Comparison

Children vs Compass Classroom

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

Head to head
About

Children

Features
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Children 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

Compass Classroom

Features
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As a teacher with Compass Classroom you can document numerous situations and events about the children in Compass Child Care. 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 Compass Child Care 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. Compass Classroom is a great tool to help users create different kinds of documentation for children and parents.

Screenshots

Children4 screens
Compass Classroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

Children and Compass Classroom are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Children versus Compass Classroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChildrenCompass Classroom
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAssemble A/SCompass Child Care

In-app purchases

None

Children

No in-app purchases

None

Compass Classroom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Children free?
Children is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Compass Classroom free?
Compass Classroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Children or Compass Classroom have ads?
Neither Children nor Compass Classroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Children or Compass Classroom?
Children ships an update every 2 months, and Compass Classroom every 2 months. Most recently, Children was updated on October 24, 2026 and Compass Classroom on October 27, 2026.

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