Y Combinator vs ICML
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
ICML
Access the latest research and proceedings from the International Conference on Machine Learning. Stay updated with keynotes, papers, and schedules for this premier AI event.
- Conference proceedings access
- Keynote and paper details
- Event schedule
- Official conference information
- Latest research updates
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The official app of the International Conference on Machine Learning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Y Combinator at 4.1 against ICML's 3.0. Y Combinator also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days) and review sentiment (33% vs 25%). 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, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Y Combinator's written reviews are positive against 25% of ICML's.
Y Combinator ships an update every 5 days, ICML every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y Combinator | ICML |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (27 ratings) — better | 3.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| 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 | 100 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Y Combinator | Anthony Manzo |
Customer experience
Y Combinator
ICML
In-app purchases
Y Combinator
No in-app purchases
ICML
No in-app purchases
