Y/n vs Letterly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Y/n
Engage with interactive stories where your choices shape the narrative and character relationships. Explore a vast library of community-created tales across various genres, or unleash your creativity by writing and publishing your own.
- Interactive storytelling
- Branching narratives
- User-generated content
- Story creation tools
- Rewind feature
- Multiple genres
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On Y/n, you play a character in your story. Be a boarding school student and get the boys to fall in love with you, or plan a jailbreak with Sherlock Holmes. Stories are made for you. Your texts change the plot and how characters feel about you (oops!). No two playthroughs are the same (but you can rewind). There's a Y/n story for every taste: romance, fanfiction, fluff, mystery, and more. Discover 10M+ stories created by the community. Can't find the one you want? Write and publish your own. Download Y/n for free and play your story! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Letterly
Connect with others globally by anonymously sharing your thoughts and feelings. Receive a daily letter of empathy and comfort, and open up to someone new each day.
- Anonymous letter writing
- Global connection
- Daily empathy letters
- Share feelings and thoughts
- Find comfort and support
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Letterly is a special place where you can share your thoughts anonymously with people around the world and exchange warm empathy and comfort. You'll receive a sincere letter from someone every day at 9 AM. And you too can open up to someone and share what's on your mind. Ready to write your first letter?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Letterly at 100% against Y/n's 61%. Letterly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Y/n's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6.2K vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Y/n sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Letterly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Letterly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y/n has 6.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Y/n's written reviews are positive against 100% of Letterly's.
Y/n ships an update every 2 weeks, Letterly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y/n | Letterly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.2K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Emittance Inc. | Dusonn Dubaal |
Customer experience
Y/n
Letterly
Bugs and requests
Y/n
Reported bugs
2 issues- Continue button not working
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Private and delete characters
- Email sign-up option
Letterly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Y/n
- Y/n+ Weekly$4.997 Days
- Y/n+ Monthly$14.991 Month
Letterly
No in-app purchases
