Parentland vs Waimakariri Libraries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parentland
Get personalized, evidence-based parenting advice tailored to your child's age, temperament, and your parenting style. Access tools and strategies for common challenges like sleep, eating, and behavior, with bite-sized videos and innovative features.
- Personalized advice for sleep, eating, and behavior
- Child temperament and age customization
- Tools and strategies for parenting challenges
- Bite-sized videos on important topics
- Reward tools and gameplans
- Food range diary
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Parenting is hard work, we all know that, but getting help shouldn't be. Parentland is what you've always wanted… a place you can come for evidence-based advice you can trust about the things that really matter and the things which really don't. Parentland provides you with customised advice on a range of topics including, sleep, eating and behaviour as well as tools and strategies for dealing with common parenting challenges - customised for your child's temperament, age and your preferred way of managing when things don't quite go as planned. Parentland is the brain child of clinical psychologist Nigel Latta, and was developed by a team of clinical psychologists and family therapists with many decades experience working with tens of thousands of families And you'll be pleased to know it's not going to be an exhausting and depressing list of thousands of things you 'should' do. Instead the real magic of Parentland is that you're not going to have to trawl through endless 'to-do' lists, and massive amounts of content to find the advice that works for you. The app will give you strategies and advice which match both how you parent, and your child's personality. Because children aren't all the same, so the advice shouldn't be either. The app has innovative tools for babies and children, and is packed with advice and information on all the things you really want to know about. And over time we're going to adding new content on all kinds of important issues… everything from settling crying babies, to building resilience, the truth about 'boy brains' and 'girl brains', what the evidence really says about the impact on children of growing up in separated and/or blended families (spoiler alert - they'll be fine), choosing the right preschool, the simple things which will actually help your kids achieve in school, and so much more. With a mix of personalised strategies that match both you and your children, innovative and effective tools, and bite-sized videos dealing with the issues that matter to you and your family, Parentland is going to be your new favourite place. Our free app allows you to view and read summaries of important topics, access to our Farty Monkey reward tool and the ability to use the Sleep Props gameplan to help with sleep issues. Our premium app includes full access to customised articles and advice, access to many gameplans covering issues with sleep, behaviour and eating as well as more reward tools, the ladder of doom, a food range diary and much more. Subscribers also will received access to additional articles, tools and gameplans as they are relased. When subscribing: – You can choose either a monthly subscription or a discounted annual subscription – Payment is charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm purchase and your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for a renewal up to 24 hours before the end of each current period, at the same annual fee. – You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewals in the App Store app following purchase. Our terms of use are available at https://www.parentland.app/terms-of-use We welcome any feedback for Parentland: https://www.parentland.app/support
Waimakariri Libraries
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books directly from your mobile device.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Renew books
- Reserve books
- Access from iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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Access Waimakariri Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Parentland at 92% against Waimakariri Libraries's 0%. Parentland also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Waimakariri Libraries's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Parentland sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Waimakariri Libraries asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parentland ships an update fortnightly, Waimakariri Libraries every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parentland | Waimakariri Libraries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Parentland Limited | Department of Internal Affairs |
Customer experience
Parentland
Waimakariri Libraries
In-app purchases
Parentland
- Parentland for a month$2.991 Month
- Parentland for a year$29.991 Year
Waimakariri Libraries
No in-app purchases
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