Steam The Streets vs Y Combinator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steam The Streets
Explore in-demand STEAM careers with real-life stories and a unique career matching tool. Earn points, customize your avatar, and access free resources to discover your path in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
- STEAM career information
- Professional journey stories
- STEAM Career Match tool
- Free exploration resources
- Gamified learning with points
- Avatar customization
- Global learner community
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This App provides information about in-demand careers in STEAM (STEM & the Arts) in a way that’s never been done. Hear stories from diverse professionals and their journey to get there, get matched with potential careers through the STEAM Career Match, and gain access to free resources to further explore the possibilities. Earn points as you go through the challenges, customize your avatar, and learn the latest in the world of STEAM, while joining a community of learners worldwide.
Y Combinator
Access curated content from Y Combinator, including YouTube videos, podcasts, and essays on startups. It also serves as a mobile client for Hacker News, providing the latest startup news for founders and programmers. YC-funded founders get exclusive access to additional community features.
- Organized YC YouTube videos
- Startup School content
- On-the-go podcast listening
- Hacker News mobile client
- YC founder-only knowledge base
- Bookface feed and messages
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The Y Combinator App is your home for all things YC. It organizes all of YC's YouTube videos, podcasts, and essays. It's also a mobile client for Hacker News, the best startup news source for programmers and technical founders. For founders who have been funded by YC, it has additional features. For everyone: - Organizes all of YC's YouTube videos - the world's best content on startups - All of the content from Startup School - Listen to YC podcasts on the go - Read Hacker News - the best news source for programmers and technical founders For YC founders: - Access the Bookface feed - Access Bookface messages - Read the YC founder-only knowledge base
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Y Combinator at 4.1 against Steam The Streets's 3.5. Y Combinator also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Steam The Streets's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Y Combinator holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Steam The Streets's written reviews are positive against 33% of Y Combinator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Steam The Streets ships an update monthly, Y Combinator every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steam The Streets | Y Combinator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (20 ratings) | 4.1 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STEAM the Streets | Y Combinator |
Customer experience
Steam The Streets
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In-app purchases
Steam The Streets
No in-app purchases
Y Combinator
No in-app purchases
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