RLSSUK MyApp vs Competence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
RLSSUK MyApp
This app allows members of the Royal Life Saving Society UK to access and verify their membership and qualifications directly from their mobile devices. It serves as a digital proof of membership for convenience on the go.
- View membership status
- Prove qualifications
- Mobile access
- MyPage login integration
- Digital membership card
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RLSSUK MyApp is an app for Royal Life Saving Society UK members. RLSSUK MyApp enables RLSS UK members to view and prove their membership and qualifications on the go on their mobile devices. RLSSUK Members can use their MyPage log-in details to access the app. If you are an RLSS UK member and canβt find your MyPage log-in details or are having problems logging-in, please e-mail membership@rlss.org.uk (stating your reason for e-mailing, full name, Date of Birth and RLSS UK Society Number). The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is the Drowning Prevention Charity and the UKβs leading provider of water safety and drowning prevention education.
Competence
This app helps organizations measure and enhance the knowledge, skills, and performance of their business staff. It supports employee performance reviews and personal development through monitoring and control, offering three core areas: measurement, CPD, and evidence storage.
- Measure individual knowledge, skills, and performance
- Employee performance reviews and improvement tracking
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD) capability
- Evidence storage for eportfolios and CVs
- Flexible framework for staff competence measurement
- Supports self, professional, and employer assessments
- Insightful reporting at individual, group, and establishment levels
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Competence is an app for measuring and improving the individual knowledge, skills and performance of business staff across any type of organisation. It has clear relevance to sports coaches, learners progress in education, education tutors, nursing or any skilled profession or sector. It provides an excellent approach for employee performance reviews and performance improvement through direction, monitoring and control of continuing personal development. Competence includes 3 main application areas β Competence measurement, a fully-featured CPD capability and a Mylibrary area for storing evidence submitted, eportfolio, personal CV and career development information. It has a fully flexible and definable framework for measuring competence of different types of staff at different levels and a full range of scoring methods. It also supports self-assessment, professional assessments and employer assessments. Competence is a mobile-first app supporting iOS smartphones and tablets with immediate, practical and effective recording of assessments, CPD and supporting evidence. Reporting is highly effective and insightful at individual, group and establishment level. Benefits of using Competence include: - Objective and consistent approach to measuring and improving staff knowledge, skills and competenceβ¨ - Practical input of assessment scores, comments and evidenceβ¨ - Simple identification of static, underperforming & overperforming staffβ¨ - Interventions are focused on the detailed criteria needing to be improved - Goal setting, targets and CPD monitoring encourage competence improvement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Competence at fortnightly against RLSSUK MyApp's every 20 months. RLSSUK MyApp's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RLSSUK MyApp ships an update every 20 months, Competence fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RLSSUK MyApp | Competence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Fortnightly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 β better | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APT Solutions Limited | The Education Office |
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RLSSUK MyApp
Competence
In-app purchases
RLSSUK MyApp
No in-app purchases
Competence
No in-app purchases









