Comparison

Aqua vs Chickadee Quiet

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

Head to head
About

Aqua

Easily manage your child's swim lessons with this app. View schedules, cancel classes, book make-up lessons, and receive reminders. Track your child's progress and ensure they gain water safety skills.

Highlights
  • View class schedule
  • Cancel upcoming classes
  • Schedule make-up lessons
  • Receive lesson reminders
  • Track child's progression
Features
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Life is busy, but swim lessons should be easy! Parents have trusted Aqua-Tots to teach their children how to swim since 1991 at more than 130 convenient locations across 25 states. Today, managing your swim schedule is simple with the Aqua-Tots app, where you can view your schedule, cancel an upcoming class, schedule a make-up lesson, receive reminders, and so much more! With year-round lessons for children four months to 12 years old, parents can now breathe easier knowing their children are safe and confident around the water. View Your Schedule With so many activities to juggle, your swim schedule is at your fingertips. View upcoming classes and see which friendly instructor will be welcoming your tot into the pool. Cancel an Upcoming Class Whether your little one gets sick or you plan a well-deserved family vacation, cancel an upcoming class quickly and conveniently. Schedule a Make-up Lesson Aqua-Tots' make-up policy means that your missed lessons will be waiting for you. Reserve the days and times that work for your schedule, so your little one can continue their Swim Journey. Receive Lesson Reminders Day-to-day schedules can spin on a dime with little ones. Get notifications to keep your upcoming classes top of mind. Track Progression Your child’s Swim Journey is in your hands. Literally! Follow along on their Aqua-Card to see what skills they’ve mastered and which ones they’re still working toward on their journey to safe and confident swimming. (Aqua-Card access varies by location.)

About

Chickadee Quiet

This app transforms quiet time into a fun challenge by monitoring room noise. Users aim to keep the noise level low to achieve a high score, making rest, homework, or nap times more engaging. It's designed for families and individuals seeking peaceful moments.

Highlights
  • Live noise meter
  • Timer-based sessions
  • Scoring system
  • Practice mode
  • Family account integration
  • Private audio processing
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Make quiet time something everyone actually wants to do. Chickadee Quiet turns calm-down time into a simple, friendly challenge. Start a session and the app listens to the room, showing a live noise meter from 0 to 100. Keep it low and quiet, and you finish with a great score. It's rest time, homework time, nap time, and "please, just five quiet minutes" — reimagined as a game. How it works • Start a session and set a timer • Watch the noise meter respond to the room in real time • Stay under the line to keep your score high • Finish with a grade — Excellent, Good, Fair, or a noisy oops — plus your average noise level and number of loud moments Practice on your own Not ready for the real thing? Run a local Practice session anytime. Choose 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes and see how calm you can keep it. Practice runs stay entirely on your device and are never recorded or uploaded. Built for households Chickadee Quiet works with your Chickadee Bandit account, so the whole family can join quiet-time sessions together. When a session starts, you'll get a notification to hop in. Private by design The microphone is used only to measure how loud the room is — never to record. No audio is saved, and practice sessions send nothing to any server. We measure the noise, not the words. Great for • Rest time and nap time • Homework and focus blocks • Calm-down moments and mindful breaks • Classrooms and quiet-time routines • Anyone who could use a few peaceful minutes Download Chickadee Quiet and see how quiet your crew can be. A Chickadee Bandit account is required to sign in.

Screenshots

Aqua4 screens
Chickadee Quiet3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chickadee Quiet at 5.0 against Aqua's 2.8. Aqua's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chickadee Quiet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqua has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aqua ships an update every 4 months, Chickadee Quiet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aqua versus Chickadee Quiet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaChickadee Quiet
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (74 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAQUA-TOTS SWIM SCHOOL HOLDING LLCFirebird Systems LLC

Customer experience

Aqua

All ratings74 ratings
Positive41.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative54.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative62.2%

Chickadee Quiet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Aqua

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Login buttons circling into nothingness
  • Same notifications pop up 5 times in a row
  • Latest app update broken Apple login
  • App keeps failing to update child's progress
  • App freezes and fails to load, requires reinstallation
Show 11 more
  • App stuck on loading screen after login
  • App asks to keep location on all the time
  • Cannot log in to the app
  • App won't update swimming progress via dials
  • Progress gauges are stuck
  • Unable to schedule makeup lessons properly
  • Login with Google spins eternally
  • Cannot view child's information, class schedule, journey history after login
  • Progress tab only general information, no physical cards on app
  • No enter or continue button after entering code
  • Makeups still show for previous level after child changed levels

Requested features

9 requests
  • Push swim lesson times to Apple/Google calendar
  • Export class schedule to calendar
  • Digital report cards
  • Preview makeup class availability before cancelling
  • Schedule makeup classes further than 1 week out
Show 4 more
  • See both older/younger group schedules for makeup classes
  • Show aqua card progress instead of level information
  • Instructor information and substitute notifications
  • Preview total makeups available

Chickadee Quiet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Aqua

No in-app purchases

None

Chickadee Quiet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aqua free?
Aqua is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chickadee Quiet free?
Chickadee Quiet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aqua or Chickadee Quiet?
Chickadee Quiet is rated higher. Aqua averages 2.8 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Chickadee Quiet averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Aqua or Chickadee Quiet have ads?
Neither Aqua nor Chickadee Quiet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aqua or Chickadee Quiet?
Aqua ships an update every 4 months, and Chickadee Quiet every 3 months. Most recently, Aqua was updated on November 7, 2026 and Chickadee Quiet on November 5, 2026.

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