Huddle Sitters vs Ember Legacy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Huddle Sitters
Easily book trusted babysitters or find flexible childcare jobs. Connect with families and sitters through your existing network for secure and convenient scheduling. Manage availability, rates, and bookings all in one place.
- Effortless booking for parents
- Flexible job opportunities for sitters
- Connect through existing networks
- Integrated schedule management
- Real-time availability
- Automated confirmations and reminders
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Huddle is Seattle's trusted babysitter network. Parents find babysitters through friends, neighbors, and school families they already know. Babysitters get access to local jobs with great Seattle families. Free for everyone. FOR PARENTS The easiest way to find, book, and manage trusted babysitters in Seattle. • Grow your list of go-to babysitters through people you know. Discover new babysitters through friends, neighbors, daycare families, and school families. See how you're connected before you ever book. • Last-minute care, fast. When your go-to babysitter isn't available, find a trusted backup babysitter in minutes. 99% of jobs posted on our job board get filled. • Book babysitters without the back-and-forth. See real-time availability. Request and confirm in the app. Calendar invites and reminders go out to everyone automatically. • One calendar view. See all your go-to babysitters' availability in one place — no more group texts just to find out who's free. • Private by design. Job posts only go to our trusted babysitter network. • Free for everyone. No subscription, no fees. Download and find your babysitter. FOR BABYSITTERS The easiest way to find babysitting jobs with great Seattle families. • More jobs, less effort. Post your availability once and let Seattle families reach out. No cold pitching, no public forum posts, no chasing. • Set your own rates upfront. Families see your rate and specialties before they ever contact you. • Apply to jobs in a few taps. Browse the job board and land gigs fast. • Manage every job, every family, all in the app. Bookings come through the app and automatic reminders get sent. • Get paid your way. Cash, Venmo, Zelle — whatever works. No payment processing through the app. • Free to join. No subscription, no fees. Download and start getting babysitting jobs. • Seattle-only by design. Huddle serves Seattle families and babysitters exclusively. Your network stays local, trusted, and real. **** FAQs • Why should I trust this app? Huddle is built on real connections — not a public marketplace. Babysitters in your network come recommended by friends, neighbors, and school families you already know. You can see exactly how you're connected to every sitter before you book. • How is this different from Care.com or Facebook groups? Care.com connects you with strangers. Facebook groups mean public posts, scattered DMs, and no organization. Huddle is different — babysitters come through your trusted network, job posts go to vetted sitters, and everything from booking to reminders is managed in the app. • How do I find a babysitter? Post a job and send it to trusted babysitters in your network. You can also browse sitter availability and book in a few taps — no back-and-forth texting required. • Is it free? Yes. Huddle is free for both families and babysitters. No subscriptions, no platform fees. • Is it only for Seattle? Yes — Huddle is Seattle-only by design. Keeping it local means a tighter, more trusted network for everyone. Love Huddle Sitters? Follow us on Instagram @huddle.sitters Like us on Facebook: @huddle.sitters Having questions for Huddle Sitters? Send us an email at hello@huddlesitters.com
Ember Legacy
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The smartphone solved capture. It never solved why we capture. We have thousands of photos and almost no idea what to do with them. The moments that actually matter, your dad's laugh, the story behind the recipe, the way your kid says a word wrong, get buried in a camera roll or lost in a feed built for strangers. Ember is for those. Record a video, a voice note, a photo, or a few written words. Send it now, schedule it for a birthday, or save it for a moment that hasn't arrived yet. Your daughter's first day of school. A graduation. A wedding morning. You decide who it reaches, when, and how. CAPTURE Video, voice, photo, or letter, whatever the moment calls for. No time limit, no streaks, no pressure to perform. You decide when it's done. DELIVER Send immediately, schedule for a date, or set it to arrive on a milestone you choose. Each ember reaches its person by email, text, or notification, through a private link. One ember can reach one person or a whole family. RECEIVE No app, no account, no friction. Your people open a quiet, personal page, watch or read or listen, and keep it if they want to. The way it should feel to receive something that matters. MEMORY GARDEN Everything you've made, in one calm, searchable place. By person, by date, by kind. Yours, always. SPARK The best memories often live in someone else's head. Ask for one, "tell me your favorite memory of Grandpa", and they answer from their own phone, no app required. The story comes to you. STORYHOLDERS The people you send to aren't "contacts." In Ember they're Storyholders, the ones who carry these moments forward. Keep their profiles, group them, see everything you've shared with each. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No feed. No algorithm. No ads. Your embers are visible only to you and the people you choose. Full data export and account deletion, on your terms, anytime. BUILT WITH CARE Soft light, gentle motion, full dark mode, and screen-reader support throughout. An app that feels like it was made by people who care, because it was. FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Four capture modes: video, audio, photo, and upload/written - Scheduled and immediate delivery via email, SMS, or push notification - Memory Garden with search, filter, and date range browsing - Spark: request memories from friends and family (no app required) - Storyholders: organize recipients with profiles and groups - Contact import from your phone's address book - Deep link sharing. Recipients view embers in the browser. - Full dark mode (Light / Dark / System) - Complete settings: profile, security, privacy, notifications, export, deletion Some things are worth more than a post. Ember is where they live.
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Verdict
Huddle Sitters and Ember Legacy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Huddle Sitters | Ember Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Huddle Sitters | Ember Legacy, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Huddle Sitters
No in-app purchases
Ember Legacy
No in-app purchases








