Yik Yak User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience25.2% of reviews
Neutral6.1% of reviews
Negative experience68.7% of reviews

~ Based on 473 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Yik Yak Safe?

Yik Yak appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Yik Yak is 78/100.

This assessment is based on 50,773 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

72.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
24.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 50,773 App Store ratings for Yik Yak.

Is Yik Yak Legit?

Yik Yak appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Yik Yak is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Hateful

It’s just a way for weak individuals to talk bad about others

Ritualistic Hazing

So not cute.

Horrible

App is filled with a bunch of racists and moderation does nothing about it. They have no problem deleting comments that are perfectly normal though. Says a lot about the people who run the moderation. The people on this app are terrible.

Sucks

Sucks

weird

banned me for calling something black but not for calling the exact same thing gay? so racism isnt tolerated but homophobia is

“12 hour ban”

It says I was banned for 12 hours yet I have been banned for a couple of weeks now. Meaning I can’t post or say anything on there. The reason for my ban was nothing inappropriate nor illegal and others have posted the same exact thing I did and they are not banned. Fix this cause it sucks not being able to use the app for what it was intended for, thanks.
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Chud echo chamber

Mods just want chuds to keep having an echo chamber

Over policing

Constant over moderation and flawed key word recognition. Zero opportunity for appeals.

THIS APP IS NOT ANONYMOUS AT ALL⁉️⁉️‼️⁉️

They track people who spreads malicious funny comments about other people on this application. They will ban you if you send threat messages to other people and arrest those that make funny comments about bombs and other kinds of threat online.

Never gets old

Easily one of my most used apps and makes campus life way more entertaining. The communities are active, the app keeps getting better, and I love the newer features they’ve been rolling out. It’s also really cool seeing the team actively involve users in making the app better!

What

Lets go

Overall great and fun app, but I’d love to see some small changes

I’ve been really enjoying this app since I downloaded it. It’s a fun way to feel connected to people on campus or people from other groups.

The anonymity is a blessing and curse. SO many creepy people, but they’re easy to ignore and it’s always funny to mess with people. I think the games are a fun addition. Having specific smaller group chats inside of your college is cool too. When I’m bored, I can send cup pong into a group chat and quickly find people to play against. Leaderboards are a cool addition as well. I don’t know how some people get such high Yakarma!

Some changes I’d want to see: More than 5 options on polls, AND being able to change your vote on a poll. I’m completely fine with ads since they’re not intrusive and the app is free to use, but it is a bit annoying when the ads pause my music or a video I’m watching. A search bar so you can look for specific posts or hashtags would be nice too!
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Not sure what's happening here, but I can't put it down?

When I gloopered all over the AppStore to blip the Yak he bit me back and said Yik Yik and I lost my MARBLES! The wip wap on my campus ate my pizza and tinkled on school buildings he's the pisser and no one knows who he is and I saw a bee in my window and the Yak came to me in a dream and prophecised that the world would end on June 7, 2069 when Dolly Parton rises from the ashes and punishes all who have never known the Yak. You will see him, you will know him. Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik! Yik!
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Funniest app if you’re in college

This app is so peak if you’re in college. You hear about EVERYTHING that happens on campus, some stuff useful, other things just interesting or funny

doesn’t work

the phone verification just doesn’t work, may as well uninstall before i lock my account

Worst app ever!!!

Once you start using the app for a longer period of time, it usually start having ads and showing local communities that are near where you are and things people don’t really care about. I got banned on this app due to posting things from medical reasons and they won’t even unban me. Such an ignorant company and dangerously rude service!!
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egged

fffjejrnd

It’s just not the same

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I love yikyak

Yikyak has been the center of my life ever since coming to college. After coming to uni, I became engrossed with this beautiful app. I’ve always loved X (formerly Twitter), and now combine that with anonymity and everyone being on the same page? It’s perfect. You’re bored on campus? Yikyak. Nothing to do? Yikyak. Want to talk about your horrible professor without them knowing? Yikyak. It’s always the answer. And I really mean Always. I wish to keep yikyak in my further education and make this an app that can be used in any company. Please make this possible 🙏🙏
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love it but

consistently makes me sign out and redownload the app repeatedly until it decides to work again