Clearstream vs 1YL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clearstream
This application provides church leaders with powerful SMS communication tools. Easily send mass texts to your congregation, respond to individual messages, and access valuable statistics to enhance engagement. Seamlessly integrates with Planning Center for streamlined operations.
- Send mass texts
- Reply to individual messages
- View statistics
- Syncs with Planning Center
- iPhone integration
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Powerful texting software for your church. Connect with your members via SMS from your iPhone. Send mass texts, reply to individual numbers, view useful statistics and more! Syncs with Planning Center. Requires a Clearstream account.
1YL
Connect with friends, discover events, and stay updated on happenings within the organization. This app facilitates communication and engagement for its users.
- Connect with friends
- Discover events
- Stay updated
- In-app communication
- Event notifications
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1YL | Your guide to what’s going on at 1YL – connect with long-lost or newly made friends, see what’s happening, and stay in the conversation with the 1YL app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clearstream at 4.9 against 1YL's 3.7. Clearstream also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 9). 1YL's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clearstream holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clearstream has 1.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Clearstream's written reviews are positive against 100% of 1YL's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Clearstream ships an update every 2 weeks, 1YL fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clearstream | 1YL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better | 3.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Clearstream | Young Life Inc |
Customer experience
Clearstream
1YL
Bugs and requests
Clearstream
Reported bugs
1 issue- Subscriber activity not recorded properly
Requested features
1 request- Ability to edit or delete scheduled messages directly from the app
1YL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clearstream
No in-app purchases
1YL
No in-app purchases
