Comparison

GiB Familie vs RST Photo

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

Head to head
About

GiB Familie

Features
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GiB Familie gives you access to information of your child's day. In the News Feed you can view relevant diaries, bulletins, activities, and current images and videos. It is also possible to reply to invitations, activities, conferences and much more. For a better overview of it all, access the App's own Calendar. In the Calendar you can easily access all relevant events sorted by day, week or month. Some more features are: - Gallery with images and videos of your child. - Communicate with your child's daycare centre. - Maintain your contact information. - Add profile images of yourself and your child. - Send playdate invitations to other families. - Register holiday and sick days. - Log in with touch/ face ID. - Check your child in and out of the institution.

About

RST Photo

Features
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As a teacher with RST Photo you can document numerous situations and events about the children in The Reggio School of Tokyo. The documentation can consist of images, videos, audio, text, tags, and recorded sound for photos. All documentation is collected in a documentation theme, which can be published to The Reggio School of Tokyo for further processing, documentation and statistics. Furthermore, the app contains a child mode, where the camera will be locked. This gives the child the opportunity to document from their own perspective. A user has to unlock the child mode before anything can be published. RST Photo is a great tool to help users create different kinds of documentation for children and parents.

Screenshots

GiB Familie3 screens
RST Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RST Photo at 12.0 against GiB Familie's 15.6. On price, update cadence, 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
GiB Familie versus RST Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGiB FamilieRST Photo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiB gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für integrative Behindertenarbeit mbHThe Reggio School of Tokyo

In-app purchases

None

GiB Familie

No in-app purchases

None

RST Photo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GiB Familie free?
GiB Familie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RST Photo free?
RST Photo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GiB Familie or RST Photo have ads?
Neither GiB Familie nor RST Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GiB Familie or RST Photo?
GiB Familie ships an update every 2 months, and RST Photo every 2 months. Most recently, GiB Familie was updated on November 7, 2026 and RST Photo on November 4, 2026.

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