Comparison

Smappy vs That Smile App™

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

Head to head
About

Smappy

This app uses augmented reality and facial recognition to encourage smiling through interactive games and challenges. Track your smile duration, monitor mood changes, and compete against your personal bests. Daily challenges and collectible medals add to the engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Facial recognition games in AR
  • Smile duration tracking
  • Mood tracking and analysis
  • Personal best records
  • Daily smile challenges
  • Medal collection
  • iCloud data sync
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Did you know? Smiling produces endorphins which are the chemicals responsible for making us feel happy and reducing stress levels. Fake smiling has been shown to work as well as real smiling in producing endorphins as the brain cannot differentiate between the two. Studies have shown you can get many other benefits from smiling too such as boosted immune system, lower blood pressure, helps you stay positive to reduce anxiety and can even prolong your life. What is Smappy? Smappy is a first of its kind app that’s inspired by a practice called Laughing Yoga (Hasyayoga), which is an exercise involving prolonged voluntary laughter to help promote real and contagious laughter. Smappy aims to try and improve your mood by providing games and challenges controlled by your smile in an augmented reality setting using 3D characters. Features include: - Play games using facial recognition and AR that are designed to get you smiling. - Each smile performed when playing games is tracked so you can see how long you have smiled for. - Track your mood before and after playing a game to see how it changes your mood and also analyse your overall mood throughout the day/week/month or all time. - Compete against yourself to beat your personal records for each game. - Control the 3D character using facial tracking (Please note: Full facial tracking is currently only available on devices with a TrueDepth camera or A12 Bionic chip (with iOS 14)) - Try and complete daily challenges for a target smile time - Collect medals by completing challenges and achievements - No login required! - All data is stored on iCloud. So if you download the app on another device logged into the same iCloud it will sync overall data - Secure your data by requiring FaceID/TouchID when opening the app - Receive notification prompts to remind you to smile throughout the day and set how often you'd like to receive them - Dark Mode compatible + Stay tuned for more games and features Smappy Pro: Improve your experience by upgrading to Smappy Pro, which provides unlimited access to all features and removes adverts. We offer a one-off payment for lifetime Smappy Pro or monthly/yearly auto-renewing subscription options. If you choose the subscription option then your payment will be charged to your iTunes account and automatically renewed (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off an auto-renewing subscription any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be issued for any unused portion of the term. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you cancel your subscription your app data will still be available as it is stored on your device. As the data is stored on your device or iCloud, we are not responsible for any data loss you may encounter on our app. For more information on our terms and conditions, please visit https://www.smappy.co.uk/terms-and-conditions or for our privacy policy visit https://www.smappy.co.uk/privacy-policy Contact us: If you have any questions or need any help please email us at smappyfeedback@gmail.com. Or follow us on Twitter: @SmappyApp Instagram: @TheSmappyApp Have fun smiling!

About

That Smile App™

This app uses Smile Powered™ technology and a Guided Smiling™ experience to help you smile more, enhancing happiness and health. It tracks your smiles in real-time, allowing you to set goals, build streaks, and view progress through a dashboard. Explore articles on the science of smiling and its benefits for mental and physical well-being.

Highlights
  • Smile Powered™ technology
  • Guided Smiling™ experience
  • Real-time smile tracking
  • Goal setting and streak tracking
  • Progress visualization dashboard
  • Educational articles on smiling
Features
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That Smile App™ features Smile Powered™ technology and the Guided Smiling™ experience to help you smile more and improve your happiness and health. Our unique Smile Powered™ software lets the power of your smile control the playback of your favorite media, encouraging increased smile time resulting in authentic, science-based benefits of smiling more. The Guided Smiling™ experience helps you smile with intention, purpose and visualization to restore mental and physical well-being. Perfect for moments when you need calm, positivity, or a quick emotional reset. Track Your Smiles Using advanced facial detection, That Smile App™ tracks your smile seconds and smile count in real-time. See how long you’ve smiled today and build a healthy daily habit that boosts your mood and energy. Set Goals & Build Streaks Stay motivated with personalized smile goals and streak tracking. Hit your daily targets and unlock bonus tracks and achievements as you go! See Your Progress View your total smile seconds, smile count, streaks, best days, and smile averages — all visualized in an easy-to-read dashboard that grows with you. Learn & Grow Explore uplifting articles about the science of smiling, mental wellness, and how the power of your smile can improve your overall health and happiness. Why That Smile App? Smiling is one of the most powerful, universally recognized and impactful human behaviors, influencing your brain, body, and relationships in remarkable ways. Smiling more makes your life better. That Smile App™ is here to help you improve your life and health through smiling more! Download That Smile App™ today and start feeling the power of your smile! Smile More. Feel Better.™

Screenshots

Smappy4 screens
That Smile App™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: That Smile App™ at 5.0 against Smappy's 3.3. That Smile App™ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Smappy's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smappy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. That Smile App™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

That Smile App™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smappy ships an update every 10 days, That Smile App™ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Smappy versus That Smile App™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmappyThat Smile App™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJake HoldomThat Smile App LLC

Customer experience

Smappy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

That Smile App™

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Smappy

Subscriptions2
  • Smappy Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Smappy Pro Annually$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Smappy Pro$7.99
None

That Smile App™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smappy free?
Smappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is That Smile App™ free?
That Smile App™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smappy or That Smile App™?
That Smile App™ is rated higher. Smappy averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while That Smile App™ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Smappy or That Smile App™ have ads?
Neither Smappy nor That Smile App™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smappy or That Smile App™?
Smappy ships an update every 10 days, and That Smile App™ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Smappy was updated on October 29, 2026 and That Smile App™ on October 24, 2026.

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