Comparison

SimpliHome vs GlanceHQ

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

Head to head
About

SimpliHome

Features
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Welcome to SimpliHome - the AI-powered family hub built for busy British parents. Juggling school runs, meal planning, household chores, and family schedules is exhausting. SimpliHome brings everything into one beautifully simple app, so your whole family stays in sync without the chaos. --- WHAT SIMPLIHOME DOES --- SHARED FAMILY CALENDAR One calendar, every family member can see. See who's where, when - from swimming lessons to dentist appointments. Get smart reminders so nothing slips through the cracks. AI ASSISTANT VIA WHATSAPP Message SimpliHome on WhatsApp with anything — "swimming Tuesday at 4" or a photo of a school letter — and it instantly adds events, tasks, shopping items and meals to your family's shared spaces. No forms, no fuss. REWARDS FOR CHILDREN Kids earn stars for completing chores and tasks. Turn those stars into real rewards you choose — extra screen time, a trip to the park, or something special. Kids love it, parents stay sane. AI MORNING BRIEF ON WHATSAPP Every morning, SimpliHome sends a WhatsApp message with today's meals, appointments, tasks and any heads-ups you need. Start your day prepared, not panicked. AI MEAL PLANNER Tell SimpliHome your preferences and let AI generate a week of family-friendly meals in seconds. Automatically creates your shopping list, sorted by supermarket aisle. TASKS & CHORES Assign chores to the kids, set recurring tasks for grown-ups, and celebrate completions together. Age-appropriate task lists that grow with your family. SMART SHOPPING LISTS Collaborative grocery lists that sync instantly across devices. Never come home with three bags of pasta again. FAMILY MESSAGING A private, ad-free space just for your family. Share updates, photos, and quick messages without leaving the app. HOUSEHOLD NOTES Store everything from school permission slips to Wi-Fi passwords in one secure, searchable place. --- WHY PARENTS LOVE IT --- - AI that actually helps - not just a gimmick - Designed specifically for UK families - Privacy-first: your family data stays yours - Works brilliantly offline - Intuitive enough for the whole family to use --- BUILT FOR BRITISH FAMILIES --- SimpliHome is made in the UK and designed around the rhythms of British family life - school terms, bank holidays, and the great British weekly shop. --- PRIVACY MATTERS --- We believe your family's data belongs to your family. SimpliHome never sells your information or shows you adverts. Full stop. Start your free trial today. No credit card required. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GlanceHQ

Consolidates important information from schools, clubs, and parents into a twice-daily summary. It extracts key details like dates, times, and costs, assigning them to the correct child. This helps busy parents stay organized by centralizing unstructured communications.

Highlights
  • Consolidates school, club, and parent messages
  • Extracts dates, times, costs, and deadlines
  • Assigns information to specific children
  • Provides morning and evening briefs
  • Tracks forms, payments, and items to bring
  • Syncs across devices and parents
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GlanceHQ turns the things schools, clubs and other parents send you into one calm brief, on the days there's something to know. Photograph a paper flyer, forward a school email, or paste a WhatsApp message. GlanceHQ reads it, pulls out the dates, times, costs and deadlines, and works out which of your children it applies to. In the morning you open one screen and know what today needs. When a school moves a date, your brief moves with it, and tells you what changed. What it does: • Reads photos, PDFs, forwarded emails and pasted messages • Filters everything to the right child, by year group • Gathers forms, payments and things to bring into one list you tick off • Morning and evening briefs, on the days there is something worth sending • Weather worth knowing about, flagged as a suggestion rather than a fact • Shared across both parents and every device GlanceHQ is not a calendar or a planner. It reads the unstructured things a calendar never holds, so you stop being the only one keeping it all in your head. Your family gets a private address to forward to. Your own inbox keeps the originals. We only read what is sent to that address, and you can delete everything in one tap. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://glancehq.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://glancehq.co.uk/privacy

Screenshots

SimpliHome4 screens
GlanceHQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlanceHQ at every 2 days against SimpliHome's every 9 days. SimpliHome's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. SimpliHome sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and GlanceHQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpliHome ships an update every 9 days, GlanceHQ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpliHome versus GlanceHQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpliHomeGlanceHQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas WhitsonGlanceHQ Ltd

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SimpliHome

Subscriptions4
  • Family Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Family Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
2 purchases

GlanceHQ

Subscriptions2
  • GlanceHQ Monthly$6.991 Month
  • GlanceHQ Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is SimpliHome free?
SimpliHome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlanceHQ free?
GlanceHQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpliHome or GlanceHQ have ads?
Neither SimpliHome nor GlanceHQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpliHome or GlanceHQ?
SimpliHome ships an update every 9 days, and GlanceHQ every 2 days. Most recently, SimpliHome was updated on October 12, 2026 and GlanceHQ on October 11, 2026.

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