Comparison

Shared Care vs Parenity

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

Head to head
About

Shared Care

This app provides a centralized dashboard for parents and caregivers to share vital information about loved ones. It allows for the organization of appointments, medications, notes, sleep logs, and club activities within secure care groups.

Highlights
  • Create and manage care groups
  • Share appointments and medications
  • Log sleep and carer visits
  • Add notes and club information
  • Securely store and access data
  • Approve or deny new members
Features
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A shared dashboard that gives parents and caregivers a quick and easy way to share care information. Set up care groups for your children and loved ones. Share appointments, medicines, notes, sleep log, carer visit and regular club information between care group members. Introduction - Use Shared Care to set up Care Groups for each person you care for. Add Appointments, Medicines, Notes, Sleep Log entries, Carer Visits and regular Club trips, and share all of this information with other caregivers who use the app - All information is securely stored in a central database and is only accessible to the carers to whom you grant access - Any carer with access to a Care Group can add, edit and delete information, but only the owner of the Care Group can approve new members or delete the Care Group itself - We created Shared Care to help myself and my wife stay afloat in the sea of information related to caring for our two daughters, one of whom has complex medical needs. We sincerely hope that it proves useful for other families and carers Get Started - Start the Shared Care app and tap the Register Now option - Enter your email address, a display name and a new password, then tap the Sign Up button to create your account - Validate your email address by clicking the link in the validation email that will arrive in your inbox - Once registered, you can use the Sign In option next time you need to authenticate Create a Care Group - Tap Add on the Home page then tap Add on the pop up dialog - Enter the name of the person you are caring for in the next dialog, and tap the Add button - You will see your new Care Group listed on the Home page. This list shows the Care Groups that you own or are a member of - You will also see the Care Group you have added on the Manage Care Groups page Join an Existing Care Group - Note that you will need the name of the Care Group and the email address of the Care Group owner. These will need to be shared with you outside the app - Tap Add on the Home page then tap Join on the pop up dialog - Enter the Care Group owner's email address and the name of the person you are both caring for, then tap the Join button - If you navigate to the Manage Care Groups page you will see yourself added to the list of Care Group members, in a pending approval status - After the Care Group owner approves your request to join the Care Group - which they will see on their Manage Care Groups page - you will see the new Care Group on your Home page Using a Care Group - Tap the name of the Care Group on the Home page to navigate to their information - You will now see a list of options at the bottom of the screen allowing you to create and view Appointments / Carer Visits, Notes, Clubs, Medicines and Sleep Log entries - By tapping the gear icon in the app bar at top-right you can navigate to the Settings screen where you can select the default landing page for this particular Care Group. You can also choose the default calendar format and default sleeping and waking times - When you tap through to any of the options, for example Dates, you will see a list of existing entries and a button that allows you to add new ones - Swipe existing items from left-to-right to edit them, and after making changes tap the Save button - Swipe existing items from right-to-left to delete them after being prompted to confirm Medicines - Tapping an item in the Medicines list ticks the checkbox, indicating that the medicine has been given on the current day - The checkbox automatically clears at the start of the next day, or can be reset by tapping again Sleep Log - Designed for carers to enter waking and sleeping periods for the person they care for, e.g. after providing overnight sleep respite - Supports up to 9 waking periods per night, with a minimum duration of 15 minutes per waking period - The sleep log overview is designed to highlight sleeping (thick line) and waking (thin line) patterns per week

About

Parenity

This app offers science-based tools to help parents reduce stress and anxiety, enhance emotional regulation, and foster a more positive mindset. It provides guided meditations, daily reflections, journaling prompts, goal tracking, and learning resources to support parental well-being and confidence.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations and affirmations
  • Daily reflection prompts
  • Stress-reducing journaling
  • Intentions and goals tracker
  • Self-care reminders
  • Parenting learning resources
  • On-demand calming tools
Features
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Parenity is the app to help you become a calmer, more confident parent. Parenity makes stress-relief, self-care and mental fitness easy for every parent. It is made by parents for all parents. Parenity puts science-based tools to enhance your well-being and mental fitness at your fingertips: Meditations and Affirmations: Listen daily to our meditations and affirmations to reduce your stress levels, increase your emotional regulation and rewire your brain for a more positive mindset as a parent. Learn to respond to your child more peacefully and create a more tranquil family environment. Daily Reflections: Let parenity guide you through a daily reflection practice. Foster a deeper understanding of yourself, your family and your values. Get better at making intentional choices aligned with your parenting goals. Journal: Regularly write in your journal to reduce stress, improve your mood, grow more emotionally aware and resilient as a parent. Intentions and Goals Tracker: Set and track your intentions and goals to serve as your compass in your journey as a parent. Self-Care Reminders: Set regular reminders to prioritize your self-care to prevent parental burnout and ensure you are better equipped to meet the demands of family with patience and resilience. Learning Resources: Access videos and information on a wide range of parenting topics. Discover the wisdom of renowned parenting and mindfulness experts and grow more informed and confident as a parent. On Demand Calming Tools: Access breathing exercises and calming audio tracks to relieve stress and anxiety, and place you in a calmer more serene state before you face the challenges of parenting. Parenity also connects parents to coaches and wellness products and services that can help them enhance their well-being. Daily Reflection and Meditation Topics include: *Improving your relationship with your child *Improving communication with your child *Self-Care for parents *Family emotional well-being *Smoother collaboration with parenting partners *Continued personal growth as a parent *Family Health And more Parenting Topics included in Learning Library: *Discipline *Health *Personal Growth *Parent-Child Relationship *Communication *Self-Care *Teenagers *Routines *Preschoolers *Collaboration with Partner *Toddlers *Life Skills *Babies *Emotional Well-being And more Subscription pricing and terms: Parenity offers new users a 7-day free trial where users enjoy unlimited use of the all of Parenity’s features for 7 days, after which they will be charged a subscription fee. Parenity offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $4.99/month and an auto-renewing annual subscription at $29.99/year. Subscribers are provided access to the full range of Parenity’s features listed above. Non-subscribers have access to the following features for free: Daily Reflection My Relationship with My Child Intentions and Goals Physical Self-Care Reminders Learning Library Parenity Coaches Parenity Wellness Selection Payments are charged to the credit card or payment method connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm your initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless your subscription is canceled before the end of the current subscription period. You may cancel your subscription at anytime by going to Subscription in the app menu. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of service: https://www.parenityapp.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy policy: https://www.parenityapp.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Shared Care4 screens
Parenity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Parenity at Free against Shared Care's $1.99. Parenity also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Shared Care's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment 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

Parenity is free to download; Shared Care costs $1.99 up front. Parenity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Shared Care asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Care ships an update every 4 months, Parenity every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shared Care versus Parenity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CareParenity
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB156 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIan ElmsAffirmedYou LLC

Customer experience

Shared Care

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Parenity

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shared Care

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Parenity

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Shared Care free?
Shared Care costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parenity free?
Parenity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shared Care or Parenity have ads?
Shared Care shows ads; Parenity does not.
Which is updated more often, Shared Care or Parenity?
Shared Care ships an update every 4 months, and Parenity every 2 weeks. Most recently, Shared Care was updated on October 24, 2026 and Parenity on October 19, 2026.

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