YourTalks vs January
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YourTalks
Listen to an unlimited library of podcasts for free. Create your own studio-quality audio content by typing or speaking any topic, and have it researched and produced into a conversational podcast episode within minutes. Explore community-created content and follow along with synchronized transcripts.
- Unlimited free podcast listening
- AI-generated podcast creation
- Studio-quality audio production
- Researched content with source links
- Word-synced transcripts
- Offline listening and playback speed control
- Community feed for discovery and interaction
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Listen to every podcast on YourTalks free. Unlimited, on every plan, forever. Then make your own. Type or say what you're curious about — anything from "why do we dream" to "the history of coffee" — and YourTalks researches it, writes a conversation between two hosts, and produces studio-quality audio you can start playing in about a minute. RESEARCHED, NOT GUESSED Every episode is built from real sources — academic institutions, government sites, established publications — and every one is listed and linked inside the app. Tap any source to see exactly where the information came from. TWO HOSTS, A REAL CONVERSATION Atlas and Nova explain, push back, and build on each other, so it plays like a show you'd subscribe to instead of a robot reading an article aloud. FOLLOW ALONG A word-synced transcript highlights as the hosts speak. Tap any line to jump to that moment. Chapters let you skip around longer episodes. LISTEN ANYWHERE Download for offline listening on flights and subways. Background audio, lock-screen controls, and playback speed from 0.5x to 3x. DISCOVER Browse the community feed to hear episodes other people have made. Like, comment, bookmark, and share what you find. Listening never uses any of your minutes. PLANS - Creator Lite (free): unlimited listening, plus 15 minutes of your own podcasts every month (25 in your first month after signing in), episodes up to 15 minutes - Creator Pro ($9.99/month or $99/year): 100 minutes a month, episodes up to 30 minutes, private episodes - Creator Elite ($19.99/month or $199/year): 250 minutes a month, episodes up to 30 minutes, private episodes, priority generation, early access Need more? A 60-minute top-up is $4.99 and never expires. Minutes are used only when you create an episode. Listening is always unlimited and free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://yourtalks.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://yourtalks.ai/privacy
January
Get informed effortlessly with a personalized news feed based on global factual consensus. Understand complex topics with key points, source breakdowns, and AI-powered questions. Discuss news with friends, starting from the same facts.
- Personalized news feed
- Global factual consensus
- Key points summary
- Source breakdown
- AI-powered questions
- Social discussion space
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Ever felt like you should be more on top of the news, downloaded a few apps to fix it, and ended up either feeling manipulated or doing full-on detective work with bias meters and misinformation trackers just to figure out what's actually true – when really, you just wanted to be informed as easily as you scroll everything else on your phone? That's exactly why we built January. Being informed has never been this easy. You scroll a news feed personalised to the topics you care about, where every article is built on global factual consensus, hundreds of sources read across the world and boiled down to what they actually agree on. No spin, no outlet's angle, no guessing who's trying to sell you something. Just what happened, clearly written, in seconds. Want the gist even faster? Key points pop up right in the feed. Want to go deeper? Every story shows you which claims only some outlets ran, where the facts don't line up, and the full list of sources it came from. And January isn't something you read alone. There's a space to talk it out with your friends and peers, about the news, the articles, your day, or the state of the world, all starting from the same set of facts instead of two different headlines. Got a question about a story or anything going on out there? Just ask January AI and dig in as far as you want. No more research projects. No more wondering who to trust. Just the news, made effortless. Download January and see what being informed is supposed to feel like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: January at none against YourTalks's 5. January also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). YourTalks's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. YourTalks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. January asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for YourTalks against 5.0 for January. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
YourTalks ships an update every 4 days, January fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | YourTalks | January |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Collective Theory Corp | Søren Buchreitz |
Customer experience
YourTalks
January
In-app purchases
YourTalks
- Creator Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Creator Elite Monthly$19.991 Month
- Creator Pro Annual$99.991 Year
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- Creator Elite Annual$199.991 Year
- 60 Minute Top-Up$4.99
January
No in-app purchases









