Konstella vs Sandbox Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Konstella
This app facilitates communication and community building for parent organizations like PTAs and PTOs. It enables the creation of announcements, newsletters, volunteer sign-ups, and event postings, while also simplifying fee collection and donations. Parents can also form interest-based social groups to connect with each other.
- Create announcements and newsletters
- Manage volunteer sign-ups
- Organize events
- Collect fees and donations
- Form interest-based social groups
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Konstella streamlines communications and helps parent organizations (i.e. PTA & PTOs) build close-knit parent communities. - By allowing committee chairs and room parents to create short announcements, long newsletters, volunteer sign-up sheets, and events, Konstella streamlines communications and makes school and classroom needs transparent to parents. - By helping parent organizations and room parents collect fees and donations, Konstella makes fundraising easy for treasurers and fundraiser volunteers. - By letting parents create interest-based Social Groups, such as Playdates for parents of young children and Hiking Parents for active parents, Konstella connects parents. This app is only useful if your school is running Konstella.
Sandbox Events
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The Sandbox Events app allows you to engage in and access details about the event you are attending. To access the event you’re attending, download the app and enter the username and password details you were provided by your event organizer. Contact us at http://sandbox-events.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Konstella at every 4 days against Sandbox Events's every 22 months. Sandbox Events's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
Konstella ships an update every 4 days, Sandbox Events every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Konstella | Sandbox Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Konstella Inc. | 12222078 Canada Inc |
Bugs and requests
Konstella
Reported bugs
6 issues- Can't delete an odd committee thread even after leaving the group
- No longer spell check and the bullets/numbers don't work
- Scrolling issues, can't select and copy text, can't bookmark or set aside important messages, can't open links from messages, impossible to organize messages and events
- Impossible to update my kids school, no way to contact Konstella, no way to remove the old profile and add a new one
- Group chat function issues - messages not loading, group disappearing and reappearing
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- App contains features not available via the website; the website contains features not available on the app
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Messages need Like buttons
- Mute button to selectively mute members
- Ability to have dates hyperlinked to iPhone calendar
Sandbox Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Konstella
No in-app purchases
Sandbox Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Konstella free?
Is Sandbox Events free?
Do Konstella or Sandbox Events have ads?
Which is updated more often, Konstella or Sandbox Events?
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