Comparison

ParentBridge vs Årshjul

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

Head to head
About

ParentBridge

Features
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Get organized — even if your co-parent won't. ParentBridge keeps custody schedules, expenses, kids' health and school records, and communication in one calm, organized place. Unlike other co-parenting apps, it works even if your co-parent never installs an app: they stay in the loop by text message or email. WORKS WITHOUT THE OTHER PARENT • Share updates your co-parent receives as a text or email — no app needed on their side • Their email replies land right back in your chat • Delivery is tracked, so you know what reached them CUSTODY CALENDAR • Set your pattern once — alternating weeks, 2-2-3, holidays, school breaks • See whose day it is at a glance; request swaps with a tap • Handoff reminders with the exact exchange time VERIFIED HANDOFFS • Confirm each exchange with a timestamp — add location proof if you choose • Location is captured once, only when you tap, never in the background SHARED EXPENSES • Log expenses with receipt photos and your split ratio • Track reimbursements to settled — with payment confirmation KIDS' HEALTH & SCHOOL • Medications, allergies, providers, appointments, school contacts • Both homes see the same, current information CALMER MESSAGING • Private, encrypted messaging built for co-parenting • Calm View can rephrase a heated incoming message on your request COURT-READY RECORDS • Export expenses, messages, custody history, and verified handoffs as organized documents FREE TO START ParentBridge is free: custody calendar, messaging, expenses, health and school records, and 25 relay updates per month. ParentBridge Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription ($9.99/month; price may vary by region). It unlocks unlimited relay updates including SMS, calendar sync (iCal), custody schedule templates, Calm View, GPS-verified handoffs, court-formatted exports, and payment confirmation. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms: https://parentbridge.space/terms Privacy: https://parentbridge.space/privacy Support: https://parentbridge.space/support

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Årshjul

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Plan a whole year, then explain it in ten seconds. Årshjul lays the twelve months out as a wheel, so the shape of the year is visible before anyone has read a word: the quarter that is overloaded, the empty stretch in July, the two campaigns landing in the same week. Built for consultants, project managers, marketing and communications leads, school and nonprofit teams, and anyone who has to walk a room through next year on an iPad and then look it up on an iPhone afterward. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create tracks for projects, teams, or areas of responsibility, and place activities across the year • Switch between the wheel and a chronological list: the same plan, read two ways • Present straight from the iPad in the meeting, with no sign-in and no browser tab • Hand the plan over as a PDF or PNG for the board packet, the staff handbook, or the wall IMPORT AND EXPORT • Open versioned Årshjul files and JSON • Import and export CSV and iCalendar • Export to PDF and PNG • Warnings appear before an import changes your plan. Nothing is altered silently. FOURTEEN DAYS OF FULL ACCESS Everything is open from the first launch. No account, and no payment request before you have tried it. After fourteen days, creating and editing require a subscription. Reading and exporting your own wheels keeps working either way, so you never lose access to work you have already done. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. INSTEAD OF A BROWSER TOOL OR A TEMPLATE A browser-based year wheel wants an organization account and a login — in the meeting, from every colleague, every time. A PowerPoint or Miro template looks right once and then has to be redrawn by hand every time a date moves. Årshjul is a real app on all three Apple platforms: it opens immediately, needs no account, keeps the plan on your own device, and lets the same plan leave as CSV or iCalendar when someone else needs the dates. LOCAL FIRST No account. No tracking. Your plans stay on your device unless you choose to share them or save an export yourself. ACCESSIBILITY Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and WCAG 2.2 AA. The plan can be read and understood without relying on color. LANGUAGES English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://annualwheel.pages.dev/privacy

Screenshots

ParentBridge4 screens
Årshjul4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ParentBridge at 15.1 against Årshjul's 18.0. On price, ads, 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. ParentBridge sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Årshjul sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
ParentBridge versus Årshjul: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParentBridgeÅrshjul
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSami MourchedJesper Sachmann

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ParentBridge

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
2 purchases

Årshjul

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Wheel Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual Wheel Pro – Annual14 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is ParentBridge free?
ParentBridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Årshjul free?
Årshjul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ParentBridge or Årshjul have ads?
Neither ParentBridge nor Årshjul shows ads.

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