Kid Car App vs Kidault Kar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kid Car App
This app offers a specialized car service for children in New York City, featuring trained drivers and equipped vehicles with car seats. Parents can book rides on-demand or in advance for safe and convenient child transportation.
- Safe child transport
- Specially trained drivers
- Age/weight-appropriate car seats
- On-demand reservations
- Advance booking
- Vetted drivers
- DMV inspected vehicles
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Kid Car is the only car service in New York City that provides safe transport for children by providing specially trained and vetted drivers with age and weight-appropriate, properly-installed car seats available in every vehicle. Parents can make on-demand and advance reservations using the Kid Car App. Kid Car drivers are fingerprinted, vetted, and trained in the installation of our car seats as well as many others. Kid Car provides up to 4 car seats in every vehicle. Car seats are designed for children between 5 – 120lbs. Kid Car vehicles undergo DMV inspections every 4 months.
Kidault Kar
This app offers a secure and reliable car service in NYC specifically for children. It allows for booking single rides, recurring carpools, and hospital pickups with properly installed car seats. Drivers are background-checked and trained in car seat installation, with live streaming available for added peace of mind.
- Secure children's car service
- Book single rides or carpools
- Hospital pickups with car seats
- Trained and background-checked drivers
- Live streaming for rides
- Choice of vehicle types
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Experience peace of mind with the safest car service in NYC, providing secure and reliable transport for your children. - Ease your worries by booking a single ride to take Kyran to swim practice while you're busy at work - Set up a recurring carpool ride to take Alyvia and her four friends to school every morning - Have a driver pick you and your newborn baby up from the hospital in a correctly installed convertible car seat that goes from newborn to booster - Have a driver pick you and your preschooler up in a correctly installed convertible car seat Choose from a sedan, minivan, or SUV. Are you nervous about your child riding in a car with a stranger? No problem. We have a live stream available for that extra peace of mind during the rides given by our professional drivers who undergo fingerprint-enabled background checks, are trained in the correct installation of car seats, and have in-person training with Kidault.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kidault Kar at 3.0 against Kid Car App's 2.1. Kidault Kar also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Kid Car App's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 2) and review sentiment (16% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kidault Kar holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kid Car App has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of Kid Car App's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kidault Kar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kid Car App ships an update every 2 months, Kidault Kar daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kid Car App | Kidault Kar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (53 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kid Car NY, LLC | Kidault Kar LLC |
Customer experience
Kid Car App
Kidault Kar
In-app purchases
Kid Car App
No in-app purchases
Kidault Kar
No in-app purchases
