Joyous vs purs.digital
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joyous
Discover and order from local, independent restaurants for takeout, delivery, or dine-in. Enjoy automatic loyalty rewards, contactless pickup, and exclusive deals on family meals and lunch specials.
- Local restaurant discovery
- Mobile ordering for takeout & delivery
- Contactless curbside pickup
- Automatic loyalty rewards
- Discounted family meals
- Chef-curated lunch specials
- Secure mobile payments
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Joyous is the app for mobile restaurant ordering, takeout, delivery and dine-in at local, independent restaurants around the country What is Joyous? Joyous is a personalized restaurant recommendation app: -Automatic loyalty rewards to your favorite restaurants -Contactless, curbside pickup for takeout orders -Special family dinner meals at discounted prices to feed your whole crew -Chef-curated box lunch specials that are easy on your wallet -Frequent, ongoing "forever" discount opportunities -Ratings of the restaurants based on confirmed orders -Ability to favorite restaurants for easy access -Secure mobile payments -Easy reordering of your favorite meals
purs.digital
Easily pay for food and drinks at local establishments by scanning QR codes or placing mobile orders. Securely verify your identity and manage your account within the app.
- QR code scanning for payment
- Mobile ordering at restaurants
- In-app payment processing
- Phone number verification
- Account management and deletion
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Scan to pay by QR code, or place mobile orders at local coffee shops and restaurants! How to use: - Scan a QR code at the shop/restaurant you're in - Enter your phone number and verify with a one-time-password - Order & Pay in-app! Sign out or initiate your account deletion in the "PROFILE" section.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: purs.digital at 100% against Joyous's 69%. purs.digital also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Joyous's advantage is ratings volume (531 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
purs.digital holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joyous has 531 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Joyous's written reviews are positive against 100% of purs.digital's.
Joyous ships an update every 3 weeks, purs.digital every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joyous | purs.digital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (531 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 531 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elegantra | purs |
Customer experience
Joyous
purs.digital
Bugs and requests
Joyous
Reported bugs
5 issues- Token has expired error on Sign in with Apple
- Discount not reflecting at checkout
- Card info stolen after use
- Order marked as delivered but not received
- App requires location services to function
Requested features
3 requests- Option to disable repeated notification prompts
- Expand restaurant selection
- Allow ordering without enabling location services
purs.digital
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Joyous
No in-app purchases
purs.digital
No in-app purchases
Questions
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