MetaFox vs Parent Haven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetaFox
Manage your community's activities, events, photos, blogs, polls, quizzes, and members. Stay updated with your phpFox community and share content seamlessly. Access a demo site to explore its features.
- Activity updates
- Content sharing
- Event management
- Photo management
- Blog posting
- Polls and quizzes
- Member management
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MetaFox is the application that allows easy updating activities in the phpFox community as well as sharing their items. It also allows you to manage many items such as events, photos, blogs, polls, quizzes, members, and especially. It's free and always will be. Enter the Server Address "demo.metafox.app" to access the demo site. Demo Account: metafoxtest1@phpfox.com / QwertyUI1
Parent Haven
Connect with local expecting and new parents in small, trusted chat groups. Discover parent-recommended resources and build real-world connections. Find support for every stage of your parenting journey.
- Join small, trusted chat groups
- Attend in-person meetups
- Discover parent-recommended resources
- Build real-world connections
- Find support for pregnancy and newborns
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Parent Haven powers amazing pregnancy and new parent support groups. Parenting is better with community. Parent Haven connects you with nearby parents (or expecting parents) who are at your stage. With Parent Haven, you can: - Join small, trusted chat groups of other nearby moms or dads who are at your stage - Attend in-person meetups - Discover parent-recommended products, services, and activities - Build real-world connections Groups are intentionally small, relevant, and supportive. This means no noise, no judgment, no endless scrolling. Whether you're navigating pregnancy exhaustion, trying to figure out newborn sleep, starting solids, finding childcare, or just looking for other parents nearby, Parent Haven makes it easier to feel and be supported. Parent Haven is currently available in most major metros in California.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Parent Haven at 50% against MetaFox's 0%. Parent Haven also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). MetaFox's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.
Parent Haven holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parent Haven has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MetaFox's written reviews are positive against 50% of Parent Haven's.
MetaFox ships an update every 6 weeks, Parent Haven every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetaFox | Parent Haven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PHPFOX LLC | PARENT HAVEN INC. |
Customer experience
MetaFox
Parent Haven
In-app purchases
MetaFox
No in-app purchases
Parent Haven
No in-app purchases
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