Joy Awards vs Smart Tabla
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.
Smart Tabla
Experience the rhythm of Arabian music with a free virtual tabla. Explore awesome tracks and enjoy authentic percussion sounds.
- Virtual Arabian tabla
- Awesome music tracks
- Free to use
- Authentic percussion sounds
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Free Arabian Tabla with awesome tracks for all users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Joy Awards at 59% against Smart Tabla's 0%. Joy Awards also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (419 vs 1). Smart Tabla's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart Tabla holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joy Awards has 419 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Joy Awards's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Tabla'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, Smart Tabla every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joy Awards | Smart Tabla |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (419 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 419 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MBC Group | Hossam Afify |
Customer experience
Joy Awards
Smart Tabla
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
Smart Tabla
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Joy Awards
No in-app purchases
Smart Tabla
No in-app purchases
