Yik Yak vs Convictions
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
Convictions
This social media platform allows users to record their opinions and predictions on various topics. It tracks your accuracy over time, building a reputation based on being right. Connect with friends and discover experts to see who consistently makes accurate calls.
- Record predictions on any topic
- Build a track record of accuracy
- Compete with friends and experts
- Create group leaderboards
- Verified outcomes for real-world events
- Discover top forecasters
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Everyone has opinions. Convictions is the first social media platform where you put them on record. Make a conviction on anything, from global events to what your friends are doing this weekend. Lock it in before the outcome. When it resolves, your record updates. Right or wrong, it's there. BUILD A TRACK RECORD Every conviction you make is scored against what actually happened. Your accuracy is visible on your profile. Cred is reputation, not money. Nothing here is purchased, and nothing cashes out. SETTLE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS See what people you know are calling, and how often they're right. Follow the friends whose takes actually land. Find out who talks and who delivers. YOUR GROUPS Create convictions for your school, your team, your house, your group chat. Run a leaderboard against each other. VERIFIED OUTCOMES Convictions on real-world events resolve automatically against live data. No arguing about what counted. THE FEED See what's being called right now on the topics you care about, what's about to resolve, and where your friends have committed. EXPERTS Discover the best forecasters on global leaderboards and compete against them directly in sports, culture, politics, and finance. Convictions is free. No real money, no purchases, no cash prizes: just your record and whether you can back it up. It's not about likes, followers, or who's the loudest. It's about being known for being right.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Convictions at 100% against Yik Yak's 25%. Convictions also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Yik Yak's advantage is ratings volume (52K vs 6) 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. Convictions asks for nothing beyond the download.
Convictions 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 6, 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 100% of Convictions's.
Yik Yak ships an update weekly, Convictions every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | Convictions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| 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, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | Convictionmarkets inc. |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
Convictions
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
Convictions
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
Convictions
No in-app purchases
