Yik Yak vs Ragonet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yik Yak
Connect with local communities anonymously. Share thoughts, jokes, and memes, and engage in direct messages. Express yourself authentically without revealing your identity.
- Anonymous posting
- Local community connection
- Meme creation
- Joke sharing
- Direct messaging
- 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
Ragonet
Connect with IT professionals and enthusiasts in dedicated groups, forums, and events. Discover communities, share projects, and get help from peers in your field, all within a single platform.
- Discover IT groups
- Join focused communities
- Browse IT events
- Ask and troubleshoot questions
- Share projects and resources
- Connect with peers
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The hub for IT communities. Ragonet is where IT enthusiasts and professionals find the groups, forums, events, and people they have been searching for, all in one place. Whether you are a cybersecurity pro, network engineer, sysadmin, coder, or student, Ragonet gives you one tap to your community instead of ten browser tabs. Discover IT groups, join focused communities inside the app, browse upcoming IT events and meetups, ask questions and troubleshoot with people who do this work every day, share projects and resources, and connect with others in your field. Find your IT community. Start connecting today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ragonet at 5.0 against Yik Yak's 3.9. Ragonet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Yik Yak's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (52K vs 1). On price 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. Ragonet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ragonet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yik Yak has 52K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yik Yak ships an update weekly, Ragonet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | Ragonet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #22 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | George Rago |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
Ragonet
Bugs and 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
Ragonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yik Yak
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly (Early Bird)$4.991 Month
- Monthly$6.991 Month
Ragonet
No in-app purchases
