Yeah better than adsense, Chitika guarantees a CPC of $0.40 for some ads where as Google only pays a few cents a lot of the time. Also, better ads, lower payout, paypal payment (none of which adsense has) an overall better company.
Chitika review I have written
I got declined into YPN. But I use a few different ad companies with Google adsense as well, rather than just sticking to one. I'd rather be able to run Google ads when Chitika has no ads to show though. Not sure how (if) I can do that though.