Comparison

Jooay vs Nautilus Plus

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

Head to head
About

Jooay

This app helps children and youth with disabilities discover and engage in local leisure activities. It connects families, educators, and organizations to find inclusive and accessible sports, arts, and other events. Users can also share reviews and connect with a supportive online community.

Highlights
  • Locate accessible leisure activities
  • Filter by accessibility, price, and schedule
  • One-tap contact with activity providers
  • Add comments and reviews
  • Connect with other users in a support community
  • Find adapted and inclusive sports, arts, and camps
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Jooay connects children and youth with disabilities to leisure activities with a simple tap, and allows parents, health care providers, physical education teachers, and community organizations to locate and engage in adapted and inclusive leisure activities in their local community! The app is free and currently lists numerous activities across Canada. Active participation in sports, arts and other leisure activities is critical to the physical and mental health of all children, and essential to their social development and community integration. Through the Jooay app, families will be able to overcome the struggle of finding information on leisure activities that are local, accessible, inclusive, and appropriate for their children. The Jooay App not only offers access to activities but also creates opportunities to interact with other parents, therapists, and educators in the online community, to talk about leisure successes and challenges and ways to make leisure accessible to all. Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! @JooayApp Here is what you get with Jooay: - Locate accessible, adapted and inclusive sports, arts classes, camps, movie theaters and other leisure activities close to where you are - Identify activities that are appropriate for your child/client/student according to accessibility features, price, and schedule - Contact the organizations offering the activities with one simple tap - Add comments, reviews, and suggestions for activities you know, helping other parents and professionals - Chat with other users and interact with them in the community of support Check what Jooay users are saying: “We are always so busy trying to find activities that are right for our children…this is really what we needed to make at least this task easier! It also helps to talk to other parents and see what they are doing, what works for them that could work for us too!” (parent) “I used to spend a lot of time trying to find sports and other activities for my students close to where they live, so they could stay active and have fun, and now this is all organized into one single place; this is really handy!” (physical education teacher in a school for children with disabilities) Check what the media is saying: http://jooay.com/montreal-diary-new-app-helps-disabled-kids-jooay/ Join the Jooay community now! Download the FREE app and open the gates to a multitude of activities happening around you! Playing is fun, and with Jooay, all children can play! Visit us at www.jooay.com, or email us at jooay@childhooddisability.ca

About

Nautilus Plus

Manage your gym membership, track workouts, and access personalized fitness and nutrition plans. View schedules, book appointments, and sync data from various fitness trackers. Stay connected with trainers and nutritionists through integrated messaging.

Highlights
  • Virtual membership card
  • Workout tracking and program access
  • Sync data from fitness trackers
  • Nutrition plan and tools
  • Group exercise class schedules
  • Appointment booking
  • Integrated messaging with trainers
Features
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You can now easily access all your Nautilus Plus membership information on your mobile or smartphone. Things like your virtual membership card, group exercise schedules, appointments with your personal trainer or nutritionist, record of workouts, your workout program, and more. Virtual Membership Card • Present your membership card by simply showing your phone Workout Session • Fix your weekly workout objective • Consult your weekly workout average • Consult your workout session total • Record of workouts (day, hour, club) • Sync your data from any trackers (Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Strava, etc.) Workout Program • Consult your workout program • Complete your Fitness and Lifestyle Evaluation questionnaire • Consult the results of your Fitness and Lifestyle Evaluation questionnaire • Enter data during your workout session (duration, calories burned, number of reps, weights used) • Consult your workout data • Consult your workout calendar • Communicate with your personal trainer via integrated messaging Nutrition • Consult your nutrition plan • Consult different tools such as portion guide, your Healthy Plate, your Grocery List • Communicate with your nutritionist via integrated messaging Group Exercise Classes and Supervised Group Training Schedules • All class schedules in all clubs within our network • Refined search by type of class • Online registration Appointments • Book an appointment with your personal trainer, your nutritionist, your osteopath, or your massotherapist BOOMERANG Membership • Consult your accumulated credits

