YaruoViewer vs やる夫BBS+エディター
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YaruoViewer
Explore a unique Japanese internet subculture featuring art created with characters. This app renders Ascii Art beautifully with a special font, offering an ad-free viewing experience. Discover stories and content from various supported websites.
- Renders Ascii Art beautifully
- Ad-free viewing experience
- Supports multiple content websites
- Special font for optimal display
- Explores Japanese internet subculture
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(*) The contents of this app is almost entirely in Japanese. Yaruo is an Ascii Art character, which is an art form created by Japanese characters written with equal width fonts. It is a fan created internet sub culture and there are many websites that cater to display such art and story narrated and acted on by characters. Yaruo has been popular since 2008 or so, and every day dozens of new content is produced. Sometime, he is left alone on a deserted island, travels to the Victorian era to peek at people's tough lives, or becomes a military general of the Warring States era in Japan. The app features special font that will render the Ascii Art beautifully, unlike iPhone and iPad Safari or other browsers. The ads are completely blocked, allowing you to view the content using the screen entirely. There are a number of supported sites where the contents are pulled from, and as time passes, I will add more sites that can be rendered correctly on the app. You do not need to upgrade the iOS app for that. If you see any ads or have requests, please write them on reviews, or leave comments in the Facebook support page. Since it was very hard to remove the ads, I am making this app for purchase. Please understand, and I hope you enjoy the Japanese internet culture!
やる夫BBS+エディター
This app allows users to easily post to "Yaruo" style bulletin boards from their iPhone. It includes an editor for arranging ASCII art and dialogue, with support for downloading AA files and exporting/importing to iCloud Drive.
- Post to Yaruo BBS easily
- Editor for ASCII art and dialogue
- Download AA files
- Import/export to iCloud Drive
- Bookmark boards and threads
- View browsing and posting history
- App-specific blocking filters
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やる夫系の掲示板向けアプリです。 エディター機能つきで、iPhoneからでもやる夫スレの投稿が簡単にできます。 対応掲示板 * したらば掲示板 * ぜろちゃんねる * VIPサービス掲示板 掲示板機能 * お気に入り 掲示板およびスレッドをお気に入りとして登録できます。 * 履歴 閲覧したスレッド、投稿したスレッドそれぞれを記録しています。過去に投稿したスレッドの確認ができます。 * フィルター アプリ独自の表示ブロック機能があります。 * 作成したAAスレの投稿機能 エディター機能 * AAとセリフを簡単に配置 * mlt形式のAAダウンロード 欲しいAAを簡単に追加できます。 * インポートとエクスポート iCloud Driveにmlt形式のファイルでインポートとエクスポートが可能です。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: やる夫BBS+エディター at 50% against YaruoViewer's 14%. やる夫BBS+エディター also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). YaruoViewer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price 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. YaruoViewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. やる夫BBS+エディター asks for nothing beyond the download.
YaruoViewer ships an update every 4 months, やる夫BBS+エディター every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YaruoViewer | やる夫BBS+エディター |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuki Konda | Tomohiro Itagaki |
Customer experience
YaruoViewer
やる夫BBS+エディター
In-app purchases
YaruoViewer
- Premium Version$1.99
やる夫BBS+エディター
No in-app purchases









