Joy Awards vs EZBuzzer
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.
EZBuzzer
This app provides a wireless buzzer system for games and quizzes, allowing one host to manage up to 15 players via Bluetooth or more via the internet. It facilitates "buzzing in," awarding points, tracking scores, and managing time for various trivia and game show formats.
- Wireless buzzer functionality
- Host and player modes
- Bluetooth and internet connectivity
- Score tracking and point awarding
- Team score management
- Optional bonus points
- Game timer
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Looking for a Jeopardy Buzzer, Family Feud Buzzer, Quiz Bowl Buzzer, Trivia Buzzer, or playing any kind of game where a buzzer is needed to decide who rang in first? This app is a wireless, easy, and free solution! One person plays as a Host, and then up to 15 other devices can join via Bluetooth as Players, or even more can join via the Internet. This app does NOT contain any questions, but it DOES allow you to add a way to "Buzz In", award points, and/or keep time to any game which calls for it. The first Player to signal shows up as green on both his device and to the Host; the rest of the Players are then locked from answering until the Host clears, awards points, and allows more buzzing. You can keep track of scores, and customize the value of right or wrong answers. You can group players into teams, and track scores by both player and by team. You can add optional Bonus Points if your game calls for it. You can even add a Game Timer to know when your game is done! Short on people? One person can serve as both the Player *and* the Host, awarding points while still being able to buzz in! EZBuzzer could be used for Pub Trivia, Quiz Bowl / College Bowl, games such as Jeopardy or Family Feud, or classroom activities! Replace messy wired buzzer systems with ease...or add an impartial judge to your game instead of guessing who was first! EZBuzzer works best over Bluetooth - no hassle with joining a WiFi network or dropped WiFi signals. Remote players can join too via the Internet, if desired. Initial start-up is simple: One person should sign on as a Host or PlayerHost, and then all others as Players. Nearby Players will automatically connect via Bluetooth to the Host, and then the fun can begin! Remote players can activate Internet functionality in settings, enter their Host's Room Code, and join as well. Enjoy! Feedback is welcome!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EZBuzzer at 4.7 against Joy Awards's 4.0. EZBuzzer also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Joy Awards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. EZBuzzer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Joy Awards asks for nothing beyond the download.
EZBuzzer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joy Awards has 419 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Joy Awards's written reviews are positive against 93% of EZBuzzer's.
Joy Awards ships an update every 9 days, EZBuzzer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joy Awards | EZBuzzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (419 ratings) | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 419 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MBC Group | James Brault |
Customer experience
Joy Awards
EZBuzzer
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
EZBuzzer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Joy Awards
No in-app purchases
EZBuzzer
- Go Pro!$1.99
- Go Premium!$9.99









