Solo Parent vs Pink Inkling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solo Parent
This app provides a dedicated support system for single parents, offering encouragement, community connection, and practical tools to help navigate solo parenting challenges. It's designed by single parents, for single parents.
- Encouragement for single parents
- Community connection
- Practical tools for solo parenting
- Support system
- Designed by single parents
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You don’t have to do this alone. The Solo Parent app is your go-to support system—created by single parents, for single parents—offering encouragement, community, and practical tools to help you navigate the challenges of solo parenting.
Pink Inkling
This app records your handwritten journal entries as time-lapses, creating a visual history of your thoughts. It uses on-device processing and requires an Apple Pencil and compatible device.
- Daily AI-generated writing prompts
- Handwritten response recording
- Time-lapse video of writing
- On-device processing
- Year-end time-lapse compilation
- Lock Screen widget (Pro)
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Pink Inkling is your year of handwritten responses, recorded stroke by stroke. It works on any iPhone or iPad with iOS 26. Prompts written just for you need Apple Intelligence turned on (iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iPad with M1 or later, or iPad mini with A17 Pro); other devices get the day's curated prompt. WHAT IT DOES - Each day brings a short prompt to answer - You handwrite your response with Apple Pencil or your finger - Pink Inkling records the writing as a time-lapse - Tap a page on Home to replay its time-lapse - Every page is kept in your year book - A Lock Screen widget opens the app - All data stays on your device WHAT YOU NEED - iPhone or iPad with iOS 26 or later - Apple Pencil or your finger WITHOUT PRO Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days. After that, up to 3 entries in total. PRO ($3 monthly / $13 annual / $29 lifetime) - Unlimited entries Subscription Details - Pro Monthly: $3 / month - Pro Annual: $13 / year - Lifetime: $29 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://danielius.studio/pink-inkling/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-inkling/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solo Parent at 5.0 against Pink Inkling's 1.0. Solo Parent also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Pink Inkling's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Pink Inkling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Solo Parent asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solo Parent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solo Parent has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Solo Parent ships an update every 3 weeks, Pink Inkling daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Solo Parent | Pink Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solo Parent | Danielius Chalikovas |
Customer experience
Solo Parent
Pink Inkling
In-app purchases
Solo Parent
No in-app purchases
Pink Inkling
- Pro Monthly$3.001 Month
- Pro Annual$13.001 Year
- Lifetime$29.00
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