Comparison

Joyful Days vs Roundi

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

Head to head
About

Joyful Days

This calendar app transforms daily planning with original, hand-drawn illustrations from art galleries. It offers a peaceful, visually engaging experience with cute animals and vibrant colors to brighten your day.

Highlights
  • Original gallery art illustrations
  • Daily planning and scheduling
  • Cute animal themes
  • Holiday tracking
  • Simple and intuitive interface
Features
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Welcome to Joyful Days! A calendar app that brings warmth, color, and imagination to your daily planning. Born from a collection of hand-drawn illustrations exhibited in art galleries, Joyful Days is designed for those who appreciate the little beautiful moments in life. Why Joyful Days? - Original Gallery Art: Unlike generic calendar apps, Joyful Days features 12 exclusive, high-quality illustrations created by No Idea Studio. - Start your year with the festive energy of fireworks and a cute rabbit. - Feel the love in February with our balloon-flying bear. - Unwind in May with playful cats and yarn. - Unlock more animal Friends! - A Moment of Healing: Life can be busy. Open Joyful Days to find a peaceful corner where cute animals and vibrant colors remind you to smile. From the summer vibes of a sunbathing turtle to the cozy autumn of a Halloween capybara, every month is a new story. - Simple & Intuitive: We believe in the beauty of simplicity. Easily check dates, holidays (like Mother's Day or Thanksgiving ), and enjoy the visual journey without clutter.

About

Roundi

This app helps you focus on a single task by visually representing time as a disappearing color disc. It encourages single-tasking with a unique rule: leaving the app or locking the screen before the round ends results in a lost round. It supports various rituals like meditation, study, and work, with Siri integration for hands-free control.

Highlights
  • Visual time representation
  • Single-tasking rule with penalty
  • Customizable rituals
  • Siri voice control
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Multiple visual themes
  • Calendar integration for tracking
Features
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One round, one thing. Roundi holds you to a single task and shows the time as color: focus you can see. Turn the dial, press start, and a disc of color begins to disappear — like a kitchen timer for your attention. No numbers counting down, no notifications pulling you back. Just time, visibly running out. THE ONE RULE Leave the app — or lock the screen — before the round ends, and the round is lost, instantly. That's the whole trick: Roundi doesn't block anything, it just makes leaving cost something. (Too strict? There's a Lenient mode.) MADE FOR YOUR RITUALS • Meditate — 15 quiet minutes, watching the color fade • Study — a 50-minute block with no pings • Work — deep work sessions up to 2 hours • Train — planks, dead hangs, rest between sets Save each ritual as a tag and it becomes a one-tap start button with its own duration. SAY IT, DON'T TAP IT "Start Plank in Roundi." Between rounds, Siri sets the length, starts a tag, adds another round, or tells you your streak. Hands free — and once a round starts, nothing interrupts you. ON YOUR WRIST Roundi runs on Apple Watch too. Turn the Digital Crown, tap START, and the color sweeps away on your wrist; a tap and a chime mark the end. Watch rounds land in your iPhone's calendar, Siri works on the watch, and one rule carries over: unlock your iPhone during a watch round and the round ends. A TIMER YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK AT Choose how time drains: a clockwise disc, a color that falls or rises across the whole screen, or a spiral coil that unwinds from the outside in. Six soft colors. A chime and a soft blink of color when the round completes. EVERY ROUND, KEPT Finished rounds land as dots on your calendar, with your daily total and streak. Time becomes habit; habit becomes you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your rounds stay on your device. Set a time. Stay focused. One round at a time.

Screenshots

Joyful Days4 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Roundi at none against Joyful Days's shown. Roundi also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Joyful Days against 5.0 for Roundi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Joyful Days ships an update every 2 weeks, Roundi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Joyful Days versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoyful DaysRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHanyue SongYakppal, Inc.

Customer experience

Joyful Days

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

Roundi

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Joyful Days

No in-app purchases

None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Joyful Days free?
Joyful Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Joyful Days or Roundi?
Joyful Days and Roundi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Joyful Days or Roundi have ads?
Joyful Days shows ads; Roundi does not.
Which is updated more often, Joyful Days or Roundi?
Joyful Days ships an update every 2 weeks, and Roundi every 2 days. Most recently, Joyful Days was updated on October 31, 2026 and Roundi on November 6, 2026.

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