Yve vs Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yve
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Yve is a private, photo-first social app built for real moments with close friends. Instead of posting for everyone, Yve helps you share your day more naturally with the people who actually matter to you. Yve is designed to make social sharing feel lighter, more personal, and more real. No pressure to perform, no need to over-edit, and no crowded public feed. Just a space where everyday moments can be shared quickly and felt more deeply. Key features of Yve: Zap A faster, more immersive way to experience your friends’ moments. Zap makes sharing and viewing feel immediate, visual, and alive—like flipping through real moments, not just scrolling another feed. Sketch Reply Respond to photos in a more expressive way. With Sketch Reply, you can draw directly on a moment and send back a reaction that feels playful, personal, and emotional in a way words often cannot. Dual Camera Capture both sides of a moment at once. Yve’s dual camera feature helps make posts feel more honest and present by showing not just what you see, but how you are in that moment too. Archive Moments do not have to disappear to lose meaning. Archive lets you look back on past posts naturally, turning everyday sharing into a personal memory record over time. Yve is built for smaller circles and stronger connections. It is not about reaching everyone. It is about being closer to the right people. As you are, just us.
Sync
This app turns meaningful clock moments into a simple way to connect with loved ones. Catch a magic minute and send it to someone special, fostering connection without social media pressure. It's a quick ritual to show you're thinking of them.
- Catch meaningful clock moments
- Send instant connection pings
- Receive and respond to pings
- Track shared moments
- Invite friends via text
- No contact upload required
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A tiny ritual to stay connected with loved ones through patterns in time. Some minutes are too perfect to keep to yourself. 11:11. 12:34. 12:21. 22:22. A few times each day the clock lands on something beautiful — and for one minute, it belongs to you and the people you care about. Sync turns that tiny moment into a reason to reach out. Catch a magic minute, send it to someone you love, and you've said "thinking of you" in two taps — no feeds, no scrolling, no pressure. HOW IT WORKS - Catch the moment — when the clock hits a meaningful minute (a repeat like 11:11, a run like 12:34, a palindrome like 12:21, a mirror like 13:13), the SEND button lights up. - Send it to the people you love — pick your friends. They get a gentle ping and 30 minutes to catch it back. - Stay close — when someone catches it back you both score a little, but the real win is staying in touch with people you actually know. - Look back — your Discoveries log keeps every rare minute you've shared and who shared it back. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - A 60-second ritual, not another feed to scroll. - Stay close to the people you already text. Add friends from your contacts, or anyone by name and number with a full country-code picker — no contacts permission required. - Invite the rest. Not on Sync yet? Send a one-tap text invite. - A real reason to glance at the clock. Suddenly 11:11 means someone. Your contacts stay on your device — Sync never uploads anyone you don't add as a friend. Sync is free and made for the people you love. Catch the next magic minute and stay connected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sync at every 8 days against Yve's every 3 weeks. Yve's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yve ships an update every 3 weeks, Sync every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Yve | Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | seongbin Bae | SilverGrid Technology LLC |
In-app purchases
Yve
No in-app purchases
Sync
No in-app purchases









