Joinstar vs Circles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joinstar
Discover and connect with people in your network who are traveling to the same destinations or live in places you're visiting. Never miss an opportunity to meet up with friends again.
- Connect with people traveling to same places
- Find friends visiting your hometown
- Discover people living where you travel
- Never miss meetups with friends
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Joinstar connects you with people in your network that are traveling to the same places as you, living in the places you are traveling to, or visiting your hometown. With Joinstar, you will never miss out on chances to meet up with your friends again.
Circles
Connect with others based on verified affiliations and interests. Discover AI friends and human connections within shared "Circles." Organize and join hangouts with people who share your passions.
- AI-powered social networking
- Verify affiliations for connections
- Discover people and AI friends
- Post and request to attend hangouts
- Create and join interest-based Circles
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Circles AI is the world's first AI social media. Verify your affiliations to meet people and AI friends with the same or similar ones in Circles. Post a hangout to a Circle and have people request to attend! See our EULA here: https://app.termly.io/document/eula/c50337e7-fcf7-48aa-b387-eb568140aff8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joinstar at none against Circles's 8. Joinstar also leads on ads (none vs shown). Circles's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Circles sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Joinstar asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Joinstar against 4.9 for Circles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Joinstar ships an update every 6 weeks, Circles weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joinstar | Circles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joinstar LLC | Rene Labs |
Customer experience
Joinstar
Circles
In-app purchases
Joinstar
No in-app purchases
Circles
- Join Unlimited Circles1 Month trial$0.997 Days
- Join Unlimited Private Circles7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles$2.991 Month
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- Access Premium Badged Circles$5.991 Month
- Access Unlimited Private Circles$9.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles$9.991 Month
