Joy Awards vs SHASHA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joy Awards
This app allows fans to nominate and vote for their favorite stars and releases across various categories including music, cinema, series, sports, and influencers. Participate in two phases: nominate your favorites and then vote for the top contenders to help decide the winners of the annual awards ceremony.
- Fan nominations
- Fan voting
- Music awards
- Cinema awards
- Series awards
- Sports awards
- Influencer awards
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What makes 'Joy Awards' truly special, as it does every year, is that the winners are chosen by the fans who love and cherish them. With the 'Joy Awards' App, it's you who will nominate and vote for your beloved stars and releases in Music, Cinema, Series, Directors, Sports, and Influencers, all for free! You will nominate and cast your votes in two phases: First Phase: Nominating Your Favorite Stars and Releases In the nomination phase, which lasts for one month, you play a crucial role in shaping the competition. Here's where YOU come in – choose your favorite nominee from the names or titles listed in each category. If your top pick isn't there, don't worry! You have the chance to add your own favorite name or title, as long as it meets the terms and conditions: it should be a release or achievement from 2025. During the nomination phase, you can nominate only once for each category. This phase eventually leads to the selection of the top four final nominees in each category, representing the stars and releases with the most nominations. Second Phase: Voting for Your Favorite Stars and Releases After the nominations have been counted, the voting phase begins with the top four nominees in each category, which also spans one month. Here's where YOU make the difference – cast your votes for your favorite nominees. And a month later, the voting counts are gathered, leading to the grand reveal of the winners during the live "Joy Awards 2026" ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the voting phase, you can vote only once for each category.
SHASHA
This platform offers original Gulf dramas and stories with high artistic value, inspired by reality. Enjoy premium, entertaining content customized for your family, accessible from anywhere in the world.
- Original Gulf dramas
- Reality-inspired stories
- Premium content
- Multiple profiles
- Watch anywhere
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Welcome to SHASHA, a Gulf production platform with global ambitions, headquartered in London. The founders of SHASHA believe that the Gulf drama is still fine, despite the state of frustration that has prevailed most of Gulf series recently. Yet passion, planning, and ambition guarantee - God willing - that this drama will return to the top of the race. SHASHA presents works of art with a different character in terms of story and image. The stories we create are keen to be of high artistic value and inspired by the reality we live in and stories that have not been circulated or shed light on. They may be bold topics sometimes and other times simple topics, but they carry with them what is deep, regardless of the subject of the artistic plot, all of our stories feature the most important factor in the equation: entertainment. Enjoy premium content Subscribe today to SHASHA premium and enjoy special content for you and your family members More than one profile You can customize a profile for each member of your family to watch freely Watch wherever you are Enjoy watching your favorite shows from anywhere in the world
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SHASHA at 4.5 against Joy Awards's 4.0. SHASHA also leads on ratings volume (20K vs 419). Joy Awards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 32) and review sentiment (59% vs 43%). On price, 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. SHASHA sells 31 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Joy Awards asks for nothing beyond the download.
SHASHA holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SHASHA has 20K ratings behind it against 419, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Joy Awards's written reviews are positive against 43% of SHASHA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Joy Awards ships an update every 9 days, SHASHA every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Joy Awards | SHASHA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (419 ratings) | 4.5 (20K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 43.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 419 | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 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, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MBC Group | SHASHA FZ-LLC |
Customer experience
Joy Awards
SHASHA
User reviews
Joy Awards
From 419 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use app
- ✨ Good app
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Professional and improved version
- 👍 Good app
Room to improve
- 👎 Voting is not counted
- 👎 Rigged awards show and app
- 👎 App is slow
- 👎 App is very slow
- 👎 Voting is reset
SHASHA
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🙌 Excellent content
- 💚 Supportive community
- 🤩 Enjoyable experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Technical issues and glitches
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🔍 Limited content library
- 🔒 Restricted features
Bugs and requests
Joy Awards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot vote
- App keeps logging out
- Black screen on app launch
- Voting resets multiple times
Requested features
2 requests- Allow changing votes
- Limit voting to a select group
SHASHA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Videos not loading properly
- Subscription issues and billing problems
- Compatibility problems with certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add video playback speed controls
- Enable offline content downloads
- Improve compatibility with external devices
- Introduce family/group subscription plans
In-app purchases
Joy Awards
No in-app purchases
SHASHA
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$1.491 Month
- Shasha-Monthly-2025$1.991 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$1.991 Month
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- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$2.491 Month
- SHASHA - 1 Month Subscription$2.491 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$2.901 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$3.991 Month
- SHASHA - 1 Month Subscription$4.991 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$5.491 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$9.791 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 1 Month$9.991 Month
- Shasha - Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- SHASHA Premium - 12 Months$14.991 Year
- SHASHA Premium - 3 Months$15.903 Months
- SHASHA Premium - 3 Months$22.993 Months
- SHASHA Premium - 12 Months$22.991 Year
- SHASHA - Dawri Zain - 3 Months$28.493 Months
- SHASHA Premium - 6 Months$29.996 Months
- SHASHA Premium - 6 Months$38.996 Months
- SHASHA Premium - 12 Months$38.991 Year
- SHASHA Premium - 12 Months$54.991 Year
- SHASHA Premium - 12 Months$59.991 Year
- SHASHA - Dawri Zain -12 Months$88.001 Year
- The Thirty Challenge$3.09
- Shasha In-App Purchase2 variants$3.99
- The Black Box - Mansour$3.99
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- The Black Box - Bin Jasim$3.99
- Taqdeer Al Ehtiyaj Season 2$3.99
- Shasha - Draft 2$4.29
- Black Magic Play$4.29
- Angham Concert$9.00







