Comparison

Nouview vs Microfone

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

Head to head
About

Nouview

Connect with locals to get authentic insights before you move. Ask questions about daily life, neighborhoods, and budgets directly from people who live there. Get personalized advice and stay in touch with your contacts.

Highlights
  • Connect with locals
  • Ask questions about cities
  • Smart Search for contacts
  • Real-time chat
  • Stay in touch feature
  • Manage cities in 'My Cities'
  • Share local knowledge
Features
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Before you move, talk to someone who already lives there. Every big move starts with questions nobody can look up. What's a normal Tuesday like there? Which neighborhood fits the life you want, on the budget you have? How long until it stops feeling like a hotel? Listings and rankings can't tell you. Someone who lives there can. Nouview puts you in touch with that person. Search the city you're weighing, or describe your move in your own words and let Smart Search suggest who fits. Pick someone whose work and life look like yours, and ask your question. Here's the deal: a question only counts if they answer within 48 hours. No reply, no cost. Once they do reply, you both have a week to keep talking, and if you both choose Stay in touch, the chat stays open for good. My Cities keeps your move in one place: the cities you're weighing, who has answered you in each, and what you haven't asked about yet. Know a city well? Be the person you wish you'd had when you arrived. Write a few sentences about your city in your own words. We'll let you know when someone moving there asks, and you reply when it suits you. It's always one person talking to one person. What you hear is lived experience, not legal, tax or immigration advice. You stay in control: block or report anyone, and the AI help is there only if you ask for it. Your first 3 questions are free. If you want more, a pass is a one-time purchase that covers a set number of days. It never renews. Nouview won't tell you where to go. It helps you see clearly enough to decide for yourself.

About

Microfone

Engage in anonymous voice conversations within communities centered around shared interests. Express your unfiltered thoughts and opinions without the pressure of personal branding or appearance. Experience authentic communication where voice conveys nuance lost in text.

Highlights
  • Anonymous voice communities
  • Connect with creators and podcasters
  • Unfiltered conversations
  • Voice-based communication
  • Create your own community
  • No personal branding
Features
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Welcome to Microfone, the only place for actual conversation online. Connect in anonymous voice communities with your favorite creators, podcasters, and anyone who shares your interests. It's the comment section if the comment section were funny, loud, and didn't care what you look like. Cook a hot take. Try to roast a comedian. Or even discuss the heavy stuff. Nobody sees your face, nobody knows your handle, so you can say what you actually think. Voice beats text. Text flattens everything. Sarcasm dies, tone vanishes, the joke doesn't land. Voice gets the meaning and gets you: your timing, delivery, and energy. You hear a real person, not a wall of words. Why anonymous? No personal brand to manage. No reputation on the line. Say what you really think, ask what you're actually wondering, be as unfiltered as the moment calls for. What do people talk about? Honestly, whatever your corner of the internet likes. If you don't find a community for you, start one.

Screenshots

Nouview4 screens
Microfone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Microfone at none against Nouview's 3. Microfone also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Nouview's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Nouview sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Microfone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nouview against 5.0 for Microfone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nouview ships an update weekly, Microfone every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nouview versus Microfone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNouviewMicrofone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB68 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJung Wei HungMicrofone Holdings Inc

Customer experience

Nouview

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Microfone

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Nouview

One-time3
  • City Preview Pass$19.99
  • City Fit Pass$49.99
  • Move Decision Pass$99.99
None

Microfone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nouview free?
Nouview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Microfone free?
Microfone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nouview or Microfone?
Nouview and Microfone are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Nouview or Microfone have ads?
Neither Nouview nor Microfone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nouview or Microfone?
Nouview ships an update weekly, and Microfone every 2 months. Most recently, Nouview was updated on November 4, 2026 and Microfone on October 30, 2026.

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