Kinderloop Plus vs Xap Connect
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!!
Xap Connect
This all-in-one childcare management software simplifies daily operations for educators. It offers digital attendance, routine updates, learning observations, and parent communication, allowing staff to focus more on children and less on paperwork.
- Digital attendance kiosk
- Daily routine updates
- Learning observation drafting
- Parent communication
- Development reports
- Framework alignment
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Xap is the #1 rated childcare management app. Our all-in-one childcare software features digital attendance Kiosk for staff and parents, daily routine updates, observations, parent communication and more. The perfect childcare management solution for childcare centres, OSHCs, Preschools, Kindergartens and Vacation Care programs. HOW IT WORKS Delight your parents with beautiful daily routine updates and learning portfolios Daily routine updates and portfolios full of pictures, videos and milestones are created automagically from your observations and shared with parents. Draft Beautiful learning observations Our app comes pre-loaded with your learning framework so that you can add your curriculum and map it instantly. The childcare app works with Montessori preschools too! Digital attendance Kiosk Our app allows your staff and parents to sign in using our Kiosk system which will help you automate your sign in and sign out process. With our childcare all in one app, educators can spend more time with the children, and everyone can spend less time on paperwork! FEATURES CHILD CARE DAILY ROUTINE Updates • Daily Routines - Meals, snacks, sleep checks, toileting, activities and observations, medication and mood • Custom Activities – Create your own activities to post it to the families or keep it for your internal records. Digital Kiosk • Educators can check in children in bulk, record drop-off and pick-up • Parents can check in and Check out children • Staff can check in to the centre and rooms and record break times. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT • Photo and video observations - Tag observations with images from the rooms • Development reports - Follow a child’s early years development and create a learning story for each child at your centre • Framework and curriculum assessment - Align to early learning guidelines and with Reggio, play-based, EYLF, MTOP and Montessori framework GET IN TOUCH For support, please email us on support@xap.net.au We are passionate about early childhood education and creating childcare software to support centres like yours!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kinderloop Plus at 41% against Xap Connect's 0%. Kinderloop Plus also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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.
Kinderloop Plus ships an update every 11 days, Xap Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kinderloop Plus | Xap Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.9 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | 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 | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinderloop Inc | XAP TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Kinderloop Plus
Xap Connect
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
Xap Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kinderloop Plus
No in-app purchases
Xap Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Kinderloop Plus free?
Is Xap Connect free?
Which is updated more often, Kinderloop Plus or Xap Connect?
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