AIA Events vs ParentLog Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AIA Events
This app serves as a digital companion for AIA events, offering a full conference schedule, personalized scheduling, real-time updates, and networking opportunities. Connect with attendees, speakers, and share your experience on social media.
- Full conference schedule access
- Personalized schedule builder
- Real-time event updates
- Connect with attendees and speakers
- Social media sharing
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Get the official AIA Events app! It’s your go-to digital conference companion for all AIA events, including the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design, Women’s Leadership Summit, and AIA Leadership Summit. Designed to enhance your experience and make the most of your time, this app gives you the tools to navigate your event effectively and efficiently. Through the AIA Events app, you can: • Access the full conference schedule including dates, times, and locations • Build your personal schedule, including CE sessions and one-on-one meetings • Get real-time updates to stay informed about changes and fun surprises • Connect with and get to know fellow attendees and speakers • Share your conference experience out on social media About AIA events: Browse AIA’s full event calendar at aia.org/community/events, including conferences, webinars, and educational sessions on topics across the built environment. With events throughout the year, you can connect with and learn from the AIA community and the greater AEC industry on a variety of topics. About the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design: The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design is the premier AEC industry event. It brings together the architecture and design communities to network, share knowledge, spark creativity, and uncover new solutions to design a better world. Through keynotes, education, events, tours, and the industry’s largest expo, the annual conference fosters cross-industry collaborations and solutions to showcase the strength of the AEC industry. About Women’s Leadership Summit: WLS is a premier leadership experience that brings together the industry’s largest network of women who are breaking down barriers, making themselves visible, and manifesting the careers they want—while making a difference in the world. It’s three days of high-impact programming, networking, education, community, and inspiration designed to help create gender equity for women in AEC. About AIA Leadership Summit: AIA Leadership Summit is the premier advocacy and leadership training event for AIA chapter leaders. One of AIA’s best attended leadership events, it offers attendees a unique platform to engage in critical policy discussions with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. while enhancing their leadership skills.
ParentLog Journal
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ParentLog Journal is a private journal for documenting time with your child. Open any date and write what happened. Each day has a summary plus notes in hourly time slots, so your record shows not just what occurred but when. Everything saves as you type. DAILY RECORD Open today with one tap, or pick any date from the calendar. Write a summary of the day and add notes to individual time slots from morning through night. HIGHLIGHT WHAT MATTERS Flag important days and individual moments. Highlighted days appear in orange on the calendar and stand out clearly on the printed record, so the entries that matter are easy to find. EXCHANGE TRACKING Record the scheduled pickup and drop-off times alongside what actually happened. ParentLog Journal calculates how late each exchange ran and totals it for you. Missed or denied visits can be marked in one tap. PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS Attach photos, screenshots, and documents to the day they belong to, each with a caption and the date it was added. They print alongside that day's entries. EXPENSES Log child related costs with receipt photos, categories, and running totals. CATEGORIES AND SEARCH Tag entries as exchange, medical, school, behavior, and more. Search every entry instantly, and filter your printed report to a single category when you only need part of the picture. PRINT AND EXPORT Produce a clean PDF covering everything or any date range. It opens with a summary page showing days recorded, exchanges on time versus late, total minutes late, missed visits, and expense totals, followed by every entry in date order. Print it directly or save and share the PDF. WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac. Turn on iCloud and your journal appears on all of your devices automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no sign in. Your journal is stored on your device and in your own private iCloud account. Nothing you write is sent to us, and we cannot read it. No analytics, no ads, no third party trackers. You can lock the app behind Face ID or your passcode. TIMESTAMPS ParentLog Journal quietly records when each entry was first written and shows it on the report. ParentLog Journal is a personal record keeping tool. It does not provide legal advice. How your records may be used is a question for your attorney.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AIA Events at every 4 days against ParentLog Journal's every 3 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AIA Events ships an update every 4 days, ParentLog Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AIA Events | ParentLog Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (244 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 244 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The American Institute of Architects | Statdate LLC |
Bugs and requests
AIA Events
Reported bugs
57 issues- Audio and video could be better
- PowerPoint slides formatted too small
- Captions obscure images
- App does not allow for zooming
- Grey text on white is very hard to read
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- Text is also tiny
- Missing CEU amounts in schedule
- Infinite scrolling makes comparison impossible
- Information was hard to find, keep, and track
- App should be released sooner
- Schedule part of the app was very disappointing
- Difficult to navigate schedule
- Not clear on which items submitted as part of schedule
- Did not let users prioritize and then confirm lectures
- Cannot pick days in schedule, resets to beginning
- Background information for seminars not listed
- Could not download PDFs of presentations
- No confirmation that messages were received
- No prompts for replies to messages
- Handouts missing for numerous seminars
- Session reservation needed
- Continues to not show CE courses signed up for
- Searching for a course number returns incorrect results
- Zero in-app help
- Full schedule not showing up
- Won't recognize sign in email
- Schedule spending an hour was lost
- Does not show purchased tours on schedule
- Any saved sessions are deleted once the app is reopened
- Bookmarked sessions from full schedule don't show up next time app is opened
- Some events are not able to be bookmarked
- Very buggy
- Entered conference schedule twice and it’s not there
- App technical support doesn’t help
- App or platform still doesn’t work
- Does not save events that you try to register for
- Selections to schedule are gone each time app is opened
- Cannot filter sessions by timeslot
- Hard to navigate
- No conference map was provided
- Can’t find what I want
- Not pre-populating a session paid for
- Search finds session as CANCELLED when it's not
- No map of the venue
- Seat tracker takes too long
- Not saving CE sessions
- App is empty, nothing works
- Trying to select CE sessions
- Doesn’t link to email registration
- No other way to remedy app failure
- Does not work
- Can’t see the schedule
- Can’t add to schedule
- Doesn’t show what user is registered for
- Extraneous apps create extra work
- No content loads besides buttons
- Graphics/fonts are pretty rough
Requested features
9 requests- Printed copy of programs
- PDF of the program
- Allow pre-reservation for sessions
- Printed booklet for ease of use
- Beta test next year's app with real users
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- Recruit actual potential users ahead of time
- Filter sessions by timeslot
- Venue map
- Chat function or bot for troubleshooting
ParentLog Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AIA Events
No in-app purchases
ParentLog Journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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