Comparison

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar vs Zical

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

Head to head
About

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar

This app helps co-parents manage schedules, track expenses, and log important events related to child custody. It provides a shared record for communication and documentation, with options for individual or collaborative use. Features include a custody calendar, messaging, file storage, and court-ready exports.

Highlights
  • Custody calendar with scheduling
  • Expense logging and receipt storage
  • Shared file vault for documents
  • Co-parent messaging with topics
  • Court-ready PDF exports
  • Parenting time analytics
  • Attorney view-only access
Features
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Kidtime is a custody calendar that turns your parenting time into a record you can actually use. Use Kidtime on your own to keep your parenting records, or invite your coparent to coordinate together. WHEN IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST THEIRS Keep a dated record of handoffs, notes, texts and schedule changes. When you need to show what actually happened — to your attorney, a mediator, or a judge — it's one tap, not a pile of screenshots. WHAT'S FREE • Custody calendar for the current month • Unlimited swaps and hand-offs • Notes and photos on any day • Messaging built for co-parents • Expense logging with receipts • Shared file vault for the plan, the order, the school forms • Tasks — every date your order sets, with a reminder before each one WHAT PREMIUM ADDS • Court-ready PDF exports — timestamped: who had the kids, when, and what changed • Attorney access — your attorney gets their own secure, view-only access to your records, hidden from your co-parent • Parenting time analytics — scheduled vs actual, by day, month and overnight • The full calendar — every past and future month, not just this one • Holidays and traditions that alternate by year, carried forward for you • Recorded calls — call your co-parent in the app, recorded and transcribed automatically • Texts from other apps — add screenshots of your texts and keep them as one thread in your record • Topics in Messages — school, medical and money each in their own chat • Tone Scan — scan a message before you send it, and rewrite it if it reads worse than you meant • Search across your notes and message history • Expense analytics BUILT FOR THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN Working with an attorney, heading into mediation, or holding a court-ordered schedule — Kidtime keeps the record you'll be asked for. Already have a custody order or parenting plan? Upload it, and Kidtime builds your schedule, holidays and hand-off times from it. Or start from a standard pattern (50/50, 2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, week-on week-off, every other weekend) or build your own, set the holidays that matter, and it fills the calendar forward. TWO WAYS TO USE IT On your own — your calendar, notes, analytics and exports all work whether or not your co-parent ever signs up. Together — invite them and you share one schedule, one thread, one record. They can join on the free tier, so cost is never the reason they don't. BUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES Multiple children, blended households, alternating holidays, and schedules that don't fit a template. "I built Kidtime as a co-parent, for families like mine. Hearing from other co-parents about how much it has helped them is the reason I keep building it." — Vince, Founder Questions? hello@kidtime.app Terms of Use: https://kidtime.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://kidtime.app/privacy

About

Zical

This app helps families manage their busy lives by combining calendars, tasks, and notes in one place. It offers shared scheduling, task assignment, and smart reminders to keep everyone connected and organized.

Highlights
  • Shared family calendar
  • Task assignment and tracking
  • Event planning (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Sticky notes for reminders
  • Smart reminders
  • Multi-user access
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Zical is an all‑in‑one home life management platform. It supports two‑way calendar sync with iCloud, Google, Outlook and more. Unify family schedules, notes, household chores, meal plans, class timetables, photos and more within a single shared space for seamless multi‑member collaboration. Powered by the Zical AI Voice Assistant, you can create events, tasks and recipes hands‑free using only your voice. Customize home screens, themes, and member‑specific alerts, while keeping your family’s privacy well‑protected. Ditch the chaos and bring order to your entire household.

Screenshots

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar4 screens
Zical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zical at 71% against Kidtime Coparenting Calendar's 27%. Zical also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Kidtime Coparenting Calendar's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked) and ratings volume (494 vs 158). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Kidtime Coparenting Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Zical asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zical holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 494 and 158 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Kidtime Coparenting Calendar's written reviews are positive against 71% of Zical's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar ships an update every 5 days, Zical every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Kidtime Coparenting Calendar versus Zical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKidtime Coparenting CalendarZical
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (494 ratings)4.7 (158 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews71.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings494 — better158
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB176 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVMGM Software LLCHONG KONG EIVON GROUP LIMITED

Customer experience

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar

All ratings494 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive26.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative64.1%

