MyKidsSpending | MySpending vs MapSwipe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyKidsSpending | MySpending
Easily manage your school spending accounts on the go. Add funds via bank transfer or Apple Pay, check your balance, and view recent deposits. Use the in-app QR code for purchases and order meals or activities if your school supports it.
- Add funds from bank account
- Pay with Apple Pay
- Check account balance
- View last deposit information
- In-app QR code for purchases
- Order meals and activities
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"MyKidsSpending | MySpending" is the iOS app for MyKidsSpending.com and MySpending.info. The MKS app makes it easy to add funds to your MKS|MSI accounts, either by depositing funds from a U.S. bank account or by paying with Apple Pay (all from within the app). The app allows you to conveniently check your school spending account balance and gives you information on the last deposit received. Find out before you get into the checkout line whether money has been put into your account. Use the in-app QR code to buy items at your cafeteria or bookstore. Once your school has the ordering feature enabled, you can use the app to order meals, sign up for activities, and more all from your within the app.
MapSwipe
Contribute to humanitarian projects by reviewing satellite imagery and identifying features from your phone. No experience is needed to help validate map data for disaster response, public health, and development.
- Identify buildings, roads, and waterways
- Compare before-and-after satellite imagery
- Validate building footprints
- Check map data completeness
- Assess photographs for feature confirmation
- Locate objects for machine learning training
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Make a meaningful impact from your phone, one swipe at a time. MapSwipe is part of the Missing Maps project. It is a free, open-source app that lets anyone contribute to humanitarian and development projects in just minutes a day. No mapping experience needed: review satellite imagery, identify features like buildings, roads, and waterways, and help validate map data used by organizations around the world. The data you generate supports humanitarian organizations, researchers, and local communities, making OpenStreetMap data more accessible for disaster response, public health, climate resilience, and sustainable development. How you can contribute: * Find Features: Swipe through satellite imagery to spot buildings, roadways, waterways, and more * Compare Dates: Review before-and-after imagery to detect environmental changes and assess damage * Validate Footprints: Check building footprints and flag areas that need remapping * Check Completeness: Compare mapped data against aerial imagery to find gaps * Assess Images: Review photographs to confirm features and improve machine learning tools * Locate Objects: Mark rooftops, solar panels, trees, and other features to help train machine learning models Your swipes have real impact. MapSwipe is managed by a volunteer-led team with support from the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, HeiGIT, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Togglecorp. Download MapSwipe and join a global community putting the world's most vulnerable places on the map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapSwipe at 76% against MyKidsSpending | MySpending's 16%. MyKidsSpending | MySpending's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 27). 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.
MyKidsSpending | MySpending holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyKidsSpending | MySpending has 1.3K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of MyKidsSpending | MySpending's written reviews are positive against 76% of MapSwipe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MyKidsSpending | MySpending ships an update every 10 days, MapSwipe every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyKidsSpending | MySpending | MapSwipe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.8.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Odin Inc. | British Red Cross |
Customer experience
MyKidsSpending | MySpending
MapSwipe
Bugs and requests
MyKidsSpending | MySpending
Reported bugs
18 issues- Login issues, password reset link leads back to login page
- App crashes frequently
- App won't open
- QR codes expire too quickly
- Cannot log into account via app or website
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- App glitchy, won't show full options
- Spending log not showing purchases
- App crashes when trying to add funds
- App crashes on opening with new iPhones
- App won't let user add funds via Apple Pay
- App keeps saying 'loading'
- Website and app won't open
- App crashes when entering deposit amount
- Login screen has white text on white background
- App crashes and logs out frequently
- App doesn't document orders
- App doesn't show how much has been spent
- App crashes when entering dollar amount to deposit
Requested features
10 requests- Allow adding single debit or credit card
- Fix confirmation phone number issues
- Improve password reset security
- Add tools to filter spending by date range
- Provide more complete instructions on child login
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- Enable funding of multiple accounts in one transaction
- Update app for Face ID compatibility
- Add a settings section
- Enable auto-funding by default
- Make statements available on demand
MapSwipe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyKidsSpending | MySpending
No in-app purchases
MapSwipe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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