Comparison

Akinator VIP vs YACReader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Akinator VIP

This app guesses characters, movies, animals, or objects you're thinking of by asking a series of questions. Challenge the genie, collect awards, and compete with other players on leaderboards. Keep track of your progress and achievements with a user account.

Highlights
  • Character guessing
  • Movie, animal, and object themes
  • Aki Awards collection
  • Leaderboards and rankings
  • Daily challenges
  • User account for achievements
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Akinator can read your mind just like magic and tell you what character you are thinking of, just by asking a few questions. Think of a real or fictional character and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Will you dare challenge the genie? And what about other themes like movies, animals…? ###NEW### ENJOY A NEW EXPERIENCE! Discover a redesigned genie with new emotions and fully animated. 3 ADDITIONAL THEMES BESIDES THE CHARACTERS Akinator is getting stronger and stronger... The genie has increased his knowledge, and now you have the opportunity to also challenge him on movies, animals and objects! Will you manage to defeat Akinator? GO IN SEARCH FOR AKI AWARDS The blue Genie invites you to think outside the box. As you know, he likes to guess characters and to take on difficult challenges. To do that, make him guess forgotten characters who have not been played for a very long time and you may win the best Aki Awards. BE THE BEST PLAYER Challenge the other players on the leaderboards to prove who the best is. You may write your name on the Last Super Awards board or on the Hall of Fame. KEEP ON GUESSING Each day, try to find the 5 mysterious characters and win some additional and specific Aki Awards. Complete the full Daily Challenge and earn the Gold Daily Challenge Aki Award, one of the most prestigious Aki Awards. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS Akinator lets you create your own user account. It will record the Aki Awards you've won and your Genizs' balance. They will follow you everywhere now, even if you change your mobile device. Main features: -17 languages (French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Italian, Chinese, Turkish, Korean, Hebrew, Polish, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Dutch) -Get 3 additional themes: Movies, Animals and Objects -Aki Awards Board to get an overview of your collection -Hall of Fame with both current and previous ranking -Last super awards for Black, Platinum and Gold Aki Awards -Daily Challenges Board -Add magic by proposing a photo or some questions -The sensitive content filter --------------------------- Follow Akinator on: Facebook @officialakinator Twitter @akinator_team Instagram @akinatorgenieapp --------------------------- Genie’s tips: -Akinator requires an Internet connection to use his magic lamp. Turn on Wifi or be sure to have a data plan. -Don’t forget to scroll down the list to find and select your language

About

YACReader

Easily read and manage your digital comics, manga, and webtoons on your device. Supports various file formats and offers seamless synchronization with cloud storage and desktop versions. Customize your reading experience with advanced features and filters.

Highlights
  • Supports CBZ, CBR, PDF, and more
  • Cloud sync (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive)
  • Desktop sync and remote reading
  • Folder organization
  • Automatic scroll and panel-by-panel reading
  • Manga and webtoon modes
  • Image filters editor
Features
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YACReader offers you the best way to read and manage your digital comics and mangas. Enjoy your collections anywhere. YACReader supports all the common digital comic formats, such as: cbz, cbr, zip, rar, rar5 or pdf. Importing your comics into your iPad or iPhone has never been easier. You can use your Dropbox, Box and OneDrive account for synchronizing your comics with YACReader. YACReader supports iTunes/Finder File Sharing to copy comics between your computer and YACReader. You can also browse, import ,remote read (stream) and sync back the digital comic collections stored in your computer using the desktop version of YACReader (totally free)*. Import comics from any place in your device thanks to the integration with Document Picker. Organize your comic library creating folders and copy, cut, paste or delete comics and folders. YACReader has the easiest method for selecting multiple comics and folders and organize them. Using a tap gesture is all you need to read your comics from start to finish thanks to the built-in YACReader automatic scroll. Enjoy reading comics and do not worry about anything else. Do you like Manga? YACReader supports Manga mode for reading right to left and it also support continuous vertical scroll for webtoon. Configure your reading experience with various fit modes, single or double page mode, continuous scroll, automatic margins trimming, several ways to setup the hot areas in the screen and more. YACReader offers guided reading, you can zoom in any panel and then continue reading panel by panel from there. It also includes settings to personalize the experience. This is a feature continuously developed thanks to all the feedback coming from the users. On iOS 18+ devices, YACReader lets you translate comics in real time. It uses on-device OCR and translation on the current page, with no internet connection required, and lets you configure the language, colors, and font. YACReader can also detect the color of the text and speech bubbles and use the same colors as in the original comic, making the experience as pleasant as possible. This is an experimental feature and depends heavily on image quality. It fully respects your privacy; to use it, you will need to download the dictionaries for the languages you want. Supported languages depend on what iOS supports natively. You can also enhance you comics with a full featured image filters editor, filter settings can be synchronized through YACReaderLibrary across any device that supports the new filters. YACReader is kept updated to support the latest iOS features, such as Widgets, Dark Mode or Split Screen. YACReader for desktops has been downloaded more than 2 million times since 2009, every update counts with hundreds of thousand downloads. Now, you can also enjoy YACReader on your iOS device. The best feature YACReader has to offer is its customer support, if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Visit the web site at http://ios.yacreader.com or get support at ios@yacreader.com *Visit the web site of YACReader for computers at http://www.yacreader.com - YACReader for computer is FREE and is available for all major computer platforms. Find other users and help at: http:www.yacreader.com/forum - Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/YACReader , Twitter - http://twitter.com/yacreader or the YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/yacreader.

