Vigilo vs Lingu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vigilo
Facilitates two-way communication between parents and childcare, school, or SFO staff. Easily send messages, report absences, and receive updates to stay informed about your child's day.
- Two-way messaging
- Absence reporting
- Receive announcements
- Profile customization
- Push notifications
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About this app Two-way communication for childcare, school and SFO Vigilo is a communication platform that simplifies everyday life for parents and employees. If you have a child in childcare, school or SFO, Vigilo makes is easy to stay updated. Messaging Is grandpa going to pick up the kids today? Will the child be going home with another child? Send a message to the childcare, school or SFO with the Vigilo-app. In addition, you get an overview of the individual messages and announcements you have received, and you can answer them at any time. Absence Is your child sick, or does it have a day off? Provide the employees with a quick notice through the app, and they now have an updated overview. Settings Let the communication become more personal by adding a profile picture. We recommend activating push-notifications for incoming messages. Do you have any feedback, good or bad? Please follow the link to help us make the app even better: http://support.vigilo.no
Lingu
This app offers lessons from professional teachers to help you learn Norwegian or English. It includes games, instructional videos, and allows you to submit essays and audio recordings for teacher feedback.
- Professional language lessons
- Interactive games
- Instructional videos
- Essay submission for review
- Audio recording feedback
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If you want to learn the Norwegian or English language, try out the Lingu app! You will find lessons from professional language teachers, games, instructional videos and you can submit your essays and audio recordings to your teacher for review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lingu at 86% against Vigilo's 0%. Lingu also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Vigilo's advantage is rating (3.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (40 vs 1). 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.
Vigilo holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vigilo has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Vigilo's written reviews are positive against 86% of Lingu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vigilo ships an update every 3 months, Lingu monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vigilo | Lingu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (40 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EG A/S | Lingu AS |
Customer experience
Vigilo
Lingu
In-app purchases
Vigilo
No in-app purchases
Lingu
No in-app purchases
