Child Care Aware WCA vs WS+Absences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Child Care Aware WCA
This program offers free child care resources and referrals to parents and providers in thirteen counties. Services include parent support, help finding childcare, and training for providers to improve quality and availability.
- Child care resource and referral
- Parent support services
- Help locating child care
- Child care provider training
- Technical assistance for providers
- Quality and availability improvement efforts
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Child Care Aware of West Central Arkansas at National Park College is a community child care resource and referral program providing services in thirteen counties: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Polk, Saline and Sevier. Our services include parent support and help locating child care, child care provider trainings and technical assistance, and other efforts to increase the quality and availability of child care. All services are FREE to you and the community.
WS+Absences
Easily report student absences directly from your mobile device. This application streamlines the process of notifying the school about a student's absence, ensuring timely communication.
- Report absences from mobile
- Streamlined absence reporting
- Direct communication with school
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Report absences from your mobile device.
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Verdict
Child Care Aware WCA and WS+Absences both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Child Care Aware WCA's written reviews are positive against 55% of WS+Absences's. Child Care Aware WCA also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). WS+Absences's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
Child Care Aware WCA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WS+Absences has 4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Child Care Aware WCA's written reviews are positive against 55% of WS+Absences's.
Child Care Aware WCA ships an update every 22 months, WS+Absences every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Child Care Aware WCA | WS+Absences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Park Community College | West Educational Leasing, Inc |
Customer experience
Child Care Aware WCA
WS+Absences
Bugs and requests
Child Care Aware WCA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WS+Absences
Reported bugs
2 issues- No reasons show up in drop box for absence
- Once sub accepts a job, other options for the week disappear
Requested features
3 requests- Allow writing in real reason for absence
- Ability to choose favorite subs
- Visibility of back office for admins
In-app purchases
Child Care Aware WCA
No in-app purchases
WS+Absences
No in-app purchases
Questions
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