Comparison

Beeminder vs Parrento

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

Head to head
About

Beeminder

Easily log data for your Beeminder goals and receive timely reminders. Visualize your progress with a clear dashboard and integrate with Apple Health for automatic tracking of health metrics.

Highlights
  • Data entry for Beeminder goals
  • Goal progress dashboard
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Health integration
  • Automatic metric tracking
Features
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Add data to your Beeminder goals, get reminders, and see a dashboard of your progress on the Beeminder Data Entry Companion App. Beeminder is goal-tracking with teeth. We plot your progress along with a bright red line on your graph. Don't let your datapoints cross the red line! The Beeminder app also allows you to sync goals with your Apple Health data, so you can automatically track steps, distance, and other metrics without manually entering data.

About

Parrento

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Daybreak is a calm, full-screen OK-to-wake clock for early risers. A friendly face tells your child at a glance whether it's still sleepy time or okay to get up — no numbers to read. The one thing no other clock does for you: Daybreak automatically and gradually shifts the wake-up signal later over days — the technique sleep consultants recommend, done for you. You set today's real wake time and your goal once; Daybreak walks the morning later at your chosen pace and stops at the goal. • A single, clear face: sleeping at night, drowsy as morning nears, a cheerful sun when it's okay to get up. • Set-and-forget: pick your pace once — no nightly fiddling. • Gentle on rough nights: an optional morning check-in pauses the schedule after a hard night so you never push too fast. • Calm at night: the screen dims right down and shifts slowly to protect against burn-in. • "Start bedtime early" for the nights they go down sooner. • Private by design: no account, no network, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. Keep the phone or tablet plugged in on the nursery shelf overnight, and let Daybreak run the program.

Screenshots

Beeminder3 screens
Parrento4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Parrento at 16.4 against Beeminder's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Beeminder versus Parrento: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeminderParrento
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaker and Baker LLCSander van Offeren

Bugs and requests

Beeminder

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Login failures with 'Invalid credentials' error
  • App crashes on startup or after data entry
  • Goals not displaying after update
  • Graphs taking excessive time to load
  • Data entry freezing or hanging
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  • Keyboard not dismissing after entering values
  • Facebook, Google, and Twitter login failures
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health causing false derailments
  • App crashes on iPhone SE and older devices
  • Blank screens and placeholder text on first page

Requested features

10 requests
  • Widget feature for at-a-glance progress data
  • Ability to create and manage goals within the app
  • Ability to sign up for accounts directly in the app
  • URL minder trigger button for word count checks
  • Easy access to goal fine print details
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  • Ability to set breaks within the app
  • Dark mode option
  • Modern UI/UX redesign
  • Improved home menu for single-graph users
  • Better integration with automatic data sources

Parrento

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Beeminder

No in-app purchases

None

Parrento

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beeminder free?
Beeminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parrento free?
Parrento is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beeminder or Parrento have ads?
Neither Beeminder nor Parrento shows ads.

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