Comparison

Thumsters vs Coregulation Journal

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

Coregulation Journal

This app provides a private space to log challenging parenting moments, detailing child and parent responses. It helps identify patterns in behavior, triggers, and effective calming strategies to foster understanding and growth.

Highlights
  • Behavior logging with intensity, duration, triggers
  • Parent reaction tracking and reflection
  • Pattern analysis dashboard
  • Multiple child profiles
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Timeline and trend views
Features
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Parenting through challenging moments is hard. Coregulation Journal gives you a private place to write down what happened, how your child responded, and how you responded too. Over time, those notes can turn into patterns you can actually use: what tends to set things off, what helps things settle, and where repair or support might be needed. Log the moment while it is still fresh. Capture intensity, duration, triggers, behaviors, consequences, location, and who was there. Add notes for the parts that do not fit neatly into a field. Reflect on your own reaction. Track how you felt, what you tried, what helped, what did not, and whether a repair conversation might be useful. The goal is not to judge the moment, but to learn from it. Notice patterns over time. The dashboard helps surface things that are hard to see day to day: behavior intensity, common antecedents, difficult times of day, day-of-week patterns, parent emotional states, and changes over time. NEW: See the month at a glance. The History calendar shows each child's month, with every day that has logs colored by its highest intensity. Tap a day to read what happened. NEW: Insights, provided by Apple Intelligence (Optional) On devices that support Apple Intelligence, you can turn on Insights. It reads your recent logs and writes a short summary for each child and one for you: the patterns it sees, a recommendation for each, and a note on whether things are improving. Insights are off by default, are generated entirely on your device, are never synced, and are deleted if you turn them off. Disclaimer: Insights are reflection aids, not professional advice. Built for all family types. Create separate profiles for each child and share with your partner or co-parent. Keep logs organized by day, and sync privately through your iCloud account. Features: - Behavior logging: intensity, duration, antecedents, behavior types, consequences, location, and people present - Reaction logging: emotional state, intensity, responses used, what helped, what did not, and repair tracking - Link a parent reaction directly to a behavior log (Reactions are always private and never shared) - History calendar with each day colored by intensity - Optional on-device Insights (requires a supported device) - Dashboard charts for behavior and reaction patterns - Period-over-period trend indicators - Multiple child profiles - Private iCloud sync Coregulation Journal is for caregivers who are trying to understand the hard moments, not just get through them.

Screenshots

Thumsters4 screens
Coregulation Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coregulation Journal at none against Thumsters's 7. Coregulation Journal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Thumsters's advantage is ratings volume (874 vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coregulation Journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thumsters has 874 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thumsters ships an update fortnightly, Coregulation Journal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Thumsters versus Coregulation Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThumstersCoregulation Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (874 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings874 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB4 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKØBEN digitalCharles Rogers

Customer experience

Thumsters

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

Coregulation Journal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Coregulation Journal

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

Coregulation Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thumsters free?
Thumsters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coregulation Journal free?
Coregulation Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thumsters or Coregulation Journal?
Coregulation Journal is rated higher. Thumsters averages 4.7 out of 5 from 874 ratings, while Coregulation Journal averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Thumsters or Coregulation Journal have ads?
Neither Thumsters nor Coregulation Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thumsters or Coregulation Journal?
Thumsters ships an update fortnightly, and Coregulation Journal every 2 months. Most recently, Thumsters was updated on November 3, 2026 and Coregulation Journal on November 5, 2026.

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