MyPaymentsPlus vs iCherub Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyPaymentsPlus
Manage your child's school cafeteria account easily. View balances, deposit funds securely, and track purchases. Receive low balance alerts to ensure funds are always available.
- View student cafeteria balances
- Securely deposit funds
- Low balance notifications
- View payment history
- Monitor item purchases
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MyPaymentsPlus, powered by Horizon Software International, brings parents and guardians 24/7 access to manage cafeteria accounts for students at participating schools. · View current cafeteria account balances for all of your students · Securely deposit funds into the account(s) of your choice · Enable notifications for low balances · View payment history for your account · Monitor which items are being purchased in the school cafeteria
iCherub Parent
Stay connected with your child's childcare center. Receive daily updates on development, activities, and achievements. Share photos, videos, and messages instantly, and manage payments and enrollment.
- Contactless QR check-in/out
- Daily activity and learning reports
- Photo, video, and document sharing
- Instant messages and alerts
- Parent-to-staff messaging
- Invoice and payment tracking
- Quick enrollment
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Childcare Parent App. Parents stay connected with your child’s childcare center and never miss a moment of your child’s Development, Activities, and Achievements. Smart-Check: Smart contactless QR check-in and checkout. Daily Updates: Parents receive Daily Activity report, Learning and child’s performance for the day. Photos & Actions: Staff will share photos, videos, notes, and documents and instantly available on the App. Messages/Alerts & Notifications: Parents will receive all the communication from the childcare center instantly. Send Note: Parents can send a Note/Message to Staff or Childcare center Admin and Staff. Gallery: All the photos, videos, documents shared will be available for parents to view and share with family. Invoice & Payments: Parents can track/view the Invoice and make payments from the App. Enrollment: Quick and easy Registration and Enrollment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iCherub Parent at 5.0 against MyPaymentsPlus's 2.7. iCherub Parent also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). MyPaymentsPlus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
iCherub Parent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 5 respectively.
MyPaymentsPlus ships an update every 2 months, iCherub Parent every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyPaymentsPlus | iCherub Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Software International | iCherub LLC |
Customer experience
MyPaymentsPlus
iCherub Parent
In-app purchases
MyPaymentsPlus
No in-app purchases
iCherub Parent
No in-app purchases
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