Comparison

Jointly vs Scrapp | Zero

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jointly

Coordinate care for loved ones with a dedicated app. Organize tasks, medications, and communication within a secure group. Designed by carers for carers, it simplifies caregiving.

Highlights
  • Circles of care for group coordination
  • Task and to-do list management
  • Medication tracking
  • Group messaging and photo sharing
  • Calendar for event scheduling
  • Profile and contact management
Features
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Care together from anywhere with Jointly! Jointly works with circles of care. To initially set up a circle for the person you are looking after you will need to make a one-off payment of £2.99. Once a Jointly circle has been purchased there is no additional cost for you or the people you invite to join you. You can invite as many people as you want to share the care with you. They can download the app or use the web version at jointlyapp.com Jointly requires version 9.0 of IOS or later, if you are running an older version of IOS we recommend that you use the web version of Jointly at https://jointlyapp.com. An application created by carers for carers. It is designed to make caring a little easier, less stressful and a lot more organised. It combines group messaging with other useful features including to-do and medication lists, calendar and more! Jointly is now available in Welsh language at https://jointlyapp.com Developed by Carers UK (www.carersuk.org) How does Jointly work? With Jointly you can create a circle of care for the person you are looking after. Once you have set up your Jointly circle you can start using Jointly to organise care. You can use it on your own or you can invite other people to join you and share the care. Jointly features include: • Homepage: See latest activity at a glance • Profile: Store useful information about the person you are looking after and have it available to access any time at a click of a button! Make a note of their date of birth, condition and caring needs, likes and dislikes or anything else you may think is relevant. • Group messaging: Communicate with everyone in your Jointly circle at a touch of a button! Simply post a message or upload an image. Members of your circle will receive a notification and can respond. • Tasks: Keep organised and on top of things by using tasks and task lists. Simply create a task and assign it to any member of your Jointly circle, including yourself, and monitor its status. • Calendar: Create date/time specific events and invite anyone in your circle. You can also use the field provided to invite people outside your Jointly circle. You can keep tabs of all planned events in Jointly's calendar while at the same time sending and accepting invitations in your personal calendar. • Notes: You can use Notes to store a wide range of information and add images or document attachments. This can include bills and information about the household or how someone is feeling. • Medication: Use Jointly's Medications feature to keep track of current and past medication of the person you are caring for. You can also upload an image to quickly recognise a medicine. • Devices: Receive, store and share messages from connected health and care devices. • Contacts: Jointly stores the contact details of the members of your circle and also allows you to store more useful contacts so that you can access their details anytime, anywhere! ******************************************************************************************************************* We are always excited to hear from you. If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns please email us at: jointlyapp@carersuk.org

About

Scrapp | Zero

Easily determine the correct way to dispose of any waste item by scanning its barcode or searching for it. Get local disposal rules and track your impact on the planet. Join a community dedicated to reducing waste and fighting plastic pollution.

Highlights
  • Scan barcodes for disposal info
  • Search items for disposal options
  • Local disposal rules
  • Step-by-step bin guides
  • Track waste disposal impact
  • Discover sustainable brands
Features
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See how to dispose any waste item correctly, wherever you are in the world. Simply scan the barcode, or search the item, to learn the correct disposal options - according to your local disposal rules. Scrapp takes an education-first approach, to help you be better equipped on disposing your waste correctly. So you can live guilt-free and feel confident that your efforts are having maximum impact. Join our growing community today and discover how small habits can make a big impact ** HOW DOES IT WORK? ** 1. Scan or search a product on the shelf or at home. 2. Point your phone camera at the barcode - Scrapp instantly tells you how to dispose of it correctly by: (a) Displaying simple instructions like “Recycle,” “Do Not Recycle,”, “Sort Packaging"", ""Compost"", ""Repair"" and more. (b) A step-by-step guide that shows which bin each packaging part should go in, or where you can take your waste through our maps feature. (c) Motivational messages that make you feel like a recycling hero. ** LOCAL GUIDANCE FOR 400M+ PEOPLE ** Scrapp automatically saves your local disposal rules to give you the most accurate guidance - whether that is your residential waste program or private take-back programs - we have you covered. We currently provide location-based recycling guidance across 100% of the UK, US and Canada. Our internal team reviews frequently, but if there is ever something that awry, you can reach out to our team who will be happy to assist. Good news - you can still use the app even if we don’t support local guidance in your area yet. You’ll see general advice that is correct for most places. ** TRACK YOUR IMPACT ** View a breakdown of the waste you’ve disposed. Track progress towards your zero-waste goals and get actionable insights about your disposal habits. ** FIGHT PLASTIC POLLUTION TOGETHER ** So far, Scrapp has been successfully used to divert over 60,000+ items from ending up in landfill - and we’re just getting started. Each time you use Scrapp to dispose of your waste the right way, you also remove ocean-bound plastic. For every item you scan or search, we’re making it possible for you to remove ocean-bound plastic - one bottle at a time. ** 36M+ PRODUCTS SO FAR ** We work directly with brands and retailers to use their data for good. But you can help others to dispose of your waste correctly too. Each time you submit new packaging information, it gets added to our library and shared with the rest of the community. ** DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE BRANDS ** Look out for the green verified tick next to brands in the app - it means the information you’re seeing comes straight from one of our verified brands. We’re proud to be helping sustainable brands & retailers clear up confusing environmental claims and make more responsible products that have a positive impact on the planet. Our mission is to educate and empower a global community towards a circular future. So we appreciate your patience as we work tirelessly towards this mission. -- Want to get in touch with us? Please send us a message: enquiries@scrappzero.com

Screenshots

Jointly4 screens
Scrapp | Zero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jointly at 5.0 against Scrapp | Zero's 3.3. Scrapp | Zero's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (42% vs 33%). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jointly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scrapp | Zero asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jointly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Jointly's written reviews are positive against 42% of Scrapp | Zero's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, Scrapp | Zero monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Jointly versus Scrapp | Zero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJointlyScrapp | Zero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews42.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB46 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCarers UKScrapp LLC

Customer experience

Jointly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Scrapp | Zero

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral13.2%
Negative44.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jointly

One-time1
  • Jointly Circle Token$2.99
None

Scrapp | Zero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jointly free?
Jointly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrapp | Zero free?
Scrapp | Zero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jointly or Scrapp | Zero?
Jointly is rated higher. Jointly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Scrapp | Zero averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Jointly or Scrapp | Zero have ads?
Neither Jointly nor Scrapp | Zero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jointly or Scrapp | Zero?
Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Scrapp | Zero monthly. Most recently, Jointly was updated on October 4, 2026 and Scrapp | Zero on October 14, 2026.

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