Comparison

Joon vs YumEats

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

Head to head
About

Joon

This app helps motivate children aged 6-12, particularly those with ADHD or other neurodevelopmental challenges, to complete daily tasks and build routines. It uses a gamified approach where completing chores earns in-game rewards for a virtual pet, fostering independence and responsibility.

Highlights
  • Motivates children with ADHD/neurodivergent needs
  • Gamified task completion with virtual pets
  • Builds daily routines and habits
  • Parental task assignment and review
  • Teaches responsibility and independence
  • Research-backed activities
Features
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1) Constantly nagging and arguing with your child? 2) Is your child not motivated to complete their daily tasks? 3) Does your child struggle to remember and stick to their daily routine? If you answered "YES" to at least one of these, then Joon is exactly what you are looking for! Recommended by Child Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Pediatricians, and Special Education Teachers, Joon is the future of motivating neurodivergent children. Using a child-friendly video game (for ages 6-12), Joon helps motivate your child to focus and stay on top of their daily routine, tasks, & habits. **JOON’S GOAL** Help motivate your child with ADHD, ASD, ODD, General Anxiety, or Depression to focus and complete their daily tasks while learning basic responsibility and independence. Not only does Joon make it extremely easy to motivate kids to do important tasks using a video game, but it also teaches them valuable life skills that they won’t be able to learn in school. We’ve helped over two hundred thousand families complete more than 1M+ tasks, so why can't we help you? **HOW IT WORKS** Assign tasks as "Quests", then the video game does the rest. 1) Create a few tasks that your child struggles with the most (such as brushing their teeth, getting ready for school, etc.) 2) Your child chooses a virtual pet (called a Doter) to feed, wash, and grow. In order to take care of their pet and play the Joon video game, they must first complete the tasks you've assigned them. 3) Once completed, you will get a notification to review and approve/reject your child's completed tasks. If approved, your child will receive coins to use to care for their pet and unlock different parts of the video game! 4) As your child completes more and more tasks, they will develop habits and improve their daily routine - all because they want to play a video game! **THE PARENTING TOOL YOU NEED** + We make it easy to manage your child’s tasks and add in your existing routine. + We'll do the reminding to help your child stick to their routine. No more nagging from your end. + Your child will stay motivated to do the tasks assigned to them. In fact, 90% of kids on Joon complete all tasks assigned. + Choose from a large list of research-backed activities to help your child build important life skills that teach independence. Joon is only a year old and already has the attention of press, parenting publications, and parenting experts. To see the complete list, visit our website here: https://joonapp.io **HOW TO GET STARTED** 1) Install Joon on your device, create your family, and select a few beginning tasks you’d like your child to work on. 2) Help your child set up their account so they can see the tasks that you’ve assigned them. You can have them download Joon on their own device or share you phone. 3) Once your child completes their tasks, you can review and approve them to make sure they were completed correctly. 4) Once approved, your children receive coins and experience points that let them feed, level up, buy things, and progress in the game with their virtual pet. As your child continues to progress in the game, they actually progress in real life too! 5) Keep adding quests (and we’ll recommend you new ones too) to help your children develop good habits! Your children cannot grow on their own. Make sure to stay involved in the process and keep assigning new quests as needed to allow your children to continue helping, learning, growing, and progressing in the game. **QUESTIONS?** Email us at contact@joonapp.io! We offer top tier customer support 24/7, 7 days a week, that will respond to your question within 15 minutes. -------------------- Privacy Policy: https://www.joonapp.io/privacy-policy Terms Of Use: https://www.joonapp.io/terms-of-service

About

YumEats

This app helps parents and children overcome picky eating challenges with a fun, structured, and rewarding system. It uses an incentive-based approach, tracking progress and offering personalized settings to encourage healthy eating habits.

Highlights
  • Incentive-based reward system
  • Structured chewing intervals
  • Gradual eating challenges
  • Personalized parental settings
  • Data-driven progress tracking
  • Encourages positive eating behavior
Features
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Help Your Child Develop Healthy Eating Habits with YumEats! YumEats is a groundbreaking app designed to empower parents and children to tackle picky eating and mealtime challenges in a fun, structured, and engaging way. Optimized for iPad, YumEats offers an interactive experience that keeps children motivated to finish their meals while reinforcing healthy eating behaviors. How It Works Motivation Through Rewards: YumEats uses an incentive-based system where children earn their favorite videos, audiobooks, or social stories as rewards for taking bites and completing meals. Scientifically Designed Progressions: The app introduces structured chewing intervals and gradual challenges, helping children pace their eating and build independence over time. Parental Oversight: Parents set personalized settings based on their child’s needs, including meal duration, bite size, and reward preferences, ensuring a tailored approach for every family. Data-Driven Insights: YumEats tracks key metrics like meal duration, total bites, and bite volume, giving parents the tools to monitor progress and adapt strategies. Encouraging Positive Behavior: As children advance through levels, the app increases the number of consecutive bites needed to earn rewards, keeping them engaged and motivated to complete meals. Why YumEats? Feeding difficulties impact 25-35% of typically developing children and a majority of children with developmental disabilities like autism and ADHD. YumEats is here to provide parents with a practical and effective solution to transform mealtimes from frustrating to successful. Designed for iPad | Best on iPad While YumEats is available across devices, it’s optimized for iPad to provide the most interactive, engaging, and rewarding experience for children and parents alike. Download YumEats today and join the movement to help children build better eating habits—one bite at a time! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Joon4 screens
YumEats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: YumEats at free against Joon's free with in-app purchases. YumEats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Joon's advantage is ratings volume (6.6K vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Joon sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and YumEats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YumEats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joon has 6.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Joon ships an update fortnightly, YumEats every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Joon versus YumEats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoonYumEats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.6K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews
Number of ratings6.6K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB88 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJoon App, IncScreenwise Eating

Customer experience

Joon

All ratings6,560 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews494 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative19.0%

YumEats

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Joon

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Quests and settings randomly resetting
  • Sync issues across multiple devices
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • Difficulty adding custom tasks

Requested features

6 requests
  • More game modes and mini-games
  • Ability to create custom rewards
  • Family account option
  • Monthly subscription plan
  • Better offline functionality
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  • Improved progress tracking and reporting

YumEats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Joon

Subscriptions10
  • All Access2 variants$12.991 Month
  • All Access7 Days trial2 variants$12.991 Month
  • All Access7 Days trial$14.991 Month
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  • All Access7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • All Access$49.991 Year
  • All Access7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • All Access7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • All Access7 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Year
  • All Access7 Days trial$129.991 Year
  • All Access7 Days trial$149.991 Year
1 purchases

YumEats

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Joon free?
Joon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YumEats free?
YumEats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Joon or YumEats?
YumEats is rated higher. Joon averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.6K ratings, while YumEats averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Joon or YumEats have ads?
Neither Joon nor YumEats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Joon or YumEats?
Joon ships an update fortnightly, and YumEats every 3 weeks. Most recently, Joon was updated on September 23, 2026 and YumEats on September 14, 2026.

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