Comparison

Kintenato vs Parentfile

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

Head to head
About

Kintenato

Features
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Curate and Share Your Family’s History with Animated Moments Kintenato brings family history to life with Animated Moments. Have fun curating and sharing interactive music-synced animations of your family tree, events, photos, and source documents, creating a deeper emotional connection to the past. Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad, Kintenato integrates seamlessly with iCloud, keeping your family’s history and Animated Moments private, secure, synchronized, and easily shareable with loved ones. Key Features: - Create and share Animated Moments – Select interesting moments from your family history and create interactive clickable music-synced animations with people, events, photos, and source documents. - Build or import your Family Tree – Start building your family tree from scratch or import a family tree that you already have to create Animated Moments. Manage, search and navigate People, Events, Facts, Photos and Source Documents. - iCloud Sync & Private Sharing – Keep your family history synced across devices and securely share and sync it with family members, so that they always see the latest family history and Animated Moments. Unlike many other apps, no external account is needed for this. - Access your Family History and Animated Moments anywhere, even when offline. - Multiple Family Projects – Manage different family histories and easily switch between them. - Import and Export via GEDCOM – Inter with other family history apps and websites while maintaining full control of your data. - Printable Charts – Create and share formatted ancestor and descendant charts as PDFs or printed keepsakes. - Designed for Apple Users – A smooth, intuitive experience built specifically for iPhone and iPad users, leveraging native gestures and iCloud.

About

Parentfile

Securely store and organize important family memories, documents, and stories for future generations. This digital vault offers bank-level encryption to safeguard cherished keepsakes and essential information.

Highlights
  • Save childhood memories and family stories
  • Store key documents and contacts
  • Digitize keepsakes and medical notes
  • Bank-level encryption and backups
  • Create surprise video messages
  • Organize family ancestry and recipes
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Welcome to Parentfile, your family's new most meaningful asset. No matter how old your kids are, whether you’re a new parent or have grandchildren, start your Parentfile today. What is Parentfile? A Parentfile is a secure online account to save everything important, digital and meaningful you want your children to have someday. Save childhood memories and milestones, family stories and ancestry, key documents and contacts, digitized keepsakes, and medical notes they'll want and need someday. Bank level encryption and backups ensure what you want your children to have someday is safe, secure and won’t ever be lost or forgotten…all because you saved it in your Parentfile. Parentfile is so valuable at every life stage. The sooner you start yours, the more valuable and meaningful things you can add over time. Take a sneak peek at everything you can save in your Parentfile: - Best Childhood & Family Memories - Family Ancestry, Recipes, Traditions & More for Them to Have Someday - Medical & Injury Details (So You Remember 10 Years From Now) - Digital Copies of Birth Certificates, Social Security Cards - Developmental Milestones & Notes (So You Don’t Ever Forget!) - Just Your Best Family Pictures (Leave the Others on Your Phone/Computer!) - Digital Backups of Important Family Documents - Your Life Story & Lessons Learned Throughout Life - Surprise Video Messages to be Shared With Your Children at Specific Life Stages! - And so much more! Why Parents are LOVING Parentfile: - Reason #7 - Takes only 2 minutes to start, and I’m set for life for where to save things for my children. - Reason #25 - Even though we have a will, all of the meaningful stuff we want them to have someday is in our Parentfile. - Reason #88 - We don’t have a will, and this enables me to at least be immediately prepared heaven forbid something happened to me so I don’t leave my family in a bind. - Reason #324 - Because starting to write Birthday Letters and saving them in my Parentfile will be the most meaningful gift I could ever give them someday. - Reason #180 - So that if I ever misplace a birth certificate or social security card - or we have a fire or other disaster, I’ve got digital backups that save the day. - Reason #99 - Because someday long when I’m gone, they’ll still have their Parentfile with all the truly priceless stuff I saved in it What Thousands of Parents Are Saying: - “You may not have millions to give your kids, that’s okay, a Parentfile is priceless.” - ShreeRam Ranganathan - "Life is so much easier with Parentfile." - Dr. Tracy Thomas - “Organizes and saves family critical documentation in a secure way." - Joy Ross - "I sleep better at night having a Parentfile.” - Gary Kiang - "Parentfile is a new way for parents to show love for their children.” - David Sawicki - “The secret weapon for our generation of Moms & Dads.” - Louis Fanzini - “In the age of data and digitization, capturing our roots is key.” - Mido Chishty - “Parentfile is the digital embodiment of passing on the family legacy.” - Dean Stancevski - “Everything, everywhere, all in one place.” - Joyce Hunter, CIO, USDA Parentfile is free to download and save your first 5 items. To save more items or invite your spouse to use, and receive personalized guidance, you can purchase a Parentfile subscription. Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before the billing cycle ends. You can manage your subscription via the App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://parentfile.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://parentfile.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Kintenato3 screens
Parentfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Parentfile at 16 against Kintenato's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Kintenato sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Parentfile sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kintenato ships an update every 3 months, Parentfile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kintenato versus Parentfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKintenatoParentfile
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB32 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNorrie QuinnWonderDads LLC - CA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kintenato

One-time1
  • Kintenato Plus$9.99
5 purchases

Parentfile

Subscriptions4
  • Silver$5.001 Month
  • Gold$50.001 Year
  • Gold$194.991 Year
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  • VIP$394.991 Year
One-time1
  • Parentfile Lifetime$999.00

Questions

Is Kintenato free?
Kintenato is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Parentfile free?
Parentfile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kintenato or Parentfile have ads?
Neither Kintenato nor Parentfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kintenato or Parentfile?
Kintenato ships an update every 3 months, and Parentfile every 2 months. Most recently, Kintenato was updated on October 9, 2026 and Parentfile on October 17, 2026.

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