The co-parenting record you can both rely on.
Messages that can’t be edited or deleted, one shared calendar, expenses and handoff check-ins, all in a record anyone can verify online. One plan covers both parents, and your co-parent never has to pay.
No card needed · Your co-parent joins free · Full refund within 7 days of any charge
✓ Record verified
107 entries · unchanged
Tone check
“You ALWAYS change plans” may read as blaming. Try: “Can we confirm Friday plans by Wednesday?”
Built for when it matters
You need it in writing
Messages can’t be edited or deleted by anyone, including us. Decisions you both sign become their own entry, so there’s no arguing later about what was agreed.
The record has to hold up
Every entry is sealed in a tamper-evident chain and independently timestamped each day. Anyone you give an export to can check it online in seconds, free, without an account.
One of you shouldn’t pay twice
One plan covers both parents. If the parent who pays stops, the other is told and can take over, so the record never goes dark for lack of a subscription.
See it in action
Everything between two homes, in one calm place.
These are real screens from the app, with a fictional family.
Messages that stay exactly as they were sent
Every message is timestamped and numbered, and no one can edit or delete it. You see when it was read. Before you send something in a hard moment, the tone check offers a calmer way to say it.
- Read receipts with the exact time
- Search and filter your whole history
- Tone check and Message Shield for the hard conversations
Only on CalmHandoff
Agreements you both sign, kept out of the chat.
Co-parents rarely argue about what was said. They argue about what was agreed. Propose a decision; your co-parent accepts it or sends back different wording. What you settle on becomes its own signed entry, and neither of you can change it, or agree to it alone.
Included in Family and Family Pro.
Taylor proposed
Winter break: the children are with Morgan Dec 23–27 and with Taylor Dec 28–Jan 2.
Dec 1, 6:12 PM
Morgan sent back different wording
…with Morgan Dec 23–28 and with Taylor Dec 29–Jan 3, so New Year’s Eve alternates.
Dec 2, 8:40 AM
✓ Taylor accepted · signed by both
The agreed wording is sealed into the record as its own entry.
Dec 2, 9:05 AM
And the rest of what two homes need
Calls without your number
Audio and video calls between homes and with the kids. Recorded with transcripts when you need it.
Kids’ info in one place
Doctors, school, allergies, sizes and documents, so neither of you has to ask.
Receipt scanning
Photograph a receipt and the expense fills itself in.
Payment reminders
Gentle, automatic nudges when a shared cost is waiting.
Notifications that don’t tell
Alerts never show what a message says, so a lock screen reveals nothing.
iPhone, Android and web
The same family space everywhere, with your history always there.
Records you don't have to defend
Anyone can check that nothing was changed.
Every message and change is chained to the one before it with a cryptographic fingerprint, and the chain is timestamped by an independent authority every day. Edit or remove one entry and the chain breaks, visibly. Share an export and anyone can confirm it's complete and untouched on our public verification page, in seconds, with nothing to post or notarize.
Only a court decides what evidence is admitted. We make your records easy to trust.
See how verification works✓ Chain intact · 43 entries · verification code CH-7KQ2-M9XD
For mediators and family law attorneys
See what your clients would see, before you recommend it.
Your own demo family
Sign in as both parents and try every feature, with sample messages, expenses and handoffs.
A link for your clients
Families who start from your link are credited to you, so we know who to thank.
Nothing to buy
Free for you. Your clients’ records stay theirs, and only they can share an export with you.
One family, one bill
Both parents covered, for less than two subscriptions.
Most co-parenting apps bill each parent separately. With CalmHandoff, one plan covers the whole family, so whoever is able to pay can, and the other parent gets every feature of it. Your co-parent never has to be persuaded to subscribe for the record to be complete.
Full comparison with OurFamilyWizard →What a family pays per year
OurFamilyWizard's published yearly prices per parent, times two (checked 21 September 2026). Plans differ in what they include, and their prices may change. CalmHandoff Free costs nothing for either parent.
Switching from another app
Move over in an evening, without losing what came before.
