Comparison

eyparent vs DadPad

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

Head to head
About

eyparent

This app connects nurseries with parents, providing real-time updates on a child's learning journey. Parents receive daily diaries, reports, and can manage account information and payments.

Highlights
  • Real-time child development updates
  • Daily diaries and reports
  • Home observations
  • Accident/incident reporting
  • Online invoice viewing and payment
  • Secure messaging
Features
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eyparent is a dedicated app that aims to engage parents and help them to understand their child’s development on a more regular and real-time basis, through their child’s learning journey. Nurseries can keep parents informed and involved with comments, home observations, daily diaries, reports, accident/incident sheets and messages. When integrated with eymanage and payment gateways, parents also have a full overview of their account and can view and pay invoices online.

About

DadPad

This app provides essential knowledge and practical skills for expectant and new fathers. It offers guidance on supporting a partner, caring for a newborn, and self-care during the early months of parenthood. Information is tailored to local NHS Trusts and Health Authorities.

Highlights
  • Support for new dads
  • Practical baby care skills
  • Partner support guidance
  • Self-care tips
  • Local NHS Trust information
  • Explanatory animations and videos
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New dads will feel excited, but may also feel left out, unsure and overwhelmed. The Dadpad® gives dads-to-be the knowledge and practical skills necessary to support themselves and their partner, so that babies get the best possible start in life. To complement the original DadPad® set of Cards, the DadPad® has now been developed further as an App to act as an on-the-go supportive guide. Being rolled out as part of the UK’s Maternity Transformation Programme’s Better Birth’s Strategy, the information and signposting you get will be local to your NHS Trust or relevant Health Authority. Just select the area that applies to you to open up your DadPad® and get to know what you can do as a new dad. If your area isn't included, let us know and we’ll make contact with those who can make it happen! Build confidence around subjects such as: - Holding and handling your baby - Washing and bathing your baby - Getting to know your baby - Getting through the first few months - Supporting your baby’s mum - Looking after yourself - Supporting each other …..and much more As new UK NHS Trusts or relevant Health Authorities adopt the DadPad® App, more locations will appear, as will new up-to-date information and features such as explanatory animations and videos. From the start, the DadPad® has been working with mums, dads, Health Visitors, Midwives and Public Health Teams to provide the most relevant and accurate information available, and continues to do so. Having chosen to invest in including and engaging with dads-to-be, and wanting to encourage new dads to get involved and come forward with questions and issues they have throughout their partner’s pregnancy and beyond, the DadPad App is free to you.

Screenshots

eyparent4 screens
DadPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: eyparent at 3.7 against DadPad's 1.0. eyparent also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). DadPad's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 17%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eyparent holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of eyparent's written reviews are positive against 43% of DadPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eyparent ships an update every 3 weeks, DadPad every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
eyparent versus DadPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereyparentDadPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews17.0% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEYWORKS LIMITEDInspire Cornwall CIC

Customer experience

eyparent

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive17.0%
Neutral15.9%
Negative67.0%

DadPad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

eyparent

No in-app purchases

None

DadPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eyparent free?
eyparent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DadPad free?
DadPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eyparent or DadPad?
eyparent is rated higher. eyparent averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DadPad averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do eyparent or DadPad have ads?
Neither eyparent nor DadPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eyparent or DadPad?
eyparent ships an update every 3 weeks, and DadPad every 5 weeks. Most recently, eyparent was updated on October 14, 2026 and DadPad on October 3, 2026.

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