Comparison

Thumsters vs SmartCoparent

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

Head to head
About

Thumsters

This app helps parents foster positive behavior and build stronger connections with their children through a reward-based tracking system. It offers tools for habit formation, emotional coaching, and consistent parenting across multiple caregivers, designed for children aged 4-12.

Highlights
  • Real-time behavior tracking (thumbs up/down)
  • Kid-friendly chore list and reward system
  • Emotional coaching and awareness tools
  • Multi-device syncing for caregivers
  • Customizable reward system
  • Designed for ages 4-12
Features
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You didn’t sign up for tantrums, power struggles, or endless nagging. You just want your kids to listen, without losing your cool. Meet Thumsters – the award-winning parenting app that helps you build better behavior, calmer routines, and deeper connection with your kids. Whether you’re dealing with defiance, meltdowns, or chore resistance, Thumsters gives you a proven, easy-to-use system based on positive reinforcement and emotional coaching—not yelling or punishment. WHY PARENTS LOVE THUMSTERS Track behavior in real-time – Log thumbs up/down and reasons to see patterns at a glance. Create better habits – Reinforce routines and tasks with a kid-friendly chore list and reward system. Coach, don’t correct – Build your child’s confidence and emotional awareness with our Emotions Tracker. Stay consistent – Sync across multiple devices for caregivers, co-parents and therapists. Backed by science – Built with child professionals and recommended by therapists worldwide. HOW IT WORKS Use Thumsters to log your child’s behavior choices—good or bad. Assign tasks or daily routines. Set goals and rewards. Thumsters builds a clear picture of their progress, helping you parent with purpose and coach your child toward better emotional regulation and decision-making. BUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES Works with multiple kids & carers Includes a customizable reward system Designed for ages 4–12 Used by families, teachers, and therapists Recognized by the US National Library of Medicine for behavior support Join thousands of families who’ve said goodbye to chaos and hello to calm and connection. Download Thumsters today and transform your home—one thumbs up at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.thumsters.com/legal/terms-of-use

About

SmartCoparent

This app helps co-parents manage shared calendars, contacts, documents, and financial transactions like support payments and expenses. It offers features for both families and legal professionals, including reporting and secure communication.

Highlights
  • Shared calendar events
  • Support payment tracking
  • Expense management
  • Document sharing
  • In-app messaging
  • Professional reporting
Features
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Founded by a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®), SmartCoparent is the ultimate co-parenting solution for families and professionals. We designed SmartCoparent to be suitable for almost any co-parenting relationship imaginable. Share unlimited calendar events.store and share contacts, documents. Create, track, send and receive support payments on-line in under a minute. Use our easy to use dashboard to monitor messages, calendar updates, overdue support payments. Manage your expenses, and budget. Monitor your cash flow, and support payment activity with our advanced reporting tools. Family professionals have unique features. Create preliminary calendars, access court ready reports, receive PDF transcripts of co-parent messages and private journal entries. Communicate with your client on-line and even send invoices and receive payments on-line. SmartCoparent Features: 1. Create share and track shared calendar events. 2. Send support payment requests online. 2. Attach and share receipts, medical bills, etc.. 3. Track expenses online. 4. Accept online support payments. 5. Create and send recurring payment requests. 6. Manage, store and share important family contacts and documents. 7. Monitor and manage your cash flow and overdue support payments. 8. Instant mail notifications for messages, calendar events and payments. 9. Lawyers and professionals can create preliminary calendar events, message clients, share documents and even invoice clients and get paid on-line. 10. In-App messaging, share attachments and keep a private journal. 11. Automatically send reminders of overdue support payments. 12. Kid friendly accounts - can share calendar, and messaging with co-parents. 13. Run detailed support payment, and financial activity reports. 14. Invite unlimited members (children and adults) to join your SmartCoparent account. 17. Share only what you like, keep all other events, docs and contacts private. 18. Access to over 10,000 professionals. 19. Get valuable discounts from everything from sitters to school supplies from our partners. 20. NEW! Download, store, share and print transcripts of your messages and private journal entries. SmartCoparent: Made by co-parents, for co-parents. Reduce co-parenting stress, live better.

Screenshots

Thumsters4 screens
SmartCoparent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thumsters at 4.7 against SmartCoparent's 3.4. Thumsters also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 42%) and ratings volume (873 vs 17). SmartCoparent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Thumsters sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. SmartCoparent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thumsters holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thumsters has 873 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Thumsters's written reviews are positive against 42% of SmartCoparent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thumsters ships an update fortnightly, SmartCoparent every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Thumsters versus SmartCoparent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThumstersSmartCoparent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (873 ratings) — better3.4 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings873 — better17
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.19.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB28 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKØBEN digitalMoiety, Inc.

Customer experience

Thumsters

All ratings873 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive68.7%
Neutral14.9%
Negative16.4%

SmartCoparent

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Thumsters

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when adding child profiles
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Thumbs up/down disappearing or not registering properly
  • Inconsistent behavior after app updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow kids to track their own progress
  • Add more customization options for goals and rewards
  • Implement better reporting and analytics
  • Improve Apple Watch integration
  • Simplify the process of giving thumbs up/down

SmartCoparent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Thumsters

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Premium Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription14 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • 6 Month Premium Subscription3 Days trial$39.996 Months
  • Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • 6 month premium subscription14 Days trial$59.996 Months
  • ThumbsUp full account - 1 year14 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

SmartCoparent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thumsters free?
Thumsters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartCoparent free?
SmartCoparent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thumsters or SmartCoparent?
Thumsters is rated higher. Thumsters averages 4.7 out of 5 from 873 ratings, while SmartCoparent averages 3.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Thumsters or SmartCoparent have ads?
Neither Thumsters nor SmartCoparent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thumsters or SmartCoparent?
Thumsters ships an update fortnightly, and SmartCoparent every 2 months. Most recently, Thumsters was updated on October 15, 2026 and SmartCoparent on October 3, 2026.

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