Comparison

Jointly vs Stemwise

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

Stemwise

Instantly identify plants from photos and receive AI-driven care advice. Track your plant's progress with a personal photo journal and set helpful reminders for watering and other tasks.

Highlights
  • AI plant identification from photos
  • Plant health and care guidance
  • Personalized photo journal
  • Care reminders
  • Guest scanning option
Features
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Identify plants from photos and keep a record of their care with Stemwise. Explore AI-generated identification and health guidance, save your plants, and follow changes in a personal photo journal. IDENTIFY A PLANT Take or upload a photo to get a suggested plant identification. Review the result and ask follow-up questions to learn more about your plant. EXPLORE PLANT HEALTH AND CARE Get AI observations about visible plant concerns and suggested next steps. Use the guidance to help you investigate changes in leaves and plan your care. AI results can be mistaken; check important identifications and care decisions before acting. KEEP A PHOTO JOURNAL Save a scan with its photo and assessment to your plant diary. Add dated photos and notes, then look back at earlier entries to see what has changed. Keep each plant's history together in your saved collection. SET CARE REMINDERS Create tasks for watering, check-ins, and other care. Choose a date and reminder time, and link a task to a saved plant. START WITH A GUEST SCAN Try the scanner before creating an account. Sign in to save your plants and build their diaries. Guest scanning has daily limits. The first guest scan is free; later guest scans may show a rewarded ad.

Screenshots

Jointly4 screens
Stemwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jointly and Stemwise both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Stemwise's written reviews are positive against 33% of Jointly's. Stemwise also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Jointly's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Stemwise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jointly against 5.0 for Stemwise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Jointly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stemwise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, Stemwise every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jointly versus Stemwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJointlyStemwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB124 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCarers UKAhmed Ali

Customer experience

Jointly

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

Stemwise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jointly

One-time1
  • Jointly Circle Token$2.99
None

Stemwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jointly free?
Jointly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stemwise free?
Stemwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jointly or Stemwise?
Jointly and Stemwise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Jointly or Stemwise have ads?
Stemwise shows ads; Jointly does not.
Which is updated more often, Jointly or Stemwise?
Jointly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Stemwise every 5 days. Most recently, Jointly was updated on October 21, 2026 and Stemwise on October 25, 2026.

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