Comparison

Socie vs Octopus Ouder

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

Head to head
About

Socie

Connect with your community through a private, centralized app. Share information, organize events, and foster collaboration among members of associations, businesses, and more. Manage your community's news, calendar, and discussions all in one place.

Highlights
  • Private community communication
  • Event scheduling and sign-ups
  • Centralized news and bulletin board
  • Photo sharing
  • Member list and profiles
  • Polls and crowdfunding
  • Group communication
Features
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With Socie, the people in your community can safely communicate with each other, learn from each other, share passions and inspire each other. This is possible for sports and student associations, church congregations, businesses, healthcare organizations, municipalities, networking organizations, music and theater companies and more. You easily create and manage your own free community. Want to know quickly what tonight's program is, or when another tournament is being played? Sign up for a training or meeting. See the pictures of the last drink? Be automatically notified when your training is cancelled? With Socie you have all relevant information in one app on your own phone! Socie brings your community closer to the members, and the members closer to each other! Socie is one central place for your news, calendar, bulletin board, documents, photos, member list, polls, crowdfunding, group communication and much more. A community is private and only accessible to members. All members can manage and shield their own data. Each member can control what other members or groups can see on their personal profile page. On socie.eu you can quickly manage your own community. The basis is completely free and you choose how to set up the App yourself. Too cool right!

About

Octopus Ouder

This app provides real-time insights into children's activities at daycare. Parents can easily report absences, schedule swaps, and receive important updates via push notifications. Requires affiliation with SDB and login credentials from your childcare provider.

Highlights
  • Real-time activity insights
  • Report absences
  • Schedule day swaps
  • Push notifications
  • Direct communication
Features
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De SDB Octopus OuderApp geeft realtime inzicht in wat de kinderen tijdens de opvang doen. Daarnaast kunnen ruildagen, ziekmelding, etc. direct worden doorgegeven. Via push berichten blijft u altijd op de hoogte. Om de OuderApp te gebruiken, moet uw kinderopvangorganisatie aangesloten zijn bij SDB. Ook heeft u een gebruikersnaam en wachtwoord nodig. Deze ontvangt u via uw kinderopvangorganisatie.

Screenshots

Socie4 screens
Octopus Ouder4 screens

Verdict

The call

Socie and Octopus Ouder are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Socie against 4.7 for Octopus Ouder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socie ships an update every 3 weeks, Octopus Ouder monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Socie versus Octopus Ouder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocieOctopus Ouder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB77 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSocie B.V.SDB Groep

Customer experience

Socie

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Octopus Ouder

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Socie

No in-app purchases

None

Octopus Ouder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socie free?
Socie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Octopus Ouder free?
Octopus Ouder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Socie or Octopus Ouder?
Socie is rated higher. Socie averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Octopus Ouder averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Socie or Octopus Ouder have ads?
Neither Socie nor Octopus Ouder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socie or Octopus Ouder?
Socie ships an update every 3 weeks, and Octopus Ouder monthly. Most recently, Socie was updated on November 1, 2026 and Octopus Ouder on November 7, 2026.

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