unable to access content after update
Requested features
5 requests- Adjust playback speed
- Ability to comment on articles
- Improved sharing options
- More language support
- Customizable home screen
Mentions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VOA
No in-app purchases
Mentions
- Toll$4.991 Month
- Grande$9.991 Month
- Plus$9.991 Month
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- Venti$19.991 Month
