Comparison

HiCal vs StaffApp+ for Kennels

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

Head to head
About

HiCal

This app facilitates collaborative event planning and scheduling for groups. Share timetables, receive real-time updates on changes, and communicate via comments. Ideal for students, project teams, and organizations to stay synchronized.

Highlights
  • Group event scheduling
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Event comments and discussion
  • Shared timetables
  • Private and public groups
  • Event repetition support
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Organize yourselves for your classes, projects, or company with HiCal, the collaborative calendar! Create or join your class’ or club’s group, and get your shared timetable in your pocket. You can be part of multiple groups. You will receive Push notifications each time that a group’s event is modified, or an event is commented. Event repetition is supported (including “once every two weeks”). HiCal helps you to organize yourself and to collaborate with your friends and colleagues in different situations: - Students and pupils: Add comments to a lesson at a given day, to indicate homework and exams for example, and they will instantly be synced across smartphones and tablets, and shared with your class. You will not ever ask yourself again what is left to do: the answer will be in your pocket, up-to-date, at any moment. Even if only one person indicates the exams to come, everyone will be aware: one for all, and all for one! - Projects: Determine deadlines with your teammates, and discuss them in the comments! Your project is a secret? Then create a secret group, which will be hidden from the group search results. Only the people you add will be able to join the group. - Companies, clubs and organizations: Write down meetings’ or activities’ dates and locations, suggest or edit in real time, and instantly update all your fellows of a schedule change, thanks to push notifications. - Organize public events: Create a group, open to everyone, to let people stay tuned about your upcoming events! In this kind of group, only the group’s administrators can create or edit events. Thus, you can share your events, your live sessions for example if you’re a band, while keeping control. And if something unexpected happens, you can inform group’s members thanks to comments and push notifications! - Education: If you are an educational institution (school, college, university...), you can also use HiCal, by creating a group for each class or course, and inviting your students in them. Simplify your teachers’ and students’ life with HiCal!

About

StaffApp+ for Kennels

This platform helps pet care businesses manage daily operations, including appointments, staff schedules, and client communication. It streamlines check-ins, invoicing, and workflows to enhance efficiency and client service.

Highlights
  • Appointment management
  • Staff scheduling
  • Check-in/out
  • Invoicing
  • Client communication
  • Workflow automation
Features
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StaffApp+ Kennels is a comprehensive operations platform designed for modern pet care businesses offering lodging, daycare, and staff-based services. The app streamlines appointment management, staff scheduling, check-ins, invoicing, communication, and daily workflows — enabling teams to operate efficiently while delivering exceptional pet care experiences.

Screenshots

HiCal4 screens
StaffApp+ for Kennels3 screens

Verdict

The call

HiCal and StaffApp+ for Kennels both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of StaffApp+ for Kennels's written reviews are positive against 55% of HiCal's. StaffApp+ for Kennels also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). HiCal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HiCal against 4.7 for StaffApp+ for Kennels. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of HiCal's written reviews are positive against 100% of StaffApp+ for Kennels's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCal ships an update every 2 months, StaffApp+ for Kennels every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HiCal versus StaffApp+ for Kennels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCalStaffApp+ for Kennels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNakagawa YugoiTrust Ventures LLC

Customer experience

HiCal

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative35.0%

StaffApp+ for Kennels

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HiCal

No in-app purchases

None

StaffApp+ for Kennels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiCal free?
HiCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StaffApp+ for Kennels free?
StaffApp+ for Kennels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HiCal or StaffApp+ for Kennels?
HiCal is rated higher. HiCal averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while StaffApp+ for Kennels averages 4.7 from 20 ratings.
Do HiCal or StaffApp+ for Kennels have ads?
Neither HiCal nor StaffApp+ for Kennels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCal or StaffApp+ for Kennels?
HiCal ships an update every 2 months, and StaffApp+ for Kennels every 3 days. Most recently, HiCal was updated on October 21, 2026 and StaffApp+ for Kennels on October 25, 2026.

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