Comparison

Alimentor 2 vs ParentLog Journal

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

Head to head
About

Alimentor 2

This app helps parents manage custody schedules, track expenses, and document important events. It provides organized records and court-ready reports to support co-parenting, even in difficult situations. Features include visitation logging, expense tracking with receipt scanning, and a detailed parenting journal.

Highlights
  • Custody calendar and visitation logging
  • Expense and child support tracking
  • Receipt scanning and expense summaries
  • Parenting journal with event documentation
  • Court-ready PDF reports
  • Actual vs. planned time tracking
  • Secure iCloud data storage
Features
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Navigating a high-conflict child custody case or challenging co-parenting situation? Clarity changes everything. Alimentor organizes your custody history and evidence into clear, court-ready reports, so you can present the facts with confidence to your lawyer, mediator, or judge. Track parenting time, call history, expenses, reimbursements, and notes. Attach photos, receipts, emails, and PDFs. Get totals for parenting hours, overnights, and timeshare percentages. Tag records with custody factors to focus your reports on the issues family courts consider. Start wherever you are: working out your first parenting plan, preparing for mediation or court, or recording repeated departures from an existing order. Alimentor works independently, without requiring your co-parent to use it. One-time purchase. No subscription fees. ORGANIZE THE FACTS. DOCUMENT THE PATTERN. • Child Custody Calendar See your custody schedule alongside school, work, travel, and family events in one color-coded calendar. Automatically publish your Alimentor calendar to external calendars for easy viewing on other devices. • Parenting Time Tracker Document completed and missed visits, including late pickups, no-shows, and extra care. Save GPS-stamped pickup and drop-off locations as supporting evidence. • Compare Plan and Reality Compare planned and actual parenting time, call history, expenses, and reimbursements. Use totals and disagreement flags to identify patterns over time. • Child Expense & Reimbursement Tracker Record child-related expenses and support payments as due, paid, or pending. Scan receipts and attach invoices. Use the built-in calculator to split shared expenses by percentage and see reimbursement amounts. • Parent-Child Call History Log planned and actual dates, times, and durations, including unanswered or canceled calls. Review call-by-call lists and duration totals in reports. • Court-Ready Reports Generate reports with color-coded calendars, totals, comparisons, journal entries, photos, and attachments. Filter by custody factors and hashtags. PRIVACY-FIRST ICLOUD STORAGE Your records are kept in Apple-managed iCloud storage, under your control. Automatic backup protects years of history and keeps your devices in sync. MORE USEFUL FEATURES • Nearly 60 custody factors with practical guidance • Hashtags and text filters • Last modified date for every record • Parenting time import from external calendars • Excel spreadsheet export (.xlsx) • Recurring events anchored to moving holidays (U.S., Canada, Australia) • Fixed time zone for stable dates and times while traveling • Automatic report uploads to iCloud Drive and Dropbox • Calendar, Reminders, and Lock Screen widgets Learn more: alimentor.org Contact us directly: feedback@alimentor.org

About

ParentLog Journal

Features
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ParentLog Journal is a private journal for documenting time with your child. Open any date and write what happened. Each day has a summary plus notes in hourly time slots, so your record shows not just what occurred but when. Everything saves as you type. DAILY RECORD Open today with one tap, or pick any date from the calendar. Write a summary of the day and add notes to individual time slots from morning through night. HIGHLIGHT WHAT MATTERS Flag important days and individual moments. Highlighted days appear in orange on the calendar and stand out clearly on the printed record, so the entries that matter are easy to find. EXCHANGE TRACKING Record the scheduled pickup and drop-off times alongside what actually happened. ParentLog Journal calculates how late each exchange ran and totals it for you. Missed or denied visits can be marked in one tap. PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS Attach photos, screenshots, and documents to the day they belong to, each with a caption and the date it was added. They print alongside that day's entries. EXPENSES Log child related costs with receipt photos, categories, and running totals. CATEGORIES AND SEARCH Tag entries as exchange, medical, school, behavior, and more. Search every entry instantly, and filter your printed report to a single category when you only need part of the picture. PRINT AND EXPORT Produce a clean PDF covering everything or any date range. It opens with a summary page showing days recorded, exchanges on time versus late, total minutes late, missed visits, and expense totals, followed by every entry in date order. Print it directly or save and share the PDF. WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac. Turn on iCloud and your journal appears on all of your devices automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no sign in. Your journal is stored on your device and in your own private iCloud account. Nothing you write is sent to us, and we cannot read it. No analytics, no ads, no third party trackers. You can lock the app behind Face ID or your passcode. TIMESTAMPS ParentLog Journal quietly records when each entry was first written and shows it on the report. ParentLog Journal is a personal record keeping tool. It does not provide legal advice. How your records may be used is a question for your attorney.

Screenshots

Alimentor 24 screens
ParentLog Journal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ParentLog Journal at Free against Alimentor 2's $6.99. ParentLog Journal also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Alimentor 2's advantage is chart position (#16 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

ParentLog Journal is free to download; Alimentor 2 costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alimentor 2 ships an update every 2 months, ParentLog Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Alimentor 2 versus ParentLog Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlimentor 2ParentLog Journal
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomasz DomanskiStatdate LLC

Bugs and requests

Alimentor 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Time entries sometimes change unexpectedly
  • Calendar sometimes displays incorrect schedules
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to attach/sync emails and text messages
  • Improve calendar functionality and repeat scheduling
  • Implement facial recognition or app locking for security
  • Allow for co-parent collaboration and shared access

ParentLog Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Alimentor 2

No in-app purchases

None

ParentLog Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alimentor 2 free?
Alimentor 2 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParentLog Journal free?
ParentLog Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alimentor 2 or ParentLog Journal have ads?
Neither Alimentor 2 nor ParentLog Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alimentor 2 or ParentLog Journal?
Alimentor 2 ships an update every 2 months, and ParentLog Journal every 3 weeks. Most recently, Alimentor 2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and ParentLog Journal on October 31, 2026.

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