Nurture (Parent) vs Keys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurture (Parent)
This app keeps parents informed about their child's day at school with real-time notifications, photos, and messages from teachers. It simplifies pick-up and provides daily reports on meals, naps, and activities.
- Real-time notifications
- Photos and videos of child's day
- Digital photobook
- Messages from teachers
- Daily activity reports
- Reminders for supplies
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Stay connected with your child using the Nurture Parent App! Nurture’s real-time notifications give you peace of mind when your child is at school. Pick up has never been easier- you’ve been a part of your child’s day from the time you dropped off that morning. The Nurture Parent App is designed with convenience in mind, giving you reminders about supplies needed or a collection of photos at your fingertips. Engaging with teachers, staying connected with your child- that’s what Nurture is all about. Features: - Real time notifications - Pictures and videos from your child’s day - Convenient photobook containing all photos and videos starting at enrollment - Receive messages from the teacher, supplies needed and reminders - Daily reports track your child’s meals, potty/diapers, nap, mood and activities
Keys
This app provides real-time text message suggestions to help parents improve communication with their children. It offers advice and phrases for various situations, drawing on the expertise of educators.
- Real-time text message suggestions
- Parenting advice
- Communication improvement
- Expert-backed content
- Texting with teens
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Keys: for Parenting is a new way to improve communication with your child or teen. Keys gives you parenting advice at your fingertips—literally, it's a keyboard!—with real-time suggestions for what to say in those tough moments. Field tested by teens and approved by parents, Keys: for Parenting helps you connect with your kids over text—the best way to reach today's digital natives. As one teen told us, "I wish my parents had this when I was in high school." In today's busy world, many parents wish for better relationships with their kids. But how can you get the conversation started? Texting with teens is an art—especially today. Keys: for Parenting offers advice, words of wisdom, and the right thing to say when your kid has missed curfew, can't seem to turn in their homework, or made you proud. Offer encouragement, praise, and support (even when you don’t have the words). Keys: for Parenting puts the experience of its creators—two educators with 60+ years of experience—in your pocket. Give it a try! We know you'll love it. And your kids will too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Keys at 5.0 against Nurture (Parent)'s 4.4. Nurture (Parent)'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (72 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Keys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nurture (Parent) has 72 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nurture (Parent) ships an update monthly, Keys every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Nurture (Parent) | Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (72 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Menklab LLC | Charmed Inc. |
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Nurture (Parent)
Keys
In-app purchases
Nurture (Parent)
No in-app purchases
Keys
No in-app purchases









