Bitcare vs Velvet Square
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitcare
This app streamlines childcare operations by providing instant access to child and employee information. It eliminates paperwork, securely stores data, and facilitates easy communication with parents. Employees can manage their personal data, schedules, and working hours.
- Child and employee information access
- Secure data storage
- Parent communication
- Photo sharing with parents
- Employee schedule management
- Presence and activity registration
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Great that you’re working in the childcare that has chosen to work with Bitcare. From the start you will have all important information of children and employees immediately available on your iPhone or iPad. No more paperwork and Bitcare will take care of all the necessary secure data storage. Register easily the presence, activities and development of the children and communicate with one click with the parents. Make nice photo’s and share these online directly with the parents. With Bitcare you will be able to focus on the children and put them in the center of your attention. As an employee you will have direct access to your own personal data, your working hours, schedule and planning and handle all these easily. Have fun with the Bitcare app! Requirement: - In order to be able to use the Bitcare App you must be a Bitcare services customer
Velvet Square
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The Chainels app provides you with all the information you need about your community. Such as the latest news, relevant services and contact details of other participants. You can also participate by filling in surveys, writing messages or replying to those of others. Do you have any questions about your community, please contact the community management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Velvet Square at every 5 weeks against Bitcare's every 3 months. Bitcare's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Bitcare ships an update every 3 months, Velvet Square every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitcare | Velvet Square |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitcare | Chainels BV |
In-app purchases
Bitcare
No in-app purchases
Velvet Square
No in-app purchases
