Joinable vs Carrot.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joinable
This app offers a social sharing experience focused on genuine human connection, free from algorithms and advertisements. It prioritizes privacy and simplicity for sharing memories with loved ones, aiming to make social media more human.
- Human connection focused
- No algorithms
- Ad-free experience
- Private sharing
- Simple interface
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Joinable is social sharing designed for humans. Today's social platforms prioritize engagement metrics and ad revenue over genuine human connection. They've turned our attention into a commodity, using sophisticated algorithms to keep us scrolling through endless ads. At Joinable, we're pioneering a different path - one that puts human connection first. No algorithms deciding what you see, no ads interrupting your moments, and no data mining to fuel the attention economy. We believe sharing memories with loved ones should be simple, private, and free from digital distractions. It's time to make social media human again.
Carrot.
Connect with friends authentically and earn digital currency for your engagement. Answer daily questions or pose your own, rewarding friends with earned coins. Experience real value for social interaction.
- Connect with friends authentically
- Earn digital currency (Carrot Coin)
- Answer daily questions
- Post and send questions with rewards
- Reward friends with coins
- Transfer coins to external wallet
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Tired of social media? Dig deeper. Carrot allows you to connect with friends authentically, at any time, and earn digital currency while you do it! Answer a new question each day and earn EVERY time. Entice friends to answer your clever questions and reward them with coins you’ve earned. Carrot is a social messaging app that allows users to post & send questions with digital currency attached. The Daily Dig® is a question sent to all Carrot app users for a daily opportunity to earn. Digital currency are Carrot Coin tokens minted on the Polygon blockchain and can be used in-app as rewards, or transferred out of the app to an external wallet. You and your friends get REAL VALUE for app engagement! So what’s the hold-up? Start Digging today! Terms of service: https://www.digcarrot.com/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joinable at none against Carrot.'s 8. Joinable also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Carrot.'s advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 80%) and ratings volume (345 vs 31). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Carrot. sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Joinable asks for nothing beyond the download.
Carrot. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carrot. has 345 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Joinable's written reviews are positive against 95% of Carrot.'s.
Joinable ships an update every 5 days, Carrot. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joinable | Carrot. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (31 ratings) | 4.8 (345 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joinable, Inc. | Carrot Group Inc |
Customer experience
Joinable
Carrot.
Bugs and requests
Joinable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Carrot.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Account deletion difficulties
- Harassment incidents
Requested features
5 requests- Better explanation of app features
- More frequent image posting/sharing
- Ability to post more digs per day
- Dislike button
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Joinable
No in-app purchases
Carrot.
- Creator Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Enterprise Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Creator Plus - Annual2 Months trial$19.991 Year
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- Enterprise Plus - Annual2 Months trial$199.991 Year
- Buy Coins - $0.99$0.99
- Purchase 10,000 Coins$0.99
- Purchase 100,000 Coins$9.99
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- Purchase 1,000,000 Coins$99.99
