Comparison

YOW.tv vs Horror Hours

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

Head to head
About

YOW.tv

Discover and stream a curated selection of independent films. This platform offers filmmakers and distributors flexible earning opportunities. Engage with a community through shareable watchlists and public profiles for enhanced film discovery.

Highlights
  • Curated independent film library
  • Flexible earning for filmmakers
  • Shareable watchlists
  • Public user profiles
  • Community engagement features
  • Transparent distribution options
Features
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YOW.tv is a new boutique streaming channel tailored specifically for independent film. We license standout titles and offer independent distributors and filmmakers flexible, transparent ways to earn. Viewers enjoy a focused library rather than a mass catalog, shareable watchlists and even public profiles, adding new layers of discovery and community engagement which has never existed on a channel.

About

Horror Hours

Drift off to sleep with a vast library of narrated horror stories, enhanced by customizable ambient sounds. Features include sleep-safe stories with no jump scares, a gentle sleep timer, and automatic story queuing for uninterrupted listening.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of narrated, chapterized horror stories
  • Sleep-safe stories with no jump scares
  • Layered ambient sounds (white, pink, brown noise, nature)
  • Gentle sleep timer with fade-out
  • Automatic story queuing for continuous listening
  • Offline download and CarPlay support
Features
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Fall asleep to horror stories, with white noise underneath. 400+ narrated scary stories in chapters, no ads. Sleep-safe ones have no jump scares or sudden loud moments. Layer white, pink or brown noise, a fan, rain, a storm or ocean waves under any story, each at its own level, or play the sounds alone for free. Horror Hours is a horror story app built for the one time you actually listen to them — in the dark, in bed, with the lights off. Every story is narrated and cut into chapters, so you always know where you are and can pick up exactly where you drifted off. Hundreds of tales, from creeping small-town dread to cosmic deep-water horror, read by voices that know how to hold a room at 2 a.m. THE PART no other horror app gets right: sleep. Turn on Sleep Mode and the whole app changes. Stories are mastered flat — no sudden loud stings, no jump scares to yank you awake. The screen dims and warms so the last thing you see isn't a wall of blue light. Set a timer and the story fades gently into a bed of ambience instead of snapping to silence. Build the room you want to fall asleep in. Layer rain on a tin roof, a distant thunderstorm, a fire, wind across a field — as many as you like, each at its own level, all running under the story at once. Speed only ever touches the narration; the rain never speeds up. "Continue the night" keeps you going. When a story ends and you're still awake, the next one queues itself by mood and category, shorter as the night gets later, sleep-safe when you're in Sleep Mode. A single tap can turn one story into eight hours. - Hundreds of narrated horror stories, chapterized and searchable - Sleep-safe stories, badged: no jump scares. No ad breaks, ever. - Sleep timer with a gentle fade, and a 9-hour all-night session - Layered ambience: white, pink and brown noise, fan, rain, thunder, ocean, fire, forest, wind — stack them - Continue the night: automatic, mood-matched autoplay - Download for offline, adjustable speed, CarPlay and lock-screen controls - A private scorecard for the nights you keep — no leaderboards, no sharing New subscribers start with a 3-night free trial. Cancel anytime. Sleep is optional. We just made it possible. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://cloutos.com/horror-hours/terms Privacy Policy: https://cloutos.com/horror-hours/privacy-policy

Screenshots

YOW.tv4 screens
Horror Hours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Horror Hours at 4.3 against YOW.tv's 3.5. Horror Hours also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). YOW.tv's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. YOW.tv sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Horror Hours sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Horror Hours holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of YOW.tv's written reviews are positive against 83% of Horror Hours's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YOW.tv ships an update fortnightly, Horror Hours every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
YOW.tv versus Horror Hours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYOW.tvHorror Hours
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (21 ratings)4.3 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better14
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#91 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB68 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperYOW TV LLCDatePilot

Customer experience

YOW.tv

All ratings19 ratings
Positive57.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%

Horror Hours

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

YOW.tv

One-time9
  • Home$0.99
  • Undercover Wrestler2 variants$1.99
  • Different Kind of Sick$1.99
Show 6 more
  • MaMa$1.99
  • Seigz$1.99
  • Method Movie$2.99
  • Protocol7$4.99
  • Channel Subscription$5.99
  • Film Invasion Lima$5.99
4 purchases

Horror Hours

Subscriptions4
  • Horror Hours Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Horror Hours Monthly$13.991 Month
  • Horror Hours Yearly Offer3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Horror Hours Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is YOW.tv free?
YOW.tv is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Horror Hours free?
Horror Hours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YOW.tv or Horror Hours?
Horror Hours is rated higher. YOW.tv averages 3.5 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Horror Hours averages 4.3 from 14 ratings.
Do YOW.tv or Horror Hours have ads?
Neither YOW.tv nor Horror Hours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YOW.tv or Horror Hours?
YOW.tv ships an update fortnightly, and Horror Hours every 2 days. Most recently, YOW.tv was updated on November 4, 2026 and Horror Hours on November 6, 2026.

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