NOVA vs Yap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NOVA
Create a personalized virtual space to express your style and share moments. Connect with others through interest-based groups, participate in challenges, and earn rewards for engagement. Be your authentic self and find your community.
- Personalized virtual spaces
- Avatar customization
- Interest-based groups
- Community challenges
- Rewards and achievements
- Moment sharing
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Join NOVAverse where communities live and voices take root. Create a space that feels like you. Express your style, share moments you love, and connect with people who get you. Be your authentic self: - Show off your personal style with statement clothing and accessories - Design and decorate your apartment to reflect your personality - Share moments from your day, from everyday wins to special moments Find your community: - Join interest groups built around your passions - Participate in community challenges and build connections - Earn rewards for engaging, supporting others, and staying active - Collect badges, achievements, and wearable trophies that celebrate your wins
Yap
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Yap is where a story turns into a group chat. Someone tells you what happened to them, out loud, in their own voice. It ends on a question with no clean answer. Was he wrong? Should she have said something? You tap, and you land in a room full of people talking it out right then. Text, photos, voice notes, whatever gets your point across. The room stays yours, and it keeps going long after the story ends. Every story here is somebody's real life. Every room is a group of strangers figuring out what they think about it. Why Yap ■ Stories told out loud Never written, never scripted. Someone talks, and you hear it exactly the way they told it. ■ Every story opens a room One tap and you are in, with everyone else who just heard the same thing. ■ Live group chats People reacting at the same time as you, not hours later in a comment section. ■ Your rooms stay in one place Ready for when you come back. The conversation kept going without you. ■ Talk once, and let the room take it from there No writing, no planning, no showing your face. You say it, and people show up. You know the feeling of finishing a story and needing to text someone about it right away. This is that, with the room already waiting. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://amonstudio.io/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yap at none against NOVA's 5. NOVA's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. NOVA sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Yap asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NOVA | Yap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ENSAPIA Corporation | Amon Studio |
In-app purchases
NOVA
- 10 GEMS$1.99
- 27 GEMS$4.99
- 55 GEMS$9.99
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- 115 GEMS$19.99
- 290 GEMS$49.99
Yap
No in-app purchases









