Lillio vs The Square App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lillio
This app streamlines childcare operations with features for daily reports, attendance, and meal planning. It enhances family engagement through real-time updates, photos, and videos, while offering research-based curriculum aligned with state standards.
- Daily reports
- Attendance tracking
- Meal planning
- Family communication portal
- Real-time photo sharing
- Digital curriculum
- Enrollment management
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Get all the building blocks for early education with the #1-rated childcare app! Center management features let you complete daily reports, schedules, attendance, check-ins and meal planning faster than ever before. Family engagement tools keep families informed through daily reports, pictures and videos. Simple registration and payment options make the lives of families easier. Research-based curriculum offers developmentally appropriate lesson plans aligned to state standards and pre-populated with engaging themes. Download Lillio today and experience the all-in-one solution for building a high-quality childcare program! Here is what one of our thousands of happy directors had to say about Lillio: "Lillio (formerly HiMama) has become a huge asset for our school! Families love the photos and daily reports. Teachers agree that it is extremely easy to use and replaces piles of paperwork." FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION • Family portal - Parents and family members can view photos, videos, daily reports and schedules, update their child’s information, and message educators in their own private, secure account. • Real-time photo sharing - parents can receive timely updates throughout the day • Email, text, and in-app communication - Send messages, alerts and reminders to individual family members or to an entire group of family members at once CARING AND TEACHING • Digital curriculum - Developmentally appropriate, research-based lesson plans and activities from Funshine Express allows flexible planning and offers play-based, engaging themes and activities that are aligned to state and early learning standards • Weekly Planner - Create custom activities organized by learning areas and select developmental skills tied to your state and early learning standards. • Photo and video observations - Tag real-time observations with images from the classroom • Child Developmental Evidence Reports - Follow a child’s development across developmental domains, skills and indicators • Easy-to-use childcare assessments to support every child’s learning path CENTER MANAGEMENT • Childcare daily reports: document meals, snacks, sleep checks, toileting, activities and observations, medication and more for individual children or multiple children at once • Attendance: record check-in, check-out, drop off and pick up times, and absences • Administrative: classroom and activity reports; updatable parent and child contact, emergency, allergy, and health information; meal and snack menu planning and schedules, enrollment management for upcoming, current, and graduated children; schedule rotations Lillio is secure, reliable and easy to use, and the child care center’s information is backed up, synced and accessed through our apps and our website. We have a friendly customer support team that would happily answer your questions by phone (1-800-905-1876) or email (support@himama.com). Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Square App
This app simplifies calculating the hypotenuse of a right triangle for construction projects. Input length and width to get precise measurements in feet and inches, eliminating complex math and conversions. Save up to three project calculations for later review.
- Hypotenuse calculation
- Input length and width
- Output in feet and inches
- Eliminates complex math
- Stores up to 3 project calculations
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Whether you are building a deck, picture frame, foundation, floor system, or anything requiring a right triangle, The Square App will take the complexity out of making sure your project is exactly square. The Square App is an application that allows you to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle. By entering in the two dimensions of your length and width, The Square App will calculate the exact dimension in Feet and Inches of the hypotenuse the right triangle. This eliminates the need for the multiple steps required in using the Pythagorean Theorem, and the conversions from inches and decimals. By using the simply illustrated example on the home page of the app and inserting your specific project dimensions, you can easily calculate your square dimension. The Square App allows you to store up to 3 different Project Calculations to be reviewed at a later time if needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lillio at 4.9 against The Square App's 4.3. Lillio also leads on ratings volume (37K vs 4) and review sentiment (71% vs 50%). The Square App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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. Lillio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. The Square App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lillio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lillio has 37K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Lillio's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Square App's.
| Parameter | Lillio | The Square App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37K ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hi Mama Inc. | NEXT PRACTICE PARTNERS LLC. |
Customer experience
Lillio
The Square App
Bugs and requests
Lillio
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- Freezing and crashing
- Inconsistent data updates
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Time stamps for naps, meals, and activities
- Ability to download photos/videos in bulk
- Improved navigation and responsiveness
- Interactive features for parents
- More language options
The Square App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lillio
- Photos Plus$2.991 Month
The Square App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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