Yik Yak vs Crawllr
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
Crawllr
This social discovery app helps you document and relive shared adventures. Automatically group routes, photos, and moments to create a comprehensive story of your outings. Explore past experiences and discover new ones through your friends' journeys.
- Document shared adventures
- Automatically group routes and moments
- Add photos to locations
- Relive past experiences
- Explore friends' adventures
- Build a history of experiences
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Crawllr is a social discovery app built around shared experiences. Go out, explore your surroundings, and then bring it all together. Routes, photos, and moments are automatically grouped to tell the story of your adventure. Crawllr lets you relive the adventure once it’s over. Just press stop and post to see where you went, what you did, and who you were with. Share a full recap with friends, explore past adventures, and discover experiences through the people you know. Why Crawllr? • Turn nights and outings into shareable recaps with three taps (Start, Stop, Post) • See routes and journeys after the fact • Add photos and moments tied to where you went • Explore friends’ entire adventures, not just the highlights • Build a history of experiences over time Crawllr is about remembering the full story, without the effort of constant posting. Start somewhere, explore freely, and relive it all afterward. Download Crawllr and share the adventure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crawllr at 83% against Yik Yak's 25%. Crawllr also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Yik Yak's advantage is ratings volume (52K vs 19) and chart position (#22 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Crawllr asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crawllr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yik Yak has 52K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Yik Yak's written reviews are positive against 83% of Crawllr's.
Yik Yak ships an update weekly, Crawllr every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | Crawllr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | Jeremy Barry |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
Crawllr
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
Crawllr
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
Crawllr
No in-app purchases
