HiCal vs 2ForKids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiCal
This app facilitates collaborative event planning and scheduling for groups. Share timetables, receive real-time updates on changes, and communicate via comments. Ideal for students, project teams, and organizations to stay synchronized.
- Group event scheduling
- Real-time push notifications
- Event comments and discussion
- Shared timetables
- Private and public groups
- Event repetition support
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Organize yourselves for your classes, projects, or company with HiCal, the collaborative calendar! Create or join your class’ or club’s group, and get your shared timetable in your pocket. You can be part of multiple groups. You will receive Push notifications each time that a group’s event is modified, or an event is commented. Event repetition is supported (including “once every two weeks”). HiCal helps you to organize yourself and to collaborate with your friends and colleagues in different situations: - Students and pupils: Add comments to a lesson at a given day, to indicate homework and exams for example, and they will instantly be synced across smartphones and tablets, and shared with your class. You will not ever ask yourself again what is left to do: the answer will be in your pocket, up-to-date, at any moment. Even if only one person indicates the exams to come, everyone will be aware: one for all, and all for one! - Projects: Determine deadlines with your teammates, and discuss them in the comments! Your project is a secret? Then create a secret group, which will be hidden from the group search results. Only the people you add will be able to join the group. - Companies, clubs and organizations: Write down meetings’ or activities’ dates and locations, suggest or edit in real time, and instantly update all your fellows of a schedule change, thanks to push notifications. - Organize public events: Create a group, open to everyone, to let people stay tuned about your upcoming events! In this kind of group, only the group’s administrators can create or edit events. Thus, you can share your events, your live sessions for example if you’re a band, while keeping control. And if something unexpected happens, you can inform group’s members thanks to comments and push notifications! - Education: If you are an educational institution (school, college, university...), you can also use HiCal, by creating a group for each class or course, and inviting your students in them. Simplify your teachers’ and students’ life with HiCal!
2ForKids
This app helps separated parents manage shared custody, tasks, and finances. It offers a shared calendar, shopping lists, budget tracking, document storage, and private messaging to facilitate communication and coordination.
- Custody calendar and scheduling
- Shared shopping lists and task management
- Budget monitoring and expense sharing
- Document and contact repository
- Private messaging for co-parents
- Family updates and event logging
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2forkids: Your Co-parenting Companion Discover a realm of peaceful co-parenting with 2forkids, the app designed with the modern, separated family in mind. We believe in fostering positive communications and simplifying the logistics of shared custody, making transitions smoother for both parents and kids alike. **Custody Calendar & Scheduling** Navigating through shared custody schedules is a breeze with our intuitive calendar. Log, share, and adjust custody days and important family events in a single unified view, promoting transparency and coordination between co-parents. **Shared Shopping Lists & Task Management** From school supplies to weekly groceries, share and manage shopping lists effortlessly. Assign tasks to family members ensuring everyone’s on the same page with household chores and errands. **Budget Monitoring & Expense Sharing** Keep a vigilant eye on shared expenses and easily manage, split, and track costs related to your children. Our budgeting tool provides a clear overview of your finances, enabling prompt settlements between co-parents. **Essential Documents & Contacts Repository** Have all crucial documents, medical records, and contacts readily available in a secure digital vault. Share access with your co-parent ensuring both have the necessary information at your fingertips. **Private Messaging & Family Updates** Foster positive communications with your co-parent through our private messaging feature. Share updates, achievements, and joyful moments in your child’s life, promoting a supportive environment for your children. **Make it yours** At 2ForKids, our primary aim is to evolve in sync with the needs and desires of our users. We understand that each family is unique, and so should be their co-parenting experience. Our development agenda is significantly driven by the feedback, wishes, and requirements we receive from you. We have a receptive and active support channel that is always ready to assist you, while also collecting valuable insights to help shape the future versions of our app. By sharing your experiences and expressing your needs, you play an integral part in our continuous effort to refine and expand our features. We’re not just here to support you; we’re here to grow with you. Your input is not merely a suggestion; it’s a stepping stone for our mutual growth. Together, let’s make 2ForKids not just a co-parenting app, but your personal co-parenting companion. **Subscription Plans** Our flexible subscription plans offer an array of enhanced features providing additional support for your co-parenting journey : 1 month or 1 year subscription option Essential offer : - More documents and pictures sharing - No more limitations on expenses/reimbursement - Stats visualization on important data for your family - Chat message status (user presence, delivered and read status) - More features to be implemented in the future. Premium offer : - Same as Essential - But allow you to manage more than one family, and share data between your family (agenda, chat, notification...) Manage your subscription into appstore Your payment will be processed via iTunes for a period of one year (Yearly essential/premium) or one month (Monthly essential/premium), with automatic renewal at the end of the period unless your subscription is canceled up to 24 hours before your plan's expiration. Your 2forkids subscription can be managed in the settings of your Apple account, after purchase. The automatic renewal can be turned off in the same way. 2ForKids is dedicated to creating a structured, yet flexible environment that adapts to the needs of separated parents and their children. By reducing the stresses of logistical coordination, we pave the way for nurturing the essential parent-child relationships. Your serene co-parenting journey begins with 2ForKids. Privacy policy: https://2forkids.com/compare-offer Terms of use : https://2forkids.com/privacy-policy-1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HiCal at none against 2ForKids's 4. HiCal also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 2ForKids's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. 2ForKids sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. HiCal asks for nothing beyond the download.
2ForKids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCal has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of HiCal's written reviews are positive against 60% of 2ForKids's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiCal | 2ForKids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nakagawa Yugo | Home Split home llc |
Customer experience
HiCal
2ForKids
In-app purchases
HiCal
No in-app purchases
2ForKids
- Monthly Essential Subscription$3.991 Month
- Monthly premium subscription$7.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$39.991 Year
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- Yearly Essential Subscription$59.991 Year









