Comparison

Josyfon vs WORLD SHINER

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

Head to head

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About

Josyfon

Features

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L & R Josyfon Ltd stock search app This app provides search facilities for Josyfon diamond stock. Established over 100 years ago, L & R Josyfon Ltd offer the finest quality certificated, non-certified stones and loose stones.

About

WORLD SHINER

Features

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World Shiner is your premier partner for diamonds serving over 10,000 wholesale B2B jewelers and manufacturers through it offices worldwide. We offer a broad selection of certified Round and Fancy Cut diamonds. We guarantee competitive pricing, great service, and flexibility in order to make sure that your sales go through! For us, product quality is paramount, and the essential first step towards our ultimate goal. Our app allows you to search certified natural loose diamonds from GIA, HRD, IGI and other regional labs. We carry parcels, single stones, matches pairs and layouts (melee ordering coming soon). We offer a full range of white natural colors from D-Z across varying price points in IF-PK clarities. We also carry natural brown, treated and natural fancy colored diamonds.

Screenshots

Josyfon3 screens

WORLD SHINER4 screens

Verdict

The call

Josyfon and WORLD SHINER are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Josyfon ships an update every 5 weeks, WORLD SHINER monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences

Josyfon versus WORLD SHINER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Josyfon	WORLD SHINER
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 5 weeks	Monthly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0	13.0
Further details — not scored
Size	15 MB	33 MB
Age rating	4+	17+
Developer	L & R JOSYFON LIMITED	Diamantra, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Josyfon

No in-app purchases

None

WORLD SHINER

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Josyfon free?

Josyfon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is WORLD SHINER free?

WORLD SHINER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Josyfon or WORLD SHINER have ads?

Neither Josyfon nor WORLD SHINER shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Josyfon or WORLD SHINER?

Josyfon ships an update every 5 weeks, and WORLD SHINER monthly. Most recently, Josyfon was updated on October 20, 2026 and WORLD SHINER on October 11, 2026.