Sittr vs SoberGuardian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sittr
Find trusted and reliable babysitters and nannies with this app. All carers are personally vetted with background checks and first aid training, and bookings are covered by public liability insurance. Easily search, choose, and pay for childcare services.
- Vetted babysitters and nannies
- Background checks
- First aid certified carers
- Public liability insurance
- In-app payments
- Post a job or search carers
- Real parent reviews
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**Australia's #1 rated babysitter and nanny app — now in New Zealand.** Every carer on Sittr is personally vetted, background checked, and first aid certified. Finding someone you can actually trust has never been this easy. As featured in TODAY, News.com.au, Kidspot, The Huffington Post and SBS. **How it works** **1. Search or post a job** Tell us when you need care and what you're looking for. We'll match you with top-verified carers in your area — available for one-time or recurring bookings, with no placement fees. **2. Choose your carer** Browse your matches, read genuine parent reviews, and chat directly in the app. Every carer is pre-screened and trusted by families just like yours. **3. Pay securely in the app** Pay before the job starts. Carers are paid automatically when it's done. No cash, no awkward conversations. **Why thousands of Australian and New Zealand families choose Sittr** **Working With Children Checks** Every carer holds a verified, continuously monitored WWCC — a government-issued check covering national criminal history and workplace misconduct. **Certified First Aid** All carers hold verified Senior First Aid qualifications covering Asthma and Anaphylaxis management, meeting national childcare standards. We've partnered with St John First Aid to keep credentials current. **Verified Reviews** Every review comes from a real family who booked through Sittr. No fake ratings, no guesswork.
SoberGuardian
This app helps ensure safety by detecting potential intoxication and alerting pre-selected contacts. It works in conjunction with a breathalyzer device to send location and alerts, preventing individuals from driving under the influence. It also allows for manual alert sending to loved ones.
- Intoxication detection
- Contact alerts
- Location sharing
- Breathalyzer integration
- Manual alert sending
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Welcome to SoberGuardian, a combination of a mobile app, breathalyzer, and AI designed to help keep drunk people safe and prevent them from driving. Add your contacts into this app and notify them if you or a loved one needs help as soon as the app detects anything! DISCLAIMER: SoberGuardian is designed to work alongside our breathalyzer device and alcohol testing will not be logged or factored without it. You can still use the app to send location and alerts to your contacts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sittr at 4.7 against SoberGuardian's 3.7. Sittr also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). SoberGuardian's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Sittr holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sittr has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Sittr's written reviews are positive against 50% of SoberGuardian's.
Sittr ships an update every 2 months, SoberGuardian every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sittr | SoberGuardian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SITTR PTY LTD | Xin Li |
Customer experience
Sittr
SoberGuardian
Bugs and requests
Sittr
Reported bugs
15 issues- App not working
- App keeps crashing
- Unable to log in
- App loading forever
- Unable to accept or cancel bookings
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- Cannot send messages to families
- Background check review issues
- Issues with profile and receiving job emails
- Validation error during sign-up
- Problem signing up via Facebook
- Technical difficulties around payments
- Glitch preventing reading full sitter biographies
- Sitters not showing up
- Money deducted without confirmed service
- No option to complain or review service
Requested features
12 requests- Provide invoices for bookings
- Improve customer support response time
- Fix app crashing/loading issues
- Allow carers to set their own rates
- Improve app design and usability
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- Add option for carers to scale rates based on job
- Provide explanations for declined applications
- Allow for longer than one-day bookings
- Fix issue with reading full sitter biographies
- Improve payment system reliability
- Add option to complain or review services
- Provide a telephone number for support
SoberGuardian
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sittr
No in-app purchases
SoberGuardian
No in-app purchases
