Comparison

篱笆社区 vs 水木说 aka ysmth

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

Head to head
About

篱笆社区

Features
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篱笆社区 - 伴你经历人生中的每个重要时刻!上海最大的家庭生活消费平台,已成功为超过50万户家庭提供装修、结婚、育儿等方面的服务。 新版6.5提供了全新的设计交互和阅读体验,增加引用提醒和编辑帖子等功能,优化翻页和版块切换等交互。 如在使用过程中发现问题,请告诉我们,QQ群 209403106。

About

水木说 aka ysmth

This app provides a user-friendly interface for accessing a prominent Chinese online community focused on diverse topics from social information to academic science and technology. It offers features like a comprehensive homepage and conversation viewing, aiming to enhance the mobile browsing experience.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive homepage
  • View conversation lists
  • Restore original text from comments
  • Access diverse community topics
  • User-friendly interface
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ysmth, Yet another xsmth app. 又一个水木社区非官方应用。 水木社区(www.newsmth.net)是源于清华的高端社群。水木社区论坛提供多样化服务,成立以来一直获得用户的支持和认可。论坛内容涵盖社会信息、学术科学、电脑技术、文化人文、体育健身等多领域的知识和信息,用户在论坛中可以方便的搜索到所需的各种实时有效信息。 水木说尝试为水木社区制作的一款好看又好用的iOS应用。 基本功能与xSmth、zSMTH、最水木类似,在官网公开接口的基础上做了些新的特色功能,比如 综合首页、查看对话列表、从评论中恢复原文等功能。

Screenshots

篱笆社区4 screens
水木说 aka ysmth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 水木说 aka ysmth at 50% against 篱笆社区's 0%. 篱笆社区's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.4 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

篱笆社区 holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of 篱笆社区's written reviews are positive against 50% of 水木说 aka ysmth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
篱笆社区 versus 水木说 aka ysmth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter篱笆社区水木说 aka ysmth
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB34 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperShanghai Liba Information Technology co.,Ltd.乐兮艺术

Customer experience

篱笆社区

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

水木说 aka ysmth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

篱笆社区

No in-app purchases

None

水木说 aka ysmth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 篱笆社区 free?
篱笆社区 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 水木说 aka ysmth free?
水木说 aka ysmth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 篱笆社区 or 水木说 aka ysmth?
篱笆社区 is rated higher. 篱笆社区 averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while 水木说 aka ysmth averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do 篱笆社区 or 水木说 aka ysmth have ads?
水木说 aka ysmth shows ads; 篱笆社区 does not.
Which is updated more often, 篱笆社区 or 水木说 aka ysmth?
篱笆社区 ships an update every 3 weeks, and 水木说 aka ysmth every 3 weeks. Most recently, 篱笆社区 was updated on November 1, 2026 and 水木说 aka ysmth on November 2, 2026.

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