AppClose vs Birthing Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppClose
This platform simplifies co-parenting by providing tools for organized communication, scheduling, and expense tracking. It offers secure messaging, call recording, and court-trusted documentation to help families stay connected and compliant with legal requirements.
- Secure messaging and call recording
- Shared calendars and parenting schedules
- Expense tracking and reimbursements
- Court-trusted, unalterable records
- Parenting time tracker
- Secure file storage
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WE KNOW CO-PARENTING And that is why AppClose is the most downloaded co-parenting app in the world, with more than 3.1M downloads, and has more daily and monthly active users than any other co-parenting app in the world. AppClose has been court-ordered in all 50 states, as well as Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, based on user-supplied data. Every feature in AppClose exists to keep children first — SO THERE IS ONE PLAN, AND EVERYTHING IS IN IT. No tiers, no upsells, no add-ons. No limits on calling, call recording, storage or records exports. Messaging, recorded calls, calendars, notes, pets, expenses, payments and court-ready records, for one price, with 60 days free — includes all features, no payment, no commitment. Fee waivers are available for qualifying families experiencing financial hardship and for survivors of domestic violence. Discounts are available for active military and veterans. See if AppClose is right for your co-parenting needs. Selected by Apple for its "Parenting Essentials" collection and named to Inc.'s 2024 Best in Business list for Operational Excellence. COMMUNICATE AND DOCUMENT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS • One-on-one and group messages that users cannot edit or delete; time-stamped when sent and when first viewed • Unlimited audio and video calls — no per-minute charge; your phone number and location are never shared • With both parents' consent, calls are recorded and transcribed and kept with your records • Co-Parent Assist™ (optional) reviews your draft before you send it, flags wording that could escalate conflict and offers a calmer rewrite. It never blocks or sends a message for you. It runs on privately managed AI infrastructure — your messages never go to third-party AI services and are never used to train AI ORGANIZE THE SCHEDULE • Shared calendars for parenting schedules, events and appointments • Parenting-time tracker: planned vs. actual time • Pick-up, drop-off and switch-day requests your co-parent approves or declines — each answer is recorded • Calendar notes for what the family must remember • Pet management and pet schedules — pets are in the plan too SHARE THE COSTS • Expenses by category, with receipts kept in the record • Send and receive reimbursements with ipayou® (U.S.) KEEP EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Child details: doctors, allergies, medications, immunizations, school and emergency contacts • Secure file storage for photos, scans and files; location data is removed from uploaded photos and videos • Private Check-Ins log your arrival and departure, visible only to you — never a tracker • Your Circle: family, caregivers, guardians ad litem, attorneys and other professionals COURT-READY RECORDS — EXPORT AS OFTEN AS YOU NEED Every message, call, request, expense and payment is time-stamped and unalterable by users. Export at no extra cost: • Unlimited Certified Records (U.S.), each with a unique Export ID that attorneys and courts can verify • One-on-one and group messages • Call logs • Expense and reimbursement records • Pick-up, drop-off and switch-day requests • Check-ins • Notes • In-app session logs If your subscription ends, your account goes read-only and your records stay exportable at no cost. AppClose SOLO Your co-parent doesn't use AppClose? Send requests, events and expenses by text or email. WORK WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALS Share chats or Certified Records with your attorney, mediator or guardian ad litem only when you approve it, through AppClose Pro — free for family law professionals. MILITARY FAMILIES Deployed or on limited access? Requests and updates still reach you by email. BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD CO-PARENTING Co-parenting, parallel parenting, joint custody, supervised visitation and blended families, on phone, tablet or computer — always in sync. Available in English, Spanish and six other languages. Terms of Service: https://appclose.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://appclose.com/privacy/
Birthing Planner
Track breeding, due dates, and birthing results for any animal species. Record offspring details and access historical data. View overall statistics filtered by your preferences.
- Track breeding and due dates
- Record birthing results and offspring
- Support for multiple animal species
- Archive and reactivate past data
- View filtered overall statistics
- Detailed record keeping
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Birthing Planner is an app that was designed in consultation with an active shepherd who was looking for an inexpensive yet convenient way to keep track of breeding dates, due dates, and birthing results from his flock of sheep. Thinking there are many people out there that could use this sort of app it was designed to be used with any species the user desires, whether it's rabbits, dogs, sheep, goats, horses, llamas, etc. By taking a little time to set things up in the app (like species, breeds within a species, expected gestation length, and current adults) the user will quickly be able to enter and keep track of breeding/due dates. The app also gives the user a way to keep as detailed a record of birthing activities as the user desires. User can enter offspring of each delivery and keep this data for years to come, where it's all ready to be recalled at a moments notice and filtered according to user's preference. Another nice feature of the app is that it will store all the information you enter for as long as you want, yet gives you the ability to archive past data that is no longer relevant on a daily basis. At any time the user can reactivate the archived data if they are wanting to review past results or past animals. One last feature users will find informative is the ability to see overall stats. Like total number of adults, total number of offspring recorded, average gestation length, and average birthing rate. All of these stats can be filtered multiple times to allow the user to extract the results they are seeking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AppClose at Free against Birthing Planner's $4.99. AppClose also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (39K vs 2). Birthing Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads and device support 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
AppClose is free to download; Birthing Planner costs $4.99 up front. AppClose sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Birthing Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birthing Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AppClose has 39K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AppClose ships an update monthly, Birthing Planner every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppClose | Birthing Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (39K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppClose, Inc | Mark Briggs |
Customer experience
AppClose
Birthing Planner
Bugs and requests
AppClose
Reported bugs
6 issues- Calendar events not saving properly
- Shared schedules not displaying correctly
- Inability to delete or edit calendar entries
- Notifications not working as expected
- Uploaded documents/photos not loading
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- App crashes and freezes frequently
Requested features
7 requests- Improved calendar functionality
- Better syncing between parents
- Group chat feature
- Call recording option
- Integration with other calendars
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- Notes section for documentation
- Expense tracking improvements
Birthing Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AppClose
- Monthly Unlimited Subscription$8.991 Month
- One Year Subscription$98.991 Year
- 30 Days of Call Recording$12.99
Birthing Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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