Ridwell vs Huddle Sitters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ridwell
Easily dispose of hard-to-recycle items with convenient doorstep pickups. Schedule collections, track your impact, and feel good knowing your items are being reused or recycled by trusted partners.
- Schedule doorstep pickups
- Collect hard-to-recycle items
- Receive real-time notifications
- Track community impact
- Transparent item destinations
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Get rid of your stuff the right way with Ridwell. Seamlessly schedule your upcoming pickups, receive real-time notifications, and see the impact you’re making with the Ridwell community! Collect hard-to-recycle items in your Ridwell bags. We give you bags to store your plastic film, threads, and other hard-to-recycle things that might otherwise go to waste. Easy pickups from your front door. We come to your front door to pick up your stuff every two weeks. Just let us know when you have stuff to pick up! Feel great about where your stuff goes. You’ll always know where your stuff is going to be reused or recycled with one of our partners. Together, Ridwell members save tons from the landfill every year to support our community, keep our oceans clean, and build a brighter future. If you're in need of any support, please contact us at app@ridwell.com.
Huddle Sitters
Easily book trusted babysitters or find flexible childcare jobs. Connect with families and sitters through your existing network for secure and convenient scheduling. Manage availability, rates, and bookings all in one place.
- Effortless booking for parents
- Flexible job opportunities for sitters
- Connect through existing networks
- Integrated schedule management
- Real-time availability
- Automated confirmations and reminders
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Huddle is Seattle's trusted babysitter network. Parents find babysitters through friends, neighbors, and school families they already know. Babysitters get access to local jobs with great Seattle families. Free for everyone. FOR PARENTS The easiest way to find, book, and manage trusted babysitters in Seattle. • Grow your list of go-to babysitters through people you know. Discover new babysitters through friends, neighbors, daycare families, and school families. See how you're connected before you ever book. • Last-minute care, fast. When your go-to babysitter isn't available, find a trusted backup babysitter in minutes. 99% of jobs posted on our job board get filled. • Book babysitters without the back-and-forth. See real-time availability. Request and confirm in the app. Calendar invites and reminders go out to everyone automatically. • One calendar view. See all your go-to babysitters' availability in one place — no more group texts just to find out who's free. • Private by design. Job posts only go to our trusted babysitter network. • Free for everyone. No subscription, no fees. Download and find your babysitter. FOR BABYSITTERS The easiest way to find babysitting jobs with great Seattle families. • More jobs, less effort. Post your availability once and let Seattle families reach out. No cold pitching, no public forum posts, no chasing. • Set your own rates upfront. Families see your rate and specialties before they ever contact you. • Apply to jobs in a few taps. Browse the job board and land gigs fast. • Manage every job, every family, all in the app. Bookings come through the app and automatic reminders get sent. • Get paid your way. Cash, Venmo, Zelle — whatever works. No payment processing through the app. • Free to join. No subscription, no fees. Download and start getting babysitting jobs. • Seattle-only by design. Huddle serves Seattle families and babysitters exclusively. Your network stays local, trusted, and real. **** FAQs • Why should I trust this app? Huddle is built on real connections — not a public marketplace. Babysitters in your network come recommended by friends, neighbors, and school families you already know. You can see exactly how you're connected to every sitter before you book. • How is this different from Care.com or Facebook groups? Care.com connects you with strangers. Facebook groups mean public posts, scattered DMs, and no organization. Huddle is different — babysitters come through your trusted network, job posts go to vetted sitters, and everything from booking to reminders is managed in the app. • How do I find a babysitter? Post a job and send it to trusted babysitters in your network. You can also browse sitter availability and book in a few taps — no back-and-forth texting required. • Is it free? Yes. Huddle is free for both families and babysitters. No subscriptions, no platform fees. • Is it only for Seattle? Yes — Huddle is Seattle-only by design. Keeping it local means a tighter, more trusted network for everyone. Love Huddle Sitters? Follow us on Instagram @huddle.sitters Like us on Facebook: @huddle.sitters Having questions for Huddle Sitters? Send us an email at hello@huddlesitters.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Huddle Sitters at none against Ridwell's shown. Huddle Sitters also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Ridwell's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 37). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ridwell against 4.9 for Huddle Sitters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ridwell has 8.2K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Ridwell's written reviews are positive against 100% of Huddle Sitters's.
Ridwell ships an update every 2 months, Huddle Sitters every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ridwell | Huddle Sitters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.2K ratings) | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ridwell, Inc. | Huddle Sitters |
Customer experience
Ridwell
Huddle Sitters
Bugs and requests
Ridwell
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect pickup status notifications
- Drivers unable to access buildings
Requested features
3 requests- Advance scheduling for pickups
- More recycling categories
- Proactive notifications for missed pickups
Huddle Sitters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ridwell
No in-app purchases
Huddle Sitters
No in-app purchases









