# Lotsa Helping Hands

> Coordinate help, communicate updates, and receive support for loved ones. (iPhone/iPad app by Lotsa Helping Hands, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lotsa-helping-hands/id606923858 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Lotsa Helping Hands, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/606923861)
- Category: Lifestyle, Medical
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.70/5 from 52 App Store ratings · 56 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 41 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-04-02
- Data updated: 2026-08-08
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lotsa-helping-hands/id606923858/reviews.md

## What is Lotsa Helping Hands?

One place to coordinate help, communicate updates & receive emotional support. Schedule meal deliveries, rides to appointments, and visiting hours by posting tasks others can help with. Notify all concerned family members, friends, and community members about the status of your loved one with a single message. Connect with your support network with posts like photos and well wishes.

ORGANIZE HELP
Coordinate meaningful help (meals, rides, visits) when you most need it. Make it easier for people to help in even the smallest ways, and save time communicating unmet needs.

UPDATE EVERYONE
Share updates with your friends & family instead of sending multiple emails, phone calls or texts.

FEEL CONNECTED
Allow friends & family to express love, emotional support, and uplifting messages. 

How to coordinate help while caring for a loved one:

1. Create a Lotsa Community.
2. Invite family, friends, neighbors & colleagues to help with your Community.
3. Add tasks to the feed, such as meal deliveries, so friends can volunteer.
4. Keep everyone updated through personal blogs, photos, and well wishes.

## Key features

- Organize help with tasks
- Schedule meal deliveries
- Coordinate rides to appointments
- Communicate updates to network
- Share photos and well wishes
- Create a support community

## Recent user reviews (10 of 56)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lotsa-helping-hands/id606923858/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Needs improvements

*2026-07-10*

I am using this App and website while I’m going through brain surgery. The website is great, but the app has room for improvement. 1) you can’t see the full calendar. 2) you can’t choose what notifications you get and what notifications you don’t get (like I want to only be notified of pending requests not when people volunteer for something. But that’s not an option). 3) There’s not a way on the app or the website to make a reoccurring task (not just duplicating it but also a way to say “every Monday 7-11am indefinitely). 4) Also, it would be nice on the website and App Calendar if there are multiple tasks in a day but only some tasks have a volunteer and some don’t, for it to be striped grey and pink instead of remaining pink.

### 1/5 — Horrible App in Time of Need

*2026-07-09*

Provides minimal info, slow loading and then it just quit working altogether when my best friend is about to pass and needed most.  Deleted & reinstalling it didn’t help.  Great idea but poor execution

### 2/5 — Great when it works

*2026-05-07*

Our friend’s family is using this as they go through cancer with a four-year-old while having three other children at home aged 11 and two more four-year-olds. I Go into the app and I can’t get anything to show up. It just is a blank screen.  The website does weird things too. I wish it wasn’t so glitchy as I NEED to sign up for shifts next week but just cannot get the app to let me do it.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. At all.

*2026-03-25*

It won’t even start. I attempted to log in, and I just see a spinning death wheel that never ends next to my family team name. Such a bummer.

### 1/5 — can't open it on my ipad

*2025-03-11, version 4.5.11*

can't open it on my ipad

### 3/5 — Website 5 stars!   App 1 star!

*2023-12-21*

The website is WONDERFUL! Could be a little more intuitive, but it works well. 
This app is very cumbersome and very limited.

### 3/5 — Make Calendar View Please!

*2023-07-22*

Works fine so far hoping they create a full calendar view on the app soon

### 3/5 — Could be easier to use

*2023-05-17*

There isn’t an easy way to share. In fact I can’t find a share button on the app. I would suggest a share button under the settings tab.

Changing a date on an event with reaccuring dates doesn’t seem to be possible and I had to delete the event and start over. 

I do love that this is one place to ask for all things in the help need realm!

### 3/5 — Almost there!

*2023-04-19*

LHH checks alot of boxes in that it has a robust desktop browser version for Admins. However the App is  missing ONE key feature: CALENDAR VIEW!Currently, (as of April 2023) the only way I can view All tasks and needs is in a List view. This makes it difficult for Volunteers to get an overview of needs. 

There is a Calendart Icon at the top of the List view however it DOES NOTHING. Please, LHH - implement a Calendar View on the App!

### 2/5 — Garbage

*2023-04-15*

This app is a disaster!  Constantly makes you log in although that depends on if the app even opens. Keeps saying I don’t have a good internet connection when I am standing next to my router. Doesn’t send links to contacts that are valid. Tells me I don’t have an account when I do. It’s a hot mess. You’d do better paying for Google calendar.

## Frequently asked questions about Lotsa Helping Hands

### What does Lotsa Helping Hands do?

Lotsa Helping Hands is a platform designed to help coordinate support for individuals and families facing challenging times. It allows users to organize practical help, such as meal deliveries and rides, and facilitates communication and emotional support among a network of friends and family.

### How can I organize help for someone?

You can organize help by creating a 'Lotsa Community' and inviting family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to join. Once your community is set up, you can add specific tasks to the feed, like meal deliveries or visiting hours, for volunteers to sign up for.

### Is Lotsa Helping Hands free to use?

Yes, based on the provided information, Lotsa Helping Hands is a free application. There are no mentions of subscription fees, in-app purchases, or advertisements.

### How does this app help with communication?

The app allows you to update all concerned family members, friends, and community members about the status of your loved one with a single message. This eliminates the need for multiple emails, phone calls, or texts, keeping everyone informed efficiently.

### What kind of support can be coordinated?

Users can coordinate various types of meaningful help, including meal deliveries, rides to appointments, and scheduling visiting hours. The app also facilitates emotional support through posts where friends and family can share photos and well wishes.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0.5 — 2026-07-21

General bug fixes

### 5.0.3 — 2026-05-01

Fix form wobble on shorter screens

### 5.0.2 — 2026-04-02

Dependency updates and bug fixes

### 5.0.1 — 2026-02-11

Fixes the issue where the app would sometimes crash when volunteering.

### 5.0.0 — 2026-01-26

Dependency updates and bug fixes.

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