Yik Yak vs Postcardy
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
Postcardy
Create and send personalized digital postcards to friends and family. Share images and text to keep loved ones updated. Rediscover the joy of sending physical mail in a modern way.
- Create unique digital postcards
- Share with groups
- Include images and text
- Keep family and friends updated
- Modern take on postcard writing
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Connect with your favorite people in a new way! Create unique post cards to share with all the groups in your life. Keep family and friends up to date with images and text. Bring back the art of post card writing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Postcardy at 5.0 against Yik Yak's 3.9. Postcardy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Yik Yak's advantage is ratings volume (52K vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price and device support 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. Postcardy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Postcardy 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yik Yak ships an update weekly, Postcardy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | Postcardy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | Michael Rosenblatt |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
Postcardy
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
Postcardy
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
Postcardy
No in-app purchases
