Hot or Not Takes vs Cringe or Based
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hot or Not Takes
Engage in lively debates by swiping right for 'HOT' or left for 'NOT' on controversial opinions. Submit your own takes and see real-time community results. Explore topics across various categories and track your voting history.
- Lightning-fast swiping interface
- Real-time community results
- Submit your own controversial takes
- Browse by category
- Track voting stats
- Anonymous voting
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Discover where you stand. Vote on interesting opinions, reveal how the community voted, and build your anonymous voting identity. BUILD YOUR VOTING IDENTITY Every user gets a unique generated name — like CleverBanana or NimbleFox. No account needed. As you vote, you'll unlock achievements, discover your voting style, and build a profile that's entirely your own. FIND YOUR VOTING STYLE Vote enough and the app reveals your taste profile. Are you a Contrarian? A Firestarter? A Room Reader? Your category breakdown shows exactly where your opinions diverge from the crowd. CATEGORIES FOR EVERY MOOD Politics · Food · Technology · Sports · Relationships · Wellness · Travel · Environment · Society · Life · Entertainment · Pets DAILY QUESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS Complete daily quests. Build your streak. Unlock achievements. Submit your own takes for the community to vote on. HOW IT WORKS Read a take Swipe right for HOT — you're with it Swipe left for NOT — you're not buying it See the community verdict instantly Explore your stats and voting style Community submissions are reviewed before appearing in the app to help keep the experience respectful and appropriate. Anonymous. Fun. Find out where you really stand.
Cringe or Based
Swipe through absurd stories to determine your "brain age" and discover your archetype. Generate your own chaotic meme stories with AI or challenge friends to compare results. Collect mystery packs and share your unique verdict.
- Swipe through meme stories
- AI story generation
- Challenge friends
- Collect mystery packs
- Share results
- Play ready-made stories
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How old is your brain? Swipe through absurd stories and find out if you're an alpha, a zoomer, a millennial or a full-on boomer. Every story has 4 choices: swipe left for CRINGE, swipe right for BASED. Your choices decide your brain age, your badge and a verdict you probably won't be proud of. TURN ANY IDEA INTO A STORY Type something like "I'm a baguette escaping a bakery" and AI will turn it into a chaotic meme story. Or jump straight into a ready-made story. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Send a friend a link, have them play the same story, and compare your brain ages and choices. Find out who's really the boomer. COLLECT THEM ALL Every finished story gives you a free mystery pack. You never know what's inside: from Duck Lawyer to the legendary Brain Emperor. Can you complete the collection? SHOW OFF YOUR RESULT Share your result card, or play a story recap made for screen recording and turn it into your next video. • 3 free AI stories every day, with more available by watching a short ad • Ready-made stories with no limits • No account needed • No in-app purchases This app is for entertainment only. The brain age is a joke, not a medical test, and AI stories are generated by algorithms. Please don't show your result to your doctor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hot or Not Takes at 100% against Cringe or Based's 0%. Hot or Not Takes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hot or Not Takes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Hot or Not Takes's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cringe or Based's.
Hot or Not Takes ships an update every 5 days, Cringe or Based every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hot or Not Takes | Cringe or Based |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Engman | Oleksii Demchenko |
Customer experience
Hot or Not Takes
Cringe or Based
In-app purchases
Hot or Not Takes
No in-app purchases
Cringe or Based
No in-app purchases
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