CBRTX vs YapSpot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBRTX
This messenger app simulates a CB radio experience, allowing users to communicate across 40 channels. It offers optional end-to-end encryption and the ability to filter contacts by distance.
- CB radio simulation
- 40 channel support
- Distance filtering (200m - 20km)
- Optional end-to-end encryption
- Keyword-based encryption
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CBRTX is a CB radio (Citizens band radio) inspired messenger with optional end-to-end encryption on your iPhone. * switch between 40 channels * filter by distance from 200 m to 20.000 km * end-to-end encryption, only parties with the same keyword in their keychain receives your message.
YapSpot
This app allows users to listen to and create live audio broadcasts from around the world. Users can join or create public or private groups, discover broadcasters, and reply to broadcasts. It also features speech-to-text for reading transcripts.
- Global live audio broadcasts
- Create public/private groups
- Speech-to-text transcripts
- Discover and reply to broadcasters
- Location-based scanning range
- Listen, reply, like, and share
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Picture this: you're walking through a park you've passed a hundred times. This time, your phone buzzes — softly, automatically, no tapping required — and a stranger's voice starts telling you about the day they proposed on that exact bench, twenty years ago. You keep walking. A block later, another voice picks up: a local teenager's rant about the best taco truck in the city, left right where it's parked. That's YapSpot. Every place has stories. We just never got to hear them — until now. YapSpot lets you record your voice and pin it to the exact spot you're standing in. Anyone who later passes within range hears it automatically — playback is continuous, like a music stream, no searching or tapping required. It's the audio equivalent of graffiti: temporary or permanent, public or private, left for whoever walks by next. Think Twitter/X, meets CB radio, meets Maps. Every pin is a voice. Patented. US Patent 9305020.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: YapSpot at 4.3 against CBRTX's 1.0. YapSpot also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 60%) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). CBRTX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support 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. YapSpot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CBRTX asks for nothing beyond the download.
YapSpot holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YapSpot has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of CBRTX's written reviews are positive against 80% of YapSpot's.
| Parameter | CBRTX | YapSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Dan Jacoby |
Customer experience
CBRTX
YapSpot
In-app purchases
CBRTX
No in-app purchases
YapSpot
- Create your own custom channel$0.99
