Joinstar vs Daypals
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.
Daypals
This social networking app allows users to track and share their daily activities with friends. Log your day with photos, notes, or quick posts, and categorize them to gain insights into how you spend your time. Stay connected by seeing friends' updates and sharing your own genuine everyday check-ins.
- Log daily activities with photos, notes, or posts
- Categorize activities (Work, Food, Fitness, etc.)
- View personal time usage insights and stats
- See friends' activities from the last 24 hours
- Share updates privately, with friends, or publicly
- Genuine everyday check-ins for connection
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Daypals is a social day tracking app that helps you stay connected with friends through real, everyday moments. Track what you and your friends do throughout the day, reflect on your past days, and see how the people you care about are spending their time. Features - Log your day with photos, notes, or quick activity posts - Categorize your activities across areas like Work, Study, Food, Fitness, Self-care, Social, Sleep, and more - View insights & stats to understand how you spend your time - See what your friends did in the last 24 hours and stay connected through daily updates - Stay connected with each other through genuine everyday check-ins - Choose your privacy — keep posts private, share with friends, or share publicly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daypals at fortnightly against Joinstar's every 6 weeks. Daypals also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). Joinstar's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Joinstar against 5.0 for Daypals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Joinstar ships an update every 6 weeks, Daypals fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joinstar | Daypals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joinstar LLC | Rohan Sathish Sathish Kumaar |
Customer experience
Joinstar
Daypals
In-app purchases
Joinstar
No in-app purchases
Daypals
No in-app purchases
