Comparison

Y/n vs srsly

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

Head to head
About

Y/n

Engage with interactive stories where your choices shape the narrative and character relationships. Explore a vast library of community-created tales or write and publish your own.

Highlights
  • Play interactive stories
  • Choices affect story and characters
  • Rewind and change decisions
  • Explore 1M+ community stories
  • Write and publish own stories
Features
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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/

About

srsly

This app provides personalized coaching and encouragement from a chosen character to help you achieve your goals. It adapts to your progress, offers unique check-ins, and can even help manage screen time by intervening when you try to access certain apps.

Highlights
  • Choose or create a personalized character coach
  • Set and track any type of personal goal
  • Receive unique voice-based check-ins
  • Adaptive progress tracking without shame
  • Screen time management with character intervention
  • Browse and adopt goals from other users
Features
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seriously. your favorite character, in your corner. imagine the person you'd most want cheering you on. now imagine they actually showed up: remembered what you're working toward, checked in on the right day, and knew exactly what to say when you did the thing or when you didn't. that's seriously. pick a character or build your own, point them at whatever you're chasing, and let them help you become the version of yourself you said you wanted to be. how it works: - choose your character. pick from a library of personas or create your own — the voice, the vibe, the energy. this is who's in your corner. - set a goal, any goal. cook five new dishes. build a bigger bicep. journal every night. learn guitar. stay off the apps that eat your evenings. just say what you want, and seriously builds the goal around it — what it tracks, when it nudges, how it checks in. - get coached in a voice you actually like. every check-in comes from your character, in their voice — hyped, gentle, sassy, whatever fits them and fits the day. never a copy-paste script. - they remember, and they adapt. miss a day? crush a week? the next check-in knows. progress that matters to your goal lives right there — no vanity charts, no leaderboards, no shame. - the screen-time wall, when you want it. put a limit on any app. when you reach for it, your character catches you mid-reach and talks it out. real reason? maybe a few more minutes. just bored? they'll call it. - borrow what works. browse goals other people made, adopt the ones you like, tweak them to fit you, and share your own. - not a tracker. not a lecture. not another app full of streaks built to guilt you. for feedback, please join our discord server or email us at hello@seriously.chat! apple eula: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ seriously terms of services: https://www.seriously.chat/terms seriously privacy policy: https://www.seriously.chat/privacy *seriously runs on small, efficient models, and we try to be as carbon neutral as we possibly can *an active seriously free trial or subscription is required to access the features described above.

Screenshots

Y/n4 screens
srsly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Y/n at none against srsly's shown. Y/n also leads on ratings volume (5.9K vs 766) and chart position (#15 vs #46). srsly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (83% vs 61%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Y/n sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and srsly sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

srsly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y/n has 5.9K ratings behind it against 766, 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 83% of srsly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Y/n ships an update every 2 weeks, srsly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Y/n versus srsly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterY/nsrsly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.9K ratings)4.7 (766 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews82.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.9K — better766
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#15 — better#46
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB161 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEmittance Inc.Sincerely Studios, Inc.

Customer experience

Y/n

All ratings5,825 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews2,122 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral18.0%
Negative21.4%

srsly

All ratings766 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.3%

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

srsly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Y/n

Subscriptions2
  • Y/n+ Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Y/n+ Monthly$14.991 Month
23 purchases

srsly

Subscriptions16
  • Seriously Everyday$7.991 Month
  • srsly+ Monthly$9.991 Month
  • seriously weekly plan w/ free trial3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • seriously weekly plan$9.997 Days
  • seriously monthly plan$14.991 Month
  • seriously plus monthly plan $19.99$19.991 Month
  • seriously yearly plan $19.99$19.991 Year
  • seriously yearly plan $29.99$29.991 Year
  • seriously yearly plan 29.99 w/ 3d3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • seriously yearly $39.99 free3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • seriously_yearly_plan_4999$49.991 Year
  • srsly+ Annual$59.991 Year
  • seriously yearly plan w/ 1m intro1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Seriously Yearly Plan w/ 3 days3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • seriously yearly plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Seriously+ Yearly$119.991 Year
One-time7
  • 16 Keys$1.99
  • 20 Keys$1.99
  • 50 Keys$4.99
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  • 120 Keys$9.99
  • 140 Keys$9.99
  • 260 Keys$19.99
  • 1,600 Keys$99.99

Questions

Is Y/n free?
Y/n is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is srsly free?
srsly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Y/n or srsly?
srsly is rated higher. Y/n averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.9K ratings, while srsly averages 4.7 from 766 ratings.
Do Y/n or srsly have ads?
srsly shows ads; Y/n does not.
Which is updated more often, Y/n or srsly?
Y/n ships an update every 2 weeks, and srsly every 2 days. Most recently, Y/n was updated on November 1, 2026 and srsly on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Y/n or srsly?
Y/n currently peaks at #15 in the App Store charts, and srsly at #46. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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