Comparison

NERVE. vs Yap Sesh

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

Head to head
About

NERVE.

This app facilitates a live-streaming game where participants can stream exciting activities to viewers. Viewers gain premium access and can send custom donations to streamers. Receive notifications when players go live and embrace the opportunity to become famous.

Highlights
  • Live-streaming gameplay
  • Viewer premium access
  • Custom donations to players
  • Live player notifications
  • Become famous through streaming
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Are you a WATCHER or a PLAYER? NERVE is a livestream game. "Players" stream themselves doing exciting things to "watchers", who get premium access to streams and can send custom donations to players. You'll receive a notification whenever a player goes live. You can be fearless. You can be famous. Welcome to NERVE.

About

Yap Sesh

Stay connected with your closest friends by sharing your real-time availability. Easily update your status via a widget and see what your friends are up to. Initiate calls directly from the app or its widget.

Highlights
  • Share real-time availability
  • Update status via widget
  • Check friends' statuses
  • Direct calling within app
  • Widget calling functionality
Features
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An app to keep up to date with close friends by making availability visible. The app lets you use a widget to update your status and check on your friends. It allows you to call your friends directly through the app and widget.

Screenshots

NERVE.3 screens
Yap Sesh3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yap Sesh at 5.0 against NERVE.'s 4.4. Yap Sesh also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). NERVE.'s advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. NERVE. sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Yap Sesh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yap Sesh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NERVE. has 80 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of NERVE.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Yap Sesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NERVE. ships an update every 4 days, Yap Sesh weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NERVE. versus Yap Sesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNERVE.Yap Sesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (80 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size611 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPhi Vision, Inc.Mihir Joshi

Customer experience

NERVE.

All ratings74 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative21.4%

Yap Sesh

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

NERVE.

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Phone number verification not sending code
  • Error sending code
  • App crashes on opening
  • Shows everyone is offline, playing same clips
  • App displays webpage and replays a single video

Requested features

3 requests
  • Fix phone number verification for UK users
  • Allow bidding on stream times
  • More streamers online more often

Yap Sesh

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

NERVE.

One-time16
  • $1 Gift$0.99
  • $1$1.00
  • $2 Gift$1.99
Show 13 more
  • $2$2.00
  • $3 Gift$2.99
  • $3$3.00
  • $5 Gift$4.99
  • $5$5.00
  • $7$7.00
  • $10 Gift$9.99
  • $10$10.00
  • $15 Gift$14.99
  • $15$15.00
  • $20$20.00
  • $50$50.00
  • $100$100.00
None

Yap Sesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NERVE. free?
NERVE. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yap Sesh free?
Yap Sesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NERVE. or Yap Sesh?
Yap Sesh is rated higher. NERVE. averages 4.4 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Yap Sesh averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do NERVE. or Yap Sesh have ads?
Neither NERVE. nor Yap Sesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NERVE. or Yap Sesh?
NERVE. ships an update every 4 days, and Yap Sesh weekly. Most recently, NERVE. was updated on October 9, 2026 and Yap Sesh on October 15, 2026.

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