Yap!! vs Yoyu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Yap!!
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Build a focus queue from actions extracted from your voice notes. Work on one step at a time, track active time and keep an outcome for every step. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Focus and select up to five open actions. Choose the planned minutes per step and create the queue. 2. Start the timer, work on the current step, and pause when needed. Write an outcome or next move before finishing each step. 3. Review the completed session and share its report. Reopen sessions later; source memos and task completion states stay separate. Voice recording, transcription, daily wraps, action inbox, Loose Ends, searchable library and insights remain available in a five-tab layout. Finish a recording before opening Focus. Transcription now requires on-device recognition and safely handles duplicate completion callbacks. WHAT TO KNOW Extracted tasks need your review. Queues preserve a snapshot of the selected wording and source memo identifier. Finishing a focus step does not mark its source commitment done. Leaving the screen pauses and saves; a forced quit can lose time since the last pause. Up to five steps per session, 1โ120 planned minutes per step and 100 saved sessions. iPhone and iPad.
Yoyu
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Every morning, the same routine: glance at the clock, run the little "do I still have time?" math in your head. It gets old. Yoyu does that part for you. Set your usual travel time and a little buffer, then open the app and a color and a big number tell you whether to go. No maps, no traffic. For a trip you make every day, your own usual time is the best guess there is. Nothing to type, no location to share, nothing to wait for. Open it, and the answer is already there. Green, you are fine. Yellow, start moving. Red, you are late. It works like a traffic light, so you react before you think. What it does - Works out your real leave-by time from your target - Your travel time and buffer, set the way you like - On time, hurry, or late, shown in color - A big countdown, or how late you are - Save your usual departure setups and apply them in one tap - Remembers your settings, so next time you just open it - Japanese and English It doesn't use your location or send notifications. Only the time you set, all on your device. No account required. Commutes, school runs, the usual meetups. The more a trip repeats, the more this helps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yoyu at Free against Yap!!'s $3.99. Yoyu also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Yoyu is free to download; Yap!! costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yap!! ships an update fortnightly, Yoyu weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Yap!! | Yoyu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Corbin | KENTA OSAWA |
In-app purchases
Yap!!
No in-app purchases
Yoyu
No in-app purchases







