Comparison

Jointly vs Lincolnshire Libraries

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

Lincolnshire Libraries

Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, reserve new books, and renew existing loans directly from your device. Stay connected with your local library.

Highlights
  • Manage library account
  • Search catalogue
  • Renew books
  • Reserve books
  • Access from iPhone, iPad, iPod
Features
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Access Lincolnshire Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.

Screenshots

Jointly4 screens
Lincolnshire Libraries4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lincolnshire Libraries at none against Jointly's 1. Jointly's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 20%). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, Lincolnshire Libraries every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Jointly versus Lincolnshire Libraries: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJointlyLincolnshire Libraries
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB50 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCarers UKGreenwich Leisure Limited

Customer experience

Jointly

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

Lincolnshire Libraries

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jointly

One-time1
  • Jointly Circle Token$2.99
None

Lincolnshire Libraries

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jointly free?
Jointly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lincolnshire Libraries free?
Lincolnshire Libraries is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jointly or Lincolnshire Libraries have ads?
Neither Jointly nor Lincolnshire Libraries shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jointly or Lincolnshire Libraries?
Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Lincolnshire Libraries every 2 months. Most recently, Jointly was updated on October 21, 2026 and Lincolnshire Libraries on October 15, 2026.

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