Comparison

Santa Pass vs JointJoy

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

Head to head
About

Santa Pass

Merge identical Christmas patterns on a desktop to complete level requirements. Test your skills across 50 challenging levels. Can you conquer them all?

Highlights
  • Merge Christmas patterns
  • Complete level requirements
  • 50 levels
  • Puzzle gameplay
Features
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Christmas is here. Merge the same Christmas patterns on the desktop. Each version has patterns that are required to be combined. Complete the requirements to pass a level. Are there 50 levels here? See if you can pass them one by one. 聖誕節到了 把桌面上的相同聖誕圖案 合併在一起 每版都有要求要合拼的圖案 完成要求 便可過一關 這裡有沒有50關卡 看看你是否能一一通關

About

JointJoy

A relaxing logic puzzle game where you arrange circles to match a target pattern. Circles move based on their links, offering increasing difficulty and brain challenges. Features 500 levels and Game Center support.

Highlights
  • Arrange linked circles
  • Logic and brain challenging
  • 500 levels
  • Game Center support
  • Universal iPad & iPhone support
  • Simple controls
Features
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JoyJoint is a puzzle game of logic, relaxing and brain challenging. The goal of the game is to arrange the circles to match circles arrangement on the top. Circles can only move around the circles to which they are linked. The more links, the more restrictions The difficulty of the game will gradually increase, simple rule but not simple mind! Challenge and see how far you can go. Features: - 500 levels in total - Game Center supported - Available for Universal iPad & iPhone - Simple controls Subscriptions: ------------------------------- * Remove Ads for 3 Months ($0.99) * Remove Ads for 1 Year ($2.49) The subscriptions auto-renews at the end of the term, unless cancelled 24 hours in advance. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Term of privacy: http://www.jijijaja.com/apps/privacyGame.htm Term of subscription: http://www.jijijaja.com/apps/appleSubscript.htm

Screenshots

Santa Pass4 screens
JointJoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Santa Pass at none against JointJoy's 2. JointJoy's advantage is update cadence (every 17 months vs every 51 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. JointJoy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Santa Pass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Santa Pass against 5.0 for JointJoy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Santa Pass ships an update every 51 months, JointJoy every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Santa Pass versus JointJoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanta PassJointJoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 51 monthsEvery 17 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better11.2
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjj景灯 梁

Customer experience

Santa Pass

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JointJoy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Santa Pass

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

JointJoy

Subscriptions2
  • Ads Removal$0.993 Months
  • Ads Removal$2.491 Year

Questions

Is Santa Pass free?
Santa Pass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JointJoy free?
JointJoy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Santa Pass or JointJoy?
Santa Pass and JointJoy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Santa Pass or JointJoy have ads?
Neither Santa Pass nor JointJoy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Santa Pass or JointJoy?
Santa Pass ships an update every 51 months, and JointJoy every 17 months. Most recently, Santa Pass was updated on October 24, 2026 and JointJoy on October 26, 2026.

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