Yearn Media vs Vertically Verse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yearn Media
Discover over 1000 ebooks and audiobooks in the romantasy genre. Find your next favorite read with a unique search system and connect with fellow readers. Enjoy a customizable reading experience and track your progress across devices.
- 1000+ ebooks and audiobooks
- Offline reading and listening
- Customizable reading experience
- Proprietary tagging system for search
- Reader community and discussions
- Personalized book recommendations
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Yearn is the ultimate destination for romantasy readers. Discover 1000+ ebooks and audiobooks from the traditional, indie, and self-published authors we all love, with fresh content dropping weekly. Find your next obsession and connect with readers who share your exact taste; because life's too short to wait around for your next great read. READ YOUR WAY - Access 1000+ curated ebooks and audiobooks - Read offline with seamless downloads - Customize your reading experience with themes, fonts, and layouts - Switch between reading and listening effortlessly - Track your progress across all devices SUPERCHARGED SEARCH - Finally find your next favorite read thanks to our proprietary tagging system, built by fans, for fans - Our unique search system helps you find your perfect match. Browse by tropes, subgenres, magical beings, spice level, and more - Hungry for your next vampire read with morally grey characters and a big twist? We got you CREATE YOUR COMMUNITY - Get matched with readers who love what you love - Follow friends and see what they're reading - Join book discussions and polls - Create and discover curated reading lists BOOKSHELF IN YOUR BACK-POCKET - Get book recommendations based on your favorite tropes, preferred spice levels, and reading history. Whether you're into enemies-to-lovers vampires or slow-burn fae romance, Yearn knows what you'll love next. Subscription required to read and listen to books. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Vertically Verse
Experience the Bible in a unique vertical, right-to-left format, mirroring traditional East Asian text. Choose from Korean, Japanese, or Chinese translations with customizable fonts and themes for an immersive reading journey.
- Vertical CJK typesetting
- Right-to-left reading
- Korean, Japanese, Chinese translations
- Adjustable font size and spacing
- Multiple reading themes
- Verse highlighting
- Two reading layouts
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Vertically Verse is a scripture reader built the traditional way — fully vertical, with characters stacking top to bottom and columns reading right to left, exactly as CJK text was meant to be set. Read the Bible in Korean, Japanese, or Chinese, each in a classic translation, with a single tap to switch languages. Every control, gesture, and transition is designed around the vertical, right-to-left axis — not a horizontal app with rotated text, but a reading experience rethought from the ground up. • Fully vertical, right-to-left typesetting with proper CJK glyph orientation • Three translations: Korean 한글 킹제임스, Japanese 口語訳, Chinese 和合本 • Serif (명조) or sans (고딕) typefaces • Adjustable font size and line spacing • Dark, sepia, and light reading themes • Highlight verses and navigate the full 66-book canon • Two reading layouts: continuous flow and structured page Designed for anyone who wants to read scripture the way vertical CJK text is meant to be read.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vertically Verse at none against Yearn Media's 2. Yearn Media's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Yearn Media sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Vertically Verse asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Yearn Media against 5.0 for Vertically Verse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yearn Media has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yearn Media ships an update every 5 days, Vertically Verse every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yearn Media | Vertically Verse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yearn Media | Jihoon Suh |
Customer experience
Yearn Media
Vertically Verse
In-app purchases
Yearn Media
- Yearn Monthly$12.991 Month
- Yearn Ultimate Annual$120.991 Year
Vertically Verse
No in-app purchases
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