Comparison

Episodic vs JointJoy

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

Head to head
About

Episodic

Create dynamic, moving collages from black and white looping animations. Reposition and scale these "episodes" to build unique narratives and explore new visual relationships.

Highlights
  • Create moving collages
  • Utilize black and white looping animations
  • Reposition and scale animation fragments
  • Build unique narratives
  • Explore new visual relationships
Features
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Episodic is an artwork that allows users to create a moving collage from disparate fragments. Contained within the app are black and white looping animations. Each animation is a short episode that can be repositioned and scaled allowing users to link together different segments to create a narrative and explore new relationships. The app reconfigures pop-up windows containing Flash animations originally created for the website www.urban fragments.net

About

JointJoy

A relaxing logic puzzle game where you arrange circles to match a target pattern. Circles move based on their links, offering increasing difficulty and brain challenges. Features 500 levels and Game Center support.

Highlights
  • Arrange linked circles
  • Logic and brain challenging
  • 500 levels
  • Game Center support
  • Universal iPad & iPhone support
  • Simple controls
Features
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JoyJoint is a puzzle game of logic, relaxing and brain challenging. The goal of the game is to arrange the circles to match circles arrangement on the top. Circles can only move around the circles to which they are linked. The more links, the more restrictions The difficulty of the game will gradually increase, simple rule but not simple mind! Challenge and see how far you can go. Features: - 500 levels in total - Game Center supported - Available for Universal iPad & iPhone - Simple controls Subscriptions: ------------------------------- * Remove Ads for 3 Months ($0.99) * Remove Ads for 1 Year ($2.49) The subscriptions auto-renews at the end of the term, unless cancelled 24 hours in advance. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Term of privacy: http://www.jijijaja.com/apps/privacyGame.htm Term of subscription: http://www.jijijaja.com/apps/appleSubscript.htm

Screenshots

Episodic4 screens
JointJoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Episodic at none against JointJoy's 2. Episodic also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). JointJoy's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. JointJoy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Episodic 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 Episodic against 5.0 for JointJoy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Episodic ships an update every 8 days, JointJoy every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Episodic versus JointJoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpisodicJointJoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.411.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjody zellen景灯 梁

Customer experience

Episodic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JointJoy

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

In-app purchases

None

Episodic

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

JointJoy

Subscriptions2
  • Ads Removal$0.993 Months
  • Ads Removal$2.491 Year

Questions

Is Episodic free?
Episodic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JointJoy free?
JointJoy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Episodic or JointJoy?
Episodic and JointJoy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Episodic or JointJoy have ads?
Neither Episodic nor JointJoy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Episodic or JointJoy?
Episodic ships an update every 8 days, and JointJoy every 17 months. Most recently, Episodic was updated on October 3, 2026 and JointJoy on September 26, 2026.

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