Creative review and approval software, on one record.
yeses is creative review and approval software where the comments and the sign-off live in the same place, against the same version, under the name of whoever left them.
- Free plan, no time limit
- No credit card
- Reviewers don't need an account
“Did we ever actually sign this off?”
The feedback is in a thread, the yes is in an email, and the file they were both about has been replaced twice since. Nobody is sure whether the change Sam asked for made it in, or whether the approval that came after was for the version that included it. So somebody spends an hour reconstructing it from memory.
How it works
One round, from first comment to final yes.
- 01
Send one round
Pick the files and the people. Everyone gets the same version, at the same time.
- 02
They mark it up
Comments land on the spot they are about, on images and on PDF pages alike.
- 03
They decide
Approve, or request changes with a reason. Both answers go on the same record.
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You see where it stands
One view: who commented, who decided, what they were looking at when they did.
Features
Design review and approval software that leaves one trail, not three.
Most teams review in one tool and approve in another. The gap between them is where the version gets lost.
Decisions
Two answers, both carrying a reason.
Every reviewer approves or requests changes, and a request for changes needs a comment, so a no always arrives with the reason attached. Both answers are stored against the reviewer's name, the time, and the version in front of them. Unlike a proof approval software that records only the final state, nothing here can be edited or deleted afterwards.
Versions
Every comment and every yes knows its version.
Each send is a numbered round that freezes the files it covered. Artwork review and approval falls apart when a comment from round one is read against round three, so an earlier decision is shown standing against the older version rather than carried forward in silence.
Stages
Review and approval workflow software you set up once.
When work has to clear people in a fixed order, name the stages and who signs off on each, then attach that flow to any project. Only the open stage is asked, and it moves on by itself when everyone in it has decided.
Outside reviewers
The people whose yes you need rarely have your tools.
Clients, executives and outside agencies are who a creative review and approval process actually waits on, and the least likely to make an account.
In yeses they get a link, and the link is the credential. They open it, see the work at full size, leave comments on the parts they mean, and approve or request changes from the same page. No sign-up screen, no password, nothing to install.
Every proofing and approval tool has to solve this, and most solve it by making the client an account anyway. Because the link here was issued to one person, their comments and their decision are recorded under their name without one existing.
Questions
Review and approval, answered.
What is the difference between review and approval here?
They are two halves of one round, not two tools. Reviewing is the comments left on the work itself. Approving is the decision at the end of it. In yeses both land on the same record against the same version, so you never have to reconcile a comment thread in one place against a sign-off in another.
Do reviewers need a yeses account?
No. Each reviewer opens their own link, comments on the work and approves from the same page. No sign-up and no password. Because the link was issued to them, every comment and every decision is still recorded against them by name.
Can the same people review and approve, or are those separate roles?
The same people do both. Anyone you send a round to can leave comments and give a decision. There is no separate approver seat to buy and no second invitation to chase.
What file types does the review and approval process cover?
Images and PDFs. Both take comments pinned to a spot, and a PDF takes them page by page, so a brochure or a deck is reviewed in place rather than in an email about it. Video is not supported.
What happens to an approval when a new version lands?
It stays on the record and is marked stale, showing the version it was given against. Nobody is silently re-asked, and a yes on v1 never quietly counts as a yes on v3.
Can I see the whole history months later?
Yes. Every comment and every decision keeps its author, its timestamp and the version it was made against, and none of them can be edited or deleted after the fact. That record is the point of the whole thing.
How long do our review rounds actually spend waiting?
Longer than most teams guess, and the waiting is the part nobody plans for — the days between sending the work out and the last person replying. Put your own numbers in and see it per project. Try the revision cost calculator.
What does it cost?
There is a free plan, and it runs a whole review from start to finish: one project at a time, unlimited reviewers, the full record. Paid plans start at $63 a month billed annually, or $79 monthly, and buy volume rather than the basics. Every account opens with a 30-day trial of Business, takes no card, and never turns into a payment by itself. See the plans.
Put the comments and the yes in one place.
Run a whole round on the free plan and see the record it leaves behind.