Yik Yak vs Relationship Orbit
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
Relationship Orbit
A private space for couples and close friends in long-distance relationships to share moments, plan visits, and stay connected. It offers a calm, intentional experience focused on presence, memory, and anticipating reunions.
- Living globe with shared presence
- Shared timeline for text, voice, and photos
- Visit planning and reunion tracking
- Private invites via code or link
- Optional location and contact sharing
- Focus on intentional connection
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Orbit is for couples and close friends in long-distance relationships who want a calm, beautiful place to stay connected—not another noisy chat app. YOUR ORBIT See the people you care about on a living globe. Each person has their own space with presence, weather, and the moments you share. THE TRAIL Build a shared timeline together—text, voice memos, and photos that sync when you're both signed in. Filter by person and revisit what mattered. HORIZON Plan visits and track reunions. See what's coming next so the distance feels a little shorter. INVITES Invite someone into your orbit with a simple code or link. When they join, you're connected for shared trail and horizon features. PRIVACY & CONTROL • Sign in with email • Location sharing only when you choose • Microphone and photos only when you add voice or photo entries • Contacts access optional—for suggesting people to invite Orbit is designed to feel warm and intentional: one place for presence, memory, and the countdown to being together again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Relationship Orbit at 100% against Yik Yak's 25%. Relationship Orbit 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 1) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On price 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. Relationship Orbit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Relationship Orbit 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. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Yik Yak's written reviews are positive against 100% of Relationship Orbit's.
Yik Yak ships an update weekly, Relationship Orbit every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yik Yak | Relationship Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (52K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yik Yak, Inc. | roni kriger |
Customer experience
Yik Yak
Relationship Orbit
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
Relationship Orbit
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
Relationship Orbit
No in-app purchases
