Y Combinator vs ICLR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Y Combinator
Access Y Combinator's extensive library of startup content, including YouTube videos, podcasts, and essays. It also serves as a mobile client for Hacker News, offering the latest startup news for founders and programmers. Additional features are available for YC-funded founders.
- Organized YC YouTube videos
- Startup School content
- On-the-go podcast listening
- Hacker News mobile client
- YC founder-only knowledge base
- Access 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
ICLR
This app serves as the official companion for a conference, offering features like QR code check-in, schedule updates, and attendee communication. It also provides accessibility options and an assistant for event-related conversations and messaging.
- QR code check-in
- Real-time schedule updates
- Attendee chat functionality
- Organizer announcements
- Adjustable font size and color mode
- Voice and text assistant
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The official app for the ICLR conference. Use your QR Code to check-in, stay up-to-date on schedule information and chat with attendees. Turn on notifications to receive announcements from the conference organizers. Use the settings to adjust font-size and color mode for comfortable reading and use the optional voice or text assistant to converse about events and send messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Y Combinator at every 8 days against ICLR's every 5 weeks. Y Combinator also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (26 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y Combinator has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Y Combinator ships an update every 8 days, ICLR every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y Combinator | ICLR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Y Combinator | Anthony Manzo |
In-app purchases
Y Combinator
No in-app purchases
ICLR
No in-app purchases
