heypster vs Check 'em
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
heypster
Discover and share thousands of high-quality GIFs for your conversations. This platform prioritizes user privacy by not storing search history or collecting data. Enjoy an ad-free experience across multiple Apple devices.
- Thousands of high-quality GIFs
- Free of charge
- Ad-free experience
- No search history kept
- No data collection
- Available on multiple Apple devices
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heypster is a platform for high-quality GIFs, free of charge, ad-free, and respectful of user privacy: We do not keep any search history, and we do not collect any data. Our platform contains thousands of GIFs for your conversations. You can use our application on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, iMessage App and Apple Vision Pro.
Check 'em
This app notifies you when a particularly interesting or 'awesome' number appears during authentication processes for services like banking or email. You can customize your preferences and collect these special numbers.
- Real-time notifications for special numbers
- Customizable notification preferences
- Collect 'awesome' authentication codes
- Simple and intuitive interface
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If you know, you know. The drudgery of having to newly authenticate with your bank or your email account; and the little spark of joy when you get a number like 780000 or 123451. What if you could see every time a truly awesome number comes up? Check 'em finds the best of the best, and sends you a notification whenever they appear. Customise what you want to see, and tap the notification to add the GET to your collection!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Check 'em at 5.0 against heypster's 3.5. Check 'em also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). heypster's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Check 'em holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
heypster ships an update every 2 months, Check 'em weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | heypster | Check 'em |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heypster | Jacob Bartlett |
Customer experience
heypster
Check 'em
In-app purchases
heypster
No in-app purchases
Check 'em
No in-app purchases
