Comparison

Karellen vs BÍN

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

Head to head
About

Karellen

This app facilitates communication between preschools and parents. Parents can view their child's schedule, menu, and photos, while teachers can manage attendance, send messages, and share pictures. It requires login credentials from a participating preschool.

Highlights
  • View weekly menu
  • Access school calendar
  • Receive child's photos
  • Mark child absent/sick
  • Send direct messages
  • Track school attendance
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Ókeypis app sem tengist Karellen, rekstrarkerfi fyrir leikskóla. Til að nota appið þarf aðgangsupplýsingar frá leikskóla sem notar kerfið. Appið er fyrir foreldra leikskólabarna og kennara. Appið auðveldar yfirsýn yfir dagskrá barnsins í skólanum. Þar birtist matseðill vikunnar, dagatal skólans og myndir af barninu í starfi og leik. Kennarar nota appið til að skrá viðveru barna í skólanum, senda foreldrum bein skilaboð, taka myndir af börnunum í skólanum og merkja hvaða börn birtast á myndinni. Foreldrar nota appið til að skrá barn veikt eða í fríi, til að senda skilaboð til kennara og til að skoða myndir af barninu. Þegar kennari tekur mynd með appinu og merkir þá fer myndin beint í app foreldra. Free app provided by Karellen, an operation system for preschools. The app needs login information to access the data from the school. The app is for parents and teachers to facilitate communication between the school and the home. In the app, the calendar of the school and the menu of the week are visible in addition to pictures taken of the childs activity in the school. The teacher uses the app to register school attendance and to send direct messages to the parents. Additionally the teachers can take pictures in the app and mark the names of the children appearing in each picture. The parents immediately receive the picture in their app. They can also mark the child being absent or sick the next day or coming days and they can send direct messages to the teachers.

About

BÍN

Access detailed inflectional forms for Icelandic words. This app utilizes the BÍN-core database API to provide comprehensive grammatical information for Icelandic vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Icelandic word inflection retrieval
  • Access to BÍN-core database
  • Grammatical information for vocabulary
  • Utilizes published API
Features
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BÍN-kjarninn is an app used to retrieve inflection information for Icelandic words accessed via the published API to the BÍN-core database, © The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 2002-2025.

Screenshots

Karellen4 screens
BÍN3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BÍN at weekly against Karellen's every 2 months. BÍN also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Karellen ships an update every 2 months, BÍN weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Karellen versus BÍN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKarellenBÍN
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfoMentor P.O.D.B ABWilliam Stewart

Customer experience

Karellen

All ratings13 ratings
Positive7.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BÍN

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Karellen

No in-app purchases

None

BÍN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Karellen free?
Karellen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BÍN free?
BÍN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Karellen or BÍN have ads?
Neither Karellen nor BÍN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Karellen or BÍN?
Karellen ships an update every 2 months, and BÍN weekly. Most recently, Karellen was updated on November 1, 2026 and BÍN on November 3, 2026.

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