Yik Yak vs ConnectED
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
ConnectED
Discover campus events, create spontaneous hangouts, and connect with verified students. This app helps you find activities and meet people with shared interests, making it easy to turn plans into reality.
- Discover campus events
- Create hangouts
- Connect with verified students
- Real-time event updates
- Find study groups and clubs
- Spontaneous outing planning
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connectED is your college's events feed, built for students. - See what's on tonight, this week and this weekend, picked for what you're into - RSVP in one tap and get a QR ticket for the door - See which friends and classmates are going - Start a hangout: pickup basketball, a study group, a late-night food run - Follow your clubs and never miss their events For club officers: - Post events with posters, capacity and waitlists - Scan tickets at the door and export your list - Message everyone who's going For Student Government and Treasurers: - Book your Budget Committee meeting, fill in Financial Request Form and upload it, all in the app - Student Government reviews, decides, and sends the funding packet to Student Activities in a few taps connectED is only open to verified college email addresses. Zero tolerance for abuse: report or block anyone from the menu on their profile or post.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ConnectED at 5.0 against Yik Yak's 3.9. ConnectED also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Yik Yak's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (52K vs 1). On price, 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. ConnectED asks for nothing beyond the download.
ConnectED 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, ConnectED every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | ConnectED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #29 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | Shivanshu Dwivedi |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
ConnectED
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
ConnectED
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
ConnectED
No in-app purchases
