Comparison

Joyfolks vs Donna

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

Head to head
About

Joyfolks

Connect with other believers for prayer, spiritual growth, and community. Engage in live prayer sessions, share testimonies, and join faith-based groups. Offers features for private messaging and accountability partners.

Highlights
  • Live prayer (video, audio, text)
  • Testimonies and devotionals
  • Prayer partner matching
  • Faith-based groups
  • Private messaging
  • Spiritual journey profile
Features
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JOYFOLKS - Grow in Faith, Together JOYFOLKS is a Christian community app that helps believers connect, pray, and grow spiritually anytime, anywhere. Pray live 1-on-1 or in groups, share testimonies and devotionals, find accountability partners, and join faith-based groups. Key features: - Live prayer by video, audio, or text - Testimonies and devotionals - Matches for prayer partners - Groups like Young Adults, Bible in a Year, Mission Support - Private messages, voice notes, and prayer reminders - Spiritual journey profile with answered prayers Free plan: - 1 group - 1 live prayer session per week (15 minutes) - Access to devotionals and testimonies Premium plan: - Unlimited live prayer and groups - Ad-free experience - Advanced filters (language, time zone, denomination) - Auto transcription of testimonies - Custom video backgrounds - Priority support Privacy and safety: - Encrypted private prayer calls and chat - Abuse reporting tools - Optional church-verified badges Subscription information: JOYFOLKS offers optional auto-renewing subscriptions. - Premium Monthly: $9.99 per month - Premium Yearly: $99.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: http://18.188.221.160/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Donna

This app facilitates genuine connections by understanding users through voice onboarding and personality insights. It intelligently matches you with compatible individuals for specific activities or shared moments, eliminating awkwardness and cold outreach.

Highlights
  • Voice onboarding for deep user understanding
  • Smart Persona development
  • Activity and personality-based matching
  • Instant connection requests
  • Location-based matching
  • Automated warm introductions
  • Post-connection feedback loop
Features
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Donna isn't a social media app. It's social infrastructure. Every social media app out there with swiping, scrolling, likes, and comments, the cold DMs, the performative profiles, and thousands of strangers as followers were built for entertainment. Not so much for actual connections. Donna was built for one thing: getting you to the right person, for the right moment, instantly. Here's how it works. When you join, Donna doesn't just ask you to fill out a profile. She understands you. Through voice onboarding, she asks the deeper questions that a perceptive friend would ask; not just the surface-level hobbies, but who you actually are, what kind of people you come alive around, and what you're looking for right now. That conversation becomes the foundation of the user’s Smart Persona that gets sharper every time you interact with Donna. After the onboarding, when you’re in the app, you can make a connection request like a study partner, a gym buddy, someone to explore the city with, etc., by just asking Donna. She searches her entire network by activity, personality, vibe, and timing. She finds the top five people who would be a great fit and most likely down for it, and does a broadcast request (reaches out to them on your behalf with a warm intro), and whoever confirms first gets connected to you. Both sides opted in. No cold outreach. No fear of rejection. No awkwardness. And Donna doesn't just wait for you to ask. The location-based matching feature helps you identify amazing people around you. Eg- If you walk into the library and she spots someone nearby who matches your vibe, same class, same energy, same time - she'll notify and connect you. Right place, right time, right person. After every connection, Donna follows up to check in on whether they liked their match. Every answer helps her understand you better, so the next match is even better. No swiping. No scrolling. No static rusty profiles. No judgment. Just tell Donna what you want to do; she handles the search and connection, so you can just go do it.

Screenshots

Joyfolks4 screens
Donna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Donna at none against Joyfolks's 3. Donna also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Joyfolks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Donna 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 Joyfolks against 5.0 for Donna. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Donna has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Joyfolks versus Donna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoyfolksDonna
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB51 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPEARLS TENDER CARE LLCDonna AI Social Network Inc.

Customer experience

Joyfolks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Donna

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Joyfolks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Featured devotionals$49.00
None

Donna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Joyfolks free?
Joyfolks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Donna free?
Donna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Joyfolks or Donna?
Joyfolks and Donna are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 13 ratings respectively.
Do Joyfolks or Donna have ads?
Neither Joyfolks nor Donna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Joyfolks or Donna?
Joyfolks ships an update every 2 weeks, and Donna every 2 weeks. Most recently, Joyfolks was updated on October 7, 2026 and Donna on October 25, 2026.

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