Comparison

Journey vs Draftys

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

Head to head
About

Journey

Build and grow vibrant online communities with a modern platform. Facilitate connections through visual feeds, group chats, and member profiles. Ideal for creators, clubs, and local groups seeking engagement.

Highlights
  • Visual community feed
  • Group chat / group text
  • One-click community invitations
  • Journaling
  • Habit tracker
  • Task management
  • Rich member profiles
Features
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The best app to start and grow a community. Journey is the modern alternative to Facebook Groups, Reddit, Discord, Group Me, Slack, Whatsapp Groups, Amino, Mighty Networks, Circle, Bunches, Nextdoor, Skool and every other community app of the last decade. Perfect for communities of all shapes and sizes, Journey is great for building a college club, creator or influencer community, sports club, passion or interest community, or fan club. INFLUENCER AND CREATOR COMMUNITIES Seeing your followers build real friendships with each other can be one of the most rewarding experiences a creator can have. Empower your fans to connect with each other and earn a new income stream by setting up a paid membership community. 200 followers paying $5 a month = $1K per month in your bank account. The best part is that you can get off the content treadmill – your fans get value from just being able to talk to each other and make new friends. It’s not all on your shoulders as a creator or influencer to constantly produce content. COLLEGE CLUBS AND COMMUNITIES From Greek Life fraternities & sororities to college sports and business clubs, Journey is perfect for creating a vibrant community on campus. Members of your college community converse in a rich, visual feed and have group chats for deeper conversations. Easily share your community qr code around campus on billboards, stickers, and merch. Check out the ‘Umich Life’ community in the Journey app for an example of a thriving community from the University of Michigan. SPORTS CLUBS A journey community is the perfect way to recruit and engage members or your local community. Members can tip you for the effort you put into club management or they can pool funds for your club events. Members can also create different group chats based on interest, level of experience, or availability – whatever makes sense for your club. PASSION COMMUNITIES From arts & crafts to DIY renovations, the visual feed in a Journey community is perfect for sharing photos and videos of the process, as well as the wins and fails! DMs and group texts are great for members connecting with each other and building deeper relationships. LOCAL COMMUNITIES Start a community for your local area as a place to share local news, events, meet people, and support local businesses. Post your local community’s qr code on bulletin boards and stickers and share the link with your neighbors and friends. FEATURES • Visual community feed – your central hub where members can post photos, videos, and ask questions. • Group chat / group text • One-click community invitations (viral community growth). • Journaling • Habit tracker + accountability partners • Task management • Rich member profiles • Create a masterclass to empower your members and promote your community. • Paid membership community tips and subscriptions (coming soon) • Mint your own social token to drive growth and engagement (coming soon) We currently have some amazing communities and guides spanning: • Embroidery • Roller Skating • Skateboarding • Snowboarding • Skiing • Skydiving • Backbacking • Spearfishing • Acting • Squash • Sailing • Cooking • Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing • Guitar • Surfing We are constantly looking for new communities and ways to improve our app to help your communities flourish – please reach out to us at hello@startyourjourney.io with any feedback, questions, or ideas.

About

Draftys

Features
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DRAFTYS is a short video social media app dedicated to sports! Athletes post introductions and highlights of themselves to garner interest from recruiters world wide! Our robust user profiles have allowed us to create an advanced search function making it easier for coaches, recruiters or talent acquisition groups to find the athlete they are looking for! We are strictly sports related! DRAFTYS is constantly being monitored for illicit content to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all viewers. We want people to be inspired by what’s being posted, not offended! When you’re creating your profile on DRAFTYS you’ll be asked to fill out certain fields to populate your profile. These fields allow us to refine an advanced search function to help you get discovered! When using DRAFTYS, you’ll be able to view countless videos within the sports field! The more videos you watch/like/share, the more related content the app will show you!

Screenshots

Journey4 screens
Draftys4 screens

Verdict

The call

Journey and Draftys 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

Journey ships an update weekly, Draftys every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Journey versus Draftys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJourneyDraftys
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJRNY, Inc.DRAFTYS Technologies Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Draftys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Journey free?
Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draftys free?
Draftys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Journey or Draftys have ads?
Neither Journey nor Draftys shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Journey or Draftys?
Journey ships an update weekly, and Draftys every 9 days. Most recently, Journey was updated on October 11, 2026 and Draftys on October 15, 2026.

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