ARknet vs iaya
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARknet
This platform offers a secure and intelligent social media experience, prioritizing user ownership of content and private data. It also enables contactless mobile ordering and payment, with tools for creating digital menus and shopping.
- Privacy-first social networking
- Contactless mobile order and pay
- Digital menu creation
- Secure social media experience
- User content ownership
- Invisible watermarking
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Contactless Mobile Order and pay. Buy or Sell on MainSt Shopping. Now also menus are made easy using the ARknet App Platform. Thank you for joining us as a retail business, food-food service company, shopper or 3D Augmented Reality enthusiast on ARknet App, the NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL PLATFORM. Enjoy ARknet as a more intelligent, secure social media experience. ARknet facilitates your ability to keep ownership of your own content, private data and media. KlickZie™ enabled steganographic (invisible) watermarking since 2019. (Works with iOS 6s and up).
iaya
This app provides a supportive online community and resources for young adults navigating cancer. It offers coping strategies, forums, and direct messaging to foster connection and emotional well-being.
- Coping strategy courses
- Community forums
- Private messaging
- Event calendar
- Community questions
- Young adult resources
- Geolocation connection
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Cancer is a major disruption in a patient’s life, which can result in feelings of anxiety, sadness, fear, anger, and isolation. This is especially true for young adults with cancer, exacerbating an already stressful and often difficult time in their lives. We’ve addressed this problem with iaya, a web-based app, designed to help young adults with cancer build a sense of community and develop coping skills to address their emotional needs. Key features of the app include: Access to novel coping strategy courses that have been helpful for other young adults Community forums to hear from other users about their experiences with cancer Private messaging between users Calendar for all Young Adult Program (YAP) events Community questions to enable users to hear from other young adults coping with cancer about issues important to this community Information about young adult-specific resources Geolocation feature to connect with other young adults who live near you Ongoing opportunity to provide feedback and improvement >Copyright © 2024 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iaya at none against ARknet's 1. iaya also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). ARknet's advantage is ratings volume (315 vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. ARknet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. iaya asks for nothing beyond the download.
iaya holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARknet has 315 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ARknet ships an update fortnightly, iaya weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARknet | iaya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (315 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 315 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | HONEYCOMB ARCHIVE, LLC | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Customer experience
ARknet
iaya
Bugs and requests
ARknet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 13
- Scavenger hunt functionality not working
- Login and sign-up process issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved stability and bug fixes
- Better user onboarding and guidance
- More detailed feature explanations
iaya
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ARknet
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
iaya
No in-app purchases









