MyVTechSoother vs Skip Hop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyVTechSoother
This app helps create ideal sleep environments and patterns for families. It offers expert advice and features like a night light, projector, and Bluetooth speaker to encourage healthy sleep habits. Customize sleep-inducing atmospheres with pre-programmed content or your own recordings.
- Adjustable night light color and brightness
- Hundreds of stories, songs, and sounds
- Create personal voice recordings
- Stream music via Bluetooth speaker
- Control projection settings
- Custom alarms and nap timers
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Create the ideal sleep patterns & environment right from your fingertips with the MyVTech Soother app. Inspired by WeeSleep™ experts, the MyVTech Soother app works with the V-Hush product series providing subscription free access to expert advice and features that enable better, longer sleep for the whole family. Easily access professional sleep tips and tools that encourage healthy sleep habits using the colorful night light, glow-on-the-ceiling projector, and powerful Bluetooth Speaker. Craft custom sleep-inducing atmospheres by selecting from over 200 pre-programmed stories, classical music, calming lullabies and soothing sounds, or stream from your favorite smartphone music service. Record and upload your own voice, songs, or stories to comfort your little one to sleep. • Adjust night light color and brightness • Select from hundreds of stories, songs and sounds • Create your own personal recordings • Stream music to the Bluetooth speaker • Select and control projection • Create custom alarms or nap timers
Skip Hop
Control a 3-in-1 Smart Snail Routine Machine with customizable lights, sounds, and routines. It functions as a light and sound machine, sleep trainer, and routine system, adapting to a child's needs from infancy to 7 years.
- Personalize lights and sounds
- Create custom routines
- 3 grow-with-me stages
- Light & sound machine
- Sleep trainer
- Routine system
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The Skip Hop app lets you personalize and control your 3-in-1 Smart Snail Routine Machine right from your smart phone. Customize the perfect combination of lights, sounds, routines and more for your little one—and easily switch things up as their (and your) needs change. Featuring 3 grow-with-me stages, our Smart Snail is an all-in-one parenting essential. It works as a light & sound machine, sleep trainer and routine system and grows with your child—from infant to 7 years. Light & Sound Machine Mode: 30 light color options with 7 light effects 6 soothing melodies & 7 nature sounds/noise options 10 brightness settings & 7 volume controls Sleep Trainer & Routine System Modes: 5 routine presets include: Bedtime, nap time, clean room, play time, quiet time Custom option lets you create your own routines 35 preloaded alerts & phrases Secure Bluetooth connectivity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyVTechSoother at 4.8 against Skip Hop's 3.5. MyVTechSoother also leads on ratings volume (803 vs 13) and review sentiment (38% vs 25%). Skip Hop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MyVTechSoother holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyVTechSoother has 803 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of MyVTechSoother's written reviews are positive against 25% of Skip Hop's.
MyVTechSoother ships an update every 5 months, Skip Hop every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyVTechSoother | Skip Hop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (803 ratings) — better | 3.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 803 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 284 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VTech Telecommunications Limited | SKIP HOP HOLDINGS INC |
Customer experience
MyVTechSoother
Skip Hop
Bugs and requests
MyVTechSoother
Reported bugs
5 issues- App frequently disconnects from device
- App crashes and needs to be reinstalled
- Routines randomly stop working
- Difficulty editing or restarting routines
- Inconsistent device behavior
Requested features
5 requests- Extend voice recording length
- Add more sound/music options
- Improve app usability and stability
- Allow multiple device connections
- Add finer volume and brightness controls
Skip Hop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyVTechSoother
No in-app purchases
Skip Hop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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