Screenshots

Jooay4 screens
Nautilus Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jooay at 100% against Nautilus Plus's 24%. Nautilus Plus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Jooay versus Nautilus Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJooayNautilus Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.3 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better23.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJooay JooayNautilus Plus

Customer experience

Jooay

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nautilus Plus

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive23.9%
Neutral13.4%
Negative62.7%

Bugs and requests

Jooay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nautilus Plus

Reported bugs

76 issues
  • Reservations don't work
  • Messaging doesn't work
  • Gym crowd status not showing
  • App constantly logs out
  • Password reset emails not sent
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  • App connects to multiple tracking websites on login
  • Servers down for over a week
  • Error message: problem with the server
  • App crashes constantly
  • Login problems
  • Server issues
  • App not working half the time
  • Login issues every week
  • Error with Nautilus server
  • App crashes, error codes
  • Cannot load info or card
  • System is down
  • App not showing member card
  • Hard to login
  • DNS requests to Google advertising servers
  • Prevents login with ad blocker
  • Lost history of weights
  • Average number of weekly visits disappeared
  • Cannot log in
  • Error code: 'Error Try again later'
  • Server error
  • App is generally very slow
  • Workout programs not saved locally
  • Not working with the latest iOS
  • Error: 'Cannot read property ‘data’ of undefined'
  • Cannot access app
  • Boomerang doesn't work sometimes
  • Issues with client card and Boomerang
  • Does not work on iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • App unable to function on new iPhone
  • Impossible to finish workout
  • Error message: 'error with Nautilus Plus server'
  • Old programs harder to find
  • Membership card needs to be reloaded to wallet
  • Weight changes don't always save
  • Opening other app resumes workout a few sets back
  • Messages sent are deleted/not showing up
  • New version is worse than the old one
  • New update is not optimal
  • App is terribly slow
  • Resets randomly
  • Membership card difficult to access
  • Cannot add card to phone wallet
  • App always bugs when opened
  • Cannot install membership card in Apple Wallet
  • Buggy, crashes 99% of the time
  • Cannot open menu on the right-hand side
  • Top part overlaps phone status bar
  • Lack of retention for orientation to display membership card
  • Interface not adapted for Face ID phones
  • Entering values in workout program is frustrating
  • App not updated for new iPhone displays
  • Information not visible due to Dynamic Island
  • Impossible to add membership card to wallet app
  • Screen not sized properly for various iPhones
  • App not updated for 2 years
  • Buttons and menus not optimized for iPhone 14
  • Cannot add membership card to wallet
  • New update is worse than the previous version
  • More actions needed to execute training plan
  • UX needs review
  • Cannot add card to Apple wallet
  • App is not adapted to recent iPhones
  • Doesn't run easily
  • Apple Pay feature for card is impossible to make work
  • Multiple screens won't load
  • Add to Apple wallet is broken
  • Scanning still works but that's it
  • App is junk and abandoned
  • Doesn't work
  • Previous version was better

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add Apple Watch app for tracking workouts
  • Bring back average weekly visits on homepage
  • Allow users to choose preferred branches
  • Enable in-app membership renewal
  • Allow users to customize home screen buttons
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  • Add dark mode
  • Improve workout timer functionality
  • Allow users to disable auto-playing videos
  • Add option to save workout programs locally
  • Make app compatible with newer iPhone screens
  • Improve navigation for gym hours and attendance
  • Allow multiple preferred branches
  • Add ability to prepare workout entry during rest periods
  • Improve graphical clarity of the app
  • Allow users to add membership card to Apple Wallet
  • Improve account creation process

In-app purchases

None

Jooay

No in-app purchases

None

Nautilus Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jooay free?
Jooay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nautilus Plus free?
Nautilus Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jooay or Nautilus Plus have ads?
Jooay shows ads; Nautilus Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, Jooay or Nautilus Plus?
Jooay ships an update every 5 weeks, and Nautilus Plus every 5 weeks. Most recently, Jooay was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nautilus Plus on November 2, 2026.

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