Comparison

Trellis Personality vs KidBase

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

Head to head
About

Trellis Personality

Explore your personality through a unique RPG-like experience. Get daily reflections, connect with friends for shared quests, and cultivate a life rich in meaning and connection.

Highlights
  • OCEAN personality test
  • Daily tailored reflections
  • Friend 'party' system
  • Real-life quests
  • Personal growth tracking
  • Meaning and connection cultivation
Features
Read full description

Trellis is the videogame menu for your life. Real life can be a cozy RPG. Take the OCEAN personality test (the Big Five), get daily reflections tailored to you, and grow closer to the people who matter. The good life isn’t about maxing out productivity. It’s built through self-knowledge, meaningful relationships, and small daily rituals that add up. Trellis makes that simple: Understand yourself with personality insights Get daily reflections designed for growth Add friends to your party Go on real-life quests together Tend your garden of meaning, joy, and connection Whether you want more depth, more adventure, or more closeness, Trellis helps you grow over time. Plant seeds. Choose quests. Grow a good life.

About

KidBase

This app helps parents privately record and track their child's development and memories. It features timelines, growth charts, and milestone trackers, with automatic counters and quick-log widgets for essential activities. All data is synced privately via iCloud and is never sold or tracked.

Highlights
  • Private journal and memory timeline
  • Growth charts with WHO percentiles
  • Sleep and feeding quick-log widgets
  • Automatic age and birthday counters
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Milestone trackers
Features
Read full description

KidBase is the all-in-one private journal for parents who want to remember everything. Capture every first smile, step, word, tooth with beautiful timelines, growth charts, and milestone trackers designed just for babies and young kids. • Automatic age & “days until birthday” counter • Sleep & feeding tracker with quick-log widgets • Height/weight charts with WHO percentiles • Private photo journal & memory timeline • iCloud sync across your devices (end-to-end private) • No ads, no tracking, no data sold... ever! • Completely free to use (supported by an optional tip jar) Made by a dad who wanted one safe place to keep every memory of his kids. Now yours too. Perfect for newborns, toddlers, and beyond.

Screenshots

Trellis Personality4 screens
KidBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: KidBase at none against Trellis Personality's shown. KidBase also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Trellis Personality's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trellis Personality sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KidBase sells 4 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 Trellis Personality against 5.0 for KidBase. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trellis Personality has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trellis Personality ships an update weekly, KidBase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Trellis Personality versus KidBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrellis PersonalityKidBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTrellis Personality LLCJared Eddie Countryman

Customer experience

Trellis Personality

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KidBase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trellis Personality

One-time1
  • 100 Seeds$2.99
4 purchases

KidBase

One-time4
  • Diaper Money$0.99
  • Cup of Coffee$4.99
  • Date Night Fund$9.99
Show 1 more
  • College Fund Starter$19.99

Questions

Is Trellis Personality free?
Trellis Personality is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KidBase free?
KidBase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trellis Personality or KidBase?
Trellis Personality and KidBase are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Trellis Personality or KidBase have ads?
Trellis Personality shows ads; KidBase does not.
Which is updated more often, Trellis Personality or KidBase?
Trellis Personality ships an update weekly, and KidBase every 2 months. Most recently, Trellis Personality was updated on July 17, 2026 and KidBase on September 25, 2026.

Other comparisons