YOUM vs Refur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YOUM
This app offers a private social space for friends to share multimedia content and engage in dynamic conversations. It utilizes on-device AI for features like instant translation and live captions, with a unique ad model that shares revenue with users.
- Multimedia feed for friends
- Private, serverless threads
- Multi-modal messaging with AI
- On-device generative AI
- Equal reward ad model
- Seamless third-party integrations
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YOUM • Your Social Safe Space Built for multimedia in multi-mode, creating richer, more dynamic conversations powered by agentic AI. MULTIMEDIA FEED The immersive home of communication with friends across all media types, in full or collapsed view – right at your fingertips. PRIVATE THREADS Images, videos, audio clips, text messages, reactions and live interactions – not stored on any server. MULTI-MODAL MESSAGING Next generation image and audio capture, serverless live captions, instant translation – powered by generative AI. EQUAL REWARD ADS Direct response ads in any format with 50% of ad income shared onto a user’s virtual debit card – in real time. AGENTIC AI Unprompted, contextual agents integrating third-party services seamlessly into conversations – with all AI on device. — Questions? Comments? We want to hear from you! contact@youm.ai
Refur
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The future of marketing is people. When it comes to referrals, companies rely on their internal workforce to support them in their hiring process. Referrals are a great source for getting suitable profiles and are more reliable too. But they can be restrictive if the company strength is fewer in number and if existing employees don’t contribute to this channel. This problem is widely seen in startups and small and medium organisations. To solve this problem, Refur has been launched. So what is Refur and what is exciting about it? Refur is a modern marketplace which brings together human resource specialists / talent acquisition partners / hiring managers or even employees (called "Sponsors") and a growing community of referrers (called "Referrer"). Sponsors can post their internal job requirements on the app and advertise their requirements across the Referrer community. This widens their referral angle by leveraging on the Referrer community and helps them receive candidate profiles as referrals beyond their company’s borders. Referrers get to see new job requirements across their chosen and relevant job categories and can submit suitable and matching profiles against the job requirements. They can even share the job requirements with their acquaintances on WhatsApp from where the applications can be submitted. So how does this referral system work effectively? Just as in any referral mechanism, the primary motivator is the incentive offered for the reference. While posting a requirement, the Sponsor is expected to announce the referral incentive that they are willing to offer. They can even add a Bonus component to it and specify the criteria and conditions for the same. Example, if the hiring is immediate and very critical, a higher bonus amount can be specified. The Referrer in turn, would be able to see the incentives and bonuses offered against their relevant referral categories and are motivated to submit their candidate references. They would become eligible to receive the referral incentive and bonus if any, on the successful placement of their referred candidate. The incentives and bonus if any, are automatically credited into their specified bank account, on completion of the cooling period (the minimum time period a candidate is expected to be with the organisation post his/her joining). It is not necessary that an incentive has to be mentioned for every job requirement. Job requirements can be posted with zero incentives too. However the chances of getting relevant references would increase and be higher with higher incentives. How reliable are the references provided by the Referrals? To ensure that the referrals are valid and are known to the Referrer, an OTP based validation is used during the referral process. When the Referrer submits a reference, the referred candidate receives an OTP. This OTP has to be shared with the Referrer to complete the submission. This ensures that only candidates whom the Referrer truly knows, is referred.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: YOUM at weekly against Refur's every 2 months. Refur's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
YOUM ships an update weekly, Refur every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YOUM | Refur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NYOUM Ltd. | Refur |
In-app purchases
YOUM
No in-app purchases
Refur
No in-app purchases









