Comparison

Lotsa Helping Hands vs GrandPad

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

Head to head
About

Lotsa Helping Hands

This app helps coordinate support for individuals and families during challenging times. It allows users to organize tasks like meal deliveries and rides, share updates with a network, and receive emotional support through messages and photos.

Highlights
  • Organize help with tasks
  • Schedule meal deliveries
  • Coordinate rides to appointments
  • Communicate updates to network
  • Share photos and well wishes
  • Create a support community
Features
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One place to coordinate help, communicate updates & receive emotional support. Schedule meal deliveries, rides to appointments, and visiting hours by posting tasks others can help with. Notify all concerned family members, friends, and community members about the status of your loved one with a single message. Connect with your support network with posts like photos and well wishes. ORGANIZE HELP Coordinate meaningful help (meals, rides, visits) when you most need it. Make it easier for people to help in even the smallest ways, and save time communicating unmet needs. UPDATE EVERYONE Share updates with your friends & family instead of sending multiple emails, phone calls or texts. FEEL CONNECTED Allow friends & family to express love, emotional support, and uplifting messages. How to coordinate help while caring for a loved one: 1. Create a Lotsa Community. 2. Invite family, friends, neighbors & colleagues to help with your Community. 3. Add tasks to the feed, such as meal deliveries, so friends can volunteer. 4. Keep everyone updated through personal blogs, photos, and well wishes.

About

GrandPad

This app connects you with your family through photos, video calls, and messages. It allows you to share memories, see updates from your trusted circle, and stay in touch with loved ones. Play games and check the weather in your family's locations.

Highlights
  • Video calling
  • Photo and video sharing
  • Commenting on posts
  • Calling and texting
  • Turn-based and real-time games
  • Weather updates
  • Contact management
Features
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Only download this app if you or a member of your family are a current member of the GrandPad service. GrandPad allows you to communicate with your family in a simple, safe and fun way! With this app, you can send photos, video call, and share with everyone in your family. A companion application to the GrandPad tablet. Keep grandma and grandpa in the social media and communication loop by means of video calling, emailing, and sharing photos/videos. Also, see instant updates from those in your family circle. Feature Highlights: - See photos & videos posted by contacts in your trusted friends & family circle. - Share memories by posting photos & videos for those in your GrandPad contacts to see. - Contribute to the conversation by commenting back and forth with friends and family on shared posts. Even listen to voice comments left by your loved ones. - Call, text, email, and make video calls with those in your always up-to-date GrandPad contact list. - Add up to 4 total participants to a video call, so that more members of your family and loved ones can join. - Invite new contacts to the family circle using their phone number and/or email address from your device’s contact book. - Play games at your own pace with turn-based gameplay, or challenge your opponents in real-time matches, even while in a video call! You decide how you want to play. Receive alerts when it's your turn to play, so you never miss a move. - See what the weather’s like where your friends and family live. - Keep your profile and contact information up-to-date & stay connected with your closed friends & family circle. Add multiple phone numbers & email addresses to your profile to ensure your loved one knows it’s you when you are trying to contact them. - Get in touch with our member experience team for any questions you have about GrandPad. - Get notified for new posts, comments, video calls, and updates from GrandPad.

Screenshots

Lotsa Helping Hands4 screens
GrandPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GrandPad at 90% against Lotsa Helping Hands's 9%. GrandPad also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (18K vs 52). Lotsa Helping Hands's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). 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

GrandPad holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GrandPad has 18K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lotsa Helping Hands's written reviews are positive against 90% of GrandPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lotsa Helping Hands ships an update every 2 months, GrandPad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lotsa Helping Hands versus GrandPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLotsa Helping HandsGrandPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (52 ratings)4.9 (18K ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.9% of reviews89.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5218K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLotsa Helping Hands, Inc.GrandPad Inc.

