Parse.ly vs Screenwise Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parse.ly
Gain immediate insights into your website's audience and content performance. Track trending posts, view real-time metrics, and analyze specific authors or sections on the go. Understand what resonates with your readers and how they discover your content.
- Real-time audience insights
- Top trending posts
- Key metrics and graphs
- Author and section filtering
- Sort posts by various metrics
- Real-time traffic stats
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Parsely provides clear audience insights about what’s being read on your website, right now. The app provides on-the-go access to your real-time Parsely dashboard so you’re not missing anything your audience is telling you. The app allows you to: - See top trending posts for your site or your entire network of sites - View today’s graphs and key metrics in real-time - Focus on specific authors, sections, or tags from your site - Sort top posts by metric: visitors, page views, social shares, social referrals, search referrals, and engaged time if activated for your account. - Follow any post’s performance with real-time traffic stats and referral sources. - Run Parsely analytics side-by-side with your site using multitasking on the iPad. The Parsely iOS App requires a Parsely account.
Screenwise Meter
This app allows registered participants in Google's market research programs to interact with physical meters and manage their participation. It simplifies checking in with devices like router meters and offers a convenient way to respond to surveys and policy updates.
- Interact with physical meters
- Check in with router meters
- Use TV Meter Remote
- Respond to surveys in-app
- Manage terms and privacy policy updates
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The Screenwise Meter iOS app enables registered panelists' participation in Google’s meter-based market research programs. A panelist is a member of a recruited group of people who have opted to participate in Google research and have consented to install meters and share their internet usage with Google. In return for their participation, panelists receive rewards. When a panel includes physical meters, like Router Meters or TV Meters, this app helps panelists interact with those meters. For example, the app handles checking in to the router meter, so panelists won’t be interrupted when they connect to Wi-Fi at home. It may include a TV Meter Remote so panelists can check in and out from the comfort of their chair. The Screenwise Meter iOS app also provides panelists with the convenience of answering our occasional surveys and agreeing to (or rejecting) terms and privacy policy updates in the app instead of visiting our online portal. For information about your own panel, refer to your research panel membership page. For more information about Google and market research panels in general, go to http://www.google.com/landing/panelresearch/
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Verdict
Parse.ly and Screenwise Meter both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Parse.ly's written reviews are positive against 24% of Screenwise Meter's. Parse.ly also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). Screenwise Meter's advantage is ratings volume (113 vs 7). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Parse.ly against 3.8 for Screenwise Meter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screenwise Meter has 113 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Parse.ly's written reviews are positive against 24% of Screenwise Meter's.
Parse.ly ships an update every 4 months, Screenwise Meter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parse.ly | Screenwise Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 3.8 (113 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 24.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 113 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automattic | |
Customer experience
Parse.ly
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In-app purchases
Parse.ly
No in-app purchases
Screenwise Meter
No in-app purchases









