Comparison

MyKidsSpending | MySpending vs Torchlight Mapper

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
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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.

About

Torchlight Mapper

Create detailed dungeon maps for tabletop roleplaying games directly on your device. Sketch rooms, paint passages, and add markers for items and doors. Export your creations or share them with others.

Highlights
  • Sketch various room shapes
  • Paint custom passages
  • Place doors and item markers
  • Multi-level dungeon support
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Export to PDF/PNG
  • Adventure log integration
Features
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Torchlight Mapper is a dungeon mapping app for tabletop roleplaying players. You are the one at the table drawing the map — this is the graph paper, redrawn for your iPhone and iPad. Sketch rooms as they are described. Paint passages cell by cell. Drop doors, stairs, and item markers where they belong. When the party doubles back through a corridor you already drew, everything is still there, to scale, on the grid. MAP AS YOU GO - Add square, rectangular, round, oval, and hexagonal rooms, then reshape any of them into an irregular outline by painting cells - Paint passages of any shape, with per-segment widths - Place doors, secret doors, and up or down stairways - Drop item markers with icons for treasure, statues, water, rubble, and more - Attach notes to any room or passage - Multiple levels per dungeon, with stairways linking them BUILT FOR A LIVE SESSION - Undo and redo everything, so a misheard description costs one tap - Lock rooms and corridors so a stray finger cannot drag your map - A torch timer, with an optional notification when it burns out - Measure distances in grid squares or feet MAKE IT YOURS - Five map styles: classic, classic blue, parchment, cross hatch, and ink sketch - Optional hand-drawn roughness, so straight walls look sketched - Light and dark themes, including a warm torchlight palette KEEP AND SHARE YOUR MAPS - Export any level to PDF or PNG - Print directly - Share a whole dungeon as a .torchlight file another mapper can open - Search every room, note, item, passage, stairway, and log entry - Keep an adventure log alongside the map PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Torchlight Mapper collects nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no tracking, and no network connection. Your maps stay on your device unless you explicitly export or share them. Torchlight Mapper is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by any tabletop game publisher.

Screenshots

MyKidsSpending | MySpending4 screens
Torchlight Mapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

MyKidsSpending | MySpending and Torchlight Mapper both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Torchlight Mapper's written reviews are positive against 16% of MyKidsSpending | MySpending's. Torchlight Mapper also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). MyKidsSpending | MySpending's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.8.3 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MyKidsSpending | MySpending against 4.7 for Torchlight Mapper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyKidsSpending | MySpending has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of MyKidsSpending | MySpending's written reviews are positive against 100% of Torchlight Mapper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyKidsSpending | MySpending ships an update every 10 days, Torchlight Mapper every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MyKidsSpending | MySpending versus Torchlight Mapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyKidsSpending | MySpendingTorchlight Mapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews16.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.8.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOdin Inc.James Frink

Customer experience

MyKidsSpending | MySpending

All ratings1,198 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative81.8%

Torchlight Mapper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 13 more
  • 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
Show 5 more
  • 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

Torchlight Mapper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MyKidsSpending | MySpending

No in-app purchases

None

Torchlight Mapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyKidsSpending | MySpending free?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Torchlight Mapper free?
Torchlight Mapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Torchlight Mapper?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending is rated higher. MyKidsSpending | MySpending averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Torchlight Mapper averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Torchlight Mapper have ads?
Neither MyKidsSpending | MySpending nor Torchlight Mapper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyKidsSpending | MySpending or Torchlight Mapper?
MyKidsSpending | MySpending ships an update every 10 days, and Torchlight Mapper every 3 days. Most recently, MyKidsSpending | MySpending was updated on November 1, 2026 and Torchlight Mapper on October 31, 2026.

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