Comparison

Don’t Ask vs Riff

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

Head to head
About

Don’t Ask

This app provides a variety of questions to spark engaging conversations in social settings. Users can select different moods and categories to tailor the discussion, making it ideal for friends, dates, or couples looking to deepen their connections.

Highlights
  • 300+ conversation questions
  • Multiple question categories
  • Mood-based question selection
  • Hide disliked questions
  • Suitable for friends, dates, and couples
  • Unlock additional questions
Features
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Don’t Ask turns ordinary conversations into funny, honest, deep, and sometimes spicy moments. Choose your mood, mix different categories, and start right away. Whether you’re with friends, on a date, spending time as a couple, or hanging out in a group, Don’t Ask gives you questions that keep the conversation going. With 300+ questions, there’s something for every mood – from easy icebreakers and random questions to personal, direct, deep, and spicy topics. Make the game yours: • 300+ questions • Many questions available for free • Choose one mood or mix multiple categories • Hide questions you don’t like • Funny, random, personal, deep, direct, and spicy questions • Made for friends, dates, couples, and groups • Unlock even more questions • No complicated rules – just choose and start Skip the small talk, discover new sides of each other, and see where the conversation takes you.

About

Riff

Features
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Getting to know someone often gets stuck in the "how's it going?" loop. Riff is built to break that loop. Riff is a conversation game for two or more people. You pick a category together, Riff sends you a question that fits the moment, and you take turns answering. The question is the move. The conversation is the board. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a category with the person across from you 2. Let Riff send you a question 3. Take turns answering — get curious, laugh, get surprised 4. Tap for the next question That's it. No feed to scroll, no chats to manage. CATEGORIES — Social Light, warm-up questions that get people smiling. Perfect for new acquaintances or for friends you haven't seen in a while. Example: "What's your weirdest habit?" — Fun Playful, absurd, "would you rather" style questions. Made for road trips, group dinners, and tables that need a spark. Example: "If you had to listen to only one song for a week, which one?" — Deep Stuff Philosophical, existential, character-revealing questions. The shortest path to "okay, who are you really?" Example: "If you could take back one moment in your life, which one would it be?" — Relationships Love, dating, past relationships, expectations. For new dates that want to skip the script — or for long-term partners who never got around to asking. Example: "What's your one non-negotiable in a relationship?" — Career & Goals Dreams, plans, work life, future vision. See yourself — and the person across from you — through the lens of "where do you actually want to be in five years?" Example: "If money wasn't an issue, what would you do tomorrow?" WHY RIFF? - No more "what do I even ask?": Pick a vibe, get a question. - From shallow to deep, your pace: Start with Social, end up in Deep Stuff — only if you both want to. - Fits any setting: First dates, long drives, dinner parties, couple nights, family time. Pick a category, the rest follows. - Clean, ad-free interface: Just the question and the two of you. Nothing in the way. - Thoughtfully written questions: Each one designed to actually go somewhere — not just fill silence. WHO IT'S FOR - First-daters who want to skip the small talk script - Long-distance friends catching up over a call - Couples tired of running out of things to say - Friend groups with a new face at the table - Anyone curious about the people around them — and about themselves GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE, AS A GAME Riff doesn't leave conversation to luck. It gives it a shape. You flip a question like a card. You answer when it's your turn. You listen when it's theirs. It's not a social feed, it's not a messaging app. It's just you, the person across from you, and the question between you. Download it. Open it with one person. Pick a category. The conversation takes care of itself. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Don’t Ask4 screens
Riff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Don’t Ask at none against Riff's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Don’t Ask sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Riff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Don’t Ask versus Riff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon’t AskRiff
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB59 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperFinn MikoschekCANER TURE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Don’t Ask

One-time1
  • 65+ Spicy Questions$1.49
2 purchases

Riff

Subscriptions2
  • Riff Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Riff Pro Yearly$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Don’t Ask free?
Don’t Ask is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Riff free?
Riff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Don’t Ask or Riff have ads?
Riff shows ads; Don’t Ask does not.

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