Y WORLD vs Smart Student Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Y WORLD
Listen to live radio streams and discover song information in real-time. Catch up on missed content with a rewind feature and send messages directly to the studio. This app connects you to a vibrant youth culture platform.
- Live radio streaming
- Song and artist information
- Rewind missed content
- Send messages to studio
- Engage with youth culture
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We love music, all things entertainment and challenging the status quo. Now you can experience more. It's easy to tune in, and engage all day. · Live Stream – Listen to YFM anytime, anywhere right from your phone. · Song Information – Want to know what song is playing? Find new songs and artist details from the live songs being played. · Rewind – Catch up on all the stuff you missed. · Messages – Send free messages from the app to the YFM studio. YFM is the biggest young adult radio station in South Africa! We do more than simply set trends… We create platforms for future trendsetters! We’ve become known as the capital of youth culture. Throughout the years, we’ve broken down barriers in broadcasting as we created platforms which turn aspiring individuals into inspirational young adults.
Smart Student Access
This app allows registered residents to grant access to their visitors by sending invitations via SMS, iMessage, or WhatsApp. Visitors can then use a Personal Access Code to enter the estate quickly.
- Invite visitors via SMS, iMessage, or WhatsApp
- Generate Personal Access Codes (PAC)
- Streamlined visitor entry
- Contact integration for invitations
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Smart Access Student Living Access Control provides registered residents with the functionality to invite visitors using their contacts on their phone. The app provides the functionality to send invitations via SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp. Visitors then provide security with the PAC ( Personal Access Code) to quickly gain access to the estate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Y WORLD at 25 against Smart Student Access's 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Y WORLD against 5.0 for Smart Student Access. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y WORLD has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Y WORLD ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Student Access every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y WORLD | Smart Student Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yired (Pty) Ltd | Cloudsell Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Y WORLD
Smart Student Access
In-app purchases
Y WORLD
No in-app purchases
Smart Student Access
No in-app purchases
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