Joyous vs Halal Spots
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
Halal Spots
Discover verified halal food options in your area. This app helps you find trusted restaurants, takeout, and grocery stores that meet halal standards. Easily browse nearby locations and connect with certified businesses.
- Halal food discovery
- Verified halal businesses
- Restaurant, takeout, and grocery options
- Location-based search
- Oregon coverage (expanding soon)
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Halal Spots currently features halal food spots across Oregon. We’re expanding to more states soon — stay tuned for upcoming releases. This app is dedicated exclusively to halal dining in your area, making it easy to find trusted restaurants, takeout spots, and grocery options that meets halal standards. Browse nearby locations and connect with verified halal businesses around you—all in one simple place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Halal Spots at 5.0 against Joyous's 4.6. Halal Spots also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Joyous's advantage is ratings volume (531 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Halal Spots 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Joyous ships an update every 3 weeks, Halal Spots every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joyous | Halal Spots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (531 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 531 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elegantra | Sead Mohammed |
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
Halal Spots
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Joyous
No in-app purchases
Halal Spots
No in-app purchases
