Helper Helper vs KnightsNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helper Helper
This platform connects volunteers with local community service opportunities. It streamlines event organization for coordinators and makes it easy for volunteers to discover and sign up for events.
- Connects volunteers to experiences
- Simplifies coordinator efforts
- Helps find and schedule events
- Community service platform
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Helper Helper is a community service app that connects volunteers to meaningful experiences in the community. Helper Helper simplifies the organizational efforts for volunteer coordinators and helps volunteers easily find and schedule events.
KnightsNow
Manage your school day with a visual schedule, track class time, and view upcoming events. Browse the weekly school menu and set reminders for important activities. Personalize your schedule with custom names and colors for easy organization.
- Visual class timers
- Weekly school menu
- Upcoming event calendar
- Customizable class names and colors
- Event reminders
- Lunch period notifications
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Today Page - Check today’s schedule, updated for any special schedules - Track remaining class time with a visual progress bar and countdown timer - See an “Up Next” list of remaining classes for the day - Personalize class names to match your own schedule - Assign colors to classes so their icons and timers are easy to spot at a glance Menu Page - Browse the weekly school menu, Monday through Friday - See details for each day including break snack, main hot lunch, grill item, and soup Events Page - View all upcoming school events for the next two weeks - Filter events by grade level or event group - Set reminders to get notified one hour before an event starts Settings Page - Set your lunch time for each block day to view your individual schedule - Update class names and colors at any time - Turn on lunch period notifications to alert you as lunch is ending - Choose your preferred time format
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KnightsNow at 100% against Helper Helper's 59%. KnightsNow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Helper Helper's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KnightsNow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helper Helper has 2.5K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Helper Helper's written reviews are positive against 100% of KnightsNow's.
Helper Helper ships an update every 5 weeks, KnightsNow every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helper Helper | KnightsNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Helper Helper, L.L.C. | Episcopal High School |
Customer experience
Helper Helper
KnightsNow
Bugs and requests
Helper Helper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues, app not working for some users
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to link accounts among family members
- Improved color contrast and readability on stats page
- Support for more languages (e.g., Spanish)
KnightsNow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helper Helper
No in-app purchases
KnightsNow
No in-app purchases
