Comparison

Joontos vs MyPlace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Joontos

Connect with neighbors for shared car trips, choosing your ride companions and splitting gas costs directly. This app facilitates peer-to-peer carpooling without taking a commission, prioritizing user choice and privacy.

Highlights
  • Browse neighbors for commutes
  • Choose your ride companions
  • Split gas and wear costs directly
  • Real-time location sharing during rides
  • User-initiated ride agreements
  • Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
Features
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Joontos is carpooling with the neighbors you already share a commute with. You browse real people going your way, pick who you want to ride with, meet at a corner, and split what the gas costs. That's it. You choose. Not an algorithm. Joontos doesn't assign you a stranger and tell you to get in. You see who is going your way and you decide. So does the other person. A ride only happens when both of you say yes. No money moves through the app. Joontos works out a fair split of gas and wear for the trip, and then gets out of the way. Whatever you and your neighbor already use to send each other money, use that. Joontos doesn't take a cut, because Joontos never touches it. Nobody is working here. The person driving is not a driver. They were already making the trip. This isn't a job, there is no fare, and no one is a customer. The car's location, only while it's coming. While a ride is live, the driver's location is shared with their rider, so nobody is standing on the wrong corner wondering. The rider's location is never shared with anyone. When the ride ends, the driver's location is deleted. In English and Spanish, properly. Not a menu translated at the last minute. The whole app, both languages, written for people who speak them. Built for Los Angeles, for the drive everyone here already makes.

About

MyPlace

Connect with people you know and their trusted networks for safer home-sharing experiences. Build private, connected communities based on real-life relationships.

Highlights
  • Build individual networks
  • Uses phone contacts for connections
  • Safe and private home-sharing
  • Connects friends and friends-of-friends
  • Curated group creation
Features
Currently charting
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You already share homes in groups on chat, on social, and real life. MyPlace makes that natural behavior smarter - designed uniquely for home-sharing with the widest, safest distribution possible. Our app builds individual networks by using your phone contacts to identify who you know - your contacts, your friends, and their friends. Why use MyPlace? Because staying with someone you have a real link to feels better, safer, and more natural than rolling the dice on strangers. MyPlace is for friends, friends-of-friends, and curated groups. Always private. Always connected. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Joontos4 screens
MyPlace3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joontos at none against MyPlace's 1. Joontos also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). MyPlace's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and chart position (#144 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MyPlace sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $95.99 per year. Joontos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Joontos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyPlace has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Joontos's written reviews are positive against 85% of MyPlace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Joontos ships an update every 5 days, MyPlace every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Joontos versus MyPlace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoontosMyPlace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#144 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB118 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRon HogenMyPlace Inc

Customer experience

Joontos

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MyPlace

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

None

Joontos

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MyPlace

Subscriptions1
  • MyPlace Subscription$95.991 Year

Questions

Is Joontos free?
Joontos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyPlace free?
MyPlace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Joontos or MyPlace?
Joontos is rated higher. Joontos averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MyPlace averages 4.6 from 26 ratings.
Do Joontos or MyPlace have ads?
Neither Joontos nor MyPlace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Joontos or MyPlace?
Joontos ships an update every 5 days, and MyPlace every 10 days. Most recently, Joontos was updated on November 2, 2026 and MyPlace on November 7, 2026.

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