Argyll Mediation has found the best parenting apps for separated co-parents who want to communicate effectively and safely. Some are free and some have a subscription fee. In no particular order, and with the blurb from their websites copied, this list may help you choose which app is best for you:
– 2 Homes
“2homes is the ultimate app for part-time parents. With a shared calendar, a common cost overview and a separate calendar app for the children, you have full control over all activities and shared expenses.”
– 2 Houses
“A calendar for everyone, getting organised when you’re divorced is a priority. 2houses provides you an online shared schedule, with many editing, adding, and sync features. For us, as divorced parents, the financial topic is most of the time a conflict topic. Now, 2houses manages all expenses from each parent, keeps you informed on the situation, day after day, coins after coins.”
“Finally, a simple and useful application for separated parents! It helps to stay in touch, facilitates the life of the parents for the balance and the interest of the child. Simplify your life, organize your days, your expenses, your documents in the same application designed for you! In a few clicks, you manage and can share: Your family calendar, your days with your children, your expenses, your documents. Your schedule with your children becomes more straightforward and more serene. The whole family will win.
– Divvito (sms only) Free of charge
Divvito helps separated parents communicate with ease. Collaboration can be so complicated after a separation or divorce. There’s so much to co-ordinate when sharing the care of your children and, all of a sudden, you’re trying to discuss parenting decisions and share information via text messages or email. Now, there’s an easier way … and you don’t have to do it alone! Introducing Divvito Messenger, the only co-parenting app designed specifically to help make communication easier with the help of your very own personal messaging assistant, Dani.
– Peaceful Parenting (SMS only)
Peaceful CoParenting is a messaging tool for co-parents that creates harmony by giving users the ability to set boundaries around communication while maintaining the flow of information about child-related matters.
– Amicable
The amicable co-parenting app helps you manage all aspects of co-parenting in one secure place, making parenting after divorce and separation simpler. Explore the app’s features by starting your 30-day free trial today.
Simplify your parenting schedule, make audio and video calls, share expenses, make payments, and maintain secure text communication with the#1 Co‑Parenting App recommended by courts and family law professionals in all 50 states [of the USA].
Most Effective Shared Parenting Tools. Trusted By Family Courts. Create clear co-parenting communication. End the “he said/she said” once and for all. Secure messaging. Custody Calendars. GPS check-ins. Document everything. File Sharing. Parenting time schedules.
Gone are the claims of “I didn’t see that” or “I didn’t say that.” We make it easy to find, review, and verify all conversations on our platform. All calls and messages are recorded and saved within our Unalterable Records, holding both parents accountable. With a variety of tools that make day-to-day co-parenting activities easier, parents can spend more time focusing on their children.
As every parent knows, parenting is hard. But it’s extra hard in co-parenting situations, when you share custody of your children. WeParent is a mobile app that helps all parents – but especially, divorced and separated co-parents. It helps you manage all aspects of parenting communication and logistics: Custody schedules, Events and appointments, Secure messaging, Lists, contacts, and notes, Documents and photos.