Zical

All ratings144 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative18.4%

Bugs and requests

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar

Reported bugs

79 issues
  • Calendar won't update past 5 months
  • Coparent does not have the ability to see future months
  • Dates not being recorded correctly or transposed
  • App keeps switching parenting times/custody stuff
  • App is always loading
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  • Leaves notifications even after read
  • Unclear how to make time swaps make sense
  • Adding a one-time change ends up changing the whole calendar
  • Updates make the app worse
  • Missing information from the beginning of November to now
  • All info is screwed up and not accurate anymore
  • Update deleted some info and changed others
  • App has become challenging to use
  • Interface is not straightforward
  • Extremely buggy when adding dates and events
  • Won't let me change the schedule
  • Won't let me update the schedule
  • App doesn't make sense after update
  • Everything is backwards
  • New update will not let me pre-plan
  • Terrible design of the new update
  • Beyond difficult to change or enter times
  • Editing anything messes up the previous schedule
  • Can't get anything to work right
  • Update wiped out old notes and calendar data
  • Impossible to manage changes to the schedule
  • Glitchy and hard to schedule
  • Update lost previous data
  • Unclear and not easy to use after update
  • Cannot track time anymore after update
  • App changed the time or colors of parents
  • Not reliable or worth the money
  • Gives inaccurate percentages
  • All data is gone after update
  • Schedule for next year is gone
  • Notes are gone
  • Ability to create another schedule is gone
  • Options are grayed out
  • App update caused many issues
  • Completely altered all calendars
  • Adding new schedules is almost impossible
  • Inconvenient and time-consuming to figure out
  • New update is awful
  • Lost all notes and information
  • Hard to edit pickups and their times
  • App is absolute trash
  • Entire calendar changes when editing times or deleting data
  • Editing days that have already passed is next to impossible
  • Unable to see months ahead without premium access
  • Unable to contact support through the app
  • App is not working
  • Can't update schedules
  • Can't change schedules
  • Can't confirm Kidtime
  • App is non-responsive
  • Contact support feature is not working
  • Stopped letting me edit and confirm parenting time
  • Never saves inputted data
  • Never receive export emails
  • Can't add activities or appointments to calendar
  • Deleted large amounts of data twice
  • No way to retrieve deleted data
  • Never been contacted for support
  • Can't even access subscription after purchasing
  • App is not loading
  • Stuck with app logo and spinning circle
  • Have to login and log back out each time to sync
  • Shared notes with both parents tagged were not visible to the other party
  • Error message when using support email
  • Calendaring issues
  • App continuously loading upon opening
  • Can't select options from questionnaire
  • Glitches out often
  • Doesn't update inputted information
  • Messes up the rest of the calendar
  • Swap time countdown isn't accurate
  • App stopped working after I paid
  • Can't edit times or delete data without calendar changing
  • Can't go back to previous months unless you pay

Requested features

29 requests
  • Ability to upload images
  • Ability to export calendar to other apps
  • Fix shared calendar functionality for coparents
  • Allow viewing and editing of more than 5 months in the past
  • Option to correct transposed dates
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  • More user-friendly options for complex schedules
  • Return to original setup/interface
  • Fix notification issues
  • Allow editing of past dates
  • Allow editing of schedules without affecting prior schedules
  • Allow updating schedules without issues
  • Fix the ability to confirm times
  • Allow custom parenting plans
  • Fix the ability to update parenting time accurately
  • Allow editing of schedules as you go
  • Make it possible to go back to previous months without paying
  • Fix the ability to delete events from the calendar
  • Fix the ability to sync the calendar or see changes
  • Fix the ability to add notes for both parents
  • Fix the ability to access shared notes
  • Fix the ability to edit and confirm parenting time
  • Fix the ability to add activities or appointments
  • Fix the ability to edit pickups and their times
  • Fix the ability to add a step parent
  • Allow correction of subscription plan ($30 to $70)
  • Make the app load consistently
  • Allow signup with just an email address
  • Fix scrolling issues in questionnaires
  • Improve accuracy of countdown timers

Zical

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Kidtime Coparenting Calendar

Subscriptions10
  • Kidtime Premium$7.991 Month
  • Kidtime Premium$9.991 Month
  • Kidtime Premium$14.991 Month
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  • Kidtime Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Kidtime Premium$19.991 Month
  • Kidtime Premium$24.991 Year
  • Kidtime Premium$29.991 Year
  • Kidtime Premium$39.991 Year
  • Kidtime Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Kidtime Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

Zical

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kidtime Coparenting Calendar free?
Kidtime Coparenting Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zical free?
Zical is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kidtime Coparenting Calendar or Zical?
Zical is rated higher. Kidtime Coparenting Calendar averages 4.3 out of 5 from 494 ratings, while Zical averages 4.7 from 158 ratings.
Do Kidtime Coparenting Calendar or Zical have ads?
Neither Kidtime Coparenting Calendar nor Zical shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kidtime Coparenting Calendar or Zical?
Kidtime Coparenting Calendar ships an update every 5 days, and Zical every 8 days. Most recently, Kidtime Coparenting Calendar was updated on November 8, 2026 and Zical on November 8, 2026.

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