Comparison

Team Compass vs RST Parents

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

Head to head
About

Team Compass

Features
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With Team Compass from Compass Child Care you can administrate everything about the daycare, including the children, parents and teachers. Team Compass is a tool for creating diaries, news, bulletins, accessing the children’s index cards, as well as communicating with other users and much more.

About

RST Parents

Features
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RST Parents gives you access to information of your child's day. In the News Feed you can view relevant diaries, bulletins, activities, and current images and videos. It is also possible to reply to invitations, activities, conferences and much more. For a better overview of it all, access the App's own Calendar. In the Calendar you can easily access all relevant events sorted by day, week or month. Some more features are: - Gallery with images and videos of your child. - Communicate with your child's daycare centre. - Maintain your contact information. - Add profile images of yourself and your child. - Send playdate invitations to other families. - Register holiday and sick days. - Log in with touch/ face ID. - Check your child in and out of the institution.

Screenshots

Team Compass3 screens
RST Parents4 screens

Verdict

The call

Team Compass and RST Parents are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Team Compass ships an update every 8 months, RST Parents every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Team Compass versus RST Parents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeam CompassRST Parents
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 months β€” betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better13.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompass Child CareThe Reggio School of Tokyo

In-app purchases

None

Team Compass

No in-app purchases

None

RST Parents

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Team Compass free?
Team Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RST Parents free?
RST Parents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Team Compass or RST Parents have ads?
Neither Team Compass nor RST Parents shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Team Compass or RST Parents?
Team Compass ships an update every 8 months, and RST Parents every 14 months. Most recently, Team Compass was updated on November 3, 2026 and RST Parents on November 4, 2026.

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