Younify TV vs Showchat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Younify TV
This app serves as a universal guide and search engine for all your streaming services. It consolidates watchlists and recommendations into a single, personalized platform, making it easy to find any show or movie you want to watch.
- Universal streaming guide
- Personalized watchlists
- Unified recommendations
- Cross-service search
- Find any show or movie
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Younify is a universal personalized streaming guide and search engine across all your streaming services. All of your watchlists and recommendations in one place. Search across your streaming services to find any show or movie. Find the shows and movies you want to watch with Younify. Your entertainment, Younified.
Showchat
Experience shows with friends by seeing their real-time reactions synced to the exact moments you're watching. This app uses audio technology to match your progress, allowing you to share laughter and emotions as if you were together, regardless of distance or viewing time.
- Real-time synced reactions
- Smart audio syncing
- No setup required
- Spoiler-free experience
- Share emotional moments
- Watch together remotely
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Watch your friends’ funniest, wildest, and most heartfelt reactions exactly when you reach the same moment in a show. ShowChat uses smart audio technology to sync with where you are in a show—no setup, no spoilers. As you watch on your TV or laptop, friends’ reactions pop up right on your phone at the exact scenes they laughed, gasped, or cried. It’s like you are watching together, even if you are miles apart and watched at different times. Across time, across space, you’ll share every twist, reveal, and joke just as if you were side-by-side on the couch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Showchat at 5.0 against Younify TV's 4.4. Showchat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Younify TV's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 7) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Showchat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Younify TV has 62 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Younify TV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Showchat's.
Younify TV ships an update weekly, Showchat every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Younify TV | Showchat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MediaMall Technologies, Inc. | ComputeXHQ |
Customer experience
Younify TV
Showchat
In-app purchases
Younify TV
No in-app purchases
Showchat
No in-app purchases
