Hello Sitter | Babysitters vs Pocket Sitter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Sitter | Babysitters
Find verified and trusted babysitters on demand. This app connects families with experienced childcare providers, offering easy booking from one hour to ten days in advance. Smart matching ensures you find the right fit based on your family's needs.
- On-demand babysitter booking
- Verified and experienced sitters
- Smart matching technology
- Sitter profiles with reviews and videos
- Rigorous vetting process
- Easy booking and payment
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Hello Sitter for Parents Finally the babysitting app you love, on iOS! Available in: • New York City • Brooklyn • New Jersey • the Hamptons • New Orleans • Miami • West Palm Beach • Aspen • other locations to come... Why Hello Sitter? • Book childcare in minutes • Available from 1 hour to 1 year in advance • Trusted, thoroughly vetted babysitters • Personalized sitter matching • Parent reviews and introduction videos • Secure booking and payment • Family preferences and household details to help find the right fit • Recurring bookings Questions? Contact us at support@hellositter.com
Pocket Sitter
Easily find and schedule babysitters from your trusted network of friends and family. Connect with other parents, view sitter recommendations, and manage bookings and payments.
- Connect with friends and family for sitter recommendations
- Search for sitters by date, time, age, location, and pay rate
- View sitter profiles and read parent recommendations
- Schedule, pay, and organize sitter requests (paid version)
- Build a database of your existing babysitters
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At PocketSitter, we understand that you can’t always plan each time you need a babysitter perfectly. That is why we created the ultimate babysitter scheduling experience. After you have entered your existing babysitters into our database, our database will connect you to all of your friends and family. Simply enter the date, time frame, minimum age of babysitter, location range and what you plan to pay (hourly or flat). The app allows you to connect with other parents, see the sitters they use and read their recommendations. The paid version also makes it easy for you to schedule, pay and organize your sitter requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pocket Sitter at 100% against Hello Sitter | Babysitters's 64%. Pocket Sitter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Hello Sitter | Babysitters's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (689 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket Sitter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello Sitter | Babysitters has 689 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Hello Sitter | Babysitters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pocket Sitter's.
Hello Sitter | Babysitters ships an update every 6 weeks, Pocket Sitter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Sitter | Babysitters | Pocket Sitter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (689 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 689 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hello Sitter LLC | Michael Johnson |
Customer experience
Hello Sitter | Babysitters
Pocket Sitter
In-app purchases
Hello Sitter | Babysitters
No in-app purchases
Pocket Sitter
No in-app purchases
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