Clypsy vs Shut Up & Explain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create personal video clip library
- Share video clips with friends
- Loop playback
- Organize with tags
- Search personal library
- Backup clips to email
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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 dont 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
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.
- Act out outrageous phrases
- Guess phrases without laughing
- Hilarious twist on classic charades
- Ideal for parties and game nights
- Risqué and bold gameplay
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Shut Up & Explain sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Clypsy asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Clypsy ships an update monthly, Shut Up & Explain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clypsy | Shut Up & Explain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Solvepoint Corporation | MAKE TECH NOT MISSILES LLC |
Customer experience
Clypsy
Shut Up & Explain
In-app purchases
Clypsy
No in-app purchases
Shut Up & Explain
- 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









