Speaking Email vs NowLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
NowLog
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Nowlog is the simplest way to log your day — fast, lightweight, and flexible. Type or speak anything you want to remember, add a tag, and you’re done. No heavy setup. No complicated journals. Just tiny logs you can create instantly. *Log anything instantly Type a short note Or tap the microphone to speak and auto-transcribe Entries save instantly while you stay in the flow of your day Great for logging: Weight Food Pregnancy notes Poop/pee logs Grocery needs Kids' habits Symptoms Little thoughts and reminders *Organize with simple tags Add tags like #kids, #weight, #food, #mood to group related logs. Later, browse everything for each tag. *Today and History Today View – add and edit the logs you create today Browse by Date – see what happened on any day Browse by Tags – filter your whole history by tag Past entries can be deleted, but cannot be edited in this version. *Designed to be effortless No login No accounts No cloud services Works fully offline Your data stays on your device Lightweight logging you'll actually keep up with.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NowLog at none against Speaking Email's 5. 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. Speaking Email sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NowLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speaking Email ships an update every 3 weeks, NowLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speaking Email | NowLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (206 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 206 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BEWEB LTD | Yue Wu |
Bugs and requests
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
NowLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speaking Email
- Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
- Premium Subscription Annual$34.991 Year
- Premium Plan$4.99
- Premium Plan 3 Months$14.99
- Premium Plan 12 Months$49.99
NowLog
No in-app purchases









