Konstella vs Las Madres Playgroups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Konstella
This app connects parents and parent organizations like PTAs to streamline school communications. It facilitates announcements, newsletters, volunteer sign-ups, event planning, fee collection, and the creation of interest-based social groups for parents.
- Streamlined parent organization communications
- Create announcements, newsletters, and sign-up sheets
- Event planning and management
- Collect fees and donations
- Create interest-based parent social groups
- Centralized school and classroom information
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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.
Las Madres Playgroups
This non-profit organization connects parents and caregivers of young children for local playdates and events. It offers parenting education and business partner discounts to its members. Membership is open to anyone with children under five.
- Organized playdates
- Parent-only events
- Local education fair
- Parenting education
- Business partner discounts
- Group activities
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Las Madres was founded in 1953 in Santa Clara County and operates as a non-profit today. We’re a group of parents and other caregivers, just like you, who organize playdates, parent only events, a local education fair, parenting education, business partner discounts and other group activities. We warmly welcome moms, dads, grandparents and other caregivers with children under the age of 5 to join at any time. Join at https://www.lasmadres.org/ to receive an invitation to use this Las Madres app. We look forward to welcoming you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Konstella at 4.6 against Las Madres Playgroups's 1.0. Konstella also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 3). Las Madres Playgroups's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Konstella has 1.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Konstella ships an update every 3 days, Las Madres Playgroups every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Konstella | Las Madres Playgroups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Konstella Inc. | PHPFOX LLC |
Customer experience
Konstella
Las Madres Playgroups
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
Las Madres Playgroups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Konstella
No in-app purchases
Las Madres Playgroups
No in-app purchases
