YMCA's Link vs Yik Yak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YMCA's Link
This platform connects YMCA staff and volunteers for knowledge sharing and networking. It offers an optimized search and streamlined navigation to easily find resources and engage with peers across the country in real time from any device.
- Knowledge sharing
- Social networking
- Personalized community
- Optimized search
- Streamlined navigation
- Real-time engagement
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Get connected with Link, a knowledge-sharing and social-networking platform designed for YMCA staff and volunteers. Designed to connect you to a personalized community of YMCA peers and resources, Link is: Easy: Find what you need when you need it with the optimized search function and streamlined navigation. Social: Engage with YMCA peers across the country in real time. Mobile: Wherever your day takes you, use Link from any device to ask Y colleagues for advice or find a resource.
Yik Yak
Connect with local communities anonymously. Share thoughts, jokes, and memes while engaging in direct messages. Experience authentic self-expression in a space free from personal identification.
- Anonymous posting and commenting
- Direct messaging
- Meme and joke creation
- Local community connection
- Authentic self-expression
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Yik Yak is the best way to connect with the communities that matter to you most. Create memes, post jokes, share thoughts, slide into DMs, and more. All posts, comments, and messages are anonymous, so feel free to be your most authentic. Terms of Service: https://www.yikyak.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YMCA's Link at none against Yik Yak's 3. YMCA's Link also leads on ads (none vs shown). Yik Yak's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (52K vs 9). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Yik Yak sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. YMCA's Link asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for YMCA's Link against 3.9 for Yik Yak. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yik Yak has 52K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of YMCA's Link's written reviews are positive against 25% of Yik Yak's.
YMCA's Link ships an update every 4 months, Yik Yak weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YMCA's Link | Yik Yak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (9 ratings) | 3.9 (52K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 24.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 52K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #47 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 430 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Y-USA | Yik Yak, Inc. |
Customer experience
YMCA's Link
Yik Yak
Bugs and requests
YMCA's Link
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Yik Yak
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to delete own posts
- Inconsistent application of content filters
- Notifications not linking to correct posts
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to mute or filter specific keywords or users
- Improved notification system and post history tracking
- Expansion of location radius beyond college campuses
- Addition of user profiles and photo/link sharing
In-app purchases
YMCA's Link
No in-app purchases
Yik Yak
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly (Early Bird)$4.991 Month
- Monthly$6.991 Month
