13 Co-Parenting Apps That Make Having Separate Households A Little Bit Easier

The Family Core is a great app to help keep families of all kinds organized. You can include other caregivers like nannies, babysitters, and more in an access-controlled, color-coded version of your child's schedule.

"Our program improves parenting whether you are a busy nuclear family, co-parenting through divorce, parallel parenting, single parenting or caring for aging parents. We provide a secure and private Chat feature, Geolocation service, encrypted web-based Data Storage system accessible by iOS and Android Apps as well as a Google compatible-task driven Calendar with color-coding assignment," the creators share on the app's website.

WeParent features the core tools necessary to help co-parents navigate having two households. There's a shared calendar; the ability to share photos, documents, and contacts; and private, secure messaging.

"WeParent helps modern families of all shapes and sizes – married, divorced, single, blended – keep their family on one page. We take the pain out of coordination and communication between the two parents and with other family members. This way, you can focus on what matters most – raising happy, healthy kids!"

FamCal is another answer to organizational prayers. You can share a calendar, to-do lists, notes, and more with ease. Premium features include shared contacts, the ability to export a schedule, and birthday/anniversary trackers.

2Houses prides itself on being a co-parenting facilitator. There's an easy-to-use, sync-able calendar to keep track of custody hand-offs, events, and more. There's also a tool that helps parents manage finances related to their kids. Messaging also makes staying in touch easy. The subscription covers membership for both parents as well as any other caregivers.

Coparently offers a simple interface to organize the details of co-parenting. There's a shared calendar tool, a tool to track shared expenses, and a tool to share pertinent contacts. Kids can also be added to the app for easy communication without accessing any of the other details.

Cozi works great for any kind of household. You can share events, activities, to-do lists, shopping lists, and more to stay on top of your kid's shifting schedule. There's also a family journal to keep track of and share milestone moments.

Cozi also offers the ability to share recipes, which is great if you're dealing with food allergies or a picky eater. Cozi Gold offers a few extra features, plus an ad-free experience.

Amicable is first and foremost a divorce app. In select locations, it can help you facilitate the negotiations of a divorce. It also helps parents come to agreements on children and make arrangements for children as far as custody, schooling, and more.

Parentship almost feels like the social networking approach to a parenting app. Made for joint-custody parenting, cohabitating, stepfamilies, commuter families, and relative-led care, you create Smart Profiles for your kids that include everything someone would need to know about them. There is also a calendar to keep track of events and the ability to share documents.

Custody Connection offers a calendar-centered approach to managing co-parenting. It keeps track of custody arrangements and shared events. There are also profiles for your children and the ability to connect with different co-parents on one app.

Our Family Wizard is recognized in all 50 states as a means of reliable documentation in custody matters. You can add all different parties through parent accounts, third-party accounts, child accounts, and practitioner accounts. The app features a calendar, message board, journal, expense log, info bank, and more.

Talking Parents provides many of the scheduling features other apps offer. Where it is different is that it also helps in contentious situations where you need to back up sensitive information. You can save screenshots, retrieve emails, and more and document the process within the app. As you communicate through the app, you also make an unalterable record that can be used if necessary.

CoParenter offers a robust number of features that help you really get into the details of co-parenting. There's smart messaging you can easily share with other relevant parties, location-based check-ins for custody hand-offs, and more. There's also access to both live and AI mediators, as well as support coaching. All records kept by the app are court-admissable.

Fayr offers all the organizational tools you could need. One of the highlights is geo-pinpointing, which offers a court-admissible record of where a parent is at what time. The app also generates a monthly parenting report, as well as other exportable reporting, to have an overview of expenses, events, and more.