Comparison

Y/n vs Goodnight From Me

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

Goodnight From Me

Create personalized bedtime stories using familiar voices, including family members, or choose from classic tales. Features include a nightlight, sleep timer, and offline playback for a comforting bedtime routine.

Highlights
  • Personalized story creation
  • Family voice recording
  • Classic tales with studio narration
  • Nightlight and sleep timer
  • Offline listening
  • Parent-controlled profiles
Features
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Make tonight's bedtime story feel like home. Goodnight From Me creates gentle personalized stories from the people, pets, memories, and reassurance your child needs tonight. Classic Tales include pre-recorded studio narration. Personalized stories can use Moonlight, Storybook, or an approved family voice, with the adult voice owner's explicit consent for family narration. START IN THE WAY THAT FEELS EASIEST - Play an included Classic Tale immediately - Type or say one short story idea - Choose a gentle story world - Build from tonight's mood and setting - Review each personalized draft before choosing its narrator. MADE FOR REAL BEDTIMES - Pre-recorded studio narration for Classic Tales - Moonlight and Storybook narration for your approved personalized stories - Read Along with tappable story sections - A child-safe Nightlight and sleep timer - Lock-screen and background playback controls - Favorites, replay, and offline listening - Parent-selected child profiles and family details - Optional picture-book editions for approved stories HEAR MOMMY AND DADDY READ An adult family member can record and approve their own private narrator. Hear a sample first, rename or reorder saved voices, and revoke consent or request deletion at any time. Family voice setup is optional. No child account is required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Only the verified adult voice owner records and approves their voice. Another household cannot select it. Personalized story choices are constrained to family-safe options before writing begins, and every finished story remains subject to parent approval. No ads. No child accounts. No sale of personal data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goodnightfromme.com/privacy From one more story to sound asleep, in the voice they love most.

Screenshots

Y/n4 screens
Goodnight From Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goodnight From Me at 100% against Y/n's 61%. Goodnight From Me also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Y/n's advantage is ratings volume (5.8K vs 1) and chart position (#14 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Y/n sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Goodnight From Me sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goodnight From Me holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y/n has 5.8K ratings behind it against 1, 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 Goodnight From Me's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Y/n ships an update every 2 weeks, Goodnight From Me every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Y/n versus Goodnight From Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterY/nGoodnight From Me
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#14 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB143 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmittance Inc.Modu LLC (Apps)

Customer experience

Y/n

All ratings5,825 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews2,114 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral18.0%
Negative21.5%

Goodnight From Me

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Goodnight From Me

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
7 purchases

Goodnight From Me

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$14.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$99.991 Year
One-time5
  • Member Illustration Upgrade$2.99
  • Illustration Upgrade$3.99
  • Single Story$8.99
Show 2 more
  • 3-Story Pack$19.99
  • 10-Story Pack$49.99

Questions

Is Y/n free?
Y/n is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goodnight From Me free?
Goodnight From Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Y/n or Goodnight From Me?
Goodnight From Me is rated higher. Y/n averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while Goodnight From Me averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Y/n or Goodnight From Me have ads?
Neither Y/n nor Goodnight From Me shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Y/n or Goodnight From Me?
Y/n ships an update every 2 weeks, and Goodnight From Me every 9 days. Most recently, Y/n was updated on October 29, 2026 and Goodnight From Me on October 24, 2026.

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