“You have to pay to even use that app. — Overall seems like a decent app to hire baby sitters but it’s a little misleading at the beginning. I needed a babysitter for a few hours and I posted a job thinking that I could atleast hire…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 303 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★60,458 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
115 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Sittercity connects millions of families with caregivers. Sign up for free on our app, or on Sittercity.com, and get the tools you need to find the right local babysitters or nannies for your family with confidence.
You must be 18 or older to use the Sittercity platform.
Begin to build your team with us by connecting with experienced child care providers who can help you with needs like after-school, date nights, full or part-time care, regular schedules, and more.
Families [+] Post a job for free detailing your child care, school help, or even tutoring needs [+] Get instant notifications when babysitters or nannies apply [+] Filter your search results based on criteria like experience and skills [+] View detailed sitter profiles with photos, availability, background checks, references, and parent reviews [+] Book an interview with your favorite sitters…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 6.20.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 6.20.0, updated 2026-07-29.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.7% of 303 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“You now HAVE to pay for 3months at $100? — $94.99 before tax premium upgrade in order to communicate with potential sitters? That’s ridiculous. Most households will never NEED this app for longer than a few weeks. I would be far more…”
“Beware: Premium required! — It appears you have to pay for premium to do ANYTHING other than look at applications. $100 per quarter. Wish they’d just be transparent about it from the beginning!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.20.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.