2houses
14 -day free trial, then $12.49 per month / $149.88 per year
Platform: iOS, Android
Features:
- Co-parenting calendars
- Customizable parenting arrangements
- Sync with personal calendar
- Share with various 3rd parties
- Finance management
- Secure messaging
- Store important information and documents
Pros:
- One account for both parents
- Preprogrammed or customizable schedules
- Request option to make changes
- Create wish lists for children
- Create & export financial reports
- Messages can’t be deleted and can be archived
AppClose
Free to use
Platform: iOS, Android
Features:
- Multi-functional calendars to track parenting time and personal events
- In-app messaging (group chat or one-on-one)
- Submit expense requests
- In-app payment option for easy tracking
- Export records easily
- Share with legal professionals
Pros:
- Unalterable messaging that can’t be deleted
- Easily check status of reimbursement requests
- Include step-parents, childcare providers and others
- Export records for free
- Free
- 24/7 customer support
CoParently
30- day free trial, then $9.99 per month / $99.00 per year
Platform: Many
Features:
- Colour-coded calendars
- Expense management tool
- Shared directory
- Secure, child-focused messaging to maintain business-like relationship with other parent
- Contact directory (store info for doctors, schools, etc.)
Other: Works on iOS, Android, Blackberry Windows Phone & KindleFire
Pros:
- Communication tool is clear and child-focused
- Expense tracker that can allocated percentage contribution per parent
- Expense tracker can be easily exported
- Good length free trial
Custody Connection
Free to use
Platform: Apple
Features:
- Acts as primary calendar with programmable custody schedule
- Sync with other parent
- Make trade requests to switch parenting days
- Tracks parenting & creates reports
- Store important info for children
Pros:
- Customizable calendar
- Trade requests make switching days simple
- Preprogrammed or customizable schedule options
Custody Junction
30- day free trial, then $47.00 per year
Platform: Website
Features:
- Share limited access with other parent and 3rd parties
- Event calendar
- Tracks and timestamps events
- Generate reports
Pros:
- Easily customizable schedules
- Add, edit or delete “events” at anytime to make changes to schedule that are timestamped
- Track various expenses and can be used similar to a journal
- Generates various reports for parenting time, expenses, and more
- Good pricing
Custody X Change
Free basic version, upgrades from $17.00 to $27.00 per month
Platform: Website
Features:
- Colour-coded calendars
- Calculates percentage of parenting time for each parent
- Link account with other parent
- Expense tracker
- Upload files (receipts, medical records, etc.)
- Secure messaging
- Share with legal professionals
Other: Mobile app can be loaded through website
Pros:
- Calculate parenting time for both parents and 3rd parties
- Easy to read reports with breakdown of parenting time
- Import various documents
Parentship
Free limited version; unlimited for $3.99 per month/ $24.99 per year
Platform: iOS/Android
- Features: See upcoming events and alerts at-a-glance
- Send invites to other members to make and suggest parenting changes
- Integrate personal Google calendar
- Smart Profile for important information regarding children
- Store important documents
Pros
- Good pricing
- Free option has most features
- Dashboard provides at-a-glance view of events
- Invite option to make custody schedule changes
- Smart Profile can be created for children with all important information that is shareable with 3rd party caretakers
- Import all important documents to app (birth certificates, SIN, passport, etc.)
Talking Parents
Free basic version, upgrades from $5.99- 9.99 per month
Platform: Website
- Two-way recorded phone calls
- Secure, timestamped messaging
- Shared calendar
- Info library for important information
- Secure, private storage option
- Share with legal professionals
- Personal journal
Other: Need to register phone number with premium
Pros:
- Secure messaging and unalterable records
- Free option is fairly extensive
- Reasonable pricing
WeParent
14 – day free trial, then $9.99 per month or $199.99 for lifetime
Platform: iOS, Android
- Features: Custody schedules
- Create events and appointments
- Secure messaging (one-on-one or group chat)
- Share documents and photos
Pros:
- Customizable calendar that can be shared with children
- Files to store photos and important information that can be shared with other family members for easy access
- Financial assistance option
Other Family and Child Management Apps to Consider
Cozi
- Available on iOS and Android
- Colour-coded family calendar
- Create and share to-do lists (ex: create a chore list for children)
- Create and store shopping lists
- Explore dinner ideas and save recipes for easy access
- Daily agenda at-a-glance
FamCal: Family Shared Calendar
(or https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/famcal-shared-family-calendar/id1098999871)
- Available on iOS & Android
- Shareable calendar
- Set reminders for other family members
- Share grocery or shopping lists
- Create task lists and to-dos
- One account for the whole family
- $4.99 per month / $9.99 per quarter / $23.99 per year
FamilyTime
- Available on iOS and Android
- Set time limits on children’s devices
- Set bed and homework time controls
- Various parental controls to ensure children don’t access inappropriate content
- Geofencing and location tracking
- Various other options to ensure children are safe and use mobile devices responsibly
- Free and Premium options
- 4 plan types ranging from $1.15 to $2.25 per month or $34.67 to $88.59 per year depending on type