Lillio vs STEAR
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/
STEAR
This app provides information and tools for individuals experiencing economic abuse. It includes a screening questionnaire, safety planning tips, and resources for economic empowerment. A discreet lock feature is included for user safety.
- Economic abuse information
- Screening questionnaire
- Safety planning tips
- Economic empowerment resources
- Discreet lock feature
- No personal data storage
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Screening Tool for Economic Abuse Recovery (otherwise known as STEAR) is a free app designed for people who have experienced a form of domestic violence known as economic abuse. It contains general information on different types of economic abuse, a questionnaire to help identify it in relationships, tips on safety planning and specific resources to support you on your path to economic empowerment and freedom. Gathering resources to escape economic abuse can be tricky when living with the abuser. For your safety, a lock feature has been built into the app for discreet browsing. When you click on the lock icon the app will switch to a mock home organizing page with images of decor and recipes. To get back into the app after the lock screen has been activated, the app requires you to set a 4-digit pin at the beginning, however, no personally identifiable information the user submits to the app will be stored. This means that with each session, the app will open as brand new. Note, if you feel unsafe downloading this app onto your personal device consider using the web version on a private browser where your history will be cleared upon closing the window. You can visit our site at https://stear.app/. The STEAR app guides users through a series of pages that break down aspects of economic abuse including common controlling mechanisms and tactics, employment sabotage and economic control. Along with this information, there is a quiz for users to take to assess their situation to see if they're at risk. It is not a replacement for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or other competent advisors. STEAR was developed by the Canadian Center for Womens Empowerment (CCFWE) with funding from the Government of Canada and WAGE
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STEAR at none against Lillio's 1. STEAR also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (13.0 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. STEAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Lillio | STEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hi Mama Inc. | Canadian Center For Women's Empowerment ( Ccfwe) |
Customer experience
Lillio
STEAR
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
STEAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lillio
- Photos Plus$2.991 Month
STEAR
No in-app purchases








