Comparison

Match AuPair vs Moons

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Match AuPair

Connect directly with potential au pairs or host families worldwide. Browse profiles, filter by preferences, and chat securely to arrange cultural exchange programs without any fees or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Browse au pair and family profiles
  • Filter by location, availability, languages
  • View photos and social profiles
  • Direct in-app chat
  • Arrange cultural exchange
  • 100% free to use
Features
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Find your perfect Au Pair or Host Family — completely free. Match AuPair connects Au Pairs and families directly, with no subscriptions, no agency fees, and no hidden costs. Ever. How it works • Browse thousands of Au Pair and Host Family profiles • Filter by location, availability, languages and preferences • View photos and linked social profiles • Chat directly and agree on terms — all within the app • Find your match and start your cultural exchange journey Why Match AuPair? • 100% free for Au Pairs and Families • No middleman — connect directly • Privacy-first: we never share your data with third parties • Simple, fast and designed for real connections Whether you're a family seeking trusted childcare with cultural exchange, or an Au Pair ready for your next adventure, Match AuPair makes it easy to find the right fit. Got any questions, please get in touch via: • Web: www.matchaupair.online • Facebook: facebook.com/matchaupair.online • Twitter: twitter.com/MatchAupair • Instagram: instagram.com/matchaupair For more information, see our Terms of Use: https://www.matchaupair.online/terms-conditions EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Moons

Features
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You know who you want to stay close to. You also know it has been longer than you meant since you spoke to some of them. Moons is a small app for the twelve people who matter most. You pick them from your contacts, give each one a rhythm — weekly, monthly, whatever fits — and they orbit you on a single screen. As time passes without contact they drift outward and their colour follows. One glance tells you who is due. That is the whole app. One screen, one loop, one payment. THE ORBIT Everyone fits on one screen. No list, no scrolling, no search. Green means you have just caught up, grey means drifting, terracotta means it has been a while. Pinch for a close-up when you want to see faces rather than positions. The twelve-person cap is deliberate. It is what removes tags, tiers, folders and pagination from the app, and it means adding a thirteenth person asks you a real question instead of quietly growing a database. If one circle is not enough — a client, a team, the school run — there is room for up to four groups, each its own orbit of twelve. Swipe sideways to spin from one to the next, or pinch in to see them all around you at once. LOGGING A CATCH-UP Tap someone and reach out — a call, FaceTime, a message, an email, WhatsApp. Moons opens the right app and logs the catch-up for you. Or press and hold to record one that happened somewhere else: over lunch, at the school gates, on a walk. There is an undo, and never a confirmation dialog. Arrive to find several people overdue and you get a grid of faces. Tap the ones you have seen. Five seconds to clear a fortnight. WHAT IT HOLDS Notes, facts and what you talked about last time, kept for each person. Birthdays and anniversaries come across from Contacts, and you can add any other date worth remembering — the day you met, a date you would rather not forget. Each gets a quiet nudge a week before. A reminder on the day someone is due, which you can switch off for anyone. When someone has drifted a very long way, Moons moves them out of the orbit rather than nagging you about it. One tap brings them back, or you can keep them without ever being prompted again — because the reason you have not called is not always one an app should push at. IT DOES NOT WATCH YOU Moons cannot read your messages, your calls or your email. No iPhone app can, and Moons does not pretend otherwise. It records that you chose to reach out, which is the part worth remembering anyway. Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no server, no analytics, no adverts. The privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" because that is literally true. NO STREAKS No scores. No leaderboards. No red badges on human beings. Missing someone by a few days is not a failure and the app will not treat it as one. ALSO INCLUDED A home-screen widget showing whichever group you choose, with a button that logs a catch-up for whoever is most overdue without opening the app. And a Siri shortcut: "Log a catch-up in Moons." PRICE Three people free, for as long as you like. One payment opens all twelve, for good. Another, if you want them, opens four groups. No subscription.

Screenshots

Match AuPair4 screens
Moons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Moons at every 3 days against Match AuPair's every 2 months. Match AuPair's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Match AuPair sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Moons sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Match AuPair ships an update every 2 months, Moons every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Match AuPair versus Moons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatch AuPairMoons
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMATCHAU LTDZander Martineau

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Match AuPair

Subscriptions8
  • 1 week3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • 1 month3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 2 month3 Days trial$4.992 Months
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  • 1 month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • 3 month3 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • 3 months3 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • 6 months3 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Moons

One-time3
  • Four orbits upgrade$1.99
  • The full orbit$2.99
  • Four orbits$4.99

Questions

Is Match AuPair free?
Match AuPair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moons free?
Moons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Match AuPair or Moons have ads?
Neither Match AuPair nor Moons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Match AuPair or Moons?
Match AuPair ships an update every 2 months, and Moons every 3 days. Most recently, Match AuPair was updated on June 10, 2026 and Moons on September 30, 2026.

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