Comparison

MyVTechSoother vs MyVTech Baby Plus

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

MyVTech Baby Plus

Stay connected to your baby from anywhere with this app. Stream Full HD video, communicate via two-way talk, and receive alerts for motion or crying. Advanced features include sleep analysis and danger zone detection for compatible monitors.

Highlights
  • Full HD remote video monitoring
  • Two-way talk intercom
  • Pan and tilt camera control
  • Motion and cry detection alerts
  • Video clip recording
  • 10x camera zoom
  • Sleep analysis (V-Care Series only)
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Always stay connected to your little one wherever you are.  With the free MyVTech Baby Plus app and your compatible RM or VC series baby monitor,  you can watch your little one remotely—from virtually anywhere,  in Full HD. Enjoy continuous Full HD video to check in on the family while traveling or see all the fun the kids are having with the babysitter.  Download the MyVTech Baby Plus app, then follow the in-app instructions to: - Monitor your little one with continuous Full HD video - Help calm your baby using two-way talk intercom - Control your VTech pan and tilt enabled camera(s) - Receive motion alerts to inform you if your baby is up and about - Capture motion-detected video clips to see what happened overnight - Zoom the camera up to 10 times - Record and save precious moments directly to your smartphone to share with family and friends. - Enjoy advanced smart safeguarding with face-covering or roll-over detection, cry detection, baby awake, baby asleep and danger zone alerts, (V-Care Series only) - Get your baby’s sleep analysis and trends over time (V-Care Series only) Privacy Policy:https://www.vtechphones.com//mvb_global/privacy-policy/en Terms of Use:https://www.vtechphones.com/legal/terms-of-use

Screenshots

MyVTechSoother4 screens
MyVTech Baby Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyVTechSoother at none against MyVTech Baby Plus's 37. MyVTechSoother also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 17%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). MyVTech Baby Plus's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 720). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. MyVTech Baby Plus sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. MyVTechSoother asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MyVTechSoother against 4.9 for MyVTech Baby Plus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyVTech Baby Plus has 9.3K ratings behind it against 720, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of MyVTechSoother's written reviews are positive against 17% of MyVTech Baby Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyVTechSoother ships an update every 5 months, MyVTech Baby Plus monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MyVTechSoother versus MyVTech Baby Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyVTechSootherMyVTech Baby Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (720 ratings)4.9 (9.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews — better17.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7209.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB400 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVTech Telecommunications LimitedVTech Inc

Customer experience

MyVTechSoother

All ratings503 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative54.0%

MyVTech Baby Plus

All ratings9,321 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive17.0%
Neutral12.6%
Negative70.4%

User reviews

MyVTechSoother

From 720 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent features
  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 🎶 Great sound options
  • 🌟 Versatile night light
  • 💤 Helps put baby to sleep

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy app
  • 🔌 Connection issues
  • 🔍 Difficult to use
  • 🕰️ Routines not reliable
  • 🔊 Volume control problems

MyVTech Baby Plus

From 9.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Flexible monitoring
  • 🚀 Clear video quality
  • 🚀 Helpful parent unit
  • 👍 Reasonable price point

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent disconnections
  • 🐛 Unreliable app performance
  • 🐛 Inconsistent feature functionality
  • 🐛 Inaccurate sensor readings
  • 🐛 Slow response times

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

MyVTech Baby Plus

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Failed video playback
  • Inability to save recordings
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Unresponsive push-to-talk feature
  • Incorrect temperature readings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Picture-in-picture mode
  • Improved motion detection alerts
  • Better sleep tracking and analysis
  • Cross-compatibility between models
  • Faster in-app controls

In-app purchases

None

MyVTechSoother

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

MyVTech Baby Plus

Subscriptions13
  • Essential Monthly2 variants$0.291 Month
  • Essential Annual2 variants$0.591 Year
  • Standard+ Monthly2 variants$0.891 Month
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  • Standard+ Annual3 variants$0.991 Year
  • Essential Monthly2 variants$2.491 Month
  • Standard Monthly3 variants$2.991 Month
  • Standard Monthly14 Days trial3 variants$4.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial5 variants$12.991 Month
  • Essential Annual2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Standard Annual6 variants$29.991 Year
  • Standard Annual14 Days trial3 variants$49.991 Year
  • Standard+ Annual$69.991 Year
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial3 variants$129.991 Year

Questions

Is MyVTechSoother free?
MyVTechSoother is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyVTech Baby Plus free?
MyVTech Baby Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyVTechSoother or MyVTech Baby Plus?
MyVTech Baby Plus is rated higher. MyVTechSoother averages 4.8 out of 5 from 720 ratings, while MyVTech Baby Plus averages 4.9 from 9.3K ratings.
Do MyVTechSoother or MyVTech Baby Plus have ads?
Neither MyVTechSoother nor MyVTech Baby Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyVTechSoother or MyVTech Baby Plus?
MyVTechSoother ships an update every 5 months, and MyVTech Baby Plus monthly. Most recently, MyVTechSoother was updated on September 24, 2026 and MyVTech Baby Plus on September 24, 2026.

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