Applaz vs JoyFeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Applaz
A social media platform for writers to publish their stories and connect with others. Users can create and share notebooks, follow friends and influencers, and discover content based on their interests. The app facilitates daily updates and private messaging.
- Publish notebooks with writing and photos
- Create private notebooks
- Live messaging in private chats
- Follow content creators
- Search community for interests
- Daily updates and entries
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Share today's stories. Applaz is a social media app for writers that enables notebooks to be published. Update your notebooks daily by creating new entries. Read what others are up to, connect with friends, and follow influencer's journeys. Applaz is the place for when inspiration strikes. DISCOVER • Applaz opens right to the newsfeed — find out what your friends are writing about • Create your notebooks with writing and photos and publish on your profile! • Keep some notebooks to yourself, and have private notebooks only you can see CONNECT • Keep up with friends and content you love with live messaging in private chats • Follow content creators you love and share in their journey SHARE • Document your journey multiple times per day in different notebooks • Search the Applaz community for notebooks about your interests • Be the first to see what your friends are up to
JoyFeed
Discover uplifting and calming content in a secure social environment. This platform offers ASMR resources and mindful discoveries, designed to inspire and connect users without the negativity of typical social media.
- Positive social interaction
- ASMR well-being resources
- Mindful content discovery
- Uplifting and inspiring content
- Calming environment
- Connection without negativity
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JoyFeed is your safe space for positive social interaction, ASMR well-being resources, and mindful content discovery. Built by an EDMR practitioner, JoyFeed helps you stay inspired, calm, and connected — without the negativity of traditional social platforms. In today’s fast-paced world, social feeds are often filled with stress, noise, and negativity. JoyFeed flips the script by curating content designed to uplift, inspire, and relax. Terms of Service: https://joyfeed.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://joyfeed.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Applaz at none against JoyFeed's 1. Applaz also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). JoyFeed's advantage is ratings volume (5 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. JoyFeed sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Applaz asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Applaz against 5.0 for JoyFeed. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JoyFeed has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Applaz ships an update every 3 days, JoyFeed every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Applaz | JoyFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Whirlpost | Kevin Williams |
Customer experience
Applaz
JoyFeed
In-app purchases
Applaz
No in-app purchases
JoyFeed
- Monthly$0.991 Month
