Comparison

AppClose vs Blink Your Life

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

Blink Your Life

Features
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Blink Your Life is a wiser way to remember the details of your life. Blink, a helpful owl with a very sharp memory, keeps track of three kinds of things so you don't have to: FIND: where you physically put things. "Passport: office, top left drawer." - Save the spot, add a photo if you'd like, and find it in seconds with search or by location and category. - Months later, never forget where you put something again. REMEMBER: the details you'll need down the road but won't recall. Newly discovered favorite brands, clothing sizes, paint colors, reliable and not so reliable businesses, food recipes and planning, gift ideas, the restaurant order that was perfect. - Organized by category, searchable anywhere. REMINDERS: quick to-dos the second you think of them, with an optional nudge. - Set a time or make it repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. See what's overdue, due today, and coming up. WHY BLINK YOUR LIFE - Let Blink do all the work so you don't have to worry about juggling and remembering everything anymore. - One easy search to find everything you've saved. - Photos on any Find or Remember entry to refine and help you remember all of the details even more. - A Home dashboard with today's reminders and your latest saves. - You decide Blink's voice: Cheerful, Warm, or Plain. - Multiple global text size options for comfortable reading. - Private by design. Your entries are yours alone. Nothing is shared, nothing is sold, and you can delete everything at any time. FREE AND UNLIMITED PLANS - The free plan includes up to 30 entries across the app. - Going unlimited removes the limit entirely for $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. - Payment is charged to your App Store account and the subscription renews automatically until you cancel it in your App Store settings. - Nothing you've saved is ever deleted unless you delete it, whatever plan you're on. Terms: https://www.blinkyourlife.com/terms Privacy: https://www.blinkyourlife.com/privacy

Screenshots

AppClose4 screens
Blink Your Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blink Your Life at weekly against AppClose's monthly. AppClose's advantage is chart position (#51 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AppClose sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Blink Your Life sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppClose ships an update monthly, Blink Your Life weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
AppClose versus Blink Your Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppCloseBlink Your Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (39K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings39K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppClose, IncBlinkoncemore, LLC

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

Blink Your Life

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
2 purchases

Blink Your Life

Subscriptions2
  • Blink Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Blink Unlimited Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is AppClose free?
AppClose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blink Your Life free?
Blink Your Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AppClose or Blink Your Life have ads?
Neither AppClose nor Blink Your Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppClose or Blink Your Life?
AppClose ships an update monthly, and Blink Your Life weekly. Most recently, AppClose was updated on October 26, 2026 and Blink Your Life on October 25, 2026.

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