Comparison

MyKidsSpending | MySpending vs Tin Can

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

"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.

About

Tin Can

This app allows parents to manage a screen-free phone designed for children. It enables control over approved contacts, call hours, and call history, ensuring a safe communication experience for kids.

Highlights
  • Approve contacts
  • Set call hours
  • View call history
  • Manage multiple devices
  • Share device access
Read full description

Tin Can: The Kid Phone That’s All Talk. Remember when phones just made calls? When your best friend’s number lived in your head and your social network was whoever answered the landline? Tin Can brings that freedom back — but for your kid. It’s a screen-free phone that runs on Wi-Fi and only calls approved contacts. No apps. No strangers. No doom scrolling. Just grandparent chats, playdate plans, and “Can I stay five more minutes?” calls. The Tin Can companion app gives parents (and only parents) the behind-the-scenes magic that controls their Tin Can phone: • Approve who they can call (and who can call them) • Set call hours (like bedtime is not party line time) • See call history • Share your Tin Can with friends to grow the crew • Control multiple cans from one place (power move) Tin Can: Built for kids. Approved by the same generation that made prank calls on rotary phones.

Screenshots

MyKidsSpending | MySpending4 screens
Tin Can4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tin Can at 71% against MyKidsSpending | MySpending's 13%. Tin Can also leads on chart position (#10 vs unranked). MyKidsSpending | MySpending's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (856 vs 105). 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

MyKidsSpending | MySpending holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyKidsSpending | MySpending has 856 ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of MyKidsSpending | MySpending's written reviews are positive against 71% of Tin Can's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyKidsSpending | MySpending ships an update every 10 days, Tin Can every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
MyKidsSpending | MySpending versus Tin Can: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyKidsSpending | MySpendingTin Can
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (856 ratings) — better3.0 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews70.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings856 — better105
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#10 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.8.3 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB79 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOdin Inc.Tin Can

Customer experience

MyKidsSpending | MySpending

All ratings856 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative84.9%

Tin Can

All ratings105 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative48.6%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative22.8%

In-app purchases

None

MyKidsSpending | MySpending

No in-app purchases

None

Tin Can

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyKidsSpending | MySpending free?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tin Can free?
Tin Can is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Tin Can?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending is rated higher. MyKidsSpending | MySpending averages 4.7 out of 5 from 856 ratings, while Tin Can averages 3.0 from 105 ratings.
Do MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Tin Can have ads?
Neither MyKidsSpending | MySpending nor Tin Can shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Tin Can?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending ships an update every 10 days, and Tin Can every 2 weeks. Most recently, MyKidsSpending | MySpending was updated on September 19, 2026 and Tin Can on September 21, 2026.

Other comparisons