Comparison

JOY vs Tiny Spark

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

Head to head
About

JOY

Cultivate self-love and mindfulness with daily spiritual practices. This app offers tools for emotional balance, intuition, and personal growth to help you embrace peace and freedom.

Highlights
  • Intuitive daily energy updates and astrological events
  • Oracle card guidance
  • Bite-sized lessons on astrology, tarot, and self-development
  • Journaling and daily planner
  • Gratitude exercises and letting go rituals
  • Chakra balancing and mood tracking
  • Guided meditations and breathing exercises
Features
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Your safe space to practice self-love and mindfulness for your spiritual morning routine. You are not your productivity, your achievements or what others expect of you. With Joy, you will learn to embrace self-compassion, peace and freedom as your new way of living. 
 IF YOU‘RE… 〉Having a hard time FINDING JOY. 〉Forgetting how to deeply LOVE and ACCEPT yourself. 〉Living too much in the PAST or the FUTURE. 〉Knowing that it has to be a BETTER LIFE for you. 〉Feeling like you don’t have POWER over your life. 〉Spending most of your TIME and ENERGY in your head.
 Nothing changes if nothing changes. Implementing new habits in your daily routine is the easiest way to improve your mental, emotional and physical well-being. If you grab the phone first thing in the morning, it better be to remind you what really matters and your life purpose.
 14 FEATURES Joy’s 14 magical tools will help you remember who you truly are: Δ ENERGY UPDATES Δ Joy will show the Intuitive Reading for the day and the most important Astrological Events so you can move in tune with the Universe. Δ GUIDANCE Δ Pick an Oracle Card from one of the two decks to receive instant Guidance and connect with your Inner Higher Wisdom.
 Δ MYSTIC JOURNEYS Δ Learn Astrology, Tarot, Buddhism, Self-Development and more with bite-sized lessons. 
 Δ HEALING CIRCLE Δ Receive Tarot and Astrology Readings or Energy healing from our experts. 
 Δ GUIDANCE Δ Pick an Oracle Card from one of the two decks to receive instant Guidance and connect with your Inner Higher Wisdom.
 Δ JOURNAL Δ Clear your mind by writing your thoughts in your private Journal and planning your day in the Daily Planner.
 Δ GRATITUDE Δ Open your Heart Space with a simple Gratitude exercise and release what no longer serves you with a Letting Go Fire Ritual. 
 Δ CHAKRAS Δ Feel and balance the subtle energies within your body with the Chakra Healing exercise and unlock your full potential.
 Δ MOOD TRACKER Δ Keep track of your moods and your emotional triggers for a better understanding of your cycles.
 Δ INSPIRATION Δ Joy offers you a daily Empowering Quote to reflect on and change your perspective. Δ GUIDED MEDITATIONS Δ Wake up and go to sleep with the shooting voice of Ediya Daulet).
 Δ RELEASE Δ A simple exercise that will teach you how to release stagnant emotions within your body.
 Δ ELEMENTS Δ Are you feeling anxious? Or are you feeling sluggish instead? Balance your Elements depending on how you want to feel with 5 different Guided Breathing Exercises, perfect if you find it too hard to just sit and meditate by yourself. Feel the Alchemy!
 
 IF YOU’RE SEEKING…
 ⁕ PRESENCE. ⁕ A CALM and QUIET mindset. ⁕ A more CONSCIOUS and ACTIVE LIFE. ⁕ Balanced ENERGIES and EMOTIONS. ⁕ Connection with your INTUITION and the UNIVERSE. ⁕ SELF-LOVE and SELF-ESTEEM. ⁕ SELF-COMPASSION and KINDNESS. ⁕ HEALTHY PRODUCTIVITY and MOTIVATION. ⁕ Remember your INNER WISDOM. ⁕ PEACEFUL SLEEP. ⁕ LESS ANXIETY.
 You are reading this for a reason. Now is the time to take your power back and reconnect with your soul’s calling. You deserve to find Joy. 

 SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS If you purchase Joy Premium Monthly or Yearly ($4.99 or $2.49 per month, respectively), payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. If you would like to no longer be billed for Joy Premium Monthly/Yearly and cancel your premium membership, please be sure to do so before this 24-hour cutoff has passed. Auto-renewal can be turned off at any time by going to your Settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.
 Privacy Policy: https://www.findjoyapp.com/privacy Terms and conditions: https://www.findjoyapp.com/terms Email: findjoyapp@gmail.com

About

Tiny Spark

Tap into your inner knowing and find guidance for your life's questions. This tool helps you connect with your intuition, offering insights based on your own inner truth. Use it to seek clarity and discover your personal sense of knowing.

Highlights
  • Tap for answers
  • Inner knowing guidance
  • Intuitive insights
  • Seek personal truth
  • Astrologer-created tool
Features
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Everyone has that tiny spark inside, that sense of truth and inner knowing, but in this digital age, it can be really hard to find. Jessica Lanyadoo, an internationally renowned astrologer and psychic medium, has been helping people find their own tiny spark for decades, and she created this tool to help you find yours. Hold a question in your mind, tap the screen, and get your answer, but beware, don't ask the same question multiple times in a day. Treat the Tiny Spark with reverence, and you'll get the answers you need.

Screenshots

JOY4 screens
Tiny Spark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Spark at none against JOY's 4. Tiny Spark also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.6). JOY's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 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. JOY sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tiny Spark asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for JOY against 4.8 for Tiny Spark. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 201 and 110 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of JOY's written reviews are positive against 85% of Tiny Spark's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JOY ships an update fortnightly, Tiny Spark every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
JOY versus Tiny Spark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJOYTiny Spark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (201 ratings)4.8 (110 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews85.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings201 — better110
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCarmen BelloAnders Howerton

Customer experience

JOY

All ratings161 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral18.5%
Negative16.8%

Tiny Spark

All ratings111 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative7.4%

Bugs and requests

JOY

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Journal and planner features frequently crashing
  • Chakra alignment and meditation tools not functioning properly
  • Mood tracker not working as expected
  • Notification previews disappearing when opening app
  • Inability to delete account or unsubscribe from premium

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for journal and planner
  • Integration of moon phases and astrology information
  • Ability to save and revisit daily guidance messages
  • Improved accessibility and readability of text
  • Offline mode or download options for content

Tiny Spark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

JOY

Subscriptions3
  • Joy App full one month$4.991 Month
  • Weekly premium subscription$4.997 Days
  • Joy App full3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Joy App Lifetime Purchase$49.99
None

Tiny Spark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JOY free?
JOY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Spark free?
Tiny Spark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JOY or Tiny Spark?
Tiny Spark is rated higher. JOY averages 4.8 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while Tiny Spark averages 4.8 from 110 ratings.
Do JOY or Tiny Spark have ads?
Neither JOY nor Tiny Spark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JOY or Tiny Spark?
JOY ships an update fortnightly, and Tiny Spark every 2 months. Most recently, JOY was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tiny Spark on October 25, 2026.

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