Kinderloop Plus vs Appsessment
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kinderloop Plus
This app simplifies documenting children's development for childcare educators and teachers globally. It securely shares child-specific information with linked families through real-time updates and allows private posting between family members.
- Educator-led features
- Secure child development documentation
- Real-time updates for families
- Private family posting
- Login with existing credentials
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Kinderloop Plus includes many new educator led features and is a recommended download for all Kinderloopers on newer devices, both educator and family member! Simply download to your device and login with your usual username and password. Kinderloop is the simplest, most secure & fun way 
for child care educators/teachers worldwide 
to document children’s development. Child specific information is privately shared with linked family, 
through real-time updates. Families can also privately post to each other in Kinderloop Plus!!
Appsessment
This app streamlines childcare documentation and parent communication for early childhood educators. It helps capture daily moments, create learning stories, and share updates with families, keeping everything organized and accessible.
- Capture photos and observations
- Create daily updates and learning stories
- Organize documentation
- Link documentation to learning frameworks
- Secure parent communication
- Child, parent, and educator profiles
- Generate and export reports
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Built for everyday childcare documentation Appsessment is a modern childcare documentation and parent communication app designed to support early childhood educators through busy childcare days. Whether you’re capturing daily moments, creating learning documentation, or sharing updates with families, Appsessment helps keep everything clear, organised, and easy to manage. Designed for real educator workflows Appsessment is built with educators in mind — so documentation feels supportive, not overwhelming. • Capture photos and observations on the go • Create daily updates, learning stories, and reflections • Keep documentation organised and easy to find • Use the app seamlessly across phones, tablets, and computers The app fits naturally into your day, wherever learning happens. Beautiful learning documentation Create meaningful documentation using flexible templates or your own custom formats. • Daily updates and learning stories • Observations and reflections • Parent input and feedback • Documentation linked to approved learning frameworks such as EYLF and NQS Everything is designed to feel lighter, faster, and more intuitive. Clear, trusted parent communication Keep families informed and connected with secure, easy-to-understand communication. • Photo updates and daily reports • Private messaging between educators and parents • Parent input forms and reminders • News, notices, and important updates Parents only see information related to their child, helping build trust and transparency. Organised and scalable for any service Appsessment supports services of all sizes — from small family day care services to larger, multi-service organisations. • Child, parent, and educator profiles • Clear roles and permissions • Room and attendance tracking • Powerful filtering and sorting As your service grows, Appsessment grows with you. Reports, exports, and records • Generate reports to review documentation and learning progress • Export documentation to clean, professional PDF files • Keep records organised and accessible Privacy and security you can trust Your data remains private and secure. • Educators and parents only access what they are permitted to view • Information is securely stored • Appsessment does not claim ownership of your content Getting started You’ll need an Appsessment account and an active subscription to use this app. Learn more at www.appsessment.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Appsessment at 58% against Kinderloop Plus's 41%. Kinderloop Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Kinderloop Plus ships an update every 11 days, Appsessment fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kinderloop Plus | Appsessment |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinderloop Inc | AUSSIE CHILDCARE NETWORK PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Kinderloop Plus
Appsessment
Bugs and requests
Kinderloop Plus
Reported bugs
53 issues- App doesn't send email to reset or create login
- App doesn't respond
- Loads whole page instead of updating data
- Delay on posts showing up
- Notifications show old posts
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- Difficult to tell what's updated after notification
- New content doesn't show up after refreshing
- Daily Activity section is unclear and scrolls terribly
- Super slow and glitchy
- Notifications received but no update loads
- Takes hours for information to feed through
- Hard to find old contents
- No search, no filter for old content
- Not user friendly, everything is all over the place
- Usability issues and buggy
- Notification opens to last post, not the notified post
- Comment text box too big for phone screen
- Cannot save photos
- Cannot sign incident report if leaving comments
- Don't know which is the new post or comments
- Need to read every post to find the new one
- Wait to import photos is complicated and time consuming
- No option to re-upload later
- Sound doesn't always play on all devices
- Feed is messy, not displayed in chronological order
- Cannot have one-to-one conversation with a teacher
- Save to Camera Roll functionality removed
- Cannot download photos and videos directly
- Password reset link not sent
- Parents not able to view daily activity on the app
- Reopening page issues, app won't download unless closed and reopened
- Updates take a few hours to drop in
- Showing unknown error every time app is opened
- Screenshot is allowed, but download is not
- Teachers sending pics for whole week regardless of attendance
- Frustrating to log in via web browser for daily activity and accident reports
- Cannot take screenshot of photos
- App is really buggy, lots of crashes with 'unknown error'
- Posts don't load 50% of the time
- Takes hours (sometimes a whole day) for posts to appear
- Lack of ability to download photos and documents
- Cannot comment on posts since last update on mobile device
- Login required at least once per day on iPhone
- Constantly logged out
- Notifications aren't popping up or are delayed
- Massive lag with notifications
- App glitches and crashes when rotating phone
- Need improvement in UI/UX
- Login problems
- Refresh issues
- Delay on posts and notifications
- App doesn't send email for reset or login
- Save to Camera Roll functionality gone
Requested features
25 requests- More specific notifications
- Option to mute notifications for specific post types
- Dedicated spot for daily posts on main navigation
- Download photos and videos directly
- Save photos to camera roll
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- Option to re-upload photos
- Download images
- Option to exclude sending to parents whose child is not in that day
- Download option for photos and documents
- Improve refresh issues
- Make daily activity viewable on app
- Improve UX and customer experience
- Appoint a UX expert
- Redesign the app
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Improve notification system
- Add search and filter for old content
- Allow comments on posts
- Improve feed display (chronological order)
- Allow one-to-one conversations with teachers
- Add functionality to save photos and videos
- Fix sound issues on different devices
- Improve login session management
- Provide option to download photos and videos
Appsessment
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kinderloop Plus
No in-app purchases
Appsessment
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Kinderloop Plus free?
Is Appsessment free?
Do Kinderloop Plus or Appsessment have ads?
Which is updated more often, Kinderloop Plus or Appsessment?
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