VISIBLE vs Ember Legacy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VISIBLE
This app helps parents connect with each other to share advice, recommendations, and manage their social network. It provides a dedicated space for parents to build and maintain relationships, whether for school inquiries, neighborhood connections, or general parenting support.
- Parent profiles
- Organized contact database
- Advanced search functionality
- Trusted parent recommendations
- Privacy-focused design
- Connect with local parents
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VISIBLE is your ultimate networking platform designed exclusively for parents. Connect with other parents, manage your parenting conversations, and get trusted recommendations; it's all on VISIBLE. Never miss an opportunity to reconnect with the parent you met at the playground, school pick up, a birthday party, swim class, or neighborhood BBQ. When you connect on VISIBLE, the expectation is to keep in touch. Busy parents want to connect with other parents, but don't always have time to invest in new social relationships. KEY FEATURES - Parent Profiles: Create a profile that highlights your parenting skills, experience, and accomplishments. - A Single Contact Database: Keep all your parent connections in one organized place. - Advanced Search: Search for parents by name or by organization membership. - Trusted Recommendations: Get advice and recommendations from real parents. - Privacy Focus: Your information and connections are secure, with a strong emphasis on privacy. WHY PARENTS CONNECT ON VISIBLE - Find a parent who has a toddler at the preschool you are evaluating to ask them questions such as "who are the best instructors" "how well are the facilities maintained" "what is the enrollment process like" - Parents who move to a new city want to find and connect with parents in their new neighborhood, with children in the same age range - To keep in touch with a parent they met at the birthday party instead of exchanging phone numbers or friending each other on FB. PARENTS LOVE US "I haven't seen anything like this on the market." "I like that it's not just for moms" "I'm sometimes not looking for friends. I have plenty of friends. But I still want to know...what school should I go to? How did you get in?" "I'm excited. I would use this immediately. It's a need I have in my life, especially because most of my kids grew up in San Francisco. So this whole community in Seattle is new for me. I still don't know that many people. So I feel like I had to start from scratch with everything. Whereas I used to just like walk down the street and be like, Hi, neighbor. So yeah, this is awesome. I love the idea." "But I think the thing about this that seems cool is that it seems like it can scale with my daughter aging. It's not just a thing for little kids. If she was in high school, this could just be equally as relevant" "There's nothing like this now that I've seen. I'm like, Wow, this would have been great five years ago." "I also really like how it's very parents-focused. And I don't think anything like that exists today outside of you know, people's own little social networks or groups like I am personally on like for moms groups - like they just add me on WhatsApp, at school, at daycare and so on." "I think that there's certainly a gap between the world on Facebook or Instagram, like just broadcasting something you want and hesitation to do that. I won't do that at all. And reviews are converged to the mean. You never know who the other parent is or anything about them or whoever the other reviewer is. So you ended up getting like an average. " --------------------------- VISIBLE is free to download and use. Create a parent profile and start connecting your network. The service is currently open to users in SEATTLE. If you in another city, download and sign up in the app to get added to the waitlist for when your city opens. Terms of Service: www.visible.link/tos Privacy Policy: www.visible.link/privacy-policy
Ember Legacy
Capture and preserve meaningful moments through video, voice, photos, or written messages. Schedule delivery for future dates or send immediately to loved ones. Organize your memories and request them from others in a private, ad-free space.
- Multiple capture modes (video, voice, photo, text)
- Scheduled and immediate message delivery
- Private memory organization (Memory Garden)
- Request memories from others (Spark)
- Recipient management (Storyholders)
- Ad-free and private by design
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The smartphone solved capture. It never solved why we capture. We have thousands of photos and almost no idea what to do with them. The moments that actually matter, your dad's laugh, the story behind the recipe, the way your kid says a word wrong, get buried in a camera roll or lost in a feed built for strangers. Ember is for those. Record a video, a voice note, a photo, or a few written words. Send it now, schedule it for a birthday, or save it for a moment that hasn't arrived yet. Your daughter's first day of school. A graduation. A wedding morning. You decide who it reaches, when, and how. CAPTURE Video, voice, photo, or letter, whatever the moment calls for. No time limit, no streaks, no pressure to perform. You decide when it's done. DELIVER Send immediately, schedule for a date, or set it to arrive on a milestone you choose. Each ember reaches its person by email, text, or notification, through a private link. One ember can reach one person or a whole family. RECEIVE No app, no account, no friction. Your people open a quiet, personal page, watch or read or listen, and keep it if they want to. The way it should feel to receive something that matters. MEMORY GARDEN Everything you've made, in one calm, searchable place. By person, by date, by kind. Yours, always. SPARK The best memories often live in someone else's head. Ask for one, "tell me your favorite memory of Grandpa", and they answer from their own phone, no app required. The story comes to you. STORYHOLDERS The people you send to aren't "contacts." In Ember they're Storyholders, the ones who carry these moments forward. Keep their profiles, group them, see everything you've shared with each. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No feed. No algorithm. No ads. Your embers are visible only to you and the people you choose. Full data export and account deletion, on your terms, anytime. BUILT WITH CARE Soft light, gentle motion, full dark mode, and screen-reader support throughout. An app that feels like it was made by people who care, because it was. FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Four capture modes: video, audio, photo, and upload/written - Scheduled and immediate delivery via email, SMS, or push notification - Memory Garden with search, filter, and date range browsing - Spark: request memories from friends and family (no app required) - Storyholders: organize recipients with profiles and groups - Contact import from your phone's address book - Deep link sharing. Recipients view embers in the browser. - Full dark mode (Light / Dark / System) - Complete settings: profile, security, privacy, notifications, export, deletion Some things are worth more than a post. Ember is where they live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ember Legacy at 5.0 against VISIBLE's 3.4. Ember Legacy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). VISIBLE's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 4). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Ember Legacy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | VISIBLE | Ember Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Visible Connection Inc | Ember Legacy, Inc. |
In-app purchases
VISIBLE
No in-app purchases
Ember Legacy
No in-app purchases









