# Ario - Parent Assistant — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Ario by Ariagato, Inc, rated 4.42/5 from 62 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ario-parent-assistant/id6471771341/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ario-parent-assistant/id6471771341.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 50 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (3 of 22) ### 5/5 — Smart & secure personal assistant! *2024-03-28, version 1.1.43* Genie has made managing my schedule easier. The privacy aspect is great. I'm still trying to figure out all of Genie's functionality - I think I've just scratched the surface of what a "personal assistant app" can do for me! ### 5/5 — Event flyer to calendar was magical *2024-03-27, version 1.1.43* Snapped a photo of an event on a bulletin board and asked Genie to deal with it. All the details were captured and the invite was added to my calendar with one click. Pretty amazing. Haven't used the reminders features very much but it did suggest a cool date idea I'm doing next week from based on things I've done in the past. Neat. ### 5/5 — Use genie 2-3 times a day *2024-02-09, version 1.1.32* I downloaded this app two months ago. It took me a couple of weeks to get in the rhythm of using it. But now I use genie all the time, like anytime someone asks me to do something or if I see a flier or ad for an event I want to go to. My favorite part is now I let my mind wander, I don’t constantly cycle through all of my to-dos and the things I’m supposed to remember. Because I know genie will tell me when I need to know! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New Updates Messed Up *2025-04-10, version 1.5.3* They had a cool app where you could come up with plans for you and your family. You could even screenshot doctor’s appointments, and it would automatically create iPhone calendar events for your visits. Then the app stopped working. I reached out to them and let them know it was no longer operational. They said they would be updating all users with new features—but I never saw any updates. I followed up again, still no response. Now the app forces you to use Gmail and doesn’t have any real functionality unless you link everything through Gmail. I would’ve given this a 4.5 before the changes, maybe even a 5. Now I can’t even give it a 1. What a waste of a good app. ### 1/5 — Does nothing *2025-04-04* It really doesn’t do anything that well ### 1/5 — Updated…epic fail *2025-03-14, version 1.4.663* I’ve been using this app since before the name change. I use it for reminders. I loved the triggers based on location. Maybe I wanted to be reminded to buy eggs when I go to Walmart the next time, and it would wait until that condition was met. Recently there was an update. Now the app seems to be for all things related to only a child who is in school. Since that update, I’ve opened the app a few times and only to be plagued by a request to add my child (which I don’t have) and the name of the school. There is no way to skip it or decline the feature. When I attempt to use my own info for my college, it doesn’t work. Part of the process is connecting to my email account where it wants to search for emails from my school but it fails to find them regardless of whether I give it keywords or a specific sender’s email. So, I’m stuck. I’ll check back again later and maybe see if there’s a way to log in online without using the app but I’m guessing this is the end of my screws to the app. Very disappointing. The A.I. capabilities of the reminders feature was my only reason for using the app. ### 1/5 — Data Scraper *2024-11-19, version 1.4.493* Couldn’t uncheck one of my calendars so could not really use the app since it kept referencing that calendar. Just seems like a data grab tbh. ### 1/5 — Ario *2024-10-18, version 1.4.41* Feel cheated right up front. I wanted to see what the app does and how, responded to an invite to try it and BANG I bought it. Buying, cost, etc was never mentioned. Now it calls itself a health tracker with menu suggestions. Not something I wanted. Nor will I ever say yes to Arigato again and I may be their target audience... ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2024-04-28* I don’t understand why this is here. It’s useless. ### 2/5 — Kinda useless *2025-04-10, version 1.5.3* I saw Amazon invested so I went to try again. It doesn’t do anything and I found better parenting AI alternatives like Ohai and Duckbill ### 3/5 — Needs work *2024-10-22* The app is overly thin on productivity and feels more like a tool acts more like a planner for personal time… time outside of work. The AI assesses your calendar and attempts to build a profile of you based on calendar entries. The outcome is bad all the way around. It got everything about me wrong. The AI’s vernacular and tone is flowery and thus will be off putting to most people who have downloaded Ario as a productivity tool. The AI generated profile pic is terrible and unnecessary. In short this app seems like it was designed to Taylor Swift loyalists… not busy people. ### 4/5 — A bit Buggy *2024-11-25, version 1.4.505* Its sometimes buggy and doesn’t understand me which is normal cause this is kind of a new technology but i hope it improves. ### 5/5 — Fabulous app *2025-03-18, version 1.4.665* This app is such a fabulous resource, you’ve really created something special for me as a busy working mom. Thank you! ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really helpful *2025-02-04, version 1.4.593* I use Ario to add all sorts of invitations and important dates on my calendar by taking a photo. Easy! The recent email features seem super cool. Hope there are more useful things like these over time. ### 5/5 — Wow *2025-01-25, version 1.4.575* I can’t believe this so is free. I love it. It works just as well as some paid apps as a therapist. But it’s a lot more versatile. ### 5/5 — THIS APP IS GREAT! *2024-12-23, version 1.4.524* I love this app.😍 ### 5/5 — Works Perfectly, Easy to Use, Time Saver *2024-12-10, version 1.4.524* Ario is an amazing app that truly helps make the busy professionals (and who happen to be parents) life easier! To start, the UI is designed extremely well and is very intuitive to use. Have an event flyer you know you won’t keep track of? Take a quick pick, upload to Ario, and bam. It’s in your schedule! You don’t even have to wait for it to create it, which is perfect considering I use my phone for work as well as my home life. Need to set a reminder? Easy as telling Ario when, where, and all the details you want. Highly recommend this for just about anyone, especially if you’re terrible with remembering to put things in the schedule and keep organized when the next school function is. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Great for managing a busy life *2024-10-22, version 1.4.41* Love the photo to calendar feature ### 5/5 — Ario is awesome! *2024-08-30, version 1.3.35* This thing keeps getting better with each release. I love the data portrait feature, is that new? ### 5/5 — Incredibly useful for working moms! *2024-08-20* Ario is a game-changer! It knows my availability, syncs with Amazon to avoid missed returns, and even plans activities based on my kids’ interests. It’s proactive and smart—highly recommended for staying organized! ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-05-24, version 1.2.0* I downloaded this app a couple of days ago, and it’s awesome. I think for this app, because I can have it remind me of different things that I would completely forget due to my ADHD. I haven’t found where to record voice stuff, but I’m still learning about the app and how it works. So, eventually I will. Keep up the good work. Just so people who are thinking of downloading it now. This app is so easy to use. Creating on reminder is ridiculously easy. Everyone should get it. ### 5/5 — Keeps my life organized *2024-04-30, version 1.1.66* In terrible at remembering things, so I’m constantly leaving little reminders and forwarding things to my genie to keep track of for me. It works great! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*