Comparison

YOUKA vs Misunderstood Deities

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

Head to head
About

YOUKA

Create a personal picture diary with unique illustrations and a simple interface. Organize entries with hashtags and enjoy new artwork through regular updates.

Highlights
  • Emotional picture diary
  • Custom illustrations
  • Hashtag organization
  • Simple interface
  • Regular updates
Features
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"We make things for your stylish life." YOUKA : My own picture diary that I draw. # design "Emotional picture diary” : We made a picture diary that contains the emotion of NOTEGG. # How to use "Simple" : You can create a hash tag with YOUKA's own two-way rule. : Fill your diary freely. : Meet the most emotional picture diary in the world. # Drawing : NOTEGG illustrator draws a picture directly. : You can continue to see new pictures through constant updates.

About

Misunderstood Deities

Explore sixty guardian figures from global traditions, reframed from historical misinterpretations to reveal their true teachings. Each deity includes a familiar counterpart for easier connection. Enjoy daily draws and a comprehensive field guide without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Sixty global guardian figures
  • Reframed historical interpretations
  • Daily sacred draw
  • Comprehensive Field Guide
  • Familiar twin connections
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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Misunderstood Deities is a card draw app for anyone who has felt labeled, reduced, or pushed into a costume that never fit. Sixty guardian figures from traditions across the world, each one introduced through the misreading history gave them and the teaching they were carrying the whole time. Every card includes a familiar twin, a named figure from closer to home, so the bridge back is short. No streaks, no push notifications, no data collection. Free to draw every card. A portion of optional gratitude jar support goes to the Parliament of the World's Religions. WHAT YOU GET Sixty deities from thirteen traditions including Hindu, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, Japanese, Yoruba, Mesopotamian, Slavic, Aztec, Andean, Afro Brazilian, and Alpine folk. Yamaraj, Kali, Hecate, Hades, Loki, Baba Yaga, Anubis, Lilith, Ereshkigal, Fenrir, Sekhmet, Eshu, Oya, Mictlantecuhtli, Xolotl, Krampus, and more. Each one written with scholarly sources cited. HOW IT WORKS One sacred draw per day. The rest of the time, browse the Field Guide. Bookmark the ones you want to sit with. Every entry carries the reframe, the teaching, the reflection, the source, and the familiar twin. WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND No streaks. No push notifications. No dark patterns. No data collection. No ads. No retention hooks. Just the deities, as scholarship actually describes them, for people who got taught the cartoon version and want the real one. THE GRATITUDE JAR Four optional tiers. Offering, Garland, Temple, Pilgrimage. Tips only. Nothing is locked behind them. A portion goes to the Parliament of the World's Religions, an organization that has gathered leaders from living traditions since 1893 to practice the kind of listening this app is trying to point at. A note from Drew: I am not a scholar. I am a person who reads, and who asked actual scholars and practitioners to check my work. If I got something wrong in your tradition, please write me. I would rather fix it than be right.

Screenshots

YOUKA4 screens
Misunderstood Deities4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Misunderstood Deities at Free against YOUKA's $2.99. Misunderstood Deities also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). YOUKA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On 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

Misunderstood Deities is free to download; YOUKA costs $2.99 up front. Misunderstood Deities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. YOUKA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Misunderstood Deities holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YOUKA has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YOUKA ships an update every 2 weeks, Misunderstood Deities monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
YOUKA versus Misunderstood Deities: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYOUKAMisunderstood Deities
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOTEGG Corp.Drew Douglass

In-app purchases

None

YOUKA

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Misunderstood Deities

One-time4
  • Offering$1.99
  • Garland$4.99
  • Temple$9.99
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  • Pilgrimage$19.99

Questions

Is YOUKA free?
YOUKA costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Misunderstood Deities free?
Misunderstood Deities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YOUKA or Misunderstood Deities?
Misunderstood Deities is rated higher. YOUKA averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Misunderstood Deities averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do YOUKA or Misunderstood Deities have ads?
Neither YOUKA nor Misunderstood Deities shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YOUKA or Misunderstood Deities?
YOUKA ships an update every 2 weeks, and Misunderstood Deities monthly. Most recently, YOUKA was updated on October 24, 2026 and Misunderstood Deities on October 20, 2026.

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