Comparison

Shared Calendar vs SmartCoparent

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

Head to head
About

Shared Calendar

Easily share daily repeating patterns with others. Ideal for managing work shifts, custody schedules, or any recurring events. Invitees can view or edit based on set permissions, with notifications for changes and a full audit trail.

Highlights
  • Daily repeating patterns
  • Share with multiple users
  • Customizable permissions
  • Push notifications
  • Full audit trail
  • Web interface
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Shared Calendar (formally Custody Calendar) is a simple one entry per day shared calendar application. You can store a daily pattern against each Shared Calendar to store your work shifts, child custody days or any other repeating pattern. Once added a calendar can be shared with as many people as you like. You can email or SMS invites to others who can view the calendar on the web or iPhone App. You can set permissions for people you invite to read only, read-write or read-write and invite others. Shared Calendar can be used by anyone who needs to share a calendar ( but is especially useful for managing a childs schedule when the parents are no longer together). • background app refresh keeps always up to date • push notifications when entries are changed • annotate each day with a repeating schedule (child with mum / dad, working days, nights etc...) • full audit trail, see who changed what, no more misunderstandings! • web interface, use the shared calendar even without an iPhone • search your calendars • optimised for all iPhone screen sizes

About

SmartCoparent

This app helps co-parents manage shared calendars, contacts, documents, and financial transactions like support payments and expenses. It offers features for both families and legal professionals, including reporting and secure communication.

Highlights
  • Shared calendar events
  • Support payment tracking
  • Expense management
  • Document sharing
  • In-app messaging
  • Professional reporting
Features
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Founded by a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®), SmartCoparent is the ultimate co-parenting solution for families and professionals. We designed SmartCoparent to be suitable for almost any co-parenting relationship imaginable. Share unlimited calendar events.store and share contacts, documents. Create, track, send and receive support payments on-line in under a minute. Use our easy to use dashboard to monitor messages, calendar updates, overdue support payments. Manage your expenses, and budget. Monitor your cash flow, and support payment activity with our advanced reporting tools. Family professionals have unique features. Create preliminary calendars, access court ready reports, receive PDF transcripts of co-parent messages and private journal entries. Communicate with your client on-line and even send invoices and receive payments on-line. SmartCoparent Features: 1. Create share and track shared calendar events. 2. Send support payment requests online. 2. Attach and share receipts, medical bills, etc.. 3. Track expenses online. 4. Accept online support payments. 5. Create and send recurring payment requests. 6. Manage, store and share important family contacts and documents. 7. Monitor and manage your cash flow and overdue support payments. 8. Instant mail notifications for messages, calendar events and payments. 9. Lawyers and professionals can create preliminary calendar events, message clients, share documents and even invoice clients and get paid on-line. 10. In-App messaging, share attachments and keep a private journal. 11. Automatically send reminders of overdue support payments. 12. Kid friendly accounts - can share calendar, and messaging with co-parents. 13. Run detailed support payment, and financial activity reports. 14. Invite unlimited members (children and adults) to join your SmartCoparent account. 17. Share only what you like, keep all other events, docs and contacts private. 18. Access to over 10,000 professionals. 19. Get valuable discounts from everything from sitters to school supplies from our partners. 20. NEW! Download, store, share and print transcripts of your messages and private journal entries. SmartCoparent: Made by co-parents, for co-parents. Reduce co-parenting stress, live better.

Screenshots

Shared Calendar4 screens
SmartCoparent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shared Calendar at 4.7 against SmartCoparent's 3.4. Shared Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (61% vs 42%). SmartCoparent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Shared Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SmartCoparent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shared Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shared Calendar has 124 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Shared Calendar's written reviews are positive against 42% of SmartCoparent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Calendar ships an update every 9 days, SmartCoparent every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Shared Calendar versus SmartCoparent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CalendarSmartCoparent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (124 ratings) — better3.4 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDorada App Software LtdMoiety, Inc.

Customer experience

Shared Calendar

All ratings124 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative29.0%

SmartCoparent

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shared Calendar

One-time2
  • 1 Year Ad Free Shared Calendar$1.99
  • Single Calendar$4.99
None

SmartCoparent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shared Calendar free?
Shared Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartCoparent free?
SmartCoparent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shared Calendar or SmartCoparent?
Shared Calendar is rated higher. Shared Calendar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while SmartCoparent averages 3.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Shared Calendar or SmartCoparent have ads?
Shared Calendar shows ads; SmartCoparent does not.
Which is updated more often, Shared Calendar or SmartCoparent?
Shared Calendar ships an update every 9 days, and SmartCoparent every 2 months. Most recently, Shared Calendar was updated on October 12, 2026 and SmartCoparent on October 3, 2026.

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