# Yac review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Voice and screen messages that replace meetings

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Yac is an asynchronous messaging app for teams that talk by recording short voice messages, screen recordings and camera clips instead of joining calls. Messages live in channels and private groups, and paid plans add transcription search and unlimited history.

- **Category:** Team Communication
- **Made by:** Yac Inc.
- **Website:** https://yac.com
- **Runs on:** macOS, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Windows, as no Windows or browser version is listed.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Yac has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($5 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited voice messages, screen and camera recording, public sharing links, a Yac.com profile and channels, with the last 100 messages visible.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | For personal use. Inviting teammates or creating multiple teams needs a paid plan; message history is limited to the last 100. |
| Yac for Teams | $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($5 billed monthly) | Unlimited message history, transcription search, team management, private groups and the Slack and Zapier integration. |

Read from https://yac.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Yac before buying.

## Key features

- **Voice messages:** Record a message and share it in a channel or with one person, so teammates can reply when it suits them.
- **Screen and camera recording:** Record your screen or camera to give feedback or report a bug. Included on the free plan.
- **Channels and private groups:** Channels and personal connections are free; private groups and team management are on the paid plan.
- **Transcription search:** Search the text of past voice messages. This needs the Teams plan.
- **Public sharing links:** Share a recording through a link that can be opened outside the team.
- **Slack and Zapier:** The Teams plan lists a Slack and Zapier integration; the page invites customers to ask about Asana and Jira.

## Good for

- Distributed teams working across time zones
- Teams trying to cut standing meetings and status calls
- Giving spoken or on-screen feedback without scheduling a call

## Worth knowing

- Free accounts see only the last 100 messages and cannot invite teammates.
- The homepage says a new version of Yac is coming soon, with a waitlist.
- The Mac, iOS and Android apps are listed; no Windows or browser version appears on the pages read.
- The pricing and footer pages show a 2021 copyright line, so some pages may be older than the rest.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Yac sends voice, screen and camera messages so a team can skip some meetings. Teams cost $3 a user a month on yearly billing. The free plan is for one person, with only the last 100 messages visible, and the homepage says a new version is coming.

- **Value for money: B.** $3 a user a month billed yearly, at the edge of the cheaper quarter, $5 if billed monthly.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free for personal use with unlimited voice messages, but no teammates and only the last 100 messages.
- **Features: C.** Voice, screen and camera messages, channels and transcription search. Private groups, full history and the Slack link are paid.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. A team has to be invited and the habit built before it helps.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Mac, iPhone and Android, with Slack and Zapier. No Windows or web version appears on the pages read.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yac's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among team communication apps

- Yac's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 29 of the 75 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 16.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 47 of 75) and worst on features (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $3 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.90 for the category: 9 of the 51 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/team-chat

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Yac you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $36 a year.

- You could not: Chat that a whole team counts on staying up.
- You could not: Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video.
- You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Slack, Zapier

**Tags:** Team chat, Screen recording, Transcription

## Alternatives

- [Voxer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/voxer): Push-to-talk voice messaging for teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/voxer-vs-yac)
- [Twist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twist): Async team messaging organized into threads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twist-vs-yac)
- [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slack-vs-yac)
- [Geekbot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/geekbot): Async standups, polls and surveys in Slack and Microsoft Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekbot-vs-yac)
- [Roam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/roam): Virtual office with drop-in meetings, chat and AI meeting notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/roam-vs-yac)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://yac.com/pricing
- https://yac.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/yac
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