Comparison

KinderLink CheckIn vs Blending Board

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

Head to head
About

KinderLink CheckIn

Features
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KinderLink Check In system for administration and staff to help manage their facilities classrooms. Each user will have school selection, Incase they have multiple schools using the checkin in app. App requires a passcode to check in and check out successfully. Each individual will be receiving their own passcode to access Kinder Check In including a profile picture for identification. This app will help monitor all staff and student attendance while within the classrooms to help ensure a higher quality of safety throughout your centers.

About

Blending Board

This app helps teachers and parents teach phonics and blending sounds for reading. It allows users to create and customize decks of phonemes for blending activities, supporting both simple and multisyllabic word decoding. Shared decks via QR codes streamline instruction.

Highlights
  • Create custom phoneme decks
  • Blend sounds for word decoding
  • Practice multisyllabic rules
  • Personalize visual deck design
  • Share decks via QR codes
Features
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The Blending Board App is a powerful educational tool for teachers and parents working with dyslexic learners or anyone else still learning the foundations of blending sounds (phonics) and the multisyllabic rules of English. In this App users will find an easy-to-use resource that allows them to create a deck of phonemes that can be substituted and manipulated to create various kinds of blending activities. The decks enable users to practice decoding simple words, and multisyllabic words, too. Blending Board also offers a unique opportunity for creative flexibility by granting users design options when creating personalized decks that are visually appealing. The end product is a professional-looking, personalized deck of educational materials that users can integrate into instruction with one or many, and which can be used time and again. An easy-to-use QR code system allows the personalized decks to be shared with anyone who has the app, so that the teacher's time can be focused on teaching, not navigating complicated technology.

Screenshots

Blending Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KinderLink CheckIn at every 4 months against Blending Board's every 10 months. Blending Board's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KinderLink CheckIn ships an update every 4 months, Blending Board every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
KinderLink CheckIn versus Blending Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinderLink CheckInBlending Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—64.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—81 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKinder KastleChain Reaction Games LLC

Bugs and requests

KinderLink CheckIn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Blending Board

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Letters appearing in incorrect columns (e.g., 'ch' in second column)
  • Inability to change theme colors (only screen settings)
  • Sound cards appearing with dark shades of green and gray
  • Background colors no longer clean, bright, crispy, and clear

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add phonics sound functionality
  • Option to turn off letter combinations that form swear words
  • Ability to add a fourth column for suffixes
  • Edit current decks feature
  • Option to select individual letters for word chains
Show 6 more
  • Ability to multi-select groupings within columns
  • Option to randomize card order (shuffle)
  • Make the app usable on computers/projectable on whiteboards
  • Bring back previous color themes or improve current ones
  • Fix issue with certain letters/digraphs placement
  • Allow selection of all possibilities in a column with deselection option

In-app purchases

None

KinderLink CheckIn

No in-app purchases

None

Blending Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KinderLink CheckIn free?
KinderLink CheckIn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blending Board free?
Blending Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KinderLink CheckIn or Blending Board have ads?
Neither KinderLink CheckIn nor Blending Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KinderLink CheckIn or Blending Board?
KinderLink CheckIn ships an update every 4 months, and Blending Board every 10 months. Most recently, KinderLink CheckIn was updated on November 3, 2026 and Blending Board on November 3, 2026.

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