Comparison

Unsent Messages vs Yearning

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

Head to head
About

Unsent Messages

Express thoughts and feelings that were never sent. Write anonymous letters, read messages from others globally, and explore shared emotions. This is a private space for words of love, regret, or gratitude.

Highlights
  • Write anonymous letters
  • Read messages from others
  • Browse letters by category
  • Like meaningful posts
  • No profiles or personal identities
Features
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Write the messages you never sent. Unsent Letters is a space for the thoughts, words, and feelings that never made it into a text, email, or conversation. Sometimes you just need to say it — even if no one ever receives it. Write anonymous letters, read messages from others, and explore the emotions people carry but never shared. Whether it's love, regret, gratitude, or goodbye, this is a place to let those words exist. Features • Write and share anonymous letters • Read messages from others around the world • Browse letters by category • Like meaningful posts • No profiles or personal identities shown Your identity is never displayed. The focus is on the message itself. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/unsent-messages/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/unsent-messages/privacy

About

Yearning

This app provides a space to have simulated conversations with an AI persona based on someone from your past. It's designed to help users find closure through guided interactions, not to reconnect with the actual person.

Highlights
  • AI-generated conversation personas
  • Simulated text-based interactions
  • Guided conversations for closure
  • On-device data processing
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Conversation deletion option
Features
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Some conversations never got to end. The text you never sent. The question you never asked. The apology you never got. Yearning is a space to have that conversation — with an AI that texts in the voice of someone from your past, built entirely from what you choose to share. It's not about getting them back. It's about getting closure, so you can move on. HOW IT WORKS • Tell us about them — how they texted, what happened, how it ended • Add screenshots of your old chats (processed on your device — they never leave your phone) • Have four guided conversations, each with a purpose: – Finish the conversation that got cut off – Ask the one question that's been stuck – Hear them take responsibility – Say goodbye, for real • Then you're done. This is a process with an ending, not a companion to keep you attached. EVERY CONVERSATION IS SIMULATED. The persona is generated by AI based only on what you provide. It is not the real person, it can't contact them, and nothing you write is ever sent to anyone. Your conversations stay on your device. Delete everything anytime. Yearning Pro unlocks unlimited conversations. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://yearning.mthdstudios.com/terms Privacy: https://yearning.mthdstudios.com/privacy

Screenshots

Unsent Messages4 screens
Yearning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yearning at 5.0 against Unsent Messages's 4.0. Yearning also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yearning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Unsent Messages versus Yearning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnsent MessagesYearning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB114 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTalk or Not, Inc.Ajhel Amanonce

Customer experience

Unsent Messages

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Yearning

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unsent Messages

No in-app purchases

None

Yearning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unsent Messages free?
Unsent Messages is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yearning free?
Yearning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unsent Messages or Yearning?
Yearning is rated higher. Unsent Messages averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Yearning averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Unsent Messages or Yearning have ads?
Neither Unsent Messages nor Yearning shows ads.

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