Customer experience

Lotsa Helping Hands

All ratings52 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive8.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative76.8%

GrandPad

All ratings17,802 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

Lotsa Helping Hands

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Website is great
  • 👍 Website works well
  • 👍 Functional overall
  • 👍 Stable and user friendly
  • 👍 Makes helping easy

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App has room for improvement
  • 🐛 Horrible app
  • 🐛 Glitchy app
  • 🐛 Doesn't work at all
  • 🐛 Cumbersome and limited app

GrandPad

From 18K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use for elderly users
  • 🚀 Keeps elderly users connected to family
  • 💡 Helpful features like video calls, photo sharing, and games
  • 👍 Excellent customer service
  • 🚀 Reliable and consistent performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notification issues with unwanted alerts
  • 🐛 Video calling feature not working consistently

Bugs and requests

Lotsa Helping Hands

Reported bugs

66 issues
  • Cannot see full calendar
  • Cannot choose notification types
  • Cannot make recurring tasks
  • Calendar colors not showing correctly
  • App quits working
Show 61 more
  • Blank screen on app
  • Website does weird things
  • Spinning death wheel on login
  • Cannot open on iPad
  • App is cumbersome and limited
  • No easy way to share
  • Changing recurring dates difficult
  • Calendar icon does nothing
  • Constantly makes you log in
  • Says no good internet connection
  • Doesn't send valid links
  • Tells you don't have an account
  • Password won't reset
  • App suddenly lost login
  • Doesn't work on iPad Pro
  • Old app was better
  • Unable to login
  • Updates don't sync between app and website
  • Automatic reminders stopped sending
  • Comments not appearing in app
  • Login email and password don't match
  • App hangs then crashes
  • App doesn't have explore function
  • App doesn't have referral to website
  • Coordinator cannot approve member requests
  • Coordinator cannot see information like webpage
  • Login doesn't work on app
  • Community not supported by app
  • App crashes when switching pages
  • App crashes when clicking comments
  • App does not show needs from web page
  • Impossible to understand who is doing what
  • Shows no needs when there are needs
  • Cannot do administrative functions
  • Does not sync correctly
  • Email notifications not sent to members
  • Have to go out of app to post a need
  • App doesn't sync to website
  • App just takes up space
  • Coordinators cannot schedule help needs
  • App is for volunteers, not coordinators
  • App crashes when selecting 'Help Needed'
  • Error message after update
  • No way to do community administration as coordinator
  • Cannot approve pending members
  • Cannot create a task
  • Cannot see members waiting for acceptance
  • Members cannot add own tasks
  • New app doesn't work for previous users
  • App takes you to website
  • New version is frustrating
  • Prompted to pick community, then sent to web page
  • Time and date selections do not work
  • App is unresponsive
  • Crashes on login repeatedly
  • App crashes immediately
  • App crashes upon opening
  • Help menu does not work
  • Website is not responsive
  • Cannot pinch/zoom website
  • Website requires scrolling everywhere

Requested features

31 requests
  • See full calendar on app
  • Choose notification types
  • Create recurring tasks
  • Improved calendar view on app
  • Share button in settings
Show 26 more
  • Implement calendar view on app
  • Email notifications for needs
  • Post needs from app
  • Coordinator features on app
  • App for coordinators
  • Approve members through app
  • Add activities through app
  • Manage caretaking on-the-go
  • Edit events on app
  • Create new activities on app
  • Explore function on app
  • Referral to website on app
  • Coordinator can approve member requests
  • Coordinator can see other info on app
  • Coordinator can schedule help needs using app
  • App syncs to website
  • Push notifications for help needed
  • Sync to calendar
  • App for coordinators to manage community
  • Approve and invite new members through app
  • Create tasks on app
  • See members waiting for approval
  • Members can add their own tasks
  • App works for users before 11/15
  • App time and date selections work
  • App is responsive on mobile

GrandPad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Video calling feature stops working after a period of time
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices/operating systems

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add group video call functionality
  • Improve notification controls

In-app purchases

None

Lotsa Helping Hands

No in-app purchases

None

GrandPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lotsa Helping Hands free?
Lotsa Helping Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GrandPad free?
GrandPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lotsa Helping Hands or GrandPad?
GrandPad is rated higher. Lotsa Helping Hands averages 2.7 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while GrandPad averages 4.9 from 18K ratings.
Do Lotsa Helping Hands or GrandPad have ads?
Neither Lotsa Helping Hands nor GrandPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lotsa Helping Hands or GrandPad?
Lotsa Helping Hands ships an update every 2 months, and GrandPad every 3 months. Most recently, Lotsa Helping Hands was updated on November 6, 2026 and GrandPad on November 8, 2026.

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