Comparison

Parenting TRICK vs Lowered Expectations

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

Head to head
About

Parenting TRICK

This app offers guidance and resources for parents based on the TRICK method: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Get personalized advice, learn strategies, and find daily activities to help raise successful children.

Highlights
  • Personalized advice from Esther Wojcicki
  • Learn the TRICK method
  • Daily activities and scripts
  • Parenting challenges addressed
  • Goal-oriented personal paths
Features
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Hello and welcome! I’m Esther Wojcicki the creator of Parenting TRICK, a new app that aims to revolutionize the way we approach raising children. Here’s what publications like Inc., Worth, People, Fortune, BBC and CNBC say about me, “The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. Esther Wojcicki—“Woj” to her many friends and admirers—is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They’re the result of TRICK, Woj’s secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness.” The TRICK app is designed to guide parents through this process, offering valuable resources, tips, and strategies for implementing the method in their everyday lives. Join me on this journey and discover how you can raise successful and fulfilled individuals with the help of TRICK! When you install the app, you'll get the following: *Ask Esther about your parenting challenges and get advice. She’ll even create a personal path to help you achieve your goals. *Learn all about Esther’s TRICK method at your own pace. *Every path is filled with activities, scripts and tips to help you use the TRICK method daily. Keep an eye out for new features. We’re constantly making updates based on your feedback. Start the journey today to be a better parent, and help set your children up for success in the real world. We utilize the Apple Standard EULA that can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lowered Expectations

This app provides sarcastic reminders and fictional contacts to deliver scheduled disappointment. It helps manage expectations with humorous, deflating messages, offering a unique form of emotional self-defense. Customize message tones, unlock new contacts, and enjoy multilingual support.

Highlights
  • Sarcastic reminders
  • Fictional contacts for scheduled disappointment
  • Customizable message tones
  • Unlockable contacts
  • Multilingual message library
  • Scratch-off reveals
Features
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Whether you're spiraling through a rough week, need someone (fake) in your corner, or just enjoy a little scheduled disappointment, Lowered Expectations has you covered. Sarcastic reminders are one of the simplest and most honest tools for emotional self-defense. It's all about lowering the bar early, so you're never caught off guard by hope. Now you can get gently let down without even trying. Create fictional contacts, set how often they text you, and let them deliver positive affirmations — or hilariously deflating non-affirmations — right when you least expect them. Unlock new contacts as you go, customize the vibe of your messages, and share the ones that hit a little too close to home with friends. The app includes a growing multilingual message library across a range of tones — from warm to bleak — with new lines added regularly. - Positive and disappointing affirmations - Unlock contacts as you engage - Multiple languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese - Scratch-off reveals for that little dopamine hit - Custom notification intervals Affirmations, lowered.

Screenshots

Parenting TRICK4 screens
Lowered Expectations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lowered Expectations at none against Parenting TRICK's shown. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Parenting TRICK sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Lowered Expectations sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Parenting TRICK against 5.0 for Lowered Expectations. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parenting TRICK ships an update every 2 weeks, Lowered Expectations every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Parenting TRICK versus Lowered Expectations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParenting TRICKLowered Expectations
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings89 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAgentwire, LLCKing Chen

Customer experience

Parenting TRICK

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lowered Expectations

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Parenting TRICK

Subscriptions2
  • Parenting TRICK US7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • US7 Days trial$65.991 Year
3 purchases

Lowered Expectations

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Parenting TRICK free?
Parenting TRICK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lowered Expectations free?
Lowered Expectations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parenting TRICK or Lowered Expectations?
Parenting TRICK and Lowered Expectations are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Parenting TRICK or Lowered Expectations have ads?
Parenting TRICK shows ads; Lowered Expectations does not.
Which is updated more often, Parenting TRICK or Lowered Expectations?
Parenting TRICK ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lowered Expectations every 11 days. Most recently, Parenting TRICK was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lowered Expectations on October 22, 2026.

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