- 1
Keep your old history
Download your message history and reports from your old app while you still have access, and keep them with your other records.
- 2
Start with 14 days of Family Pro
Create your family, add your kids and set your custody schedule. It takes a few minutes, and no card is needed.
- 3
Invite your co-parent
Send a link. They join free, see exactly what you see, and cost never has to come up between you.
Simple pricing
One plan for the whole family. Free if that’s all you need.
Changed your mind? Ask within 7 days of any charge and we refund it in full, no questions asked.
Free
Communicate on the record. Free for both parents, with no time limit.
$0
- Unlimited messages that can't be edited or deleted
- Shared calendar with manual events
- Full history: view and print anytime
- Both parents included
Family
Everything a two-home family needs to stay organized.
$119/ year
≈ $9.92/mo for both parents
- Everything in Free, plus read receipts and attachments
- Custody schedule builder with recurring handoffs
- Sync to iPhone, Android and Google Calendar
- Evening email of tomorrow's handoffs and events
- Audio & video calls without sharing your phone number
- Shared expenses with receipts, splits and reimbursement requests
- Kids' info: doctors, school, sizes, documents
- Agreements: decisions you both sign, kept out of the chat
- Verifiable record exports anyone can check
Family Pro
For high-conflict situations, or when you're preparing for court.
$229/ year
≈ $19.08/mo for both parents
- Everything in Family
- AI tone check before you send
- Message Shield softens hostile incoming messages
- Organized evidence packages to share with your attorney
- Recorded calls with transcripts (10 hours a month) and video messages
- GPS check-ins and on-time tracking for every handoff
- Import your custody order into the calendar
- Scan receipts to fill in expenses
- Payment reminders and yearly expense summaries
- Search and filter your whole message history
- Moments: a private photo feed of the kids for both homes
Every new family gets 14 days of Family Pro free, with no card needed. After that you stay on Free unless you choose a plan. Prepaid, no monthly billing, no surprise charges.
No ads in the app.
Your family's hardest moments aren't an ad inventory.
We never sell your data.
Not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to anyone.
Private by default.
We never ask for your address or phone number, and your location is shared only when you choose to check in.
Questions parents ask us
Is there really a free plan? For how long?+
Yes, and it isn't a trial. Messaging on the record, a shared calendar, and your full history are free for both parents, with no end date. We make money when families choose Family or Family Pro, not by selling data or showing ads.
Does my co-parent have to pay?+
No. On every plan your co-parent joins for free. When one parent subscribes, the whole family gets the upgrade, so whoever is able to pay can, and neither of you has to ask the other.
What happens if the parent who pays cancels?+
The other parent is notified right away and can take over the subscription in one tap before it ends. If nobody does, the family moves to Free. Messages keep working, and the full history stays available to both parents.
Are the records admissible in court?+
Only a judge decides what's admitted as evidence, and no app can promise that. What CalmHandoff gives you is records that are easy to trust: messages can't be edited or deleted, each entry is linked to the one before it with a cryptographic fingerprint, and anyone, including the other side's lawyer, can check an export for tampering on our verification page. Ask your attorney how records are handled in your court.
Why no monthly billing?+
Co-parenting isn't a month-to-month thing. Billing every 6 or 12 months keeps prices lower for both of you and avoids a surprise charge landing in the middle of a hard month. You can turn off renewal anytime.
I'm switching from AppClose or TalkingParents. What about my old messages?+
Download your message history from your current app before your access changes, and keep that file somewhere safe. Your new CalmHandoff record starts the day you both join, and everything from then on is on the record.
Is it safe if there's a history of abuse?+
We designed for it. We never ask for your address or phone number, so there is nothing to show your co-parent. Your location is shared only at the moment you choose to check in, never in the background. And Family Pro's Message Shield can soften hostile incoming messages so you see the logistics first. If you're in immediate danger, call 911. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is free, confidential and open 24 hours: call 1-800-799-7233, or if it isn't safe to talk, text START to 88788 or chat at thehotline.org.
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