Screenshots

Akinator VIP4 screens
YACReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YACReader at none against Akinator VIP's 10. YACReader also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (82% vs 58%). Akinator VIP's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and chart position 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Akinator VIP costs $3.99 and YACReader $4.99 up front. Akinator VIP sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. YACReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YACReader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Akinator VIP's written reviews are positive against 82% of YACReader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Akinator VIP ships an update every 4 weeks, YACReader fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Akinator VIP versus YACReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAkinator VIPYACReader
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (3.9K ratings)4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better2.6K
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#17 — better#31
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB102 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperElokenceLuis Ángel San Martín

Customer experience

Akinator VIP

All ratings3,859 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews487 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral11.7%
Negative30.2%

YACReader

All ratings2,592 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews291 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative10.7%

User reviews

Akinator VIP

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Impressive guessing abilities
  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🎉 Great for passing time
  • 🧠 Challenges the mind

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and technical issues
  • ⚠️ Unfair 'cheating' detection system
  • 🤔 Repetitive and illogical questions
  • 🙄 Inability to guess obscure characters

YACReader

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent comic and manga reader
  • 🚀 Seamless import and sync from PC
  • 👍 Easy to understand and use
  • 👍 Many features
  • 👍 Responsive and open to suggestions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Confusing navigation gestures
  • 🐛 Folder import issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🐛 Lack of automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • 🐛 Clunky UI and file management

Bugs and requests

Akinator VIP

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing and loading issues
  • Incorrect character guesses
  • Inconsistent award tracking
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more character categories (e.g. video games, books)
  • Improve the question-asking algorithm
  • Allow users to add new characters to the database
  • Provide an option to disable the 'My World' feature

YACReader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable cloud sync and import
  • Folder import issues
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • Improved folder management and organization
  • Cloud sync and backup options
  • Epub support
  • Continuous vertical scrolling
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  • More customization options
  • Improved performance and stability

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Akinator VIP

One-time9
  • Pack 10 credits2 variants$0.99
  • Pack 15 credits$0.99
  • 11,250 Geniz$0.99
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  • Pack 15 credits$1.99
  • 30,000 Geniz (7,500 FREE)$1.99
  • 50,000 Geniz (16,250 FREE)$2.99
  • 80,000 Geniz (35,000 FREE)$3.99
  • 115,000 Geniz (58,750 FREE)$4.99
  • Pack 65 credits$5.99
None

YACReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Akinator VIP free?
Akinator VIP costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is YACReader free?
YACReader costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Akinator VIP or YACReader?
YACReader is rated higher. Akinator VIP averages 4.4 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while YACReader averages 4.8 from 2.6K ratings.
Do Akinator VIP or YACReader have ads?
Neither Akinator VIP nor YACReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Akinator VIP or YACReader?
Akinator VIP ships an update every 4 weeks, and YACReader fortnightly. Most recently, Akinator VIP was updated on October 17, 2026 and YACReader on October 17, 2026.
Which is more popular, Akinator VIP or YACReader?
Akinator VIP currently peaks at #17 in the App Store charts, and YACReader at #31. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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