Comparison

Yada vs Whim

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

Head to head
About

Yada

This app helps you move beyond small talk to foster deeper connections with loved ones. It offers over 1,200 curated questions across various relationship categories and conversation depths, along with interactive games and guided journeys.

Highlights
  • 1,200+ curated questions
  • Guided conversation journeys
  • Multiplayer relationship games
  • Love Language Quiz
  • Offline access
  • Daily question widgets
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Tired of the same conversations? Yada helps you talk about what actually matters with the people who matter most: your partner, your kids, your parents, your grandparents, your friends. 1,900+ carefully chosen questions, a daily question you answer with someone, guided question packs, quizzes you take together, and games for two. Every dinner, drive and walk becomes a chance to know someone a little better. HOW IT WORKS Pick who you're with, swipe, and ask. From light icebreakers to the conversations that change things, there's a question for the moment you're in. 1,900+ QUESTIONS, 9 CATEGORIES • Marriage • Dating • Parents • Grandparents • Kids (3–8) • Kids (9–14) • Young adults • Friends • Groups 4 DEPTHS • Surface: to get started and laugh • Meaningful: questions that matter • Deep: the personal stuff, the hard-to-say stuff • Transformative: conversations you'll still talk about DAILY One question a day with someone you choose. You each answer on your own, by typing or by recording a voice note, and once you've both answered you see each other's. Hear them say it. Save the ones worth keeping. QUIZZES How you feel close. How you talk it out. Your love language. Take a quiz, then compare results with your partner side by side. JOURNEYS (Premium) Question packs with a beginning and an end, on things like your story, trust, dreams and the future. They unfold a few questions a day and remember where you left off. A new pack drops every Thursday, free for everyone that week. GAMES (Premium) Invite your partner or a friend. Answer questions about each other, guess what they said, and find out who really knows who. Play live or whenever you each have a minute. ALSO INCLUDED • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with a fresh question • Apple Watch app • 7 color themes, each with a matching app icon • Favorites and a log of your answers • Streaks and milestones to keep you coming back • English and Spanish: switch any time in Settings PERFECT FOR • Date nights at home • Road trips • Family dinners • Getting to know new friends • Reconnecting with your partner • Small groups YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your account data is used only to sync and to play with other people. Never sold, never shared. PREMIUM Start with a 7-day free trial. Choose monthly, yearly or lifetime, and cancel any time. Only one of you ever needs to pay: Premium covers you and one other person. Free users get questions every day to explore. Download Yada and go ask someone something good. Privacy Policy: https://yadaquestions.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Whim

This app provides a daily spontaneous activity to encourage real-world engagement and personal growth. Users commit to a hidden task, scratch to reveal it, and then complete the action, logging it in a personal journal. It aims to be a fun, encouraging companion for breaking routine.

Highlights
  • Daily spontaneous activity
  • Hidden tasks revealed by scratching
  • Personal journal to track completed actions
  • User-submitted act suggestions
  • Human review of user-submitted acts
  • One-time purchases for extra packs and themes
  • Option to re-roll daily whim
Features
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every day, whim deals you one sealed card. no peeking. scratch it off, and whatever's under there is today's side quest: a small, real, spontaneous act. do it, or pass. no judgment. one a day, that's the whole bit. it's the crazy friend who is proud of you. dry, warm, a little unhinged. the one who texts "go talk to the stranger" and means it kindly. WHAT HAPPENS - one whim a day, hidden until you scratch it - scratch to reveal, then go live a little - mark it done. honor system. we're not checking, and you'd never lie about a thing this small and this glorious - your journal keeps everything you've actually done. proof you were here on purpose PITCH AN ACT got something unhinged? send it to the council. every user-pitched act is reviewed by a human before it ever reaches anyone. there's a report control on everything, zero tolerance for cruel or objectionable content, and acts that get repeatedly reported come down automatically. THE HONEST PART (pricing) your first whim is free. scratch it, do it, feel the thing. after that, the daily whim lives behind Whim+: $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $4.99 a month. Whim+ includes the daily whim, your journal, and the 5 core packs. - extra act packs and color themes are one-time purchases, on top - $0.99 re-roll if today's whim isn't the one (fair-use daily cap) restore purchases is supported. subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. standard Apple subscription and refund terms apply. terms of use: https://elsewhereindex.com/whim/terms privacy policy: https://elsewhereindex.com/whim/privacy YOUR DATA local-first, with an anonymous account so nothing's tied to your name. you can export everything and delete all of it, right in the app. we don't sell your personal data. payments are handled by Apple or Google. A FRIENDLY WORD ON SAFETY whims happen in the real world. use common sense. nothing illegal, unsafe, or cruel, ever. you choose what you do, and you're responsible for it. Whim isn't liable for your choices. be kind, stay legal, don't be weird about it (be weird about everything else). flirty but mild. i have free will. one day, everyone will.

Screenshots

Yada4 screens
Whim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Whim at every 3 days against Yada's every 3 weeks. Whim also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Yada's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Yada sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Whim sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yada against 5.0 for Whim. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yada has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yada ships an update every 3 weeks, Whim every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Yada versus Whim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYadaWhim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrandon ClementElsewhere Index LLC

Customer experience

Yada

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Whim

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Yada

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$79.99
10 purchases

Whim

Subscriptions1
  • Whim+ Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time9
  • if you have a dog$1.99
  • if you actually cook$1.99
  • if you have coworkers$1.99
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  • if you have a crush$1.99
  • Petty Chaos$2.99
  • Touch Grass$2.99
  • Say Hi First$2.99
  • The Noticing$2.99
  • The Whole Pantry$14.99

Questions

Is Yada free?
Yada is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whim free?
Whim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yada or Whim?
Yada and Whim are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yada or Whim have ads?
Neither Yada nor Whim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yada or Whim?
Yada ships an update every 3 weeks, and Whim every 3 days. Most recently, Yada was updated on October 24, 2026 and Whim on October 24, 2026.

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