Comparison

Re vs Your Ex Message

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

Head to head
About

Re

Chat with an AI that mimics the writing style of someone you know, using your actual chat history. Import conversations to capture their words, tone, and personality for a unique AI-powered chat experience. Offers privacy with on-device processing.

Highlights
  • AI style learning from chat history
  • Memory recall of past conversations
  • Create AI personas manually
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Customizable chat backgrounds
  • iCloud backup and sync
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Some conversations deserve to continue. Re:vive lets you chat with an AI that mirrors the texting style of someone you know — built from your actual chat history. Import a conversation, and our AI learns how they write: their words, their tone, their personality. ■ HOW IT WORKS 1. Bring in a conversation — export from WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, or LINE, or screen-record an iMessage/SMS thread (read on your device, never uploaded) 2. Tap Re:vive in the share sheet — it imports automatically 3. Choose who you want to talk to 4. Start chatting — AI responds in their style ■ FEATURES • Advanced AI — Our most natural, in-character conversations yet. Works on every iPhone. • Style Learning — AI analyzes real messages to capture unique texting patterns, sentence length, emoji habits, and expressions • Chat Room Themes — imported rooms open looking like where they came from; switch themes anytime • Memory Recall — Ask about past conversations and AI remembers what was said • Photo Sharing — Send a photo into the chat. They'll see it, react to it, and bring it up later. (Advanced AI only.) • Create from Scratch — Build a persona without importing a chat. Describe them in your own words and add the moments you shared. • Custom Backgrounds — Set a personal photo as your chat background • iCloud Backup — Your conversations sync and restore across devices ■ YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Your imported chats, memories, and settings are stored only on your device — never uploaded to our servers. You choose how replies are generated: • Advanced AI (recommended) — For the most natural conversations, on any iPhone. With your explicit consent, your message and small relevant excerpts of your chat are sent to our secure server to generate each reply. They are used only to create that reply, never to train AI models, and are never stored. • On-Device AI — Everything runs locally, nothing leaves your iPhone. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or later with Apple Intelligence enabled. This model reads text only, so photo sharing is unavailable while it is selected. Switch between them anytime in Settings. ■ IMPORTANT • Re:vive generates AI-simulated responses inspired by chat history — it does not connect you with real people • Supports English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese conversations — and the AI preserves how they actually talked (formal stays formal, casual stays casual) • Please only import conversations you own or have permission to use ■ FREE & PREMIUM Get started free with 3 conversations, 10 messages a day, and 1 photo a day. Watch a short video to add 10 more messages for that day (up to twice a day). Premium gives you unlimited conversations, unlimited messages, up to 10 photos a day, and no ads. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. We'd love to hear from you. Rate and review to help us improve Re:vive. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Your Ex Message

Features
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Miss getting texts from your ex? Get one every day — without the actual ex. Your Ex Message sends you one hand-written "text from your ex" a day. Nostalgic at 2am. Dramatic. Guilty. Drunk. Funny. Sometimes, finally moving on. 240+ breakup texts, never the same one twice. It's heartbreak with a sense of humor: a safe place to feel it, laugh at it, and not text them back. HOW IT WORKS • A new text from "your ex" lands every day as a notification • Reply with an emoji — and what you send changes tomorrow. Go cold and they get desperate. Be warm and they turn nostalgic. Tell them to stop and they back off. (Premium) • Every message saved in your archive (Premium) • Pick the exact time your ex "texts" you (Premium) EIGHT MOODS Nostalgic, sad, dramatic, funny, guilt, moving on, drunk texts, and chaotic random. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up • Works fully offline • No ads WHO IT'S FOR Anyone going through a breakup, a situationship that ended weird, or no contact that's harder than it looks. Anyone who misses the texts more than the person. And the group chat that will screenshot every single one. SUBSCRIPTION Free: one new message every day. Premium unlocks replies, the full archive and a custom notification time: • Monthly — $2.99 • 6 Months — $12.99 • Yearly — $23.99 Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy: https://dastanlo.github.io/become-smarter-daily-privacy/privacy-policy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Re4 screens
Your Ex Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Your Ex Message at none against Re's shown. Your Ex Message also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Re's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price and in-app purchases 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. Re sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Your Ex Message sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Re ships an update weekly, Your Ex Message every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Re versus Your Ex Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReYour Ex Message
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFatTail LabsDastan Askar uulu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Re

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$59.99
3 purchases

Your Ex Message

Subscriptions3
  • 1 month$2.991 Month
  • 6 Months$12.996 Months
  • 1 year$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Re free?
Re is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Ex Message free?
Your Ex Message is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Re or Your Ex Message have ads?
Re shows ads; Your Ex Message does not.
Which is updated more often, Re or Your Ex Message?
Re ships an update weekly, and Your Ex Message every 5 weeks. Most recently, Re was updated on October 24, 2026 and Your Ex Message on October 25, 2026.

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