Comparison

NickWatch vs SitterSidekick

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

Head to head
About

NickWatch

This app serves as a command center for a children's smartwatch, allowing parents to manage accounts, track locations, and communicate with their kids. It offers safety features like SOS alerts and geofencing, alongside routine management and media viewing.

Highlights
  • Account management
  • Family ring setup
  • Real-time GPS locator
  • Call and message communication
  • SOS alert system
  • Routine and quiet mode settings
  • Media management
Features
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NickWatch, the Nickelodeon smartwatch just for kids, offers trustworthy entertainment and safety features that caregivers love. Nickelodeon characters from Spongebob Squarepants, The Loud House and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inspire fun, independence and creativity! This app is your NickWatch command centre; manage your account, call and chat with devices and access all safety features. ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT Create your account and profile, link NickWatches and manage your subscriptions and billing details. FAMILY RING Your family ring is made up of your children—the NickWatch users—and the adults who care for them. Add and remove members of your family ring, who can then communicate with your linked NickWatches and view their locations via the NickWatch App on their phones. GPS LOCATOR View your children’s locations in real time. Name commonly visited locations like school and home and be notified when your children enter or exit saved places. Adults in your family ring can also choose to share their real-time locations. COMMUNICATION Send and receive calls and messages between your phone and linked NickWatches. A unique poll message function makes family consensus easy. Track NickWatch battery life so you know when children are out of reach. SOS ALERT Receive emergency alerts from linked NickWatches. End the alert once the emergency has been attended to. ROUTINE Set alerts for daily routine activities. You can include as many or as few routine activities as you’d like, including a designated wind-down sequence at the end of the day. Activate quiet mode during school and bedtime so that games and other disruptive features are unavailable. MEDIA View and manage photos taken with linked NickWatches. Download the NickWatch for Caregivers App today to maximize your family’s NickWatch experience!

About

SitterSidekick

Features
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This app helps parents easily contact all their babysitters when needing a sitter.

Screenshots

NickWatch4 screens
SitterSidekick2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SitterSidekick at 13.0 against NickWatch's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NickWatch versus SitterSidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNickWatchSitterSidekick
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatchinu LtdAaron LEONARD

In-app purchases

None

NickWatch

No in-app purchases

None

SitterSidekick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NickWatch free?
NickWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SitterSidekick free?
SitterSidekick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NickWatch or SitterSidekick have ads?
Neither NickWatch nor SitterSidekick shows ads.

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