Comparison

Parental Control App vs SmartCoparent

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

Head to head
About

Parental Control App

Manage your children's device usage and location with a comprehensive parental control solution. Set screen time limits, block apps and websites, and monitor online activity for peace of mind. Track family members and receive alerts for location changes.

Highlights
  • View online activity
  • Block internet, texts, and apps
  • Block/allow specific apps
  • Block/allow websites
  • New app alerts
  • Set screen time allowance
  • Geofencing with places
  • Family locator
Features
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Use OurPact parental control app to: • View – Capture automated periodic or on-demand views of your children’s online activity, all encrypted for safety • App Blocker – Block internet, text messages, and apps with a single tap • App Rules – Block & allow specific apps • Block/Allow Websites – Prevent access to specific websites, including adult content, for safe internet browsing • Block Texting – Block access or set rules for texting apps • New App Alerts – Receive alerts when new apps are installed on your child’s device • Block Schedules – Automate your family’s daily routine • App Permissions – Custom rules to exclude specific apps from being blocked by any schedule • Screen Time Allowance – Set daily screen time limits for your kids • Geofencing with Places – Create GPS geofences around specific locations and receive real-time alerts when kids leave and arrive at home, school, or any set place • Family Locator – Locate family members and devices using geolocation and geofences OurPact allows parents to foster healthy habits and manage their child's screen time using screen time allowance, blocking specific apps, blocking texts, and scheduling daily screen time for a child's daily routine. OurPact is the most comprehensive parental control app and family locator, perfect for families of any size. Block apps like social media and games and have peace of mind knowing you can see your kid’s location and have insight into their online activity. By pairing your family's iPads, iPhones, iPods, or other device platforms with OurPact's parental control app, you have the power to manage your entire family's screen time & device locations from one powerful application. Recommendations: • Use OurPact's app blocker and parental control app solution to reinforce agreements and healthy boundaries regarding screen time limits and mobile device use with your child. • Use OurPact parental control app to block social media or games with a single touch while leaving apps that help your children learn and grow. • Use OurPact’s View function for spot-check monitoring of your child’s online content. • Set daily screen time allowance and teach your children how to budget their screen time effectively. • Set one-time or recurring schedules to manage your child’s screen time even when they are not with you. • Find your family or locate lost or stolen items using Family Locator. OurPact offers Premium and Premium+ monthly auto-renewing subscriptions charged to your iTunes account. Try 14 days free! You'll be billed monthly within 24 hours of the end of the current billing period. You may cancel or turn off auto-renewal of your OurPact subscriptions at any time by going to Account Settings. To avoid being billed for an additional period, subscriptions must be canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. For more information, visit: ourpact.com/privacy ourpact.com/terms If you have any questions or need technical support, do not hesitate to reach us via email: support@ourpact.com

About

SmartCoparent

This app helps co-parents manage shared calendars, contacts, documents, and financial transactions like support payments and expenses. It offers features for both families and legal professionals, including reporting and secure communication.

Highlights
  • Shared calendar events
  • Support payment tracking
  • Expense management
  • Document sharing
  • In-app messaging
  • Professional reporting
Features
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Founded by a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®), SmartCoparent is the ultimate co-parenting solution for families and professionals. We designed SmartCoparent to be suitable for almost any co-parenting relationship imaginable. Share unlimited calendar events.store and share contacts, documents. Create, track, send and receive support payments on-line in under a minute. Use our easy to use dashboard to monitor messages, calendar updates, overdue support payments. Manage your expenses, and budget. Monitor your cash flow, and support payment activity with our advanced reporting tools. Family professionals have unique features. Create preliminary calendars, access court ready reports, receive PDF transcripts of co-parent messages and private journal entries. Communicate with your client on-line and even send invoices and receive payments on-line. SmartCoparent Features: 1. Create share and track shared calendar events. 2. Send support payment requests online. 2. Attach and share receipts, medical bills, etc.. 3. Track expenses online. 4. Accept online support payments. 5. Create and send recurring payment requests. 6. Manage, store and share important family contacts and documents. 7. Monitor and manage your cash flow and overdue support payments. 8. Instant mail notifications for messages, calendar events and payments. 9. Lawyers and professionals can create preliminary calendar events, message clients, share documents and even invoice clients and get paid on-line. 10. In-App messaging, share attachments and keep a private journal. 11. Automatically send reminders of overdue support payments. 12. Kid friendly accounts - can share calendar, and messaging with co-parents. 13. Run detailed support payment, and financial activity reports. 14. Invite unlimited members (children and adults) to join your SmartCoparent account. 17. Share only what you like, keep all other events, docs and contacts private. 18. Access to over 10,000 professionals. 19. Get valuable discounts from everything from sitters to school supplies from our partners. 20. NEW! Download, store, share and print transcripts of your messages and private journal entries. SmartCoparent: Made by co-parents, for co-parents. Reduce co-parenting stress, live better.

Screenshots

Parental Control App4 screens
SmartCoparent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Parental Control App at 4.4 against SmartCoparent's 3.4. Parental Control App also leads on ratings volume (37K vs 17) and chart position (#114 vs unranked). SmartCoparent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Parental Control App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SmartCoparent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Parental Control App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parental Control App has 37K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parental Control App ships an update monthly, SmartCoparent every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Parental Control App versus SmartCoparent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParental Control AppSmartCoparent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (37K ratings) — better3.4 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews—41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings37K — better17
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#114 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEturi Corp.Moiety, Inc.

Customer experience

Parental Control App

All ratings36,727 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.7%
Negative11.3%

SmartCoparent

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Parental Control App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Blocks apps even when not scheduled
  • Randomly unblocks devices
  • Causes device pairing issues
  • Incompatible with iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow selective app blocking
  • Add web filtering
  • Provide usage reports
  • Improve customer support
  • Add ability to override blocks

SmartCoparent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Parental Control App

Subscriptions5
  • OurPact Plus14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • OurPact Premium14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • OurPact Premium+14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • OurPact Premium14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • OurPact Premium+14 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

SmartCoparent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Parental Control App free?
Parental Control App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartCoparent free?
SmartCoparent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Parental Control App or SmartCoparent?
Parental Control App is rated higher. Parental Control App averages 4.4 out of 5 from 37K ratings, while SmartCoparent averages 3.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Parental Control App or SmartCoparent have ads?
Neither Parental Control App nor SmartCoparent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Parental Control App or SmartCoparent?
Parental Control App ships an update monthly, and SmartCoparent every 2 months. Most recently, Parental Control App was updated on October 24, 2026 and SmartCoparent on October 24, 2026.

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