Comparison

AppClose vs Atlas DMS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Secure messaging and call recording
  • Shared calendars and parenting schedules
  • Expense tracking and reimbursements
  • Court-trusted, unalterable records
  • Parenting time tracker
  • Secure file storage
Features
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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/

About

Atlas DMS

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Atlas DMS is the field-monitor companion app for Atlas Disaster Management Solutions — the platform that disaster debris operations use to document, defend, and close out FEMA-reimbursable work. Built for the field, designed for the audit. Every ticket your monitors create on this app lands in a cryptographically signed audit trail that survives the FEMA Public Assistance closeout review. Photos, GPS coordinates, debris classifications, hauler placards, and contractor signatures are all captured at the point of work and time-stamped at server-side, so the chain of custody is intact when an auditor asks "did this debris actually exist, and was it billed correctly?" Modules: • Atlas Public (ROW debris ops). Two-part haul tickets — load monitors capture GPS at the pile, photograph the debris, scan the truck placard, then sign over to the disposal-site tower monitor for percent-full + method-of-measure. Hazard tree tickets capture before / measurement / after photos with the placard. Staging tickets document non-pay piles. • Atlas Foundation (Private Property Debris Removal). Parcel-attributed debris removal with right-of-entry documentation, hazard tree assessment + tagging, soil sampling chain of custody, and a phase-by-phase audit trail from import to site walk to return-to-owner. Field-grade features: • Offline-first ticket creation — debris piles in the woods don't have LTE. Atlas DMS queues your tickets locally and syncs the moment signal returns. The ticket number you see in the field is the canonical ticket number the office sees. • GPS-bounded clock-in. Monitors clock in by scanning their supervisor's QR for pair-approved sign-on, or for remote disposal sites, can self-clock-in inside a configured geofence. • Placard scan + verification. Truck and trailer placards are scanned via QR or picked from the active certification pool, with a verification photo required on manual selection. • Multi-tenant + sub-firm scoping. Sub-contracted monitoring firms see only their own staff and tickets — built in, not bolted on. • Safety briefings + acknowledgment. Daily tailgate briefings are acknowledged on-device and block ticket creation until acknowledged. • Cross-device monitor pairing via Bluetooth at disposal sites with no cell service. Who this is for: Atlas DMS requires a tenant account on the Atlas platform. Debris monitoring firms, prime contractors, agency project managers, and county / municipal staff who use the Atlas Portal to run their projects can issue mobile credentials to their field crews from the Portal's user-management surface. If you do not have an Atlas account and would like a demo, visit https://admsportal.app. Privacy. Atlas DMS collects location, camera, and photo data only while a user is on shift, and only to perform the documented debris-monitoring function. No third-party advertising SDKs, no behavioral analytics, no marketing trackers. Full disclosure: https://admsportal.app/privacy

Screenshots

AppClose4 screens
Atlas DMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atlas DMS at none against AppClose's 3. AppClose's advantage is chart position (#40 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. AppClose sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Atlas DMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
AppClose versus Atlas DMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppCloseAtlas DMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (39K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings39K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppClose, IncChris Denney

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

Atlas DMS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AppClose

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Unlimited Subscription$8.991 Month
  • One Year Subscription$98.991 Year
One-time1
  • 30 Days of Call Recording$12.99
None

Atlas DMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AppClose free?
AppClose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Atlas DMS free?
Atlas DMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AppClose or Atlas DMS have ads?
Neither AppClose nor Atlas DMS shows ads.

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