Comparison

乡音 vs POME

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

Head to head
About

乡音

Connect with people from different regions and learn their local dialects. This app offers a platform to listen to, share, and even guess regional languages through interactive games. Explore the diversity of spoken Chinese and engage with a community passionate about preserving and sharing their hometown tongues.

Highlights
  • Listen to regional dialects
  • Share your hometown language
  • Play dialect guessing games
  • Connect with users nationwide
  • Explore diverse Chinese dialects
Features
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同样的场景,同样的诗词,同样的问候,您可曾好奇来自五湖四海的朋友用家乡话怎么说? “乡音”提供一个方言交流平台,不论是粤语、上海话、闽南话等与普通话差别较大的方言,还是东北话、四川话等各有特色的北方方言,都可以并列展示在您眼前。 在乡音,您可以: * 听各地的乡音,与网友们互动。 * 分享您的家乡话。 * 玩儿“乡音猜”游戏,挑战网友们识别方言的能力 欢迎您将自己的乡音与大家分享!

About

POME

This app allows users to anonymously ask questions to others and receive anonymous questions in return. It facilitates making new connections through shared interests and direct anonymous inquiries, offering a unique way to interact without initial pressure.

Highlights
  • Anonymous question submission
  • Receive anonymous questions
  • Shareable personal question link
  • Community feed for discovery
  • Ask questions based on posts
  • Follow-up questions
  • Block unwanted questioners
  • Destroy question link
Features
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我们总是想了解他人,却忘记也有很多人想了解自己; 我们总是怕被拒绝, 我们忘记了提问,忘记了主动,掐断了本可能有的结果。 来POME,匿名提问想认识的人,大胆讲出来。 来POME,接收匿名想认识你的人,放肆听真话。 来POME,用新的方式认识新朋友,陌生也有趣。 【了解它】 得到一个专属于你的链接,接收任何人通过这个链接对你的匿名提问; 通过想认识的人的POME链接,匿名提问对方,让第一次接触变轻松; 通过动态遇见对方,围绕动态匿名提问,简简单单认识新朋友。 【把玩它】 下载POME,注册登陆后获取你的匿名提问箱,分享到你想分享的各大社交网络,接收来着互联网的提问。通过社区刷新动态遇到有趣的人围绕动态匿名提问互动一下,没压力的交朋友。 【来点不一样】 追问:对方回答了我,想继续了解的话,我还可以再追问,就这么简单。 围绕动态提问:社区刷到了有趣的动态,想认识对方,但又担心对方知道我,在当前动态下直接提问试试水,认识新朋友第一步,不尬聊! 屏蔽提问:感觉到自己有被部分问题冒犯到,停止接收后续来自对方的任何问题。 动态提问:在社区这条动态下对ta来了兴趣,针对动态提个问吧! 随时销毁:这条链接暴露了!改掉链接,之前提问箱链接即刻失效! 使用条款(EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

乡音4 screens
POME4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 乡音 at 100% against POME's 49%. 乡音 also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). POME's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. POME sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 乡音 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

乡音 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 乡音's written reviews are positive against 49% of POME's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

乡音 ships an update every 3 months, POME every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
乡音 versus POME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter乡音POME
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better1.9 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better48.9% of reviews
Number of ratings926 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB163 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperXing ChenWeavi

Customer experience

乡音

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

POME

All ratings26 ratings
Positive15.4%
Neutral15.4%
Negative69.2%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative46.8%

In-app purchases

None

乡音

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

POME

Subscriptions1
  • 月度会员-连续包月$3.991 Month
One-time11
  • 查看卡$0.99
  • 删除卡$0.99
  • Pome一个月会员(活动优惠)$2.99
Show 8 more
  • 一个月会员$2.99
  • 月度会员$3.99
  • Pome三个月会员(活动优惠)$7.99
  • 三个月会员$8.99
  • 季度会员$12.99
  • 一年会员$14.99
  • Pome十二个月会员(活动优惠)$27.99
  • 年度会员$29.99

Questions

Is 乡音 free?
乡音 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POME free?
POME is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 乡音 or POME?
乡音 is rated higher. 乡音 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while POME averages 1.9 from 26 ratings.
Do 乡音 or POME have ads?
Neither 乡音 nor POME shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 乡音 or POME?
乡音 ships an update every 3 months, and POME every 3 days. Most recently, 乡音 was updated on October 24, 2026 and POME on October 27, 2026.

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