LiveKid vs TheraTales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveKid
This app streamlines communication between parents and childcare institutions. It simplifies administrative tasks for directors, facilitates daily updates for teachers, and keeps parents informed about their child's activities, meals, and attendance.
- Parent-institution communication
- Attendance tracking
- Meal planning
- Financial settlements
- Digital documentation
- Daily updates and photos
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The most effective application for pre-schools and nurseries. Quick contact between a parent and an institution, settlements, documentation - all in one place! For the Director The end of paper documentation! LiveKid means automatic settlements, catering orders, electronic and specialist diaries. The application will improve the management of not only the school's finances, but also the staff and communication with parents. For the Teacher LiveKid is a thread of communication that connects the teacher with the parent. The educator can provide current information via chat or quick notifications. Also always has information about children and attendance at hand! For the parent With LiveKid you stay close to your child throughout the day. With one click, you can report a future absence, plan meals or write a message to the facility. All announcements, photos, menus and notifications are always at hand!
TheraTales
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TheraTales helps you meet your child's hard moments with a short audio story built around one specific feeling, not a genre. Every story comes with a 60-second tip for the grown-up. Concrete things to try tonight, not theory. And every story is reviewed before publication. Eleven categories cover the moments families actually face: Sleep, Fear, Self-Esteem, Safety, Family Changes, Kindness & Empathy, Emotions, Friendship, Behavior, Perseverance, and Sadness & Loss. New stories are added regularly. Curious first? Before you make an account you can browse, search, and play any free story in full, with its tip for you. Paid stories play a preview. Listen together, or read along at bedtime. The words highlight in time with the story, in a choice of reader fonts including Atkinson Hyperlegible, on sepia, warm dark, or system backgrounds. Built for parents, private by design: - Written for one specific feeling, every story - A 60-second tip for the grown-up with every story - No ads, ever. Not even between stories - No child profiles and no child sign-in. The only account is the parent's - Crash reports and usage analytics are two separate choices, both off until you turn them on - A parental gate before a purchase, before the 5-story bundle confirmation, and before deleting your account - Background and lock-screen playback with iOS Now Playing controls - The same library in seven languages, free and paid stories alike Most stories are 4–8 minutes. Long enough to settle in, short enough for a bedtime routine. An account is free. It is what lets you buy or subscribe, keep favorites, and download a story for offline listening, free stories included, for planes, the car, anywhere. If you sign up with an email address, you confirm it once before your first purchase or download. A subscription unlocks the full library, the new stories as they arrive, and offline downloads. New subscribers get a 14-day free trial on Annual or Monthly, where eligible. Prefer not to subscribe? Buy a single story, or pick five stories from one category. One-time purchases — no subscription, no expiry. Delete your account in the app at any time. That removes your profile, your favorites, and your downloads. A subscription is billed by Apple and is cancelled separately, in your App Store subscription settings. Languages: English, Ukrainian, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian. TheraTales is made for you to use with your child. The app speaks to the parent. The child never signs in. Terms of Use: https://mytheratales.com/en/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiveKid at none against TheraTales's 4. TheraTales's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. TheraTales sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. LiveKid asks for nothing beyond the download.
LiveKid ships an update every 5 weeks, TheraTales weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | LiveKid | TheraTales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LiveKid Sp. z o.o. | Yevhen Vorobei |
In-app purchases
LiveKid
No in-app purchases
TheraTales
- TheraTales Monthly14 Days trial$8.991 Month
- TheraTales Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Single Story$2.99
- 5-Story Bundle$9.99









