KinderLink CheckIn vs Blending Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KinderLink CheckIn
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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.
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.
- Create custom phoneme decks
- Blend sounds for word decoding
- Practice multisyllabic rules
- Personalize visual deck design
- Share decks via QR codes
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KinderLink CheckIn ships an update every 4 months, Blending Board every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | KinderLink CheckIn | Blending Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 64.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinder Kastle | Chain 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
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- 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
KinderLink CheckIn
No in-app purchases
Blending Board
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is KinderLink CheckIn free?
Is Blending Board free?
Do KinderLink CheckIn or Blending Board have ads?
Which is updated more often, KinderLink CheckIn or Blending Board?
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