Comparison

Parent Trap vs Known

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

Head to head
About

Parent Trap

This app empowers adult children to act as matchmakers for their single parents. Create profiles, swipe on potential matches, and chat with other adult children to ensure compatibility before parents connect.

Highlights
  • Create and manage parent profiles
  • Swipe on potential matches
  • Chat with other adult children
  • Curated, mutual matches only
  • Highlight parent's best qualities
  • No fake profiles or random swiping
Features
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Parent Trap is the first dating app designed for families — where you take the lead in helping your single parent find love again. As their matchmaker, you create and manage their profile, swipe on potential matches, and chat with other adult children to ensure alignment. Your parent only sees carefully selected matches you’ve approved. Your parent avoids endless swiping, managing awkward bios, hard to learn apps. It’s a human-first, family-driven approach to connection. Why Parent Trap? • You’re in control of your parent’s dating experience • They only see curated, mutual matches • Chat with other matchmakers before your parents ever meet • Highlight your parent’s best qualities with our “Attributes” system • No fake profiles or random swiping, just thoughtful matches Give your parent the second chance they deserve — and guide them there with care. Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=0f70012f-c8a8-4ce0-8e9d-ba6bda956b83 Terms of Use: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=1e305e7f-5b77-4fc5-abd8-ecc8a0b1e157

About

Known

This app offers a unique matchmaking service that uses AI to understand your personality and preferences through a voice call. It then introduces you to one person at a time and handles all the logistics of booking a date, from choosing a restaurant to making the reservation.

Highlights
  • AI-powered voice profile creation
  • One-on-one introductions
  • Date booking and reservation
  • Pre-date match information
  • Post-date feedback loop
Features
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Known is a matchmaker in your pocket. Tell us who you are on one voice call, and we'll introduce you to one person at a time, then book the date for you. The swiping era is over. Swipes and likes turned dating apps into an endless dopamine chase. Small talk is exhausting, and by the time you finally meet someone, it's often too late for anything real. Known gets to know you first, then handles everything until you're sitting across from someone worth meeting. In early testing, 80% of Known introductions led to an in-person date. Not chats that fizzled out. Real dates, in real life. Not a game. Not a job. Not a gamble. HOW IT WORKS 1. A voice call, not a form You talk, and Known listens: who you are, how you live and what you want from a relationship. Most members spend about 26 minutes on the call. Known writes your profile for you and keeps it current as it learns more. 2. One introduction at a time No feed and no queue. Known sends one hand-picked introduction, chosen from what it knows about both of you. 3. 24 hours to say yes You both have 24 hours to accept. If either of you passes, the introduction closes and Known starts on your next one. 4. Ask Known before you meet Ask anything you'd like to know about your match before the date. Known answers from what it learned on their call. 5. The date, handled When you both say yes, Known checks your calendars, picks a local restaurant that fits your tastes, dietary needs and budget, and makes the reservation. All that's left is to show up. 6. A quick check-in after A short follow-up after each date helps Known make your next introduction better. WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE KNOWN - No swiping: one considered introduction instead of an endless feed. - Built for serious relationships: everyone here wants something real. - Fully handled: from your first call to the restaurant reservation. Less scrolling. More intention. This is Known.

Screenshots

Parent Trap4 screens
Known4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Known at none against Parent Trap's shown. Known also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 2). Parent Trap's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Parent Trap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Known sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Parent Trap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Known has 2.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parent Trap ships an update every 5 weeks, Known every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Parent Trap versus Known: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParent TrapKnown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews—59.5% of reviews
Number of ratings22.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB160 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDavid GordonKnown Co.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Parent Trap

Subscriptions3
  • Parent Trap Premium – 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • Parent Trap Premium - 3 months$12.993 Months
  • Parent Trap Premium – 1 Year$44.991 Year
1 purchases

Known

One-time1
  • 1 Date Credit$15.00

Questions

Is Parent Trap free?
Parent Trap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Known free?
Known is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parent Trap or Known?
Parent Trap is rated higher. Parent Trap averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Known averages 4.6 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Parent Trap or Known have ads?
Parent Trap shows ads; Known does not.
Which is updated more often, Parent Trap or Known?
Parent Trap ships an update every 5 weeks, and Known every 4 days. Most recently, Parent Trap was updated on October 30, 2026 and Known on November 5, 2026.

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