ChildPilot Staff vs Upkid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChildPilot Staff
This app simplifies childcare management for schools. It allows for easy tracking of family and child data, staff management, attendance, billing, and communication with parents. Generate detailed reports and manage payments efficiently.
- Manage family and child data
- Staff and teacher management
- Check-in/out system
- Child activity logging
- Billing and payment tracking
- Document storage
- Detailed reporting
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Managing families, communicating with staff or parents, and school billing has never been easier! Features: *Manage Family Data. Keep track of the Guardians, Emergency Contacts, and Children for each family in your school. *Manage Child Data. Enroll children in one or more classes to track tuition and Enroll or Waitlist new children. *Manage Teachers and Staff. Give staff access to the application with limited privileges. *Check-In/Out System . Manage staff time sheets and daily class attendance. *Child Activity Log. Teachers can send activity updates on children in their class. *Manage Billing. Create and update invoices for your classes each billing cycle. *Payment Tracking. View and reconcile all the payments that are received from your schools families. *Store Family/Child Documents. *Detailed Reporting. Print or download reports on anything and everything. *Mass Emailing System. Speak to your families with simple reminders or weekly newsletters. *Event Notifications. Be alerted immediately when you receive messages from your parents.
Upkid
Connects daycares and preschools with early childhood teachers seeking flexible work. Offers a quick onboarding process for substitute roles, allowing users to work when and where they choose and get paid immediately.
- Flexible job opportunities
- Substitute teaching roles
- Fast onboarding process
- Work where you want
- Get paid immediately
- Work with children
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Upkid is the first app that matches up daycares and preschools with amazing early childhood teachers who want a more flexible job. No prior experience is necessary. Our fast and easy onboarding process gets you qualified to work as a substitute for childcare programs. Work as often as you want, where you want, then get paid right after you work. Have fun working with kids and make a difference. Join Upkid today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChildPilot Staff at 4.6 against Upkid's 2.7. ChildPilot Staff also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 13%). Upkid's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 14). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
ChildPilot Staff holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Upkid has 92 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ChildPilot Staff's written reviews are positive against 13% of Upkid's.
ChildPilot Staff ships an update every 2 weeks, Upkid every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChildPilot Staff | Upkid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better | 2.7 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 13.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SportsPilot Inc | Upkid LLC |
Customer experience
ChildPilot Staff
Upkid
In-app purchases
ChildPilot Staff
No in-app purchases
Upkid
No in-app purchases









