Comparison

Clypsy vs Shut Up & Explain

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

Head to head
About

Clypsy

Create a personal library of video clips from your favorite videos. Easily share these clips with friends, loop playback, and organize them with tags. Focus on the moments that matter most and keep them readily accessible.

Highlights
  • Create personal video clip library
  • Share video clips with friends
  • Loop playback
  • Organize with tags
  • Search personal library
  • Backup clips to email
Features
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Share clips of YouTube videos with your friends. Make your own personal video clip library. Stay focused on what you want to see. - Skip right to the parts of videos that matter - Share video clips with friends - Loop play - Stays on your phone for handy reference at any time - Assign tags - Favorites List - Search your personal library and Featured list by keywords and tags - Backup to your e-mail for safekeeping or transfer to future phones - Recently Viewed List - Clypsy-curated Featured List Keep and share only what you want. Your clypsy will remain private until you share it. (Sharing uses the iOS share sheet outside of Clypsy and share information remains with your social network and is not stored within Clypsy or its servers.) If you play a clypsy you don’t want to keep, you can delete it. If you find it offensive you can flag it and have the option to block any other clypsy from that same source. The Clypsy app is your personal library. No one but you can put a clypsy into your library. Every clypsy play presents a link to the source video channel. Many Uses: - Highlight video moments - Make your friends laugh - Save handy instructions, like how to tie a favorite knot - Create video citations for academic papers - One click play of videos for classrooms - Share video highlights with other fans

About

Shut Up & Explain

A risqué party game where players act out outrageous phrases for their friends to guess. It's a bold twist on charades, perfect for bachelorette parties and lively game nights.

Highlights
  • Act out outrageous phrases
  • Guess phrases without laughing
  • Hilarious twist on classic charades
  • Ideal for parties and game nights
  • Risqué and bold gameplay
Features
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Spice up your game night with Dirty Charades — the hilarious and risqué twist on the classic party game! Act out naughty, outrageous phrases while your friends guess what you're trying to say… without bursting into laughter. Perfect for bachelorette parties, game nights, or anytime you're feeling bold.

Screenshots

Clypsy4 screens
Shut Up & Explain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clypsy at none against Shut Up & Explain's 5. Clypsy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (17 vs 4). Shut Up & Explain's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Shut Up & Explain sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Clypsy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Clypsy against 5.0 for Shut Up & Explain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clypsy ships an update monthly, Shut Up & Explain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Clypsy versus Shut Up & Explain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClypsyShut Up & Explain
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (17 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSolvepoint CorporationMAKE TECH NOT MISSILES LLC

Customer experience

Clypsy

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shut Up & Explain

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clypsy

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Shut Up & Explain

One-time4
  • Pay Or Re-download$0.99
  • Pay to continue$0.99
  • Pay to Continue2 variants$1.99
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  • Pay To Continue$1.99

Questions

Is Clypsy free?
Clypsy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shut Up & Explain free?
Shut Up & Explain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clypsy or Shut Up & Explain?
Clypsy and Shut Up & Explain are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 17 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Clypsy or Shut Up & Explain have ads?
Shut Up & Explain shows ads; Clypsy does not.
Which is updated more often, Clypsy or Shut Up & Explain?
Clypsy ships an update monthly, and Shut Up & Explain weekly. Most recently, Clypsy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Shut Up & Explain on October 19, 2026.

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